Doug Bird vs. Rynie Wolters — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rynie Wolters
Pre-GenerationalNetherlandsThrows RightEuropeNew York MutualsUnknownStarting Pitcher

Rynie Wolters 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. Rynie Wolters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.9 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Rynie Wolters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Rynie Wolters

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.24
45.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.11
91.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
3.9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1102
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
367.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
11.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.59
11.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
2.2
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.202
0.202
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
43.95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
10.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1747
42.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.95
43.95

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Rynie Wolters

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1284
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.02
78.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.21
84.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Rynie Wolters

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
49
130.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
562.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.803
0.803
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
178.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
136
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.53
86.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
245.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
216
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
256
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.53
97.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
1.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rynie Wolters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100