Doug Bird vs. Zeke Spruill — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zeke Spruill
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zeke Spruill 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 4.24 and 1.559 for Zeke Spruill. 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 Zeke Spruill

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
11.65
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
40.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.82
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
36.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Zeke Spruill

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Zeke Spruill

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
12
1200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Zeke Spruill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Zeke Spruill
Career
Per 600 PA