Doug Bair

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 22, 1949 in Defiance, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH).

School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)

Debut: September 13, 1976 (Age 27-022d, 13,820th in major league history)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 41-042d)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Charles Douglas Bair

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.63

584

909.1

689

WHIP

1.368

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1971	21	PIT-min	A,AA	3	3	.500	4.75	7	7		2	1	0	36.0	40	22	19	3	26	0	20	0	0	2				1.833	10.0	0.8	6.5	5.0	0.77	SAL,WBY CARL,EL
1972	22	PIT-min	A,AAA	15	8	.652	2.93	25	25		15	2	0	184.0	175	89	60	10	95	1	191	3	0	15				1.467	8.6	0.5	4.6	9.3	2.01	SAL,CHL CARL,IL
1973	23	PIT-min	AAA	7	11	.389	4.39	26	26		3	0	0	158.0	173	103	77	16	87	5	94	3	0	10				1.646	9.9	0.9	5.0	5.4	1.08	CHL IL
1974	24	PIT-min	AAA	7	16	.304	4.08	26	26		11	1	0	170.0	166	87	77	13	91	0	117	1	0	11				1.512	8.8	0.7	4.8	6.2	1.29	CHL IL
1975	25	PIT-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.02	26	26		7	3	0	167.0	157	72	56	5	58	3	113	2	1	13				1.287	8.5	0.3	3.1	6.1	1.95	CHL IL
1976	26	PIT-min	AAA	7	10	.412	3.17	45	0		0	0	8	122.0	102	48	43	6	57	3	108	1	0	7				1.303	7.5	0.4	4.2	8.0	1.89	CHL IL
1976	26	PIT	NL	0	0		5.68	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	4	4	4	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	28	65	3.74	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	5.7	0.80
1977	27	OAK-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.18	20	0		0	0	2	33.0	24	8	8	1	17	2	49	0	0	1				1.242	6.5	0.3	4.6	13.4	2.88	SJO PCL
1977	27	OAK	AL	4	6	.400	3.46	45	0	28	0	0	8	83.1	78	39	32	11	57	9	68	0	0	6	377	116	4.88	1.620	8.4	1.2	6.2	7.3	1.19
1978	28	CIN	NL	7	6	.538	1.97	70	0	56	0	0	28	100.1	87	23	22	6	38	3	91	0	0	1	416	180	2.68	1.246	7.8	0.5	3.4	8.2	2.39
1979	29	CIN	NL	11	7	.611	4.29	65	0	42	0	0	16	94.1	93	47	45	7	51	12	86	3	0	3	430	88	3.59	1.527	8.9	0.7	4.9	8.2	1.69
1980	30	CIN	NL	3	6	.333	4.24	61	0	38	0	0	6	85.0	91	42	40	7	39	10	62	1	0	5	377	86	3.78	1.529	9.6	0.7	4.1	6.6	1.59
1981	31	TOT	NL	4	2	.667	5.10	35	0	20	0	0	1	54.2	55	34	31	5	19	4	30	0	0	3	234	71	3.73	1.354	9.1	0.8	3.1	4.9	1.58
1981	31	CIN	NL	2	2	.500	5.77	24	0	12	0	0	0	39.0	42	28	25	5	17	4	16	0	0	3	174	62	4.75	1.513	9.7	1.2	3.9	3.7	0.94
1981	31	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	3.45	11	0	8	0	0	1	15.2	13	6	6	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	60	106	1.20	0.957	7.5	0.0	1.1	8.0	7.00
1982	32	STL	NL	5	3	.625	2.55	63	0	33	0	0	8	91.2	69	27	26	7	36	13	68	1	0	2	372	143	3.44	1.145	6.8	0.7	3.5	6.7	1.89
1983	33	TOT	MLB	8	4	.667	3.59	53	1	19	0	0	5	85.1	75	38	34	12	32	7	60	1	0	1	355	107	4.34	1.254	7.9	1.3	3.4	6.3	1.88
1983	33	STL	NL	1	1	.500	3.03	26	0	9	0	0	1	29.2	24	11	10	4	13	3	21	0	0	1	122	122	4.41	1.247	7.3	1.2	3.9	6.4	1.62
1983	33	DET	AL	7	3	.700	3.88	27	1	10	0	0	4	55.2	51	27	24	8	19	4	39	1	0	0	233	102	4.30	1.257	8.2	1.3	3.1	6.3	2.05
1984	34	DET	AL	5	3	.625	3.75	47	1	12	0	0	4	93.2	82	42	39	10	36	2	57	0	0	3	388	105	4.09	1.260	7.9	1.0	3.5	5.5	1.58
1985	35	TOT	MLB	2	0	1.000	6.00	23	3	5	0	0	0	51.0	55	38	34	3	27	5	30	1	1	6	232	68	3.92	1.608	9.7	0.5	4.8	5.3	1.11
1985	35	DET	AL	2	0	1.000	6.24	21	3	4	0	0	0	49.0	54	38	34	3	25	5	30	1	1	6	224	66	3.85	1.612	9.9	0.6	4.6	5.5	1.20
