Doug Bird vs. Mo Sanford — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mo Sanford
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mo Sanford 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 4.81 and 1.591 for Mo Sanford. 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 Mo Sanford

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.87
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
6.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
9.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.725
1.725
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
40.77
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
33.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.77
40.77

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Mo Sanford

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Mo Sanford

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
27
810
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.28
-38.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
270
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
2.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA