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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 HS (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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1969	19	KCR-min	A-	6	2	.750	3.45	16	13		5	1	0	99.0	105	45	38	10	17	1	88	1	0	4			1.232	9.5	0.9	1.5	8.0	5.18	WPG · NORL
1970	20	KCR-min	A	11	11	.500	2.12	25	24		0	0	0	157.0	132	59	37	6	35	0	14	0	0	0			1.064	7.6	0.3	2.0	0.8	0.40	WLO,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1971	21	KCR-min	A	15	9	.625	3.41	29	27					182.0	175	84	69	14	48								1.225	8.7	0.7	2.4			SJO · CALL
1972	22	KCR-min	AA,AAA	11	8	.579	2.47	31	18		5	2	2	131.0	126	47	36	7	37	7	85	1	0	2			1.244	8.7	0.5	2.5	5.8	2.30	JCK,OMA · SOUL,AA
1973	23	KCR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0					6.0	5	0	0	0	1								1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5			OMA · AA
1973	23	KCR	AL	4	4	.500	2.99	54	0	41	0	0	20	102.1	81	37	34	10	30	7	83	2	1	1	414	136	1.085	7.1	0.9	2.6	7.3	2.77
1974	24	KCR	AL	7	6	.538	2.73	55	1	44	1	0	10	92.1	100	31	28	6	27	9	62	1	0	1	390	140	1.375	9.7	0.6	2.6	6.0	2.30
1975	25	KCR	AL	9	6	.600	3.25	51	4	36	0	0	11	105.1	100	42	38	7	40	10	81	2	0	2	444	119	1.329	8.5	0.6	3.4	6.9	2.03
1976	26	KCR	AL	12	10	.545	3.37	39	27	6	2	1	2	197.2	191	90	74	17	31	3	107	3	1	0	808	105	1.123	8.7	0.8	1.4	4.9	3.45
1977	27	KCR	AL	11	4	.733	3.88	53	5	31	0	0	14	118.1	120	52	51	14	29	4	83	3	0	3	490	105	1.259	9.1	1.1	2.2	6.3	2.86
1978	28	KCR	AL	6	6	.500	5.29	40	6	13	0	0	1	98.2	110	63	58	8	31	5	48	2	2	9	434	72	1.429	10.0	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.55
1979	29	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	5.16	32	1	10	1	0	0	61.0	73	35	35	7	16	4	33	2	0	2	263	74	1.459	10.8	1.0	2.4	4.9	2.06
1980	30	NYY-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.25	15	4		0	0	2	48.0	33	15	12	4	13	1	36	0	0	3			0.958	6.2	0.8	2.4	6.8	2.77	CLB · IL
1980	30	NYY	AL	3	0	1.000	2.66	22	1	7	0	0	1	50.2	47	16	15	3	14	1	17	1	0	1	205	148	1.204	8.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.21
1981	31	TOT	MLB	9	6	.600	3.22	29	16	3	2	1	0	128.2	130	53	46	10	32	6	62	1	0	2	534	114	1.259	9.1	0.7	2.2	4.3	1.94
1981	31	NYY	AL	5	1	.833	2.70	17	4	3	0	0	0	53.1	58	19	16	5	16	3	28	0	0	0	229	133	1.388	9.8	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.75
1981	31	CHC	NL	4	5	.444	3.58	12	12	0	2	1	0	75.1	72	34	30	5	16	3	34	1	0	2	305	104	1.168	8.6	0.6	1.9	4.1	2.13
1982	32	CHC	NL	9	14	.391	5.14	35	33	1	2	1	0	191.0	230	119	109	26	30	3	71	3	0	1	819	73	1.361	10.8	1.2	*1.4*	3.3	2.37
1983	33	BOS	AL	1	4	.200	6.65	22	6	7	0	0	1	67.2	91	52	50	14	16	4	33	2	0	1	303	66	1.581	12.1	1.9	2.1	4.4	2.06
11 Yrs				73	60	.549	3.99	432	100	199	8	3	60	1213.2	1273	590	538	122	296	56	680	22	4	23	5104	96	1.293	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.30
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.549	3.99	55	13	25	1	0	8	155	163	75	69	16	38	7	87	3	1	3	652	96	1.293	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.30

KCR (6 yrs)				49	36	.576	3.56	292	43	171	3	1	58	714.2	702	315	283	62	188	38	464	13	4	16	2980	107	1.245	8.8	0.8	2.4	5.8	2.47
CHC (2 yrs)				13	19	.406	4.70	47	45	1	4	2	0	266.1	302	153	139	31	46	6	105	4	0	3	1124	79	1.307	10.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	2.28
NYY (2 yrs)				8	1	.889	2.68	39	5	10	0	0	1	104.0	105	35	31	8	30	4	45	1	0	1	434	140	1.298	9.1	0.7	2.6	3.9	1.50
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	5.16	32	1	10	1	0	0	61.0	73	35	35	7	16	4	33	2	0	2	263	74	1.459	10.8	1.0	2.4	4.9	2.06
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	.200	6.65	22	6	7	0	0	1	67.2	91	52	50	14	16	4	33	2	0	1	303	66	1.581	12.1	1.9	2.1	4.4	2.06

AL (9 yrs)				58	41	.586	3.70	353	54	188	3	1	60	886.1	898	402	364	84	234	46	542	16	4	18	3717	105	1.277	9.1	0.9	2.4	5.5	2.32
NL (3 yrs)				15	19	.441	4.78	79	46	11	5	2	0	327.1	375	188	174	38	62	10	138	6	0	5	1387	78	1.335	10.3	1.0	1.7	3.8	2.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1973	23	KCR	AL	102.1	54	0	37	3.25	4.32	-0.30	-0.36	106.5	4.54	14	1.5	1.7	0.3	2.7	25	.528	.509	$
1974	24	KCR	AL	92.1	55	1	31	3.02	4.20	-0.15	-0.31	105.7	4.27	13	1.4	2.3	0.7	2.9	22	.526	.509	$
1975	25	KCR	AL	105.1	51	4	42	3.59	4.34	0.08	-0.26	101.0	4.03	5	0.6	2.0	0.1	1.6	16	.511	.504	$
1976	26	KCR	AL	197.2	39	27	90	4.10	3.99	0.25	0.06	99.6	3.79	-6	-0.7	1.2	-0.2	0.9	12	.482	.496	$
1977	27	KCR	AL	118.1	53	5	52	3.95	4.51	0.18	-0.27	101.1	4.10	2	0.2	1.9	-0.1	1.1	15	.503	.501	$
1978	28	KCR	AL	98.2	40	6	63	5.75	4.17	0.36	-0.19	98.9	3.58	-23	-2.4	1.8	-0.7	-2.3	-13	.440	.485	$
1979	29	PHI	NL	61.0	32	1	35	5.16	4.29	0.35	-0.30	105.4	3.84	-9	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.3	-3	.468	.494	$
1980	30	NYY	AL	50.2	22	1	16	2.84	4.47	-0.09	-0.30	97.4	4.16	7	0.8	1.3	-0.0	1.2	13	.535	.505	$
1981	31	NYY	AL	53.1	17	4	19	3.21	4.21	0.22	-0.14	94.8	3.65	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.7	6	.518	.502	$
1981	31	CHC	NL	75.1	12	12	34	4.06	4.02	-0.62	0.15	106.6	5.09	8	0.9		-0.0	1.5	13	.577	.506	$
1982	32	CHC	NL	191.0	35	33	119	5.61	4.03	-0.20	0.14	104.4	4.55	-25	-2.6	.0	-0.1	-1.1	-4	.426	.484	$
1983	33	BOS	AL	67.2	22	6	52	6.92	4.41	-0.08	-0.13	104.6	4.56	-18	-1.7	.7	0.1	-1.1	-11	.421	.489	$
