Paul Byrd

Q: When was Paul Byrd born?

Paul Byrd was born on December 3, 1970.

Q: Where was Paul Byrd born?

Paul Byrd was born in Louisville, KY .

Q: How tall is Paul Byrd?

Paul Byrd is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Paul Byrd weigh when playing?

Paul Byrd weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Paul Byrd in the Hall of Fame?

Paul Byrd has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Paul Byrd drafted?

Paul Byrd was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY) and the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Paul Byrd have?

Paul Byrd had 923 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Paul Byrd played for?

Paul Byrd played for 7 teams; the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.

Q: How many World Series has Paul Byrd won?

Paul Byrd has never won a World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 3, 1970 in Louisville, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY) and the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: July 28, 1995 (Age 24-237d, 16,727th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 3, 2009 (Age 38-304d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Bo McKinnis

Full Name: Paul Gregory Byrd

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.2

109

ERA

4.41

345

256

1697.0

923

WHIP

1.331

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
1991	20	CLE-min	A+	4	3	.571	3.16	14	11	0	0	0	0	62.2	40	27	22	7	36	0	62	0	7	6	263			1.213	5.7	1.0	5.2	8.9	1.72	KIN CARL
1992	21	CLE-min	AA	14	6	.700	3.01	24	24	0	4	0	0	152.1	122	68	51	4	75	2	118	4	0	10	654			1.293	7.2	0.2	4.4	7.0	1.57	CAK EL
1993	22	CLE-min	AAA,AA	7	4	.636	3.86	16	15	1	1	1	0	91.0	87	47	39	10	33	0	62	6	1	5	392			1.319	8.6	1.0	3.3	6.1	1.88	CHR,CAK IL,EL
1994	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	7	11	.389	3.84	30	24	2	4	1	1	176.0	168	89	75	15	63	4	121	2	2	4	743			1.313	8.6	0.8	3.2	6.2	1.92	CAK,CHR EL,IL
1995	24	NYM-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.79	22	10	10	1	0	6	87.0	71	29	27	6	21	0	61	5	0	1	341			1.057	7.3	0.6	2.2	6.3	2.90	NFK IL
1995	24	NYM	NL	2	0	1.000	2.05	17	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	18	6	5	1	7	1	26	1	2	1	91	200	2.42	1.136	7.4	0.4	2.9	10.6	3.71
1996	25	NYM-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.52	5	0	1	0	0	1	7.2	4	3	3	0	4	1	8	0	0	0	32			1.043	4.7	0.0	4.7	9.4	2.00	NFK IL
1996	25	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	4.24	38	0	14	0	0	0	46.2	48	22	22	7	21	4	31	0	0	3	204	95	5.14	1.479	9.3	1.4	4.1	6.0	1.48
1997	26	ATL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	14	6	6	2	1	0	14	1	0	1	64			0.882	7.4	1.1	0.5	7.4	14.00	RMD IL
1997	26	ATL	NL	4	4	.500	5.26	31	4	9	0	0	0	53.0	47	34	31	6	28	4	37	4	1	3	236	80	5.00	1.415	8.0	1.0	4.8	6.3	1.32
1998	27	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.69	17	17	0	2	0	0	102.1	92	44	42	9	36	2	84	2	1	3	424			1.251	8.1	0.8	3.2	7.4	2.33	RMD IL
1998	27	TOT	NL	5	2	.714	2.68	9	8	0	2	1	0	57.0	45	19	17	6	18	1	39	0	0	2	233	164	4.09	1.105	7.1	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.17
1998	27	ATL	NL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	36	3.64	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1998	27	PHI	NL	5	2	.714	2.29	8	8	0	2	1	0	55.0	41	16	14	6	17	1	38	0	0	2	222	192	4.10	1.055	6.7	1.0	2.8	6.2	2.24
1999	28	PHI	NL	15	11	.577	4.60	32	32	0	1	0	0	199.2	205	119	102	34	70	2	106	17	3	11	872	104	5.59	1.377	9.2	1.5	3.2	4.8	1.51	AS
2000	29	PHI-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.73	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	20	6	5	2	6	0	10	1	1	0	101			1.000	6.9	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.67	SWB IL
2000	29	PHI	NL	2	9	.182	6.51	17	15	0	0	0	0	83.0	89	67	60	17	35	2	53	3	0	1	371	72	5.89	1.494	9.7	1.8	3.8	5.7	1.51
2001	30	PHI-min	AAA,A+	1	6	.143	3.56	9	9	0	0	0	0	60.2	58	28	24	5	12	0	52	5	0	1	253			1.154	8.6	0.7	1.8	7.7	4.33	SWB,CLW IL,FLOR
2001	30	TOT	MLB	6	7	.462	4.44	19	16	1	1	0	0	103.1	120	54	51	12	26	1	52	2	0	2	444	107	4.37	1.413	10.5	1.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
2001	30	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	8.10	3	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	10	9	9	1	4	0	3	1	0	1	45	54	5.25	1.400	9.0	0.9	3.6	2.7	0.75
2001	30	KCR	AL	6	6	.500	4.05	16	15	0	1	0	0	93.1	110	45	42	11	22	1	49	1	0	1	399	119	4.27	1.414	10.6	1.1	2.1	4.7	2.23
2002	31	KCR	AL	17	11	.607	3.90	33	33	0	7	2	0	228.1	224	111	99	36	38	1	129	7	1	3	935	127	4.47	1.147	8.8	1.4	1.5	5.1	3.39

