Doug Bird vs. Kaiser Wilhelm — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kaiser Wilhelm
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kaiser Wilhelm 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. Kaiser Wilhelm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Kaiser Wilhelm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Kaiser Wilhelm

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.15
73.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
3.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4297
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1432.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1495
9.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
2.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
2.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5906
37.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.73
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
34.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Kaiser Wilhelm

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3666
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1222
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
3.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
4.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
4.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.46
94.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.471
2.471
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Kaiser Wilhelm

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
223
245.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
546
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
507
557.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
71.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.44
19.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
103.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
105.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
25.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
26.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
51.65
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.42
12.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
18.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
106.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.63
5.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kaiser Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Kaiser Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA