Doug Bird vs. Eugene Smith — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eugene Smith
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Eugene Smith 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 4.15 and 1.446 for Eugene Smith. 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 Eugene Smith

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
4.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
4.94
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
40.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1649
34.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Eugene Smith

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1446
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.846
1.846
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.77
80.77
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Eugene Smith

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
93
249.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
546.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
101.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.05
43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
152.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
147.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
115.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.85
42.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.54
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
224
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA