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: 21-19 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 24

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	253	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	6-8	H(1)	99	2.0	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	13.50	2.09	13	5	0	0	0	5		1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.149	1.27	-0.10%	-2.45	6b 1-- 1 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a2
2	254	5	Apr 14	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.36	3.13	6	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	0.150	2.50	0.12%	0.99	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
3	255	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-1	8-9	H(2)	2	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.06	4.09	6	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.29	0.125	3.75	0.12%	0.60	8b --- 0 out a2	9b --3 2 out a2
4	256	12	Apr 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-5	7-8	H(3)	5	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.11	4.80	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.001	3.11	0.00%	-0.21	7b 12- 1 out a2	8b 123 1 out a3
5	257	13	Apr 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	4-GF	W(1-0)	0	5.2	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.75	3.75	23	5	9	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.45	0.278	2.89	0.33%	1.89	4b 123 1 out d2	9b end a 2
6	258	16	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(1-1)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.85	3.66	6	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.649	4.57	-0.69%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
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
7	259	20	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	7-7		3	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.54	3.66	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	-0.227	5.96	-0.26%	-1.49	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b -23 1 out d1
8	260	24	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	9-9	BL(1-2)	4	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	6.92	4.89	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	-0.637	4.47	-0.58%	-3.00	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b 12- 0 out tie
9	261	27	May 9	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.28	4.40	4	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.027	.40	0.03%	0.77	7b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
10	262	28	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	W(2-2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.32	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.051	1.29	0.04%	0.66	9t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
11	263	30	May 14	KCR		NYY	W,10-9	7-8		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.75	4.27	6	1	1	1	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.298	2.72	-0.25%	-1.41	7t 12- 2 out d1	8t -2- 2 out tie
12	264	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	8-GF		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.23	4.32	5	0	4	0	3	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.45	0.036	.78	0.04%	0.79	8t -2- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
13	265	37	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.87	4.11	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
14	266	39	May 23(2)	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	5-8	W(3-2)	0	3.0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	6.33	3.80	12	1	4	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.118	1.95	0.10%	0.89	5b -23 1 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a3
15	267	42	May 28	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-7	9-9	BS(3)	4	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6.45	4.47	5	0	3	0	2	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.309	3.60	-0.30%	-0.90	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
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	268	46	Jun 2	KCR		CHW	L,1-5	9-9		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.26	4.32	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.005	.19	0.01%	0.37	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 2 out d3
17	269	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.76	4.11	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a11
18	270	50	Jun 8(1)	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	5-8		3	3.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.14	3.91	13	3	3	0	1	4		2	2	0	1	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.37	-0.081	.89	-0.12%	-0.43	5b -23 2 out d2	8b 12- 2 out d1
19	271	55	Jun 12	KCR		TEX	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	1	5.40	4.01	30	8	11	0	2	6	45			1	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.198	1.70	-0.28%	-1.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
20	272	59	Jun 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	8-8	H(4)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	3.97	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	0.236	7.34	0.37%	0.85	8b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
21	273	61	Jun 18(1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	7-9		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	3.91	6	2	3	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.082	4.98	0.13%	0.51	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
22	274	65	Jun 21	KCR		CLE	L,2-4	4-GF	L(3-3)	2	5.2	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.78	3.62	22	9	4	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.112	3.39	0.17%	1.56	4t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 2
23	275	68	Jun 24	KCR		OAK	W,7-5	6-9	H(5)	2	3.1	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	4.63	3.46	14	5	3	2	1	4		3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.084	3.14	0.14%	0.09	6t 123 0 out a5	9t -2- 1 out a2
24	276	69	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	9-GF		0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.91	3.47	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.119	1.38	-0.20%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
25	277	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-9	2-5		2	3.2	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	4.91	3.77	17	5	6	2	1	4		1	1	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.20	-0.057	.60	-0.10%	-2.01	2b -2- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d7
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
26	278	78	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	6.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	1	5.18	3.68	29	7	8	1	2	10	33			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.11	-0.237	2.88	-0.37%	-1.50	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
27	279	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	9-GF		4	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.40	3.68	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a 8
28	280	88	Jul 16	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	7-7	H(6)	7	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	3.68	2	0	1	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	0.072	9.63	0.10%	0.41	7b 12- 2 out a2	7b 3 out a2
29	281	93	Jul 22	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	GS-2		5	1.1	5	4	3	0	1	2	0	5.70	4.05	9	2	1	0	1	5	31			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.300	2.17	-0.55%	-3.29	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d4
30	282	97	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	3	6.0	1	3	3	4	4	0	0	5.59	3.98	23	8	6	2	1	1	58			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.235	1.85	0.41%	0.26	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a7
31	283	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(4)	4	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.56	4.02	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	-0.676	16.35	-1.17%	-1.87	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
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
32	284	111	Aug 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-5)	9	7.2	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.35	4.00	30	10	11	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.135	3.29	0.26%	1.34	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out tie
33	285	117	Aug 16(1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-4	L(4-6)	5	4.0	10	5	5	0	6	1	0	5.65	3.94	22	5	1	1	0	10	28			2	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.314	1.41	-0.69%	-3.08	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
34	286	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.63	3.89	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.010	.30	-0.03%	-0.06	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
35	287	129	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	9-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.60	3.88	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.022	13.48	0.05%	0.20	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
Sept				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
36	288	137	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	7-10		8	3.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.49	3.83	13	3	7	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	0.142	3.13	0.33%	0.30	7b --- 0 out d4	10b 1-- 1 out tie
37	289	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-7	7-8	W(5-6)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.51	3.84	6	1	3	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.067	7.82	-0.27%	0.03	7b -2- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out a4
38	290	141	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-13	1-6		1	5.2	10	7	6	1	1	0	0	5.76	3.78	28	6	10	0	1	10		2	1	0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	.17	0.000	1.37	0.00%	-4.53	1b 12- 0 out d4	6b 1-- 2 out d12
39	291	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	5-11	W(6-6)	7	6.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	3.73	22	7	11	0	5	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.343	1.53	0.27%	2.55	5b --- 1 out d2	11b 1-- 1 out a1
40	292	161	Sep 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	8-9		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.29	3.67	6	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.237	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
							21-19		W-L:6-6,Sv:1,BSv:4,Hld:6	3.3	98.2	110	63	58	31	48	8	2	5.29	3.67	434	0.94		5%	12%	107	42	38	39%	8	2	0	387	19	5	5	5	6	5	1.00	-1.836	2.36	-2.92%	-16.98

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