Mark Fidrych
Mark Steven Fidrych (The Bird)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 14, 1954 in Worcester, MA
High School: Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1976
Final Game: October 1, 1980
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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
1976 21 DET AL 19 9 .679 2.34 31 29 2 24 4 0 250.1 217 76 65 12 53 3 97 3 0 6 996 158 1.079 7.8 0.4 1.9 3.5 1.83 AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977 22 DET AL 6 4 .600 2.89 11 11 0 7 1 0 81.0 82 29 26 2 12 2 42 1 0 1 326 148 1.160 9.1 0.2 1.3 4.7 3.50 AS
1978 23 DET AL 2 0 1.000 2.45 3 3 0 2 0 0 22.0 17 6 6 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 85 159 1.000 7.0 0.4 2.0 4.1 2.00
1979 24 DET AL 0 3 .000 10.43 4 4 0 0 0 0 14.2 23 17 17 3 9 2 5 1 0 0 73 42 2.182 14.1 1.8 5.5 3.1 0.56
1980 25 DET AL 2 3 .400 5.68 9 9 0 1 0 0 44.1 58 35 28 5 20 2 16 1 0 3 215 73 1.759 11.8 1.0 4.1 3.2 0.80
5 Seasons 29 19 .604 3.10 58 56 2 34 5 0 412.1 397 163 142 23 99 9 170 6 0 10 1695 126 1.203 8.7 0.5 2.2 3.7 1.72
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .604 3.10 35 33 1 20 3 0 246 237 97 85 14 59 5 101 4 0 6 1011 126 1.203 8.7 0.5 2.2 3.7 1.72

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 DET AL 21 1 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1977 DET AL 22

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
1976 21 DET AL 31 996 923 76 217 21 2 12 13 16 53 97 .235 .277 .301 .579 .250 278 25 3 12 5 3
1977 22 DET AL 11 326 305 29 82 13 1 2 7 2 12 42 .269 .295 .338 .633 .302 103 12 1 4 4 2
1978 23 DET AL 3 85 80 6 17 1 0 1 1 0 5 10 .213 .259 .263 .521 .232 21 4 0 0 0 0
1979 24 DET AL 4 73 62 17 23 9 1 3 1 1 9 5 .371 .458 .694 1.152 .370 43 2 1 1 0 2
1980 25 DET AL 9 215 188 35 58 8 1 5 5 1 20 16 .309 .376 .441 .818 .315 83 0 1 5 1 2
5 Seasons 58 1695 1558 163 397 52 5 23 27 20 99 170 .255 .300 .339 .639 .272 528 43 6 22 10 9
162 Game Avg. 35 1011 929 97 237 31 3 14 16 12 59 101 .255 .300 .339 .639 .272 315 26 4 13 6 5
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
1976 21 DET AL 31 29 19 9 1 1 5 20 9 .690 0 2 24 4 23 79% 62 85 13 6 0 13 8 3.6 3.5 8.6
1977 22 DET AL 11 11 6 4 1 0 1 7 4 .636 0 1 7 1 7 64% 57 86 22 3 1 4 1 4.8 5.1 7.4
1978 23 DET AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 2 0 2 67% 61 72 42 0 0 0 1 6.8 4.1 7.3
1979 24 DET AL 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 45 25 4 4 0 3 4.8 4.2 3.7
1980 25 DET AL 9 9 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 .556 1 2 1 0 4 44% 41 69 23 10 8 0 4 6.6 6.6 4.9
5 Seasons 58 56 29 19 8 2 8 36 20 .643 1 6 34 5 36 64% 55 86 13 23 13 17 17 4.6 4.2 7.3
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
1976 21 DET AL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 1.178 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.5
1 Season 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.178 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.5

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%
1976 21 DET AL 996 49% 1.2% 9.7% 5.3% 3.5% 16% 1.66 82% 173 25 14%
1977 22 DET AL 326 51% 0.6% 12.9% 3.7% 4.9% 20% 1.76 81% 66 12 18%
1978 23 DET AL 85 54% 1.2% 11.8% 5.9% 2.4% 12% 2.50 81% 17 4 24%
1979 24 DET AL 73 53% 4.1% 6.9% 12.3% 17.8% 57% 1.24 74% 16 2 13%
1980 25 DET AL 215 58% 2.3% 7.4% 9.3% 6.5% 24% 0.93 78% 35 0 0%
5 Seasons 1695 51% 1.4% 10.0% 5.8% 4.7% 20% 1.59 81% 307 43 14%
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
1976 21 DET AL 996 217 12 0 20 4 8 6 6 42 26 4 62% 19 6 3 325 13 16 45% 12 13 1 2 0 1 1 0 16 0
1977 22 DET AL 326 82 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 18 7 2 39% 5 1 0 125 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 23 DET AL 85 17 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 33% 1 0 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 DET AL 73 23 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 8 3 1 38% 0 0 0 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 DET AL 215 58 5 0 6 0 5 4 1 8 5 1 63% 4 3 1 88 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1695 397 23 0 34 5 18 11 12 79 42 9 53% 29 10 4 593 27 20 57% 26 17 1 2 0 1 1 0 28 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+
1976 21 19 9 .679 2.34 31 29 2 24 4 0 250.1 217 76 65 12 53 3 97 3 0 6 996 158 1.079 7.8 0.4 1.9 3.5 1.83 158
1977 22 25 13 .658 2.47 42 40 2 31 5 0 331.1 299 105 91 14 65 5 139 4 0 7 1322 155 1.099 8.1 0.4 1.8 3.8 2.14 155
1978 23 27 13 .675 2.47 45 43 2 33 5 0 353.1 316 111 97 15 70 5 149 4 0 7 1407 156 1.092 8.0 0.4 1.8 3.8 2.13 156
1979 24 27 16 .628 2.79 49 47 2 33 5 0 368.0 339 128 114 18 79 7 154 5 0 7 1480 139 1.136 8.3 0.4 1.9 3.8 1.95 139
1980 25 29 19 .604 3.10 58 56 2 34 5 0 412.1 397 163 142 23 99 9 170 6 0 10 1695 126 1.203 8.7 0.5 2.2 3.7 1.72 126

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
1976 21 17 9 .654 2.81 237.0 231 82 74 13 56 92 3 1.211 8.8 2.1 3.5 1.64 0.5 31
1977 22 5 3 .625 3.00 78.0 80 29 26 2 12 40 1 1.179 9.2 1.4 4.6 3.33 0.2 11
1978 23 1 1 .500 3.00 21.0 18 8 7 1 5 10 0 1.095 7.7 2.1 4.3 2.00 0.4 3
1979 24 0 1 .000 10.29 14.0 22 18 16 3 9 5 1 2.214 14.1 5.8 3.2 0.56 1.9 4
1980 25 1 3 .250 5.73 44.0 60 31 28 5 21 16 1 1.841 12.3 4.3 3.3 0.76 1.0 9
5 Seasons 24 17 .585 3.45 394.0 411 168 151 24 103 163 6 1.305 9.4 3.7 1.58 0.5 58

* 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

All-Star Games
1976 (P)
1977

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1976-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL-11-12%
0.12 Career Shares (839th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL--2--42%
0.42 Career Shares (105th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL--2.337--1st

Wins s c a p y
1976 AL--19--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 AL--.679--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1976 AL--1.079--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL--7.802--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL--1.906--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1976 AL--24--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 AL--4--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 AL--158--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (829), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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