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: 29-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 38

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	1	21	Apr 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-6	6-6		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.43	2	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.025	.77	0.03%	0.69	6b -2- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
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
2	2	28	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-4	4-8		9	5.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	0	1.59	1.68	19	4	3	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.092	.86	0.10%	1.53	4t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	3	35	May 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	9-GF		6	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.50	2.73	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.93	-0.309	8.68	-0.33%	-1.09	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
4	4	37	May 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.08	1.97	8	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.087	1.43	0.11%	1.12	6b 1-- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
5	5	38	May 19	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	1.79	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.093	4.01	0.11%	0.86	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
6	6	42	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	6-GF(8)	BS(1)	3	2.2	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.31	2.39	14	2	4	0	2	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.20	-0.372	2.27	-0.42%	-1.82	6b 1-3 1 out a1	8b end d 2
7	7	44	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	9-9	BS(2)	1	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.31	2.91	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.21	-0.575	8.70	-0.58%	-2.49	9b 1-3 0 out a2	9b 123 0 out tie
8	8	47	May 28	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	W(1-0)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	2.71	9	2	4	1	2	2		3	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.075	.75	0.07%	1.79	7t 123 2 out d3	9t end d 2
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
9	9	52	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	6-GF	S(2)	4	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.50	2.51	16	5	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.227	1.96	0.21%	2.03	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
10	10	56	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	5-GF(10)	L(1-1)	3	4.2	3	2	2	1	4	2	0	1.99	3.45	18	6	5	1	2	2		2	1	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.282	1.94	-0.31%	-0.05	5b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
11	11	58	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	9-9	L(1-2)	2	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.38	3.58	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	-0.103	5.47	-0.09%	-0.39	9t 1-3 1 out a2	9t 123 1 out a2
12	12	60	Jun 12	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-6	7-GF	L(1-3)	2	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.96	3.96	8	1	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.191	3.73	-0.16%	-0.88	7b 12- 2 out tie	9b end d 2
13	13	62	Jun 14	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.24	4.05	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.072	.56	-0.07%	-2.46	8b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 5
14	14	67	Jun 18	KCR		OAK	L,5-9	7-GF		3	2.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.25	3.87	9	4	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.024	.35	-0.04%	0.43	7t -23 1 out d5	9t end d 4
15	15	68	Jun 19	KCR		OAK	L,6-11	9-9		0	0.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.78	5	0	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.068	.73	-0.09%	-2.91	9t 1-- 1 out d2	9t 12- 2 out d5
16	16	74	Jun 25	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.60	3.60	7	0	3	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.18	0.027	.48	0.04%	1.48	7b -2- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
17	17	80	Jun 30(2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	6-GF	S(3)	4	3.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.51	3.47	12	2	5	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.76	0.224	2.94	0.23%	0.57	6b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 2
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
18	18	82	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	7-GF		1	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.28	3.38	10	5	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	0.033	.51	0.04%	1.25	7t 1-- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
19	19	85	Jul 5	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-10	7-9	H(1)	2	1.1	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.89	3.40	8	1	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.017	1.30	0.02%	-1.55	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b -23 0 out a5
20	20	89	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIL	W,13-6	7-GF	S(4)	3	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.60	3.19	11	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.031	.26	0.04%	1.39	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
21	21	94	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.13	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.201	4.76	0.23%	0.93	9b -23 0 out a3	9b end a 2
22	22	97	Jul 17	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	7-GF	S(6)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.27	3.18	12	6	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.453	5.13	0.62%	1.52	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	23	100	Jul 21	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	8-GF	S(7)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.12	4	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.256	6.10	0.38%	0.87	8t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
24	24	101	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-5	8-GF	W(2-3)	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.06	3.01	7	1	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.086	3.59	-0.13%	0.43	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
25	25	107	Jul 29(2)	KCR		CAL	W,7-6	7-11		6	4.2	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.14	3.20	19	7	5	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.88	-0.153	5.91	-0.29%	0.21	7t --- 0 out d2	11t -2- 2 out d1
26	26	108	Jul 31	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	9-9	H(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.20	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	0.031	15.67	0.07%	0.18	9b -2- 0 out a1	9b --3 1 out a1
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	27	111	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.10	6	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.178	4.52	0.41%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
28	28	114	Aug 7	KCR		BOS	W,7-6	7-GF(11)	W(3-3)	3	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.75	3.04	17	9	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	2	0	1	2.28	0.671	7.37	1.30%	2.92	7t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end tie
29	29	116	Aug 9	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(9)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.69	3.00	4	1	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	0.269	8.92	0.55%	0.95	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
30	30	117	Aug 10	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(10)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.60	3.00	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	0.285	10.53	0.55%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
31	31	119	Aug 12	KCR		BAL	L,6-10	7-7		1	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	2.96	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.044	.98	-0.09%	-2.22	7t 123 2 out d4	7t 3 out d7
32	32	120	Aug 14	KCR		CLE	W,8-5	7-GF	S(11)	1	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.74	2.92	13	5	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.040	1.59	0.08%	-0.48	7t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 3
33	33	124	Aug 18	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-8	6-GF(8)		3	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.77	2.92	11	3	4	0	3	2		1	1	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.18	-0.045	.59	-0.09%	-0.30	6b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 5
34	34	125	Aug 19	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.92	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.019	2.31	0.04%	0.78	8b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 2
35	35	126	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	9-GF	S(12)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	2.88	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.034	2.04	0.06%	0.92	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
36	36	128	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(4-3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.69	2.82	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	0.337	15.75	0.65%	1.50	10t 12- 0 out tie	10t end tie
37	37	130	Aug 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	2.79	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.004	.23	0.01%	0.88	6b 12- 1 out d6	6b 3 out d6
38	38	133	Aug 29	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	7-GF	S(13)	3	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.68	2.76	13	2	7	1	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.16	0.301	5.45	0.31%	0.46	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
39	39	134	Aug 31	KCR		OAK	L,7-10	7-GF	BL(4-4)	1	2.2	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.05	2.89	14	7	3	1	1	3		1	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.30	-0.601	10.40	-1.63%	-3.30	7t -2- 1 out a2	9t end d 3
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
40	40	135	Sep 1	KCR		OAK	W,10-9	9-9	BS(4)	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.27	3.06	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.671	12.00	-1.35%	-2.77	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t --- 1 out d1
41	41	137	Sep 3	KCR		MIN	L,5-11	7-8	H(3)	1	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.06	6	1	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.201	5.78	0.35%	1.01	7t --3 1 out a1	8t 12- 2 out a1
42	42	141	Sep 9(1)	KCR		CAL	W,9-5	8-GF	S(14)	5	2.0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.25	3.01	9	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.018	.17	0.01%	0.01	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
43	43	144	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.01	2	1	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.034	1.59	0.05%	1.52	8b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 2
44	44	145	Sep 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-0	8-GF	S(15)	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.14	2.98	9	0	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.018	.23	0.01%	0.91	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
45	45	146	Sep 13	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-4	8-GF	S(16)	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.18	3.05	7	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.158	2.19	0.11%	-0.80	8b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 1
46	46	147	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.16	3.06	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.048	1.63	-0.04%	-0.28	8b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 2
47	47	150	Sep 17	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	7-GF		2	2.1	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	3.18	3.17	10	6	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.058	.07	-0.01%	-1.55	7t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 5
48	48	152	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	12-GF(12)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	3.14	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.013	.05	0.00%	0.85	12t 1-3 0 out tie	12t end d 1
49	49	153	Sep 20	KCR		CHW	W,10-3	9-GF	S(17)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.11	3.11	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
50	50	154	Sep 21	KCR		CHW	L,5-6	5-9	BS(5)	0	4.2	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.15	3.18	17	9	4	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.81	0.277	.03	0.00%	1.61	5t 123 1 out a2	9t 3 out tie
51	51	156	Sep 23	KCR		TEX	W,7-4	7-GF	S(18)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.05	3.12	10	2	5	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.52	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
52	52	158	Sep 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-2	7-GF	S(19)	2	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2.96	3.15	11	2	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.123	.00	0.00%	1.49	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
53	53	161	Sep 29	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-1	9-GF	S(20)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.02	3.13	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.55	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 6
54	54	162	Sep 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	3.15	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
							29-25		W-L:4-4,Sv:20,BSv:5,Hld:3	1.9	102.1	81	37	34	30	83	10	2	2.99	3.15	414	1.16		5%	15%	70		70	34%	8	0	0	373	12	2	7	9	5	4	1.32	1.337	2.95	1.06%	11.66

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