Doug Bird vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade 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. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Lee Wade

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
2.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Lee Wade

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Lee Wade

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA