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: 7-25 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 10

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	293	1	Apr 6	PHI	@	STL	L,1-8	7-7		99	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.73	4	0	2	0	1	2		3	3	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.031	.48	-0.03%	-2.45	7b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d7
2	294	9	Apr 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,13-2	7-8		10	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.73	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.99	7b --- 0 out a11	8b 3 out a11
3	295	15	Apr 24	PHI		LAD	W,7-6	3-8		6	5.0	4	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.70	1.69	18	4	6	1	3	4		3	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	0.134	2.11	0.15%	2.08	3t 123 1 out d3	8t 12- 1 out a2
4	296	18	Apr 28	PHI		SDP	L,0-5	8-GF		3	2.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.59	1.70	11	2	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.010	.47	-0.01%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
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
5	297	21	May 1	PHI		SFG	L,0-7	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	1.76	3	1	2	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.18	-0.026	.34	-0.03%	-1.45	7t 123 1 out d4	7t 3 out d7
6	298	22	May 3	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.25	1.90	6	3	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.007	.31	0.01%	0.34	7b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
7	299	27	May 8	PHI	@	SDP	W,9-8	6-6		4	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.84	2.16	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.064	2.13	-0.08%	-0.69	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 1-3 1 out d1
8	300	31	May 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	5-7		3	2.0	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	6.28	2.59	10	3	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.76	-0.064	1.58	-0.08%	-1.15	5b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 123 1 out d2
9	301	35	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,23-22	1-4		4	3.2	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	7.00	3.84	18	6	10	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.060	1.55	-0.09%	-2.76	1b -2- 1 out a3	4b 3 out a8
10	302	37	May 19	PHI		MON	L,5-10	7-8		1	2.0	4	4	4	0	3	3	0	8.10	5.38	10	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.249	1.15	-0.48%	-3.03	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d5
11	303	42	May 25	PHI		CHC	L,0-3	6-8		5	3.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.04	5.04	14	4	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.057	.98	0.08%	1.45	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
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
12	304	50	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	6.84	5.49	8	2	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.29	-0.028	.47	-0.03%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	305	52	Jun 3(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-12	3-5		0	2.2	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	6.51	5.41	14	2	3	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.019	.26	-0.02%	-0.55	3b 1-- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d7
14	306	56	Jun 8	PHI		ATL	L,5-11	10-GF(10)		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.35	5.34	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	0.17	10t 1-3 1 out d5	10t end d 6
15	307	58	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	L,3-10	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.93	5.04	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
16	308	61	Jun 13	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.74	4.97	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.027	.56	0.03%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
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
17	309	87	Jul 10	PHI		SDP	W,6-5	8-GF	W(1-0)	26	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.77	6	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.08	0.01%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
18	310	98	Jul 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-15	3-3		13	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.24	4.71	5	1	3	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.51	-0.016	.76	-0.01%	-0.16	3b 1-- 0 out d4	3b 3 out d5
19	311	99	Jul 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,8-16	4-6		0	2.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.89	4.61	12	1	5	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	.13	-0.030	.20	-0.03%	-1.48	4b --- 0 out d4	6b 12- 1 out d6
20	312	102	Jul 29	PHI		STL	L,5-6	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.52	7	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.028	.23	0.02%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d3
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
21	313	107	Aug 2(2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.45	4.42	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.027	.56	0.03%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
22	314	109	Aug 3(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.31	4.33	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
23	315	110	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.06	4.14	7	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.06	0.01%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
24	316	117	Aug 10(2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	6-7		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	4.08	6	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.043	.43	0.04%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
25	317	119	Aug 13	PHI		PIT	L,1-9	8-GF		2	2.0	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	5.40	4.17	13	3	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	2	0	0	0	.06	-0.019	.05	-0.01%	-3.03	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 8
26	318	127	Aug 22	PHI		ATL	L,3-4	7-8		8	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.18	4.07	8	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.034	.08	0.01%	0.97	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
27	319	134	Aug 31	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG(6)	W(2-0)	8	5.1	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.00	4.19	21	4	10	3	2	5	50			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.75	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out a4
Sept				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
28	320	138	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	7-8		2	1.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	5.20	4.32	8	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 1 out d4
29	321	142	Sep 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-8	3-3		4	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.34	4.31	4	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.89	3b --- 2 out d6	3b 3 out d7
30	322	143	Sep 9	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-15	5-6		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.31	4.19	8	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.03	5b --- 0 out d8	6b 3 out d9
31	323	156	Sep 22(2)	PHI		MON	L,2-8	7-7		12	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.28	4.15	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.32	7t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
32	324	157	Sep 23	PHI		MON	L,4-7	3-5		0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	5.16	4.03	12	0	6	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.45	3t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d4
							7-25		W-L:2-0	2.9	61.0	73	35	35	16	33	7	2	5.16	4.03	263	0.68		11%	7%	61	50	18	56%	4	1	0	239	15	5	4	10	4	1	.39	-0.169	.55	-0.54%	-5.79

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