Doug Bird vs. Pat Paige — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Paige
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pat Paige built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bird as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Bird posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 4.5 and 1.750 for Pat Paige. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Pat Paige

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.94
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.813
0.813
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
38.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
34.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Pat Paige

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Pat Paige

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
24.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
9.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA