Kyle Bird vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Kyle Bird
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Phil Hughes built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle Bird as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 7.82 and 2.053 for Kyle Bird. By the career numbers, Phil Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Bird and Phil Hughes

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.53
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
4.52
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.55
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.33
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
10.66
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.18
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
7.11
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
46.18
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
38.31
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.55
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.82
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
4.77
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.053
2.053
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
34.11
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.18
46.18
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Kyle Bird and Phil Hughes

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.53
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.95
97.95
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Bird and Phil Hughes

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
540
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.82
-54.69
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
240
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA