Doug Bird vs. Billy Wagner — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Wagner
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Billy Wagner a clear advantage over Doug Bird across the core pitching metrics. Billy Wagner led in run prevention (ERA+ 183 vs 75), strikeout rate (K%+ 162 vs 79), and home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 65). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 115). Billy Wagner was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Billy Wagner

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
8.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.02
54.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
4.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2709
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
2.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
11.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3600
35.88
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.48
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
7.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3220
32.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.88
35.88

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Billy Wagner

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
8.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2709
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.97
95.97
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Billy Wagner

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
854
24400
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
8.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-12.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
342.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA