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: 13-9 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 10

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	325	83	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	3-6		99	3.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.45	3.84	15	6	3	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.035	.78	-0.04%	0.01	3b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d2
2	326	88	Jul 19	NYY		KCR	W,13-7	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	1	4.66	4.41	25	5	9	4	0	8	42			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.169	1.26	-0.20%	-1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
3	327	92	Jul 22(2)	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	3.86	9	4	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.058	.70	0.10%	1.48	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
4	328	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-8	4-5		4	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.14	3.87	8	3	0	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.005	.07	0.01%	1.45	4b --3 1 out d8	5b 3 out d8
5	329	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	BW(2-0)	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.75	5	2	1	1	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.42	0.257	12.09	0.34%	1.16	9b 123 1 out a1	10b end a 1
6	330	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-6	8-9		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	3.87	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.068	1.55	-0.12%	0.11	8b --- 0 out d3	9b 1-- 0 out tie
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
7	331	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.75	6	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.021	.62	0.03%	0.97	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
8	332	105	Aug 5	NYY		TEX	L,1-8	9-GF		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.70	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
9	333	111	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	6-GF(10)	W(3-0)	6	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	3.35	18	10	4	0	1	2		1	1	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.04	0.500	6.33	0.93%	2.38	6t --3 0 out tie	10t end tie
10	334	114	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	7-7	H(1)	2	0.2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.75	3.49	5	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.21	-0.076	12.73	-0.26%	-0.65	7b -2- 0 out a3	7b 123 2 out a2
11	335	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	7-9		4	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.22	3.99	11	6	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.036	1.81	0.07%	-0.71	7b --- 0 out a4	9b 1-- 2 out a2
12	336	121	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-8	5-5		1	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.97	4	0	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.70	-0.244	6.09	-0.53%	-2.87	5b 123 1 out tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
13	337	128	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-3	8-GF		7	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.23	3.99	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.004	.43	0.01%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
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
14	338	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	8-9		7	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.38	3.91	8	0	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.040	2.03	-0.07%	-0.92	8t --- 0 out a4	9t 12- 1 out a3
15	339	138	Sep 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.27	3.84	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.015	.61	0.02%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
16	340	140	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	7-8	H(2)	1	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.80	6	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.173	6.87	-0.34%	-0.90	7b --- 0 out a2	8b --3 1 out a1
17	341	148	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	2-6		8	4.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	3.76	16	3	9	1	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.42	0.030	.45	0.02%	1.46	2t 1-3 2 out d3	6t 3 out d4
18	342	151	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	3-7		2	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.66	14	8	5	0	0	1		2	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.193	.54	0.09%	2.57	3t -23 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
19	343	153	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.65	3	1	2	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.30	-0.023	.17	-0.01%	-0.44	8t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out d5
20	344	156	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	7-7	H(3)	2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.64	3	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.075	.18	0.00%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out a2	7b 12- 1 out a2
21	345	157	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-12	2-5		1	3.2	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.83	3.78	15	6	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.002	.38	0.00%	0.21	2b -2- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d2
22	346	162	Oct 5	NYY		DET	W,2-1	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.66	3.74	11	3	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.375	.00	0.00%	1.48	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
							13-9		W-L:3-0,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:3	3.0	50.2	47	16	15	14	17	3	1	2.66	3.74	205	1.17		7%	3%	45	42	18	61%	3	3	0	183	7	2	1	5	4	2	.94	0.593	2.07	0.04%	6.32

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