Doug Bird vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Smith
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pete 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. Pete Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 80 vs 65), strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 83 vs 75). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 87). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Pete Smith.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Pete Smith

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
2.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.41
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
4.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1043
9.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
3.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
5.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4423
38.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
4.89
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3920
34.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Pete Smith

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
2.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Pete Smith

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
234
416.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
496.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
48.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.45
13.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
53.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
3.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
147.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
4.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA