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 Pitching

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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
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 1 390 139 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 73 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 AL 3 0 1.000 2.66 22 1 7 0 0 1 50.2 47 16 15 3 14 1 17 1 0 1 205 147 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 2 534 113 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 0 229 132 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 2 305 103 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 72 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 Seasons 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 1 434 139 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 104 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

Postseason Pitching

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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
11 Seasons 432 5102 4670 590 1273 225 43 122 99 38 296 680 .273 .315 .418 .733 .293 1950 97 22 51 63 56
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 24 KCR AL 55 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 65 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 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% 53 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 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 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 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 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% 52 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% 53 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 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 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% 38 58 -5 4 3 0 5 3.4 4.5 5.0
10 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 23 KCR AL 54 54 41 4 4 25 20 5 80% 29 3 70 24 34% 7 1.354 26 11 17 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 1.783 35 5 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 1.706 26 8 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 1.044 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 1.313 27 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 1.047 18 6 8 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 0.423 0 5 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 0.965 7 4 10 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% 0.961 5 4 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 0.928 5 4 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 0.919 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 0.681 1 5 10 1 1 14 4 12 12 1 12 1 7.1
11 Seasons 420 332 199 44 21 90 60 30 67% 114 19 362 145 40% 1.132 149 64 116 134 52 146 202 130 208 65 215 60 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 23 KCR AL 414 37% 2.4% 20.1% 7.3% 5.8% 30% 1.11 69% 80 9 11%
1974 24 KCR AL 390 41% 1.5% 15.9% 6.9% 6.4% 25% 0.96 74% 99 9 9%
1975 25 KCR AL 443 47% 1.6% 18.3% 9.0% 7.5% 33% 0.93 69% 90 7 8%
1976 26 KCR AL 808 47% 2.1% 13.2% 3.8% 7.4% 31% 0.94 80% 114 14 12%
1977 27 KCR AL 489 41% 2.9% 17.0% 5.9% 8.2% 33% 0.93 72% 98 12 12%
1978 28 KCR AL 434 42% 1.8% 11.1% 7.1% 7.4% 29% 0.91 78% 78 5 6%
1979 29 PHI NL 263 32% 2.7% 12.6% 6.1% 10.3% 37% 0.80 77% 60 10 17%
1980 30 NYY AL 205 45% 1.5% 8.3% 6.8% 5.9% 26% 1.20 81% 39 5 13%
1981 31 TOT MLB 534 43% 1.9% 11.6% 6.0% 6.0% 25% 1.19 80% 86 11 13%
1981 31 NYY AL 229 36% 2.2% 12.2% 7.0% 5.2% 21% 1.13 78% 44 5 11%
1981 31 CHC NL 305 48% 1.6% 11.2% 5.3% 6.6% 28% 1.24 81% 42 6 14%
1982 32 CHC NL 819 46% 3.2% 8.7% 3.7% 8.6% 30% 1.03 83% 109 6 6%
1983 33 BOS AL 303 40% 4.6% 10.9% 5.3% 11.6% 39% 1.04 79% 52 9 17%
11 Seasons 5102 43% 2.4% 13.3% 5.8% 7.6% 31% 1.00 77% 905 97 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 1 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 2 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 1 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 1 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 1 1 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 1 0 6 0
11 Seasons 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 9 1 118 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 2 804 137 1.223 8.4 0.7 2.6 6.7 2.54 137
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 130 1.260 8.4 0.7 2.9 6.8 2.33 130
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 119 1.206 8.5 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.60 119
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 106 1.259 9.0 0.8 2.4 5.4 2.30 106
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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.18 99.0 83 39 35 10 31 80 2 1.152 7.5 2.8 7.3 2.58 0.9 54
1974 24 5 4 .556 3.24 86.0 104 34 31 6 28 58 1 1.535 10.9 2.9 6.1 2.07 0.6 55
1975 25 6 5 .545 3.69 100.0 104 46 41 7 42 77 2 1.460 9.4 3.8 6.9 1.83 0.6 51
1976 26 9 11 .450 4.19 189.0 210 98 88 19 34 102 3 1.291 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 6.03 94.0 116 70 63 8 33 46 2 1.585 11.1 3.2 4.4 1.39 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 48 18 16 3 14 16 1 1.319 9.2 2.7 3.1 1.14 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 5.69 182.0 238 128 115 27 31 68 3 1.478 11.8 1.5 3.4 2.19 1.3 35
1983 33 2 5 .286 6.78 65.0 91 54 49 14 16 32 2 1.646 12.6 2.2 4.4 2.00 1.9 22
11 Seasons 60 71 .458 4.49 1213.0 1398 673 605 131 325 677 23 1.420 10.4 5.0 2.08 1.0 432

* 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.

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--149th

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--211th

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--138th

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--225th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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