Doug Bird

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1950 in Corona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pomona HS (Pomona, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY) and the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA).

High Schools: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY), Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1973 (Age 23-055d, 13,350th in major league history)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 10, 1983 (Age 33-189d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: James Douglas Bird

Nicknames: The Fidrych

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

ERA

3.99

432

100

1213.2

680

WHIP

1.293

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-20 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 6

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	161	1	Apr 9	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-4	5-7		99	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.51	14	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	2	.17	0.018	.27	0.02%	1.13	5b --- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
2	162	2	Apr 13	KCR		CAL	W,7-4	6-8	H(1)	3	2.2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.38	2.45	12	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.14	0.069	1.66	0.06%	-0.86	6t --- 0 out a2	8t 1-- 2 out a2
3	163	5	Apr 16	KCR		CLE	W,5-3	GS-8		2	7.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.92	3.93	26	14	4	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.045	1.35	0.03%	1.16	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out tie
4	164	7	Apr 18	KCR		CLE	L,0-6	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.74	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.21	8t 1-- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
5	165	9	Apr 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-1	7-GF	BW(1-0)	3	2.2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.35	4.13	11	3	4	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	0.189	3.67	0.14%	0.49	7b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
6	166	11	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,8-9	7-7		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	4.13	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	-0.034	3.86	-0.03%	-0.16	7b -2- 2 out a1	7b 1-3 2 out a1
7	167	12	Apr 30	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	5-GF		5	4.2	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.25	3.53	17	6	3	1	0	3		1	0	3	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.65	0.095	.92	0.08%	1.29	5t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	168	14	May 2	KCR		NYY	W,2-1	11-GF(11)	W(2-0)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	3.49	3	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.209	4.56	0.17%	0.82	11t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end tie
9	169	15	May 4	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.88	3.34	10	2	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.262	1.71	0.23%	1.50	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
10	170	18	May 8	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-3	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	3.22	5	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.076	.93	0.07%	0.87	8b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
11	171	21	May 11	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	2	8.0	11	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.14	3.08	37	8	13	3	0	11	49			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	-0.015	2.04	-0.02%	-0.35	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
12	172	26	May 16	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	L(3-1)	4	3.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	2.95	3.34	17	4	4	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	16	3	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.349	1.83	-0.41%	-3.02	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d2
13	173	30	May 20	KCR		OAK	W,8-4	GS-7	W(4-1)	3	7.0	5	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.30	3.80	27	8	11	2	0	5	52			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.220	2.06	-0.30%	-0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	174	34	May 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,14-11	GS-3		3	2.0	7	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.14	3.68	14	3	0	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.209	2.41	-0.37%	-3.07	1b start a 5	3b 12- 0 out a3
15	175	38	May 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.46	3.27	32	12	5	0	0	6	82			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.523	2.41	0.70%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	176	43	Jun 1	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS-8	W(6-1)	3	7.2	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	3.32	3.39	30	13	3	2	0	7	64			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.163	2.05	0.24%	0.97	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
17	177	48	Jun 6	KCR		MIL	L,3-4	GS-10		4	10.0	12	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.11	3.17	41	9	16	6	0	12	64			2	0	0	40	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.493	3.40	0.73%	2.52	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
18	178	53	Jun 11	KCR		BAL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(7-1)	4	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.84	2.97	24	6	9	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.360	1.98	0.51%	3.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
19	179	58	Jun 16	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	0	3	2	0	2.88	3.19	20	7	6	1	0	4	54			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.015	2.08	-0.02%	0.28	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
20	180	63	Jun 22	KCR		CHW	L,8-14	5-6		5	2.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.02	3.18	10	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	.08	-0.026	.22	-0.04%	-2.10	5t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d8
21	181	68	Jun 27	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	7-GF(11)	W(8-1)	4	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.96	3.13	18	5	9	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	0.261	2.62	0.40%	1.26	7t --- 0 out d2	11t end tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	182	72	Jul 1	KCR		OAK	L,2-5	GS-6		3	5.2	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.97	3.27	22	7	8	4	0	4	52			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.036	2.81	0.06%	0.50	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
23	183	77	Jul 6(1)	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-1)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	2.86	3.35	26	9	9	0	3	3	69			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.283	2.19	0.41%	2.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
24	184	84	Jul 15(2)	KCR		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(9-2)	8	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.79	3.19	36	11	14	3	4	5	69			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	1	.99	0.073	1.78	0.08%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	185	90	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	L,3-10	GS-5	L(9-3)	4	4.1	6	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.14	3.27	20	8	3	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.437	1.52	-0.37%	-3.65	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d2
26	186	95	Jul 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-9	GS-1	L(9-4)	4	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.29	5	1	1	0	0	2	35			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.114	2.89	-0.15%	-1.03	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	187	101	Aug 1	KCR		TEX	L,4-8	7-8		6	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.45	3.27	10	3	2	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.34	-0.059	.51	-0.05%	-1.10	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d5
28	188	106	Aug 6(2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	GS-8	W(10-4)	4	8.0	5	3	0	0	2	1	1	3.23	3.33	30	6	16	1	4	5	68			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	1	1	.63	-0.035	.49	-0.02%	0.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
29	189	112	Aug 11	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	GS-2	L(10-5)	4	1.1	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.32	9	3	2	0	1	4	30			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.411	1.15	-0.20%	-4.00	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d1
30	190	117	Aug 17	KCR		CLE	W,4-3	GS-9		5	8.1	6	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.33	3.32	31	13	7	0	2	6	60			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	0.292	1.38	0.20%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
31	191	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	8.0	9	4	4	0	7	1	0	3.40	3.27	33	6	11	0	2	9	55			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.131	.38	-0.05%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	192	127	Aug 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-5	L(11-6)	4	4.1	7	5	5	0	2	2	1	3.60	3.42	20	4	6	0	2	7	31			0	1	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.242	.51	-0.09%	-2.68	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	193	132	Sep 1	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	6.0	5	5	0	3	5	1	0	3.46	3.47	26	6	8	1	0	4	54			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.347	.82	-0.15%	-2.50	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
34	194	136	Sep 6	KCR		TEX	L,4-5	GS-9	L(11-8)	4	8.2	9	5	5	1	7	1	0	3.55	3.43	36	6	13	1	4	9	52			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.093	1.01	-0.06%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
35	195	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	1	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.42	27	4	11	3	4	8	46			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	-0.235	2.49	-0.31%	-1.26	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
36	196	146	Sep 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-9	L(11-9)	3	8.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.42	3.35	30	10	12	1	2	5	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	0.063	2.99	0.09%	1.61	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out tie
37	197	151	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	GS-6	W(12-9)	5	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.36	3.28	24	4	9	1	1	7	58			1	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.212	1.79	0.18%	1.71	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
38	198	156	Sep 26	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS-6	L(12-10)	4	6.0	9	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.35	3.23	26	9	5	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	1	1	.79	-0.087	.47	-0.03%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
39	199	160	Oct 1	KCR		MIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.37	3.18	27	10	5	1	2	7	51			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
							19-20		W-L:12-10,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.6	197.2	191	90	74	31	107	17	3	3.37	3.18	808	0.95		7%	7%	186	53	6	17%	16	4	0	762	37	6	3	14	10	10	1.02	0.466	1.69	1.70%	2.34

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