Doug Bird vs. Bill Steen — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Steen
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Steen 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 Steen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Bill Steen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Steen

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
597
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
9.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
3.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2458
37.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2247
33.87
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Steen

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.963
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bill Steen

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
108
293.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
551.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
114.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
97.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.52
33.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
133.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
138.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
51.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
89.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.06
35.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
176.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Steen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33