Doug Bird vs. Jordan Walden — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jordan Walden
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jordan Walden a clear advantage over Doug Bird across the core pitching metrics. Jordan Walden led in home run suppression (HR9+ 173 vs 65), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 136 vs 91). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 90). Jordan Walden was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Jordan Walden

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
9.85
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
7.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
10.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.78
10.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.631
1.631
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
930
37.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.48
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
33.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Jordan Walden

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
9.85
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.81
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.124
0.124
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Jordan Walden

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
243
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA