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Tim Byrdak

Timothy Christopher Byrdak (twitter: @Givemethelefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 31, 1973 in Oak Lawn, IL
High School: Oak Forest (Oak Forest, IL)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1998
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Orioles/Royals/Tigers 1998-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.150, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Mosa [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated May 20, 2012, 9:32AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Christy Mathewson… #4. Greg Maddux… #5. Tom Seaver… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1998 24 KCR AL 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 105 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4
1999 25 KCR AL 0 3 .000 7.66 33 0 5 0 0 1 24.2 32 24 21 5 20 2 17 1 1 3 128 66 2.108 11.7 1.8 7.3 6.2 0.85
2000 26 KCR AL 0 1 .000 11.37 12 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 11 8 8 3 4 0 8 0 0 1 34 47 2.368 15.6 4.3 5.7 11.4 2.00
2005 31 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.05 41 0 3 0 0 1 26.2 27 14 12 1 21 1 31 1 0 5 131 108 1.800 9.1 0.3 7.1 10.5 1.48
2006 32 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 12.86 16 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 14 10 10 2 8 1 2 0 0 1 42 37 3.143 18.0 2.6 10.3 2.6 0.25
2007 33 DET AL 3 0 1.000 3.20 39 0 3 0 0 1 45.0 38 23 16 3 26 4 49 1 0 3 199 144 1.422 7.6 0.6 5.2 9.8 1.88
2008 34 HOU NL 2 1 .667 3.90 59 0 9 0 0 0 55.1 45 24 24 10 29 2 47 2 0 0 237 109 1.337 7.3 1.6 4.7 7.6 1.62
2009 35 HOU NL 1 2 .333 3.23 76 0 8 0 0 0 61.1 39 23 22 10 36 0 58 3 0 2 261 128 1.223 5.7 1.5 5.3 8.5 1.61
2010 36 HOU NL 2 2 .500 3.49 64 0 9 0 0 0 38.2 40 15 15 4 20 0 29 0 0 2 170 114 1.552 9.3 0.9 4.7 6.8 1.45
2011 37 NYM NL 2 1 .667 3.82 72 0 10 0 0 1 37.2 34 20 16 3 19 4 47 1 0 1 168 96 1.407 8.1 0.7 4.5 11.2 2.47
2012 38 NYM NL 2 0 1.000 3.18 23 0 3 0 0 0 11.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 16 0 0 0 42 117 0.794 4.8 0.8 2.4 12.7 5.33
11 Yrs 13 11 .542 4.25 438 0 53 0 0 4 315.2 291 166 149 43 186 14 305 9 1 18 1421 100 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 8.7 1.64
162 Game Avg. 2 2 .542 4.25 68 0 8 0 0 1 49 45 26 23 7 29 2 47 1 0 3 221 100 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 8.7 1.64
KCR (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 8.27 48 0 6 0 0 1 32.2 48 33 30 9 24 2 26 1 1 4 171 62 2.204 13.2 2.5 6.6 7.2 1.08
HOU (3 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.53 199 0 26 0 0 0 155.1 124 62 61 24 85 2 134 5 0 4 668 117 1.345 7.2 1.4 4.9 7.8 1.58
NYM (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.67 95 0 13 0 0 1 49.0 40 24 20 4 22 4 63 1 0 1 210 100 1.265 7.3 0.7 4.0 11.6 2.86
BAL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.88 57 0 5 0 0 1 33.2 41 24 22 3 29 2 33 1 0 6 173 76 2.079 11.0 0.8 7.8 8.8 1.14
DET (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 3.20 39 0 3 0 0 1 45.0 38 23 16 3 26 4 49 1 0 3 199 144 1.422 7.6 0.6 5.2 9.8 1.88
AL (6 yrs) 4 5 .444 5.50 144 0 14 0 0 3 111.1 127 80 68 15 79 8 108 3 1 13 543 86 1.850 10.3 1.2 6.4 8.7 1.37
NL (5 yrs) 9 6 .600 3.57 294 0 39 0 0 1 204.1 164 86 81 28 107 6 197 6 0 5 878 113 1.326 7.2 1.2 4.7 8.7 1.84

