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Mark Fidrych
Mark Steven Fidrych (The Bird)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 20, 1976
  vs. OAK 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 1, 1980
Born August 14, 1954 in Worcester, MA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1976 21 DET AL  19   9  31  29  24   4   2  0  250.3  217   76   65  12   53   97   3   6   996   3   0  2.34  3.70  158 1.079 MVP-11,CYA-2,RoY-1,AS
 1977 22 DET AL   6   4  11  11   7   1   0  0   81.0   82   29   26   2   12   42   1   1   326   2   0  2.89  4.28  148 1.160 AS
 1978 23 DET AL   2   0   3   3   2   0   0  0   22.0   17    6    6   1    5   10   0   0    85   0   0  2.45  3.89  159 1.000
 1979 24 DET AL   0   3   4   4   0   0   0  0   14.7   23   17   17   3    9    5   1   0    73   2   0 10.43  4.36   42 2.182
 1980 25 DET AL   2   3   9   9   1   0   0  0   44.3   58   35   28   5   20   16   1   3   215   2   0  5.68  4.12   73 1.759
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .604  29  19  58  56  34   5   2  0  412.3  397  163  142  23   99  170   6  10  1695   9   0  3.10  3.89  126 1.203
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  11  34  33  20   2   1  0  245.7  236   97   84  13   59  101   3   5  1011   5   0  3.10  3.89  126 1.203
 Career High     19   9  31  29  24   4   2  0  250.3  217   76   65  12   53   97   3   6   996   3   0  2.34  4.28  158 1.079

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 21 DET AL P 31 19 59 0 4 1.000 .950 2.52 0.85 2.80 1.87 29 250.3 AS 1977 22 DET AL P 11 7 6 1 0 .929 .949 1.18 0.84 1.44 1.94 11 81.0 AS 1978 23 DET AL P 3 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 3.67 0.87 4.50 1.88 3 22.0 1979 24 DET AL P 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.80 1.84 1.90 4 14.7 1980 25 DET AL P 9 5 9 0 0 1.000 .959 1.56 0.77 2.84 1.85 9 44.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 21 DET AL P 31 19 59 0 4 1.000 .950 2.52 0.85 2.80 1.87 29 250.3 1977 22 DET AL P 11 7 6 1 0 .929 .949 1.18 0.84 1.44 1.94 11 81.0 1978 23 DET AL P 3 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 3.67 0.87 4.50 1.88 3 22.0 1979 24 DET AL P 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.80 1.84 1.90 4 14.7 1980 25 DET AL P 9 5 9 0 0 1.000 .959 1.56 0.77 2.84 1.85 9 44.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 58 37 82 1 4 .992 .951 2.05 0.83 2.60 1.88 56 412.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 58 37 82 1 4 .992 .951 2.05 0.83 2.60 1.89 56 412
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1976   DET AL   *  0  1  0   2     4   2   2   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  1  0 
 1977   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   DET AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1977   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 (P)
1977

Awards
1976-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-AL-11-0.12
Car-829-0.12 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-AL-2-0.42
Car-103-0.42 shares

ERA
1976 AL-2.34-1

Wins
1976 AL-19-4

Won-Loss %
1976 AL-.679-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1976 AL-1.079-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1976 AL-7.80-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1976 AL-1.91-5

Comp. Games
1976 AL-24-1

Shutouts
1976 AL-4-5

Adjusted ERA+
1976 AL-158-1

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (368) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1112) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.5 (745) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

October 5, 1981: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 25, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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