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Mark Fidrych

Mark Steven Fidrych (The Bird)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 14, 1954 in Worcester, MA
High Schools: Worcester Academy (Northboro, MA), Worcester Academy HS (Worcester, MA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1976 (Age 21)
Team: Tigers 1976-1980

Final Game: October 1, 1980 (Age 26)
Died: April 13, 2009 in Northborough, MA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #762. Jim Colborn… #763. Dave Boswell… #764. Tex Carleton… #765. MARK FIDRYCH… #766. Dan Casey… #767. Takashi Saito… #768. Red Munger…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #762. Jim Colborn… #763. Dave Boswell… #764. Tex Carleton… #765. MARK FIDRYCH… #766. Dan Casey… #767. Takashi Saito… #768. Red Munger…

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
1974	19	DET-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	2.38	23	0		0	0	7	34.0	24	13	9	1	16	2	40	1	1	2			1.176	6.4	0.3	4.2	10.6	2.50	BRS · APPY
1975	20	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	11	10	.524	3.21	30	22		14	1	4	171.0	153	72	61	4	62	2	113	3	3	8			1.257	8.1	0.2	3.3	5.9	1.82	LAK,EVN,MTG · FLOR,AA,SOUL
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	*159*	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	149	1.160	9.1	0.2	1.3	4.7	3.50	AS
1978	23	DET-min	A	1	1	.500	3.46	4	4		0	0	0	13.0	6	5	5	1	6	0	6	0	0	1			0.923	4.2	0.7	4.2	4.2	1.00	LAK · FLOR
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	160	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	43	2.182	14.1	1.8	5.5	3.1	0.56
1980	25	DET-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.92	24	18		1	0	0	117.0	123	56	51	4	54	4	62	4	0	12			1.513	9.5	0.3	4.2	4.8	1.15	EVN · AA
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
1981	26	DET-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.75	24	9	8	2	0	0	83.0	111	58	53	10	27	2	26	6	0	6			1.663	12.0	1.1	2.9	2.8	0.96	EVN · AA
1982	27	BOS-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.98	20	19	0	2	0	0	123.0	139	71	68	12	59	1	51	3	0	6			1.610	10.2	0.9	4.3	3.7	0.86	PAW · IL
1983	28	BOS-min	AAA	2	5	.286	9.68	12	8	1	0	0	0	48.1	85	55	52	7	37	1	27	1	0	5			2.524	15.8	1.3	6.9	5.0	0.73	PAW · IL
5 Yrs				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

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
1976	21	DET	AL	250.1	31	29	76	2.73	4.06	-0.23	0.12	107.3	4.74	56	7.3	2.8	-0.1	9.3	80	.736	.545	$60,000	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977	22	DET	AL	81.0	11	11	29	3.22	4.43	-0.10	0.14	104.8	4.89	15	1.7		-0.0	2.3	24	.653	.510	$55,000	AS
1978	23	DET	AL	22.0	3	3	6	2.45	3.97	0.11	0.12	101.6	4.04	4	0.5		-0.0	0.6	6	.658	.503	$90,000
1979	24	DET	AL	14.2	4	4	17	10.43	4.83	-0.05	0.15	103.4	5.20	-9	-0.7		-0.0	-0.6	-7	.321	.496	$125,000
1980	25	DET	AL	44.1	9	9	35	7.11	4.11	-0.14	0.13	107.3	4.70	-12	-1.1		-0.0	-0.8	-7	.376	.493
5 Seasons				412.1	58	56	163	3.56	4.16	-0.17	0.13	106.4	4.74	55	7.6	2.8	-0.2	10.8	96	.632	.509	$330,000

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1974	19	DET-min	Rk	23	9	7	1	1	1	1	1	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	2		1			BRS · APPY
1975	20	DET-min	AA,A,AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0		MTG,LAK,EVN · SOUL,FLOR,AA
1976	21	DET	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977	22	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	1	AS
1978	23	DET-min	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0			LAK · FLOR
1978	23	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	/1
1979	24	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	/1
1980	25	DET-min	AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0			EVN · AA
1980	25	DET	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	/1D
1981	26	DET-min	AAA	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0		EVN · AA
1982	27	BOS-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0		PAW · IL
1983	28	BOS-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0		PAW · IL
5 Yrs				59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1976	21	DET	AL	31	0	0	0.0	0	.500	.500	0	$60,000	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977	22	DET	AL	11	0	0	0.0	0	.500	.500	0	$55,000	1	AS
1978	23	DET	AL	3	0	0	0.0	0	.500	.500	0	$90,000	/1
1979	24	DET	AL	4	0	0	0.0	0	.500	.500	0	$125,000	/1
1980	25	DET	AL	10	-0	-0	-0.0	-0	.499	.500	-0		/1D
5 Seasons				59	-0	-0	-0.0	-0	.500	.500	-0	$330,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1976	DET	AL	21	P	31	29	24	250.1	78	19	59	0	4	1.000	2.80	2.52	.950	1.87	1.88	13	16	55%	34%	0	AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977	DET	AL	22	P	11	11	7	81.0	14	7	6	1	0	.929	1.44	1.18	.948	1.94	1.93	7	2	22%	39%	0	AS
1978	DET	AL	23	P	3	3	2	22.0	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	4.50	3.67	.954	1.88	1.87	1	0	0%	38%	0
1979	DET	AL	24	P	4	4	0	14.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.84	0.75	.950	1.90	1.90	1	1	50%	36%	0
1980	DET	AL	25	P	9	9	1	44.1	14	5	9	0	0	1.000	2.84	1.56	.957	1.85	1.86	5	1	17%	35%	0
1980	DET	AL	25	DH	1	1
	5 Seasons			P	58	56	34	412.1	120	37	82	1	4	.992	2.60	2.05	.951	1.88	1.89	27	20	43%	35%	0
	5 Seasons			TOT	58	56	34	412.1	120	37	82	1	4	.992	2.60	2.05	.951	1.88	1.89	27	20	43%	35%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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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 pitching_title 1976 AL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1976 AL (11, 12%) 0.12 Career Shares (875th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1976 AL (2, 43%) 0.43 Career Shares (112th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1976 AL 9.3 (1st)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1976 AL 9.3 (1st)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1976 AL 2.34 (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 159 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1976 AL 35 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1976 AL 4.0 (1st)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1976 AL 34.66 (3rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1976 AL 4.4 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1976 AL 4.0 (3rd)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1976 AL 3.9 (3rd)	Assists as P s c a p y 1976 AL 59 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1976 AL 2.52 (1st)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1976 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 6 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (795), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (761st), 10.8 career WAR/10.8 7yr-peak WAR/10.8 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Bill Stafford (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gus Krock (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mel Stottlemyre (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Winter (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Erik Hanson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
October 5, 1981: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 25, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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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/Other Sources
1976	21	Detroit Tigers	$60,000	4/9/77 TSN	$19,000 minimum plus $41,000 bonuses
1977	22	Detroit Tigers	$55,000	4/9/77 TSN	10/30/76 TSN: $50,000
1978	23	Detroit Tigers	$90,000	4/9/77 TSN
1979	24	Detroit Tigers	$125,000	4/9/77 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$330,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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