Doug Bird vs. Cade Povich — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cade Povich
Gen ZNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cade Povich 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 5.2 and 1.484 for Cade Povich. 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 Cade Povich

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.09
26.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
5.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
9.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.36
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
39.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.58
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
35.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Cade Povich

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.658
0.658
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Cade Povich

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Cade Povich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Cade Povich
Career
Per 600 PA