11 Seasons				1213.2	432	100	590	4.38	4.21	0.01	-0.12	102.3	4.18	-31	-2.7	1.6	0.1	7.8	92	.494	.499	$

KCR (6 yrs)				714.2	292	43	315	3.97	4.23	0.10	-0.18	101.7	4.02	4	0.6	1.9	-0.0	6.9	78	.502	.501	$
CHC (2 yrs)				266.1	47	45	153	5.17	4.02	-0.32	0.14	105.0	4.70	-17	-1.7	.0	-0.1	0.4	9	.465	.495	$
NYY (2 yrs)				104.0	39	5	35	3.03	4.34	0.07	-0.22	96.1	3.90	10	1.1	1.2	-0.1	1.9	19	.527	.503	$
PHI (1 yr)				61.0	32	1	35	5.16	4.29	0.35	-0.30	105.4	3.84	-9	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.3	-3	.468	.494	$
BOS (1 yr)				67.2	22	6	52	6.92	4.41	-0.08	-0.13	104.6	4.56	-18	-1.7	.7	0.1	-1.1	-11	.421	.489	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	SO/9
1976	26	KCR	AL	ALCS	L	NYY	1	0	1.000	1.93	1	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	1	16	0.857	7.7	0.0	1.9
1977	27	KCR	AL	ALCS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	3	2	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	9	2.000	18.0	0.0	4.5
1978	28	KCR	AL	ALCS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	6	2.000	18.0	9.0	9.0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							1	1	.500	2.35	6	3	7.2	10	2	2	1	3	31	1.304	11.7	1.2	3.5
3 ALCS							1	1	.500	2.35	6	3	7.2	10	2	2	1	3	31	1.304	11.7	1.2	3.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1973	23	KCR	AL	54	414	373	37	81	12	2	10	8	0	30	83	.217	.276	.340	.616	.249	127	9	2	4	5	7	4
1974	24	KCR	AL	55	390	350	31	100	19	0	6	6	3	27	62	.286	.333	.391	.725	.326	137	9	1	6	6	9	3
1975	25	KCR	AL	51	443	386	42	100	21	5	7	5	7	40	81	.259	.327	.394	.721	.306	152	7	2	9	6	10	3
1976	26	KCR	AL	39	808	762	90	191	37	6	17	16	4	31	107	.251	.279	.382	.661	.269	291	14	3	2	10	3	10
1977	27	KCR	AL	53	489	444	52	120	21	5	14	8	4	29	83	.270	.315	.435	.749	.299	193	12	3	6	7	4	4
1978	28	KCR	AL	40	434	387	63	110	19	5	8	8	2	31	48	.284	.336	.421	.757	.303	163	5	2	8	6	5	5
1979	29	PHI	NL	32	263	239	35	73	15	5	7	4	1	16	33	.305	.349	.498	.847	.325	119	10	2	2	4	4	1
1980	30	NYY	AL	22	205	183	16	47	7	2	3	3	3	14	17	.257	.307	.366	.673	.263	67	5	1	3	4	1	2
1981	31	NYY	AL	17	229	207	19	58	5	2	5	7	1	16	28	.280	.326	.396	.722	.298	82	5	0	2	4	3	2
1981	31	CHC	NL	12	305	283	34	72	13	2	5	5	3	16	34	.254	.293	.367	.660	.270	104	6	1	1	4	3	3
1981	31	TOT	MLB	29	534	490	53	130	18	4	10	12	4	32	62	.265	.307	.380	.687	.282	186	11	1	3	8	6	5
1982	32	CHC	NL	35	819	775	119	230	38	6	26	21	9	30	71	.297	.324	.462	.786	.300	358	6	3	8	3	3	11
1983	33	BOS	AL	22	303	281	52	91	18	3	14	8	1	16	33	.324	.360	.559	.918	.324	157	9	2	0	4	4	4
11 Yrs				432	5102	4670	590	1273	225	43	122	99	38	296	680	.273	.315	.418	.733	.293	1950	97	22	51	63	56	52
