Doug Bird

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1950 in Corona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pomona HS (Pomona, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY) and the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA).

High Schools: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY), Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1973 (Age 23-055d, 13,350th in major league history)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 10, 1983 (Age 33-189d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: James Douglas Bird

Nicknames: The Fidrych

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

ERA

3.99

432

100

1213.2

680

WHIP

1.293

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Team Record in Appearances: 31-22 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 32

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	200	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	7-8	H(1)	99	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.74	6	0	2	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.053	2.99	-0.04%	-0.85	7b 12- 0 out a4	8b 1-- 0 out a2
2	201	5	Apr 13	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	8-8		5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.74	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.286	2.61	-0.25%	-1.09	8t 1-- 2 out tie	8t -2- 2 out d1
3	202	7	Apr 16	KCR		DET	L,5-8	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.86	7.88	7	3	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.398	2.40	-0.31%	-1.78	7t 1-- 0 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out tie
4	203	9	Apr 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.15	6.43	10	1	3	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.070	1.19	-0.06%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
5	204	16	Apr 26	KCR		TEX	W,6-3	4-GF	W(1-0)	7	6.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.74	3.13	22	6	7	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.429	2.10	0.42%	3.94	4t 123 0 out d2	9t end a 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	205	22	May 3	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	7-8		6	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.75	3.16	10	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.160	1.80	-0.19%	-2.30	7t --- 0 out d1	8t -2- 2 out d4
7	206	24	May 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	4-7	W(2-0)	1	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.07	13	3	5	1	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	2	0	1.67	-0.062	2.92	-0.07%	-0.37	4t 12- 2 out d1	7t --3 2 out a1
8	207	27	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	5-7		2	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.63	3.26	11	1	5	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.160	2.33	0.17%	1.81	5b 123 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
9	208	29	May 10	KCR		CAL	L,1-6	7-8		1	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.38	6	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.004	.27	0.00%	-0.04	7t 12- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d5
10	209	33	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	3-7		4	4.2	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.86	3.68	18	5	5	0	1	4		2	1	0	1	0	16	1	1	0	1	1	0	.41	-0.013	.50	-0.01%	0.27	3t 1-3 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	210	37	May 21	KCR		CLE	L,7-12	GS-4		5	3.2	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.00	4.00	19	4	5	1	0	7	28			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.252	.65	-0.12%	-3.04	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d5
12	211	40	May 25(2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.14	3.92	5	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.15	-0.008	.12	0.00%	-1.05	8b -23 0 out d3	8b end d 6
13	212	42	May 28	KCR	@	BOS	L,12-17	GS-5		2	4.1	7	7	7	1	7	3	0	6.40	4.63	21	1	5	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.195	.52	-0.07%	-4.44	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	213	46	Jun 3	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	5	3.2	9	6	6	2	4	1	0	7.25	4.74	23	6	2	0	0	9	21			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.285	.80	-0.13%	-4.17	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d6
15	214	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-6		6	5.1	8	3	3	0	3	1	0	6.97	4.65	23	4	8	0	4	8	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.145	.98	-0.08%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
16	215	57	Jun 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-3	6-6		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.97	4.65	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.073	1.78	-0.04%	-0.65	6b 1-3 0 out a4	6b 12- 0 out a3
17	216	65	Jun 22	KCR		SEA	W,4-3	6-9	W(3-1)	8	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.50	4.50	12	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.159	1.78	0.11%	1.16	6t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
18	217	69	Jun 26(1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.35	4.42	5	1	1	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.004	.05	0.00%	0.33	8b 123 0 out d3	8b end d 5
19	218	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-2	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.08	4.28	7	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.021	.27	0.02%	0.97	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
20	219	73	Jun 29	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-7	5-5		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.19	4.22	4	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.016	.26	-0.02%	-0.74	5b --- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	220	78	Jul 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.2	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	5.98	4.07	20	3	8	0	3	6	41			1	1	0	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.069	1.97	-0.08%	-0.77	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out a3
22	221	82	Jul 10	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	7-GF	W(4-1)	4	2.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.89	4.30	9	2	5	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.012	1.19	0.01%	0.40	7t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 2
23	222	83	Jul 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-4	6-GF(8)		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.62	4.20	7	3	3	1	2	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.119	1.19	0.21%	2.60	6b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 2
24	223	85	Jul 13	KCR		DET	W,6-4	6-7	W(5-1)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.46	4.12	7	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.046	1.47	0.05%	0.59	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 12- 2 out a2
25	224	87	Jul 15	KCR		NYY	W,7-4	9-9		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	4.12	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.046	1.54	-0.06%	-0.72	9t -2- 0 out a4	9t 1-3 0 out a4
26	225	91	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	W(6-1)	6	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.07	8	5	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.469	8.15	0.73%	1.52	10b 12- 2 out tie	12b end a 1
27	226	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	W(7-1)	4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.09	3.96	7	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	0.281	4.75	0.31%	1.03	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
28	227	95	Jul 28	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	W(8-1)	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.88	3.76	9	1	1	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.64	0.479	5.15	0.56%	1.73	9t -2- 1 out tie	11t end tie
29	228	97	Jul 30	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-6	6-GF(8)	BL(8-2)	1	2.2	7	4	4	0	1	2	1	5.22	4.12	14	2	3	0	2	7		3	2	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	-0.539	5.38	-1.07%	-3.41	6b 123 1 out a3	8b end d 3
30	229	98	Jul 31(1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	10-10	BL(8-3)	0	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.45	4.34	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.514	8.20	-0.85%	-1.79	10b 1-- 0 out a2	10b -2- 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	230	102	Aug 3	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.32	4.27	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.068	1.28	0.06%	0.11	8t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 3
32	231	105	Aug 6	KCR		CHW	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.25	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	0.150	5.22	0.28%	1.52	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
33	232	108	Aug 8(2)	KCR		CAL	L,2-7	5-8		1	3.2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.23	4.40	15	4	5	0	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	.26	-0.026	.60	-0.04%	-0.25	5t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d6
34	233	111	Aug 12	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	4.36	6	2	4	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.345	4.54	0.42%	1.01	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
35	234	112	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.97	4.27	5	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.261	3.25	0.35%	1.40	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
36	235	115	Aug 16	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-GF(8)	L(8-4)	2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.07	4.21	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.239	2.94	-0.33%	-0.86	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
37	236	116	Aug 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	4.19	3	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	0.321	10.03	0.43%	1.47	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
38	237	119	Aug 20	KCR		BOS	W,5-2	7-GF	S(6)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.83	4.10	12	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.266	3.61	0.48%	2.04	7t -23 0 out a3	9t end a 3
39	238	120	Aug 21	KCR		BOS	W,6-4	8-GF	W(9-4)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.83	4.01	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.143	4.44	0.31%	0.03	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
40	239	123	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	9-14	W(10-4)	2	5.2	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.53	3.84	19	3	6	3	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.54	0.892	10.22	2.15%	3.22	9b -2- 1 out tie	14b 3 out tie
41	240	124	Aug 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-6	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.81	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.107	11.79	0.27%	0.58	9b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 3
42	241	127	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-0	7-GF	S(8)	2	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.36	3.76	11	3	4	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.038	.97	0.10%	1.43	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
43	242	128	Aug 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-GF(8)	BS(4)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.44	3.89	2	0	1	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.622	11.29	-1.60%	-2.50	8b 1-3 2 out a1	8b end d 2
44	243	130	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	7-GF	S(9)	1	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	4.40	3.91	12	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.262	12.19	0.92%	0.55	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
45	244	131	Sep 2(1)	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	8-GF	S(10)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.31	3.86	5	2	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.43	0.393	11.52	1.12%	1.88	8t 123 0 out a2	9t end a 2
46	245	137	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-7	7-GF	S(11)	4	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.19	3.79	12	4	3	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.147	2.36	0.19%	1.50	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
47	246	139	Sep 9	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-3	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.13	3.76	5	0	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.090	1.80	0.07%	0.94	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
48	247	144	Sep 15(1)	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	7-GF(11)	W(11-4)	5	4.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.96	3.73	17	7	6	3	1	2		1	1	2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.399	.10	0.01%	1.61	7t 1-- 1 out tie	11t end tie
49	248	150	Sep 21	KCR		MIN	W,10-5	9-GF		5	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	4.09	3.77	6	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.48	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 5
50	249	152	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(13)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.04	3.77	5	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.263	.00	0.00%	0.71	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
51	250	156	Sep 27(1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	8-10		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.93	3.69	9	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.377	.00	0.00%	1.47	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
52	251	159	Sep 29	KCR		CAL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(14)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	3.67	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.07	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
53	252	161	Oct 1	KCR		CAL	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.88	3.69	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.13	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							31-22		W-L:11-4,Sv:14,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.4	118.1	120	52	51	29	83	14	3	3.88	3.69	489	0.88		7%	13%	117	32	62	39%	8	4	0	444	21	5	4	12	7	4	1.29	2.663	2.64	4.34%	5.37

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