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 Awards
1998 24 KCR AL 1.2 3 0 1 5.40 7.06 -0.09 -0.53 93.1 6.16 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .504 .500 $
1999 25 KCR AL 24.2 33 0 24 8.76 5.55 0.23 -0.41 102.0 5.00 -10 -0.9 1.4 -0.2 -0.9 -7 .472 .494 $200,000
2000 26 KCR AL 6.1 12 0 8 11.37 5.55 0.29 -0.41 101.7 4.94 -5 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.5 -4 .466 .497 $
2005 31 BAL AL 26.2 41 0 14 4.73 5.20 0.16 -0.39 98.6 4.58 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.1 3 .498 .500 $
2006 32 BAL AL 7.0 16 0 10 12.86 5.80 -0.07 -0.43 98.7 5.37 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .465 .497 $335,000
2007 33 DET AL 45.0 39 0 23 4.60 4.95 0.19 -0.37 100.9 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 5 .497 .499 $
2008 34 HOU NL 55.1 59 0 24 3.90 4.74 0.07 -0.34 98.5 4.26 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.6 8 .504 .502 $
2009 35 HOU NL 61.1 76 0 23 3.38 4.66 -0.01 -0.34 98.9 4.28 6 0.6 1.1 -0.1 1.0 12 .508 .504 $1,000,000
2010 36 HOU NL 38.2 64 0 15 3.49 4.62 -0.18 -0.34 100.3 4.47 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .507 .503 $1,600,000
2011 37 NYM NL 37.2 72 0 20 4.78 4.50 -0.32 -0.34 95.8 4.30 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 1 .497 .498 $900,000
2012 38 NYM NL 11.1 23 0 4 3.18 4.22 -0.33 -0.32 101.2 4.28 1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.2 2 .506 .501 $
11 Seasons 315.2 438 0 166 4.73 4.85 0.00 -0.36 99.2 4.45 -11 -0.8 1.2 -1.2 0.6 24 .498 .500 $4,035,000
KCR (3 yrs) 32.2 48 0 33 9.09 5.63 0.23 -0.41 101.5 5.05 -15 -1.3 1.4 -0.4 -1.4 -10 .473 .497 $200,000
HOU (3 yrs) 155.1 199 0 62 3.59 4.68 -0.02 -0.34 99.1 4.32 13 1.3 .9 -0.3 2.2 27 .507 .503 $2,600,000
NYM (2 yrs) 49.0 95 0 24 4.41 4.43 -0.33 -0.33 97.1 4.30 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.1 4 .499 .500 $900,000
BAL (2 yrs) 33.2 57 0 24 6.42 5.32 0.11 -0.40 98.6 4.75 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 -0.5 -2 .489 .498 $335,000
DET (1 yr) 45.0 39 0 23 4.60 4.95 0.19 -0.37 100.9 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 5 .497 .499 $

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 Awards
1998 24 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1999 25 KCR AL 33 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 BAL AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 32 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 33 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 34 HOU NL 59 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 HOU NL 76 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 36 HOU NL 64 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 37 NYM NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 38 NYM NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 438 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (3 yrs) 48 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (3 yrs) 199 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 144 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 270 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 294 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 24 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1999 25 KCR AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $200,000 1
2000 26 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2005 31 BAL AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2006 32 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $335,000 1
2007 33 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2008 34 HOU NL 59 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
2009 35 HOU NL 76 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,000,000 1
2010 36 HOU NL 64 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,600,000 1
2011 37 NYM NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $900,000 1
2012 38 NYM NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
11 Seasons 438 13 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $4,035,000
KCR (3 yrs) 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $200,000
HOU (3 yrs) 199 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,600,000
NYM (2 yrs) 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $900,000
BAL (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $335,000
DET (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1998 KCR AL 24 P 3 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 1.77 0 0 0
1999 KCR AL 25 P 33 0 0 24.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.92 0.24 .952 1.68 1.66 0 1 100% 33% 0
2000 KCR AL 26 P 12 0 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.08 .960 1.56 1.60 0 0 0
2005 BAL AL 31 P 41 0 0 26.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 1.35 0.10 .955 1.69 1.68 1 0 0% 30% 0
2006 BAL AL 32 P 16 0 0 7.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -29 1.29 0.06 .960 1.54 1.54 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 33 P 39 0 0 45.0 4 0 2 2 0 .500 -1 -4 0.40 0.05 .955 1.60 1.59 2 1 33% 27% 0
2008 HOU NL 34 P 59 0 0 55.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 1 4 2.28 0.24 .959 1.72 1.72 4 1 20% 27% 2
2009 HOU NL 35 P 76 0 0 61.1 16 6 10 0 0 1.000 3 10 2.35 0.21 .955 1.72 1.70 2 4 67% 29% 2
2010 HOU NL 36 P 64 0 0 38.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 5 0.70 0.05 .953 1.72 1.72 0 1 100% 29% 0
2011 NYM NL 37 P 72 0 0 37.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 1.19 0.07 .956 1.79 1.79 1 1 50% 28% 1
2012 NYM NL 38 P 23 0 0 11.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.79 0.04 .950 1.83 1.83 0 0 0
11 Seasons P 438 0 0 315.2 58 17 38 3 2 .948 1 0 1.57 0.13 .956 1.70 1.70 10 9 47% 28% 5
11 Seasons TOT 438 0 0 315.2 58 17 38 3 2 .948 1 4 1.57 0.13 .956 1.70 1.70 10 9 47% 28% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL  76 (10th)
2012 NL  23 (1st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2012 NL  23 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1999 AL  2.92 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (849), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 2 (2468), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  10. Ed Glynn (956)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199925Kansas City Royals$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200632Baltimore Orioles$335,000
200935Houston Astros$1,000,000
201036Houston Astros$1,600,000
201137New York Mets$900,000
201238New York Mets$1,000,000
2013 StatusFree Agent, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,035,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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