Tim Byrdak

Q: When was Tim Byrdak born?

Tim Byrdak was born on October 31, 1973.

Q: Where was Tim Byrdak born?

Tim Byrdak was born in Oak Lawn, IL .

Q: How tall is Tim Byrdak?

Tim Byrdak is 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Tim Byrdak weigh when playing?

Tim Byrdak weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Tim Byrdak in the Hall of Fame?

Tim Byrdak has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Tim Byrdak drafted?

Tim Byrdak was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Tim Byrdak have?

Tim Byrdak had 326 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Tim Byrdak played for?

Tim Byrdak played for 5 teams; the Kansas City Royals, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and New York Mets.

Q: When did Tim Byrdak retire?

Tim Byrdak last played in 2013.

Q: What is Tim Byrdak's Twitter account?

Tim Byrdak is on Twitter at Givemethelefty .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 31, 1973 in Oak Lawn, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Oak Forest HS (Oak Forest, IL)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: August 7, 1998 (Age 24-280d, 17,312th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2013 (Age 39-330d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Only Baseball Players

Full Name: Timothy Christopher Byrdak

Pronunciation: \BURR-dak\

Twitter: @Givemethelefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

ERA

4.35

479

339.2

326

WHIP

1.504

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1994	20	KCR-min	A-	4	5	.444	3.07	15	15	0	0	0	0	73.1	60	33	25	6	20	0	77	4	1	1	302			1.091	7.4	0.7	2.5	9.5	3.85	EUG NORW
1995	21	KCR-min	A+	11	5	.688	2.16	27	26	0	0	0	0	166.1	118	46	40	7	45	2	127	10	0	1	657			0.980	6.4	0.4	2.4	6.9	2.82	WMT CARL
1996	22	KCR-min	AA	5	7	.417	6.91	15	15	0	0	0	0	84.2	112	73	65	15	44	0	47	0	0	8	388			1.843	11.9	1.6	4.7	5.0	1.07	WCH TL
1997	23	KCR-min	A+	4	3	.571	3.51	22	2	15	0	0	3	41.0	34	17	16	3	12	4	47	2	0	4	169			1.122	7.5	0.7	2.6	10.3	3.92	WMT CARL
1998	24	KCR-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	3.45	60	0	18	0	0	3	88.2	89	42	34	6	48	1	69	4	3	4	403			1.545	9.0	0.6	4.9	7.0	1.44	WCH,OMA TL,PCL
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	9.74	3.000	27.0	5.4	0.0	5.4
1999	25	KCR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.81	33	0	17	0	0	4	49.2	39	19	10	0	28	2	51	6	0	2	216			1.349	7.1	0.0	5.1	9.2	1.82	OMA PCL
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	6.94	2.108	11.7	1.8	7.3	6.2	0.85
2000	26	KCR-min	AAA,AA	6	2	.750	4.55	38	1	18	0	0	4	59.1	68	31	30	6	32	3	48	4	2	3	273			1.685	10.3	0.9	4.9	7.3	1.50	OMA,WCH PCL,TL
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	8.66	2.368	15.6	4.3	5.7	11.4	2.00

2001	27	CLE-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	4.67	4	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	18	10	9	1	5	0	17	1	0	1	75			1.327	9.3	0.5	2.6	8.8	3.40	BFL IL
2002	28	CLE-min	AA,A+	1	0	1.000	5.82	11	0	3	0	0	1	17.0	19	14	11	0	15	0	11	1	0	3	84			2.000	10.1	0.0	7.9	5.8	0.73	AKR,KIN EL,CARL
2004	30	SDP-BAL-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.85	53	3	14	0	0	2	72.1	94	48	39	7	29	1	68	4	0	3	339			1.700	11.7	0.9	3.6	8.5	2.34	POR,OTT PCL,IL
2005	31	BAL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.09	37	0	25	0	0	11	38.2	23	12	9	4	15	1	44	3	0	0	153			0.983	5.4	0.9	3.5	10.2	2.93	OTT IL
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	3.66	1.800	9.1	0.3	7.1	10.5	1.48
2006	32	BAL-min	AA,A+,A-	0	0		5.68	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	32			2.053	14.2	0.0	4.3	14.2	3.33	BOW,FDK,ADN EL,CARL,NYPL
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	9.72	3.143	18.0	2.6	10.3	2.6	0.25
2007	33	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.59	17	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	22	7	7	3	8	1	30	0	1	2	100			1.233	8.1	1.1	3.0	11.1	3.75	TOL IL
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	3.73	1.422	7.6	0.6	5.2	9.8	1.88
2008	34	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		3.68	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	3	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	30			1.091	9.8	0.0	0.0	12.3		RRK PCL
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	5.46	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	5.23	1.223	5.7	1.5	5.3	8.5	1.61
2010	36	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9			1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	RRK PCL
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	4.48	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	97	3.16	1.407	8.1	0.7	4.5	11.2	2.47
2012	38	NYM	NL	2	2	.500	4.40	56	0	4	0	0	0	30.2	18	16	15	2	18	5	34	1	0	0	125	87	3.58	1.174	5.3	0.6	5.3	10.0	1.89
2013	39	NYM-min	A+,AAA,Rk	3	1	.750	1.27	26	1	6	0	0	3	21.1	12	3	3	0	13	0	24	2	0	1	89			1.172	5.1	0.0	5.5	10.1	1.85	SCE,LVG,MET FLOR,PCL,GULF
2013	39	NYM	NL	0	0		7.71	8	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	50	8.62	1.500	9.6	3.9	3.9	5.8	1.50
12 Yrs				13	13	.500	4.35	479	0	56	0	0	4	339.2	308	182	164	46	203	19	326	10	1	18	1525	98	4.83	1.504	8.2	1.2	5.4	8.6	1.61
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	4.35	68	0	8	0	0	1	48	44	26	23	7	29	3	46	1	0	3	216	98	4.83	1.504	8.2	1.2	5.4	8.6	1.61

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	7.42	2.204	13.2	2.5	6.6	7.2	1.08
NYM (3 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.32	136	0	16	0	0	1	73.0	57	40	35	7	39	9	84	2	0	1	314	87	3.69	1.315	7.0	0.9	4.8	10.4	2.15
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	5.13	1.345	7.2	1.4	4.9	7.8	1.58
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	4.92	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	3.73	1.422	7.6	0.6	5.2	9.8	1.88

NL (6 yrs)				9	8	.529	3.78	335	0	42	0	0	1	228.1	181	102	96	31	124	11	218	7	0	5	982	106	4.67	1.336	7.1	1.2	4.9	8.6	1.76
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	5.17	1.850	10.3	1.2	6.4	8.7	1.37

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tim Byrdak?

Tim Byrdak is 50 years old.

When was Tim Byrdak born?

Tim Byrdak was born on October 31, 1973.

Where was Tim Byrdak born?

Tim Byrdak was born in Oak Lawn, IL.

How tall is Tim Byrdak?

Tim Byrdak is 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Tim Byrdak weigh when playing?

Tim Byrdak weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Tim Byrdak play?

Tim Byrdak played 12 seasons.

Is Tim Byrdak in the Hall of Fame?

Tim Byrdak has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Tim Byrdak drafted?

Tim Byrdak was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

What position did Tim Byrdak play?

Tim Byrdak was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Tim Byrdak have?

Tim Byrdak had 326 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Tim Byrdak played for?

Tim Byrdak played for 5 teams; the Kansas City Royals, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and New York Mets.

When did Tim Byrdak retire?

Tim Byrdak last played in 2013.

What is Tim Byrdak's Twitter account?

Tim Byrdak is on Twitter at Givemethelefty.

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