162 Game Avg.				55	652	597	75	163	29	5	16	13	5	38	87	.273	.315	.418	.733	.293	249	12	3	7	8	7	7
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.382	.707	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	23	KCR	AL	12.1	1.2	425	1.3	10.0	-8.7	1.32	1.2	-0.2	11.7	1.2	1.32	13.1	26	9	18
1974	24	KCR	AL	11.0	1.2	400	1.0	11.6	-10.6	1.73	0.2	0.4	13.3	1.4	1.73	5.6	34	6	14
1975	25	KCR	AL	7.8	0.8	459	0.1	12.6	-12.6	1.67	0.4	-0.4	3.3	0.3	1.67	3.2	25	9	13
1976	26	KCR	AL	0.9	0.1	830	0.5	14.7	-14.2	1.02	0.6	-0.2	2.4	0.3	1.02	6.2	4	3	5
1977	27	KCR	AL	5.0	0.5	506	2.7	12.3	-9.7	1.29	0.2	1.9	5.4	0.5	1.29	2.3	26	13	8
1978	28	KCR	AL	-14.3	-1.4	458	-1.8	7.1	-8.9	1.00	-0.6	-1.2	-16.7	-1.7	1.00	-7.5	18	4	10
1979	29	PHI	NL	-6.8	-0.7	270	-0.2	2.0	-2.1	.39	-0.7	0.3	-5.8	-0.6	0.39	-10.5	0	4	26
1980	30	NYY	AL	7.8	0.8	213	0.6	3.3	-2.7	.94	0.5	0.1	6.4	0.7	0.94	5.8	7	2	11
1981	31	TOT	MLB	5.7	0.6	554	0.3	8.7	-8.4	.94	0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	0.7	4	5	4
1981	31	NYY	AL	4.9	0.5	238	0.1	3.6	-3.5	.90	-0.3	0.4	-1.1	-0.1	0.90	-2.5	4	5	4
1981	31	CHC	NL	0.9	0.1	316	0.2	5.1	-4.9	.98	0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.98	3.2	0	0	0
1982	32	CHC	NL	-27.3	-2.7	852	-2.9	12.6	-15.5	.91	-3.1	-0.1	-28.7	-2.8	0.91	-29.3	0	0	1
1983	33	BOS	AL	-14.5	-1.4	314	-0.4	3.4	-3.9	.67	-1.6	0.9	-16.1	-1.5	0.67	-18.8	1	4	11
11 Yrs				-12.6	-1.1	5281	1.1	98.4	-97.4	1.10	-2.7	3.6	-25.6	-2.3	1.10	-29.2	145	59	121

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1974	24	KCR	AL	55	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	65.0	65	65	8	3	0	1	1.0	1.1	8.0
1975	25	KCR	AL	51	4	0	1	3	0	0	3	1	.750	1	1	0	0	1	25%	53.0	70	43	18	6	0	1	3.6	3.7	5.3
1976	26	KCR	AL	39	27	9	10	8	2	4	13	14	.481	1	5	2	1	16	59%	52.8	82	24	22	11	8	3	4.1	3.8	6.3
1977	27	KCR	AL	53	5	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.200	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	43	21	15	1	1	4	6.4	7.8	4.3
1978	28	KCR	AL	40	6	1	3	2	0	1	2	4	.333	0	2	0	0	2	33%	42.0	58	28	24	10	2	3	5.0	4.1	5.3
1979	29	PHI	NL	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0%	50.0	50	50	11	7	0	1	9.0	9.0	5.3
1980	30	NYY	AL	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	42	42	12	4	0	0	14.6	19.8	6.0
1981	31	TOT	MLB	29	16	7	6	3	2	2	9	7	.563	0	2	2	1	9	56%	0.1	83	13	14	4	8	3	3.2	3.4	6.1
1981	31	NYY	AL	17	4	3	1	0	1	0	3	1	.750	0	0	0	0	2	50%	52.5	65	41	12	2	1	1	2.9	4.1	5.6
1981	31	CHC	NL	12	12	4	5	3	1	2	6	6	.500	0	2	2	1	7	58%	52.3	83	13	2	2	7	2	3.3	3.1	6.3
1982	32	CHC	NL	35	33	9	14	10	2	5	13	20	.394	2	6	2	1	16	48%	44.5	84	17	17	9	2	9	4.5	3.9	5.7
1983	33	BOS	AL	22	6	1	3	2	0	0	2	4	.333	1	0	0	0	2	33%	37.5	58	-5	4	3	0	5	3.4	4.5	5.0
10 Yrs				378	100	29	39	32	8	13	45	55	.450	5	17	8	3	47	47%	47	84	-5	145	58	21	30	4.3	4.1	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	23	KCR	AL	54	54	41	4	4	25	20	5	80%	29	3	70	24	34%	7	1.320	26	9	18	29	7	18	38	16	33	15	33	13	5.7
1974	24	KCR	AL	55	54	44	7	5	17	10	7	59%	22	4	69	25	36%	9	1.730	34	6	14	25	13	16	37	17	27	10	29	13	4.7
1975	25	KCR	AL	51	47	36	9	5	18	11	7	61%	19	0	54	21	39%	8	1.670	25	9	13	23	11	13	30	17	29	11	30	10	5.4
1976	26	KCR	AL	39	12	6	3	0	3	2	1	67%	5	1	6	1	17%	7	1.019	4	3	5	5	1	6	6	6	9	2	9	0	6.9
1977	27	KCR	AL	53	48	31	11	3	18	14	4	78%	20	1	62	24	39%	8	1.291	26	13	8	23	10	15	32	16	33	8	34	9	6.0
1978	28	KCR	AL	40	34	13	5	3	5	1	4	20%	11	6	38	15	39%	7	.999	18	4	10	14	6	14	24	10	19	7	21	3	5.9
1979	29	PHI	NL	32	31	10	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	18	10	56%	7	.391	0	4	26	2	0	29	10	21	21	6	21	6	5.4
1980	30	NYY	AL	22	21	7	2	0	2	1	1	50%	5	3	18	11	61%	8	.940	7	2	11	9	2	10	10	11	14	4	15	2	6.4
1981	31	TOT	MLB	29	13	3	2	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	21	11	52%		.945	4	5	4	3	1	9	11	2	11	1	11	3	7.2
1981	31	NYY	AL	17	13	3	2	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	21	11	52%	3	.900	4	5	4	3	1	9	11	2	11	1	11	3	7.2
1982	32	CHC	NL	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.910	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0
1983	33	BOS	AL	22	16	7	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	3	50%	4	.674	1	4	11	1	1	14	4	12	12	1	12	1	7.1
11 Yrs				420	332	199	44	21	90	60	30	67%	114	19	362	145	40%		1.105	145	59	121	134	52	146	202	130	208	65	215	60	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	23	KCR	AL	414	63%	2.4%	20.1%	7.3%	5.8%	30%	1.11	69%	80	9	11%
1974	24	KCR	AL	390	59%	1.5%	15.9%	6.9%	6.4%	25%	0.96	74%	99	9	9%
1975	25	KCR	AL	443	54%	1.6%	18.3%	9.0%	7.5%	33%	0.93	69%	90	7	8%
1976	26	KCR	AL	808	53%	2.1%	13.2%	3.8%	7.4%	31%	0.94	80%	114	14	12%
1977	27	KCR	AL	489	59%	2.9%	17.0%	5.9%	8.2%	33%	0.93	72%	98	12	12%
1978	28	KCR	AL	434	58%	1.8%	11.1%	7.1%	7.4%	29%	0.91	78%	78	5	6%
1979	29	PHI	NL	263	68%	2.7%	12.6%	6.1%	10.3%	37%	0.80	77%	60	10	17%
1980	30	NYY	AL	205	55%	1.5%	8.3%	6.8%	5.9%	26%	1.20	81%	39	5	13%
1981	31	TOT	MLB	534	57%	1.9%	11.6%	6.0%	6.0%	25%	1.19	80%	86	11	13%
1981	31	NYY	AL	229	64%	2.2%	12.2%	7.0%	5.2%	21%	1.13	78%	44	5	11%
1981	31	CHC	NL	305	52%	1.6%	11.2%	5.3%	6.6%	28%	1.24	81%	42	6	14%
1982	32	CHC	NL	819	54%	3.2%	8.7%	3.7%	8.6%	30%	1.03	83%	109	6	6%
1983	33	BOS	AL	303	60%	4.6%	10.9%	5.3%	11.6%	39%	1.04	79%	52	9	17%
11 Yrs				5102	57%	2.4%	13.3%	5.8%	7.6%	31%	1.00	77%	905	97	11%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	13.0%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1973	23	KCR	AL	414	81			10	0	15	7	3	6	4	31	17	2	55%	4	1	1	170	8	0	100%	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1974	24	KCR	AL	390	100			6	1	27	2	4	3	3	43	17	7	40%	3	1	1	175	6	3	67%	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	0
1975	25	KCR	AL	443	100			7	1	15	3	4	2	5	36	20	4	56%	3	2	0	176	5	7	42%	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	11	0
1976	26	KCR	AL	808	191			17	0	7	9	8	7	10	37	26	4	70%	10	0	0	257	16	4	80%	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	0
1977	27	KCR	AL	489	120			14	0	25	9	5	6	8	43	24	5	56%	4	3	1	188	8	4	67%	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	0
1978	28	KCR	AL	434	110			8	0	5	4	4	3	5	25	21	4	84%	5	9	0	180	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
1979	29	PHI	NL	263	73			7	0	8	4	3	3	4	19	9	0	47%	1	2	0	108	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1980	30	NYY	AL	205	47			3	0	4	1	2	1	2	12	8	2	67%	2	1	1	80	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1981	31	TOT	MLB	534	130			10	0	9	6	4	6	4	35	21	2	60%	5	2	0	186	12	4	75%	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1981	31	NYY	AL	229	58			5	0	3	3	2	2	3	17	10	1	59%	2	0	0	91	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1981	31	CHC	NL	305	72			5	0	6	3	2	4	1	18	11	1	61%	3	2	0	95	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1982	32	CHC	NL	819	230			26	1	7	19	7	12	14	34	20	2	59%	11	1	0	272	21	9	70%	19	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1983	33	BOS	AL	303	91			14	0	4	11	3	6	8	17	14	0	82%	4	1	0	117	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
11 Yrs				5102	1273			122	3	126	75	47	55	67	332	197	32	59%	52	23	4	1909	99	38	72%	93	32	5	4	1	2	3	0	118	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1973	23	4	4	.500	2.99	54	0	41	0	0	20	102.1	81	37	34	10	30	7	83	2	1	1	414	136	1.085	7.1	0.9	2.6	7.3	2.77	136
1974	24	11	10	.524	2.87	109	1	85	1	0	30	194.2	181	68	62	16	57	16	145	3	1	2	804	138	1.223	8.4	0.7	2.6	6.7	2.54	138
1975	25	20	16	.556	3.00	160	5	121	1	0	41	300.0	281	110	100	23	97	26	226	5	1	4	1248	131	1.260	8.4	0.7	2.9	6.8	2.33	131
1976	26	32	26	.552	3.15	199	32	127	3	1	43	497.2	472	200	174	40	128	29	333	8	2	4	2056	120	1.206	8.5	0.7	2.3	6.0	2.60	120
1977	27	43	30	.589	3.29	252	37	158	3	1	57	616.0	592	252	225	54	157	33	416	11	2	7	2546	116	1.216	8.6	0.8	2.3	6.1	2.65	116
1978	28	49	36	.576	3.56	292	43	171	3	1	58	714.2	702	315	283	62	188	38	464	13	4	16	2980	107	1.245	8.8	0.8	2.4	5.8	2.47	107
1979	29	51	36	.586	3.69	324	44	181	4	1	58	775.2	775	350	318	69	204	42	497	15	4	18	3243	104	1.262	9.0	0.8	2.4	5.8	2.44	104
