Paul Byrd

Position: Starting 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1991	20	-2.2	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	4	3	.571	3.16	3.88	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
1992	21	-2.8	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	14	6	.700	3.01	4.02	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
1993	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	7	4	.636	3.86	4.65	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
1993	22	-3.9	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CLE	7	4	.636	3.89	4.78	14	14	0	1	1	0	81.0	80	43	35	9	30	0	54	6	1	4	351	1.358	8.9	1.0	3.3	6.0	1.80
1993	22	-1.7	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	8	0	0	1	41	1.000	6.3	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.67
1994	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	7	11	.389	3.84	4.55	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
1994	23	-2.8	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CLE	2	2	.500	3.93	4.66	9	4	2	0	0	1	36.2	33	19	16	5	11	1	15	0	0	3	149	1.200	8.1	1.2	2.7	3.7	1.36
1994	23	-0.9	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	5	9	.357	3.81	4.52	21	20	0	4	1	0	139.1	135	70	59	10	52	3	106	2	2	1	594	1.342	8.7	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.04
1995	24	-2.5	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	3	5	.375	2.79	3.00	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
1995	24	-3.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	0	1.000	2.05	2.45	17	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	18	6	5	1	7	1	26	1	2	1	91	1.136	7.4	0.4	2.9	10.6	3.71
1996	25	-1.4	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	2	0	1.000	3.52	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
1996	25	-3.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	4.24	4.24	38	0	14	0	0	0	46.2	48	22	22	7	21	4	31	0	0	3	204	1.479	9.3	1.4	4.1	6.0	1.48
1997	26	-0.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	2	1	.667	3.18	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
1997	26	-2.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	4	.500	5.26	5.77	31	4	9	0	0	0	53.0	47	34	31	6	28	4	37	4	1	3	236	1.415	8.0	1.0	4.8	6.3	1.32
1998	27		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-PHI	5	2	.714	2.68	3.00	9	8	0	2	1	0	57.0	45	19	17	6	18	1	39	0	0	2	233	1.105	7.1	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.17
1998	27	0.4	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	5	5	.500	3.69	3.87	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
1998	27	-1.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1998	27	-1.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	5	2	.714	2.29	2.62	8	8	0	2	1	0	55.0	41	16	14	6	17	1	38	0	0	2	222	1.055	6.7	1.0	2.8	6.2	2.24
1999	28	-0.4	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	15	11	.577	4.60	5.36	32	32	0	1	0	0	199.2	205	119	102	34	70	2	106	17	3	11	872	1.377	9.2	1.5	3.2	4.8	1.51
2000	29	2.5	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	2	0	1.000	1.73	2.08	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
2000	29	0.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	2	9	.182	6.51	7.27	17	15	0	0	0	0	83.0	89	67	60	17	35	2	53	3	0	1	371	1.494	9.7	1.8	3.8	5.7	1.51
2001	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	PHI	1	6	.143	3.56	4.15	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
2001	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PHI	6	7	.462	4.44	4.70	19	16	1	1	0	0	103.1	120	54	51	12	26	1	52	2	0	2	444	1.413	10.5	1.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
2001	30	3.3	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	1	3	.250	3.65	4.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	37.0	34	18	15	4	7	0	35	4	0	0	155	1.108	8.3	1.0	1.7	8.5	5.00
2001	30	7.3	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	3	.000	3.42	3.80	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.2	24	10	9	1	5	0	17	1	0	1	98	1.225	9.1	0.4	1.9	6.5	3.40
2001	30	1.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	6	6	.500	4.05	4.34	16	15	0	1	0	0	93.1	110	45	42	11	22	1	49	1	0	1	399	1.414	10.6	1.1	2.1	4.7	2.23
2001	30	1.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	8.10	8.10	3	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	10	9	9	1	4	0	3	1	0	1	45	1.400	9.0	0.9	3.6	2.7	0.75
2002	31	2.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	17	11	.607	3.90	4.38	33	33	0	7	2	0	228.1	224	111	99	36	38	1	129	7	1	3	935	1.147	8.8	1.4	1.5	5.1	3.39
2003	32	8.1	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		8.31	12.46	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
2004	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ATL	1	2	.333	7.27	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
2004	33	6.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.071	5.8	0.0	3.9	9.6	2.50
2004	33	8.9	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	1	1	.500	7.11	7.11	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	10	10	2	5	0	8	2	0	0	56	1.421	9.2	1.4	3.6	5.7	1.60
2004	33	3.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	8	7	.533	3.94	4.49	19	19	0	0	0	0	114.1	123	57	50	18	19	0	79	2	0	1	482	1.242	9.7	1.4	1.5	6.2	4.16
2005	34	4.8	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	12	11	.522	3.74	4.18	31	31	0	2	1	0	204.1	216	95	85	22	28	1	102	7	0	1	842	1.194	9.5	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.64
2006	35	6.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	9	.526	4.88	6.03	31	31	0	1	0	0	179.0	232	120	97	26	38	3	88	6	0	2	805	1.508	11.7	1.3	1.9	4.4	2.32
2007	36	7.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	8	.652	4.59	5.01	31	31	0	2	2	0	192.1	239	107	98	27	28	3	88	6	0	5	835	1.388	11.2	1.3	1.3	4.1	3.14
2008	37		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-CLE	11	12	.478	4.60	4.80	30	30	0	1	0	0	180.0	204	96	92	31	34	0	82	7	0	0	761	1.322	10.2	1.6	1.7	4.1	2.41
2008	37	8.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	10	.412	4.53	4.81	22	22	0	1	0	0	131.0	146	70	66	23	24	0	56	5	0	0	553	1.298	10.0	1.6	1.6	3.8	2.33
2008	37	8.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	2	.667	4.78	4.78	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.0	58	26	26	8	10	0	26	2	0	0	208	1.388	10.7	1.5	1.8	4.8	2.60
2009	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	BOS	0	2	.000	4.00	6.00	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
2009	38	11.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	3.27	3.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	44	0.909	7.4	0.8	0.8	5.7	7.00
2009	38	17.6	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	1	.000	5.14	10.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	8	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	33	1.429	12.9	1.3	0.0	3.9
2009	38	9.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	3	.250	5.82	5.82	7	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	47	22	22	4	11	0	11	0	0	0	155	1.706	12.4	1.1	2.9	2.9	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		109	96	.532	4.41	4.93	345	256	30	17	6	0	1697.0	1857	929	831	247	401	23	923	62	7	35	7266	1.331	9.8	1.3	2.1	4.9	2.30
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		48	45	.516	3.50	4.15	152	125	14	14	2	8	822.1	719	379	320	65	296	9	618	30	12	32	3443	1.234	7.9	0.7	3.2	6.8	2.09
All Levels (19 Seasons)							157	141	.527	4.11	4.67	497	381	44	31	8	8	2519.1	2576	1308	1151	312	697	32	1541	92	19	67	10709	1.299	9.2	1.1	2.5	5.5	2.21

AAA (10 seasons)					Minors		24	22	.522	3.44	3.86	81	59	13	6	1	8	410.1	360	176	157	38	119	4	293	20	3	12	1681	1.167	7.9	0.8	2.6	6.4	2.46
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		20	16	.556	3.62	4.46	51	49	1	8	1	0	318.2	285	158	128	18	136	5	243	8	2	12	1368	1.321	8.0	0.5	3.8	6.9	1.79
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		4	6	.400	3.23	3.86	18	15	0	0	0	0	86.1	64	37	31	8	41	0	79	1	7	7	361	1.216	6.7	0.8	4.3	8.2	1.93
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.14	10.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	8	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	33	1.429	12.9	1.3	0.0	3.9