Doug Bird vs. Kazuhito Tadano — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kazuhito Tadano
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kazuhito Tadano 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 4.47 and 1.417 for Kazuhito Tadano. 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 Kazuhito Tadano

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
9.77
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
6.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
39.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
36.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Kazuhito Tadano

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Kazuhito Tadano

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
3000
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kazuhito Tadano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Kazuhito Tadano
Career
Per 600 PA