Doug Bird vs. Fred Shepherd — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Shepherd
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Shepherd 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 20.25 and 3.750 for Fred Shepherd. 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 Fred Shepherd

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
60.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.75
60.75

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Fred Shepherd

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Fred Shepherd

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA