Doug Bird vs. Eddie White — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eddie White
UnknownThrows LeftBats LeftHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Eddie White 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 6.57 and 2.189 for Eddie White. 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 Eddie White

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
14.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.59
14.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
47.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.189
2.189
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
40.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.43
47.43

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Eddie White

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Eddie White

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.55
77.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
66.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Eddie White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie White
Career
Per 600 PA