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: 12-17 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 11

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	347	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.60	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
2	348	7	Apr 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.89	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.072	.34	-0.03%	-0.18	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 2
3	349	10	Apr 21	NYY		DET	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	2	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.00	3.32	25	8	8	0	0	4	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.252	.82	0.12%	2.30	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
4	350	14	Apr 26	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	8-GF		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.01	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.053	.44	0.03%	0.85	8t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 1
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	351	18	May 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,6-8	6-6	BS(1)	4	0.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.90	2.80	4	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	-0.367	3.04	-0.19%	-2.73	6b 12- 0 out a1	6b 1-3 1 out d2
6	352	19	May 2	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-6	3-7		0	4.1	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	1.88	3.44	18	3	7	0	0	4		2	0	1	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.38	0.027	.32	0.01%	0.10	3b 12- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d4
7	353	23	May 5	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-6	4-6		2	2.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.65	3.42	14	3	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.061	.99	-0.03%	-0.09	4b 12- 0 out tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
8	354	24	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	6-8	H(1)	0	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.33	3.38	11	2	5	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.31	0.103	1.12	0.05%	0.96	6b -23 0 out a4	8b 12- 1 out a3
9	355	30	May 13	NYY		OAK	L,4-5	5-7		6	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.01	3.45	12	4	4	1	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	.25	-0.006	.21	0.00%	0.70	5t 1-- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
10	356	32	May 16	NYY		SEA	W,7-5	3-8	W(2-0)	2	4.2	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.00	3.49	16	6	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.175	.64	0.08%	1.16	3t 12- 2 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out a2
11	357	35	May 19	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	3-8	W(3-0)	2	5.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.69	3.32	22	6	7	1	1	6		2	2	1	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	1	1	.95	0.119	.75	0.06%	1.19	3t 1-3 0 out d3	8t 1-- 0 out a1
12	358	37	May 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	6-7		2	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.38	3.75	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.199	.64	-0.13%	-2.11	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d4
13	359	39	May 24	NYY		CLE	L,5-12	1-2		1	1.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	3.69	7	2	3	1	1	2		2	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.31	-0.020	.31	-0.01%	-0.43	1t 1-3 1 out d5	2t 3 out d7
14	360	40	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-10	5-7		0	1.1	4	3	2	1	1	1	0	2.68	4.03	8	2	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.047	.08	-0.03%	-4.32	5b -23 2 out d4	7b 1-3 0 out d8
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
15	361	46	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-5	W(4-0)	6	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.00	4.22	24	9	7	2	0	4	41			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.062	1.12	-0.03%	-0.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
16	362	51	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS-6	W(5-0)	4	6.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.63	3.81	23	7	5	2	0	6	65			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.344	1.18	0.21%	2.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
17	363	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-1)	4	5.1	8	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.70	3.67	24	10	3	1	0	8	43			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.160	1.12	-0.12%	-0.99	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out d1
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
				Player went from New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs
18	364	58	Aug 13	CHC		NYM	W,6-1	GS-5	W(6-1)	62	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.62	3.82	20	9	9	5	1	0	53			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.116	.88	0.06%	1.25	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
19	365	62	Aug 17	CHC		LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.41	3.60	36	15	14	3	1	0	74			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.434	1.11	0.24%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	366	66	Aug 22	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-2)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.39	3.65	31	13	15	5	1	0	63			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.106	.87	0.06%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	367	70	Aug 26	CHC		SDP	W,9-7	GS-4		3	4.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	1	2.84	3.67	17	4	6	4	1	5	27			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.48	-0.411	1.68	-0.28%	-3.20	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
22	368	74	Aug 30	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-2)	3	7.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.71	3.49	26	8	8	2	1	6	65			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.296	.95	0.16%	1.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
23	369	78	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-12	GS-4	L(8-3)	3	4.0	6	6	5	2	1	0	0	3.09	3.50	19	4	9	4	0	3	27			0	1	0	15	1	1	1	0	2	0	.78	-0.274	.67	-0.14%	-4.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
24	370	82	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	W,10-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.81	3.39	29	13	12	7	1	0	83			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.38	0.191	.38	0.11%	4.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
25	371	86	Sep 12	CHC		MON	L,0-2	GS-6	L(9-4)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.82	3.38	25	10	7	4	0	1	57			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.023	2.36	0.03%	0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
26	372	89	Sep 18	CHC	@	MON	L,0-11	GS-4	L(9-5)	5	3.1	9	8	6	3	2	1	0	3.23	3.52	22	6	9	4	2	2	13			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.338	.86	-0.18%	-5.38	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d6
27	373	93	Sep 22	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.27	3.47	31	16	8	4	3	0	50			1	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.05	-0.013	.43	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
28	374	97	Sep 27(1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	GS-5	L(9-6)	4	5.0	5	4	3	1	0	1	0	3.36	3.57	21	4	16	5	1	0	42			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	2	.83	-0.204	.24	-0.04%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
29	375	102	Sep 30	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-8		2	8.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.22	3.42	28	11	11	8	1	0	74			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.285	.05	0.01%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
							12-17		W-L:9-6,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.0	128.2	130	53	46	32	62	10	1	3.22	3.42	534	0.98		17%	4%	72	52	21	52%	12	4	0	490	18	4	6	11	8	5	.95	0.293	.83	0.02%	-0.75

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