Doug Bird vs. Milt Pappas — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Pappas
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Milt Pappas 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. Milt Pappas led in run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 75), home run suppression (HR9+ 76 vs 65), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 91). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 133). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Milt Pappas.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Milt Pappas

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520
1.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.03
56.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.42
89.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1203
3.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9558
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3046
8.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
2.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728
4.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13198
37.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
3.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12224
34.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Milt Pappas

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
1.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9559
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
0.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
1.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
754
2.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.95
96.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.44
89.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Milt Pappas

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
527
269.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1174
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1073
548.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
67.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
49.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
6.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
18.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.98
21.96
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
107.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
89.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
36.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
34.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
60.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.48
3.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
18.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
510
260.65
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
26.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Pappas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100