Jake Bird vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Jake Bird
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Bird as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Hill led in strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 89), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 85), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 93). Jake Bird held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 96). Role difference aside, Rich Hill holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jake Bird and Rich Hill

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.76
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
9.37
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.37
9.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.97
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
3.87
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
8.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.51
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
39.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.19
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.62
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
34.59
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Jake Bird and Rich Hill

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.66
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Bird and Rich Hill

Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
191
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
600
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.5
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.55
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
8.51
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.76
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.23
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-5.73
-12.55
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.57
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
2.47
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA