Doug Bird vs. Jose Sosa — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Doug Bird posted a stronger line than Jose Sosa. Doug Bird posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.99 vs 4.6) and WHIP (1.339 vs 1.739). By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Jose Sosa

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.42
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.48
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Jose Sosa

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Jose Sosa

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
35
2333.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA