Doug Bird vs. Brandon Pfaadt — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Pfaadt
Gen ZKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Pfaadt 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. Brandon Pfaadt led in home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 65), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 91). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 150). Role difference aside, Brandon Pfaadt holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Brandon Pfaadt

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.09
49.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
5.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1363
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
454.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
9.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
2.2
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
8.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.169
1.169
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1948
38.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
5.41
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1805
35.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Brandon Pfaadt

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1363
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
454.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Brandon Pfaadt

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Brandon Pfaadt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Pfaadt
Career
Per 600 PA