Doug Bird vs. Barry Zito — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Zito
Gen XNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Barry Zito 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. Barry Zito led in home run suppression (HR9+ 102 vs 65), run prevention (ERA+ 94 vs 75), and strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 79). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 78). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Barry Zito.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Barry Zito

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.58
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1157
4.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2381
8.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
0.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
3.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
6.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11001
38.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254
4.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9662
33.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Barry Zito

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
96.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Barry Zito

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
622.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
418
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
493.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.47
6.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
76.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
15.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.17
-7.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.84
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
142.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
80.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA