Doug Bird vs. Bill Phebus — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Phebus
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Phebus 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. Bill Phebus posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Bill Phebus had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Phebus

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.976
0.976
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
40.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.491
1.491
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
34.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Phebus

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.615
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Phebus

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
16.68
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
41.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA