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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
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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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

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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
1980 25 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 DET AL 21 P 31 29 250.1 78 19 59 0 4 1.000 2.80 2.52 .947 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-2,MVP-11,RoY-1
1977 DET AL 22 P 11 11 81.0 14 7 6 1 0 .929 1.44 1.18 .950 1.94 0.84 AS
1978 DET AL 23 P 3 3 22.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.50 3.67 .955 1.88 0.87
1979 DET AL 24 P 4 4 14.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 0.75 .933 1.90 0.80
1980 DET AL 25 P 9 9 44.1 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.84 1.56 .957 1.85 0.77
5 Seasons P 58 56 412.1 120 37 82 1 4 .992 2.60 2.05 .949 1.88 0.83
5 Seasons TOT 58 56 412.1 120 37 82 1 4 .992 2.60 2.05 .941 1.88 0.83

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

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Black InkPitching - 6 (369), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1137), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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  4. George Winter (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. 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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