Kyle Bird vs. Mike Morgan — Career Comparison

Kyle Bird
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Morgan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Morgan 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. Mike Morgan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 7.82 and 2.053 for Kyle Bird. By the career numbers, Mike Morgan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Bird and Mike Morgan

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.53
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.46
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.6
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.12
43.12
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.82
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.23
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.82
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2943
9.55
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.55
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
0.88
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
10.66
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
3.05
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.25
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
7.11
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403
4.55
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.11
7.11
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.34
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.24
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
46.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11872
38.54
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.55
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.18
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.82
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.65
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.4
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.24
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.08
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.053
2.053
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
34.11
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10662
34.61
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.18
46.18
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Kyle Bird and Mike Morgan

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.53
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.7
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.51
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
2.29
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
2.21
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
96.45
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Bird and Mike Morgan

Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
625.13
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
600
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
497
520.42
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
56.54
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.36
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.19
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.38
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.78
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
71.2
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.61
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.71
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
29.32
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-8.66
-9.07
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.61
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
151
158.12
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.78
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Kyle Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.24
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA