Doug Bird vs. Bryan Woo — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bryan Woo
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bryan Woo 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. Bryan Woo led in run prevention (ERA+ 141 vs 75), walk avoidance (BB%+ 220 vs 168), and home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 65). Role difference aside, Bryan Woo holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bryan Woo

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.12
65.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
395.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
7.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
2.2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
8.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.92
8.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1574
35.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1470
33.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.8
35.8

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bryan Woo

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
395.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.97
96.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bryan Woo

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
70
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bryan Woo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Woo
Career
Per 600 PA