Doug Bird vs. Bob Schultz — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Schultz
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Schultz 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 5.16 and 1.661 for Bob Schultz. 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 Bob Schultz

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.93
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.23
29.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
6.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.049
1.049
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
845
41.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
5.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
35.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.56
41.56

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bob Schultz

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
438.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
60.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
121.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
216
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
182.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.38
84.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bob Schultz

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
65
709.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
55
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
567.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
87.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
14.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
98.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
98.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
3.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
185.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bob Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.24
3.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA