Doug Bird vs. Wally Whitehurst — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wally Whitehurst
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wally Whitehurst 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. Wally Whitehurst led in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 65), run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 75), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 79). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 148). Role difference aside, Wally Whitehurst holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Wally Whitehurst

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
3.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.68
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.09
35.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.49
40.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
9.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
2.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
38.29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
34.95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.29
38.29

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Wally Whitehurst

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
3.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.49
40.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Wally Whitehurst

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
163
740.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
486.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
63.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
15.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
81.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
104.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.48
11.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
140.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.26
4.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
81.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0