2003	32	ATL-min	AA	0	0		8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	8	6	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	23			2.077	16.6	2.1	2.1	6.2	3.00	GRV SOUL
2004	33	ATL-min	AA,AAA	1	2	.333	7.27	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	16	14	14	2	7	0	13	2	0	0	76			1.327	8.3	1.0	3.6	6.8	1.86	GRV,RMD SOUL,IL
2004	33	ATL	NL	8	7	.533	3.94	19	19	0	0	0	0	114.1	123	57	50	18	19	0	79	2	0	1	482	109	4.26	1.242	9.7	1.4	1.5	6.2	4.16
2005	34	LAA	AL	12	11	.522	3.74	31	31	0	2	1	0	204.1	216	95	85	22	28	1	102	7	0	1	842	113	3.94	1.194	9.5	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.64
2006	35	CLE	AL	10	9	.526	4.88	31	31	0	1	0	0	179.0	232	120	97	26	38	3	88	6	0	2	805	92	4.79	1.508	11.7	1.3	1.9	4.4	2.32
2007	36	CLE	AL	15	8	.652	4.59	31	31	0	2	2	0	192.1	239	107	98	27	28	3	88	6	0	5	835	99	4.68	1.388	11.2	1.3	1.3	4.1	3.14
2008	37	TOT	AL	11	12	.478	4.60	30	30	0	1	0	0	180.0	204	96	92	31	34	0	82	7	0	0	761	95	5.14	1.322	10.2	1.6	1.7	4.1	2.41
2008	37	CLE	AL	7	10	.412	4.53	22	22	0	1	0	0	131.0	146	70	66	23	24	0	56	5	0	0	553	93	5.22	1.298	10.0	1.6	1.6	3.8	2.33
2008	37	BOS	AL	4	2	.667	4.78	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.0	58	26	26	8	10	0	26	2	0	0	208	97	4.93	1.388	10.7	1.5	1.8	4.8	2.60
2009	38	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	0	2	.000	4.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	19	12	8	2	1	0	10	2	0	1	77			1.111	9.5	1.0	0.5	5.0	10.00	PAW,RES IL,GULF
2009	38	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	5.82	7	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	47	22	22	4	11	0	11	0	0	0	155	80	4.95	1.706	12.4	1.1	2.9	2.9	1.00
14 Yrs				109	96	.532	4.41	345	256	30	17	6	0	1697.0	1857	929	831	247	401	23	923	62	7	35	7266	103	4.72	1.331	9.8	1.3	2.1	4.9	2.30
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.532	4.41	39	29	3	2	1	0	192	210	105	94	28	45	3	104	7	1	4	822	103	4.72	1.331	9.8	1.3	2.1	4.9	2.30
				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
PHI (4 yrs)				22	23	.489	4.79	60	56	1	3	1	0	347.2	345	211	185	58	126	5	200	21	3	15	1510	98	5.42	1.355	8.9	1.5	3.3	5.2	1.59
ATL (3 yrs)				12	11	.522	4.46	51	23	9	0	0	0	169.1	174	94	84	24	48	4	117	6	1	4	729	95	4.49	1.311	9.2	1.3	2.6	6.2	2.44
CLE (3 yrs)				32	27	.542	4.68	84	84	0	4	2	0	502.1	617	297	261	76	90	6	232	17	0	7	2193	95	4.86	1.407	11.1	1.4	1.6	4.2	2.58
KCR (2 yrs)				23	17	.575	3.95	49	48	0	8	2	0	321.2	334	156	141	47	60	2	178	8	1	4	1334	125	4.41	1.225	9.3	1.3	1.7	5.0	2.97
NYM (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.54	55	0	20	0	0	0	68.2	66	28	27	8	28	5	57	1	2	4	295	115	4.27	1.369	8.7	1.0	3.7	7.5	2.04
BOS (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	5.20	15	14	0	0	0	0	83.0	105	48	48	12	21	0	37	2	0	0	363	90	4.94	1.518	11.4	1.3	2.3	4.0	1.76
LAA (1 yr)				12	11	.522	3.74	31	31	0	2	1	0	204.1	216	95	85	22	28	1	102	7	0	1	842	113	3.94	1.194	9.5	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.64

NL (8 yrs)				37	36	.507	4.55	166	79	30	3	1	0	585.2	585	333	296	90	202	14	374	28	6	23	2534	99	5.01	1.344	9.0	1.4	3.1	5.7	1.85
AL (7 yrs)				72	60	.545	4.33	179	177	0	14	5	0	1111.1	1272	596	535	157	199	9	549	34	1	12	4732	105	4.57	1.324	10.3	1.3	1.6	4.4	2.76

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paul Byrd?

Paul Byrd is 53 years old.

When was Paul Byrd born?

Paul Byrd was born on December 3, 1970.

Where was Paul Byrd born?

Paul Byrd was born in Louisville, KY.

How tall is Paul Byrd?

Paul Byrd is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Paul Byrd weigh when playing?

Paul Byrd weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Paul Byrd play?

Paul Byrd played 14 seasons.

Is Paul Byrd in the Hall of Fame?

Paul Byrd has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Paul Byrd drafted?

Paul Byrd was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY) and the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

What position did Paul Byrd play?

Paul Byrd was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Paul Byrd have?

Paul Byrd had 923 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Paul Byrd played for?

Paul Byrd played for 7 teams; the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.

How many World Series has Paul Byrd won?

Paul Byrd has never won a World Series.

When did Paul Byrd retire?

Paul Byrd last played in 2009.

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