Doug Bird vs. Whit Wyatt — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Whit Wyatt
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Whit Wyatt 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. Whit Wyatt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Whit Wyatt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Whit Wyatt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.54
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.74
52.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
3.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5283
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1761
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
8.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872
4.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7521
38.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
34.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Whit Wyatt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.083
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Whit Wyatt

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
366
328.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
669
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
607
544.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
119.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
87.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
31.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.92
39.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
165.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
144.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
47.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
61.88
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
103.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.63
39.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
99.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.03
6.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Whit Wyatt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
30.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
17.94
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Whit Wyatt
Career
Per 600 PA