Doug Bird
James Douglas Bird
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
Final Game: September 10, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 KCR AL 23 P 54 0 102.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.62 0.13 .943 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 24 P 55 1 92.1 20 8 12 0 3 1.000 1.95 0.36 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 KCR AL 25 P 51 4 105.1 23 12 8 3 2 .870 1.71 0.39 .943 1.87 0.85
1976 KCR AL 26 P 39 27 197.2 37 14 21 2 1 .946 1.59 0.90 .951 1.87 0.85
1977 KCR AL 27 P 53 5 118.1 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.36 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 KCR AL 28 P 40 6 98.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.48 .953 1.90 0.85
1979 PHI NL 29 P 32 1 61.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 0.19 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 NYY AL 30 P 22 1 50.2 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.31 0.59 .954 1.85 0.77
1981 TOT MLB 31 P 29 16 128.2 27 13 14 0 2 1.000 1.89 0.93 .959 1.97 0.76
1981 NYY AL 31 P 17 4 53.1 13 6 7 0 1 1.000 2.19 0.76 .962 1.97 0.81
1981 CHC NL 31 P 12 12 75.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 1.67 1.17 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 CHC NL 32 P 35 33 191.0 38 19 19 0 0 1.000 1.79 1.09 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 BOS AL 33 P 22 6 67.2 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 1.86 0.64 .957 1.80 0.73
11 Seasons P 432 100 1213.2 223 94 124 5 11 .978 1.62 0.50 .951 1.89 0.80
11 Seasons TOT 432 100 1213.2 223 94 124 5 11 .978 1.62 0.50 .928 1.89 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 KCR AL 23 54 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 24 55 0 1 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 25 51 0 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 26 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 KCR AL 27 53 0 1 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 28 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 29 32 1 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 30 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 31 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 31 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 32 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BOS AL 33 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 432 46 85 432 432 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 KCR AL 23 425 73% 27% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1974 KCR AL 24 400 78% 28% 15 87% 0 8 2 3 12 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 50%
1975 KCR AL 25 460 73% 22% 10 80% 0 12 2 9 8 6 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 75%
1976 KCR AL 26 829 83% 28% 24 92% 0 16 2 13 21 16 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1977 KCR AL 27 507 77% 22% 14 100% 1 6 0 5 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1978 KCR AL 28 457 82% 24% 16 94% 0 7 1 5 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1979 PHI NL 29 270 81% 21% 8 75% 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1980 NYY AL 30 213 85% 31% 12 83% 0 2 0 2 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1981 NYY AL 31 238 82% 28% 9 78% 0 5 0 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1981 CHC NL 31 316 84% 34% 8 88% 0 7 0 6 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1982 CHC NL 32 852 88% 28% 22 95% 0 18 1 15 20 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 BOS AL 33 314 84% 26% 7 100% 0 6 0 6 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
11 Seasons 5281 81% 26% 151 90% 2 92 10 70 129 100 16 5 0 2 3 3 11 8 9 2 31 84%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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