Doug Bird vs. Cody Poteet — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cody Poteet
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cody Poteet 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 4.2 and 1.272 for Cody Poteet. 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 Cody Poteet

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
7.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.35
7.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
37.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
33.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Cody Poteet

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Cody Poteet

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1418.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-17.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Cody Poteet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Poteet
Career
Per 600 PA