Doug Bird vs. Bobby Witt — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Witt
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bobby Witt 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. Bobby Witt led in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 88 vs 65), and run prevention (ERA+ 87 vs 75). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 75). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bobby Witt.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bobby Witt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
0.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.49
47.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
4.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
9.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
0.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
5.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1955
7.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11003
40.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1449
5.29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.569
1.569
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9414
34.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bobby Witt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.54
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
1.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.64
93.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.028
1.028
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bobby Witt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
438
3600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
73.97
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
24.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
123.29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
12.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
205.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA