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 HS (Worcester, MA).

High Schools: Worcester Academy (Northboro, MA), Worcester Academy HS (Worcester, MA)

Debut: April 20, 1976 (Age 21-250d, 11,360th in MLB 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

11.5

W

L

ERA

3.10

G

GS

SV

IP

412.1

SO

170

WHIP

1.203

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
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*	3.15	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	2.50	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	2.95	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	6.75	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	4.92	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	3.33	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	3.33	1.203	8.7	0.5	2.2	3.7	1.72

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Mark Fidrych

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

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Name + "Statistics" Translations

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