Doug Bird

James Douglas Bird

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1950 in Corona, CA
High School: Pomona (Pomona, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1973
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cubs/Yankees/Phillies/RedSox 1973-1983
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 10, 1983
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1969	19	KCR-min	A-	16	44	37	1	8	2	0	0	4	2	0	3	14	.216	.275	.270	.545		10		0	4	0		WPG · NORL
1970	20	KCR-min	A	25	60	57	0	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.276	.368	.644		21		0	2	0		WLO,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1971	21	KCR-min	A	29	68	68		11	1	1	0						.162	.162	.206	.368		14						SJO · CALL
1972	22	KCR-min	AA,AAA	31	46	44	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	.114	.114	.136	.250		6		0	2	0		JCK,OMA · SOUL,AA
1973	23	KCR-min	AAA	4																								OMA · AA
1973	23	KCR	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	24	KCR	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	25	KCR	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	26	KCR	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	27	KCR	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	28	KCR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	29	PHI	NL	32	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	30	NYY-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		CLB · IL
1980	30	NYY	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	31	TOT	MLB	29	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.100	.243	-31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1981	31	NYY	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	31	CHC	NL	12	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.100	.243	-31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1982	32	CHC	NL	35	60	56	0	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.143	.143	.161	.304	-16	9	1	0	4	0	0	1
1983	33	BOS	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11 Seasons				432	90	82	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	12	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	34	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	5	0	0	2	0	0

KCR (6 yrs)				292	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				47	83	76	0	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	31	.132	.143	.145	.288	-20	11	1	0	6	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				32	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				353	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				79	90	82	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	12	1	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1979	29	PHI	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

1981	31	CHC	NL	23	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1982	32	CHC	NL	60	-9	0	1	0	0	5	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
3 Seasons				90	-13	0	1	0	0	8	3	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$

CHC (2 yrs)				83	-12	0	1	0	0	7	3	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
PHI (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1979	29	PHI	NL	7	5	0	0.0	102	.500	.167	.272	.286	.338	.167	.404	.452	.743	26	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

1981	31	TOT	MLB	23	20	0	0.0	95	.222	.100	.267	.143	.333	.100	.383	.243	.716	-31	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.167	.050	.000
1981	31	CHC	NL	23	20	0	0.0	95	.222	.100	.267	.143	.333	.100	.383	.243	.716	-31	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.167	.050	.000
1982	32	CHC	NL	60	53	1	0.5	96	.222	.143	.268	.143	.331	.161	.389	.304	.721	-16	.020	-8.9	-0.9	.184	.018	.018
11 Seasons				90	78	1	0.4	96	.234	.134	.268	.155	.332	.146	.389	.301	.721	-16	.010	-13.1	-1.4	.194	.037	.012
162 Game Avg.				34	29	0	0.4	96	.234	.134	.268	.155	.332	.146	.389	.301	.721	-16	.010	-13.1	-1.4	.194	.037	.012

CHC (2 yrs)				83	73	1	0.4	96	.222	.132	.268	.143	.332	.145	.388	.288	.719	-20	.012	-12.5	-1.3	.179	.026	.013
PHI (1 yr)				7	5	0	0.0	102	.500	.167	.272	.286	.338	.167	.404	.452	.743	26	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

NL (3 yrs)				90	78	1	0.3	96	.234	.134	.268	.155	.332	.146	.389	.301	.721	-16	.010	-13.1	-1.4	.194	.037	.012

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	29	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	1.5				29%

1981	31	CHC	NL	23	0.0%	47.8%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	11.00	1.8			8.00	39%
1982	32	CHC	NL	60	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	1.7%	13%		2.8		18.7	1.73	60%
11 Seasons				90	0.0%	38.9%	2.2%	1.1%	9%	17.50	2.3		27.3	2.33	52%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.0%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.53	6.9	45.9	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1973	23	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1974	24	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1975	25	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1976	26	KCR	AL	0.0
1977	27	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1978	28	KCR	AL	0.0
1979	29	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.70	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.10	-1.0	0
1980	30	NYY	AL	0.0
1981	31	NYY	AL	0.0
1981	31	CHC	NL	-3.6	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.80	-0.3	-0.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.88	-3.5	0
1982	32	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	60	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.96	-0.7	0.0	-7.3	-0.8	0.94	-7.3	0
1983	33	BOS	AL	0.0
11 Seasons				-13.1	-1.4	90	-1.0	0.7	-1.6	.90	-1.1	0.0	-12.3	-1.3	0.93	-11.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	29	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1981	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	32	CHC	NL	2	0	0%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				2	0	8%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	29	PHI	NL	7	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	31	CHC	NL	23	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1982	32	CHC	NL	60	23%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	13	1	8%	14	2	14%	39	4	10%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
11 Seasons				90	21%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	17	1	6%	20	3	15%	59	4	7%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1979	29	324	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0
1980	30	346	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0
1981	31	375	30	26	1	3	0	0	2	15	.115	.179	.115	.294	-17	3	0	2
1982	32	410	90	82	1	11	1	3	2	35	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	12	1	6
1983	33	432	90	82	1	11	1	3	2	35	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	12	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	29	32	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	32

1981	31	44	32	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	29
1982	32	35	55	55	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	.127	.127	.145	.273	1	35
3 Seasons		111	94	91	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	3	41	.077	.106	.088	.194	1	96
162 Game Avg.		162	137	133	0	10	1	0	0	3	0	4	60	.077	.106	.088	.194	1	96

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