1985	35	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8		5.68	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1986	36	OAK-min	AAA	3	1	.750	0.00	8	0	8	0	0	2	12.0	8	3	0	0	6	1	13	1	0	1				1.167	6.0	0.0	4.5	9.8	2.17	TAC PCL
1986	36	OAK	AL	2	3	.400	3.00	31	0	17	0	0	4	45.0	37	15	15	5	18	0	40	0	0	2	189	130	3.64	1.222	7.4	1.0	3.6	8.0	2.22
1987	37	PHI-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.99	45	0	24	0	0	6	72.1	56	27	24	4	32	6	63	1	0	4				1.217	7.0	0.5	4.0	7.8	1.97	MAI IL
1987	37	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	5.93	11	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	17	9	9	4	5	0	10	0	0	0	61	74	6.31	1.610	11.2	2.6	3.3	6.6	2.00
1988	38	TOR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.34	39	0	30	0	0	14	65.1	41	19	17	4	20	2	60	0	4	1				0.934	5.6	0.6	2.8	8.3	3.00	SYR IL
1988	38	TOR	AL	0	0		4.05	10	0	4	0	0	0	13.1	14	6	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	55	99	4.19	1.275	9.5	1.4	2.0	5.4	2.67
1989	39	TOR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.72	19	0	16	0	0	7	25.0	11	3	2	0	8	0	16	0	0	0				0.760	4.0	0.0	2.9	5.8	2.00	SYR IL
1989	39	PIT	NL	2	3	.400	2.27	44	0	17	0	0	1	67.1	52	19	17	4	28	10	56	0	0	7	276	149	3.12	1.188	7.0	0.5	3.7	7.5	2.00
1990	40	PIT-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.75	29	0	17	0	0	6	52.1	53	19	16	0	18	3	29	0	0	3				1.357	9.1	0.0	3.1	5.0	1.61	BFL AA
1990	40	PIT	NL	0	0		4.81	22	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	30	15	13	3	11	1	19	0	1	3	112	76	4.21	1.685	11.1	1.1	4.1	7.0	1.73
1991	41	TOR-DET-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.50	13	0	8	0	0	0	18.0	21	10	5	0	6	1	21	0	1	0	84			1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	10.5	3.50	SYR,TOL IL
1992	42	CAL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	6.62	7	6	0	0	0	0	35.1	51	26	26	4	7	2	14	0	0	5	161			1.642	13.0	1.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	EDM PCL
15 Yrs				55	43	.561	3.63	584	5	299	0	0	81	909.1	839	398	367	86	405	77	689	7	2	43	3902	104	3.79	1.368	8.3	0.9	4.0	6.8	1.70
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.561	3.63	67	1	35	0	0	9	105	97	46	42	10	47	9	80	1	0	5	450	104	3.79	1.368	8.3	0.9	4.0	6.8	1.70
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (4 yrs)				8	4	.667	2.72	102	0	51	0	0	10	139.0	107	44	42	11	53	16	103	1	0	3	562	135	3.42	1.151	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.7	1.94
CIN (4 yrs)				23	21	.523	3.73	220	0	148	0	0	50	318.2	313	140	132	25	145	29	255	4	0	12	1397	98	3.50	1.437	8.8	0.7	4.1	7.2	1.76
PIT (3 yrs)				2	3	.400	3.12	70	0	23	0	0	1	98.0	86	38	34	7	44	12	79	0	1	10	416	111	3.43	1.327	7.9	0.6	4.0	7.3	1.80
DET (3 yrs)				14	6	.700	4.40	95	5	26	0	0	8	198.1	187	107	97	21	80	11	126	2	1	9	845	90	4.09	1.346	8.5	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.58
OAK (2 yrs)				6	9	.400	3.30	76	0	45	0	0	12	128.1	115	54	47	16	75	9	108	0	0	8	566	120	4.44	1.481	8.1	1.1	5.3	7.6	1.44
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	5.93	11	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	17	9	9	4	5	0	10	0	0	0	61	74	6.31	1.610	11.2	2.6	3.3	6.6	2.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		4.05	10	0	4	0	0	0	13.1	14	6	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	55	99	4.19	1.275	9.5	1.4	2.0	5.4	2.67

NL (11 yrs)				35	28	.556	3.43	403	0	224	0	0	61	569.1	523	231	217	47	247	57	447	5	1	25	2436	106	3.53	1.352	8.3	0.7	3.9	7.1	1.81
AL (6 yrs)				20	15	.571	3.97	181	5	75	0	0	20	340.0	316	167	150	39	158	20	242	2	1	18	1466	100	4.23	1.394	8.4	1.0	4.2	6.4	1.53

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