Mark Fidrych

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: August 14, 1954 in Worcester, MA us

Died: April 13, 2009 in Northborough, MA

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA).

High Schools: Algonquin Regional HS (Northborough, MA), Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA)

Debut: April 20, 1976 (Age 21-250d, 13,745th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1980 (Age 26-048d)
vs. TOR 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Mark Steven Fidrych

Nicknames: The Bird

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

ERA

3.10

412.1

170

WHIP

1.203

Summary of 23 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	23

Platoon
vs LHB	18
vs RHB	5

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	11

Outs
1	10
2	7
0	6

10 Opps
NYY	6
BOS	5
TEX	3
MIN	2
MIL	2
OAK	1
CAL	1
BAL	1
TOR	1
CHW	1

20 Batters
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Graig Nettles	2
Al Oliver	2
Phil Garner	1
Don Money	1
Eddie Murray	1
Mike Hargrove	1
Steve Brye	1
Butch Hobson	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Ernie Whitt	1
Harold Baines	1
Roy White	1
Fred Lynn	1
Ron Jackson	1
Mike Hegan	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Roy Smalley	1
Elrod Hendricks	1

7 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	11
7	6
8	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	7
-2-	4
12-	2

38 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	10
1 on	11
2 on	2
Any on	13

Inning
1	2
2	2
3	3
4	8
5	2
6	1
7	3
8	2

1-3	7
4-6	11
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	10
-1	3
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	4
Tied	10
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	5
1B	4
RF	4
LF	4
C	2
2B	1
CF	1
DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
7th	5
4th	5
8th	4
5th	3
3rd	3
2nd	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	7

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-05-25	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		DET	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	19%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores
2	2	2	1	1976-05-31	Don Money	MIL	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 7	1	12-	3	2	5	45%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. García Scores; R. Yount Scores
3	3	3	1	1976-06-24	Fred Lynn	BOS		DET	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	8	13%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1976-06-24	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		DET	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	11%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1976-06-28	Elrod Hendricks	NYY	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	7	2	10%	35%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	1976-08-03	Roy White	NYY		DET	behind 0-2	b 3	1	-2-	2	2	7	20%	53%		Home Run; F. Stanley Scores
7	7	7	2	1976-08-03	Oscar Gamble	NYY		DET	behind 2-3	b 7	0	1--	2	7	9	39%	80%		Home Run; G. Nettles Scores
8	8	8	1	1976-08-11	Mike Hargrove	TEX	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	13%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
9	9	9	1	1976-08-17	Ron Jackson	CAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	8	5	16%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1976-08-21	Steve Brye	MIN	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 2	1	-2-	2	8	9	14%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bostock Scores
11	11	11	1	1976-08-29	Phil Garner	OAK		DET	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	4	14%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	1976-09-03	Mike Hegan	MIL	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	7	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1977-06-29	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	DET	behind 0-4	t 7	1	---	1	8	5	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1977-07-04	Eddie Murray	BAL		DET	behind 0-2	b 6	2	1--	2	5	DH	31%	52%		Home Run (Deep CF); K. Singleton Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1978-04-12	Al Oliver	TEX		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	18%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1979-05-16	Graig Nettles	NYY		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
17	17	2	2	1979-05-16	Graig Nettles	NYY		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	4	5	10%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores
18	18	3	3	1979-05-16	Chris Chambliss	NYY		DET	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	7	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Piniella Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1980-08-12	Jim Dwyer	BOS	@	DET	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	1	7	9	27%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	1980-08-17 (1)	Al Oliver	TEX	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	12%	62%		Home Run (LF-CF)
21	21	3	1	1980-09-02 (1)	Harold Baines	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	2	6	9	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Nordhagen Scores/unER; H. Baines Scores/unER
22	22	4	1	1980-09-07	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 8	1	1--	2	4	6	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Landreaux Scores
23	23	5	1	1980-10-01	Ernie Whitt	TOR		DET	behind 2-8	b 5	2	12-	3	7	2	11%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores; B. Bonnell Scores