Doug Bird vs. Bill Slayback — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Slayback
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Slayback 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. Bill Slayback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Bill Slayback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Slayback

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.73
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.48
40.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
138.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
8.85
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
3.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.012
1.012
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
38.97
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
4.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
34.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Slayback

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.73
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
138.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.48
40.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Slayback

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1008
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
15.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
11.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.17
4.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Slayback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Slayback
Career
Per 600 PA