1980	30	54	36	.600	3.63	346	45	188	4	1	59	826.1	822	366	333	72	218	43	514	16	4	19	3448	106	1.259	9.0	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.36	106
1981	31	63	42	.600	3.57	375	61	191	6	2	59	955.0	952	419	379	82	250	49	576	17	4	21	3982	107	1.259	9.0	0.8	2.4	5.4	2.30	107
1982	32	72	56	.563	3.83	410	94	192	8	3	59	1146.0	1182	538	488	108	280	52	647	20	4	22	4801	99	1.276	9.3	0.8	2.2	5.1	2.31	99
1983	33	73	60	.549	3.99	432	100	199	8	3	60	1213.2	1273	590	538	122	296	56	680	22	4	23	5104	96	1.293	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.30	96

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1973	23	7	4	.636	3.27	99.0	83	40	36	10	31	81	2	1.152	7.5	2.8	7.4	2.61	0.9	54
1974	24	5	4	.556	3.28	85.0	105	34	31	6	28	57	1	1.565	11.1	3.0	6.0	2.04	0.6	55
1975	25	6	5	.545	3.73	99.0	105	46	41	7	42	76	2	1.485	9.5	3.8	6.9	1.81	0.6	51
1976	26	10	11	.476	4.19	189.0	209	98	88	19	34	102	3	1.286	10.0	1.6	4.9	3.00	0.9	39
1977	27	6	6	.500	4.26	112.0	122	59	53	14	29	79	3	1.348	9.8	2.3	6.3	2.72	1.1	53
1978	28	3	7	.300	6.06	95.0	115	71	64	8	32	46	2	1.547	10.9	3.0	4.4	1.44	0.8	40
1979	29	2	4	.333	5.68	57.0	74	40	36	7	16	31	2	1.579	11.7	2.5	4.9	1.94	1.1	32
1980	30	3	2	.600	3.06	47.0	49	18	16	3	15	16	1	1.362	9.4	2.9	3.1	1.07	0.6	22
1981	31	10	10	.500	3.86	182.0	208	87	78	16	51	88	2	1.423	10.3	2.5	4.4	1.73	0.8	29
1982	32	7	13	.350	5.61	183.0	235	127	114	27	31	68	3	1.454	11.6	1.5	3.3	2.19	1.3	35
1983	33	2	5	.286	6.78	65.0	90	54	49	14	16	32	2	1.631	12.5	2.2	4.4	2.00	1.9	22
11 Yrs		61	71	.462	4.50	1213.0	1395	674	606	131	325	676	23	1.418	10.4		5.0	2.08	1.0	432

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1976 AL 1.123 (5th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1976 AL 1.412 (1st) 1982 NL 1.414 (1st) Career 2.195 (151st)	Games Played s c a p y 1973 AL 54 (3rd) 1974 AL 55 (9th) 1975 AL 51 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1973 AL 20 (4th) 1974 AL 10 (10th) 1975 AL 11 (8th) 1977 AL 14 (9th) Career 60 (226th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1982 NL 26 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1982 NL 230 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1976 AL 3.452 (2nd) Career 2.297 (154th)	Losses s c a p y 1982 NL 14 (4th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1982 NL 109 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1978 AL 9 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1973 AL 41 (5th) 1974 AL 44 (9th) 1975 AL 36 (8th) Career 199 (236th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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