Doug Bird was born on Sunday, March 5, 1950, in Corona, California. Bird was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 29, 1973, with the Kansas City Royals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Doug Bird baseball stats page.
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Doug BirdDoug Bird Autograph on a 1986 Fleer Baseball Card (#106) |
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Biographical Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doug BirdDoug Bird Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1973 | 23 | Royals | 54 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.99 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 102.1 | 414 | 81 | 34 | 37 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
1974 | 24 | Royals | 55 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.73 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 92.1 | 390 | 100 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
1975 | 25 | Royals | 51 | 4 | 36 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 105.1 | 444 | 100 | 38 | 42 | 7 | 40 | 10 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
1976 | 26 | Royals | 39 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 197.2 | 808 | 191 | 74 | 90 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
1977 | 27 | Royals | 53 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 118.1 | 490 | 120 | 51 | 52 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - |
1978 | 28 | Royals | 40 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98.2 | 434 | 110 | 58 | 63 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - |
1979 | 29 | Phillies | 32 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 263 | 73 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
1980 | 30 | Yankees | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.2 | 205 | 47 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
1981 | 31 | Yankees | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 229 | 58 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1981 | 31 | Cubs | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.1 | 305 | 72 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | 32 | Cubs | 35 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 191.0 | 819 | 230 | 109 | 119 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - |
1983 | 33 | Red Sox | 22 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.2 | 303 | 91 | 50 | 52 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
11 Years | 432 | 100 | 199 | 73 | 60 | .549 | 3.99 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 1,213.2 | 5,104 | 1,273 | 538 | 590 | 122 | 296 | 56 | 680 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
Doug BirdDoug Bird Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1973 | 23 | Royals | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1974 | 24 | Royals | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1975 | 25 | Royals | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1976 | 26 | Royals | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1977 | 27 | Royals | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1978 | 28 | Royals | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1979 | 29 | Phillies | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 |
1980 | 30 | Yankees | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1981 | 31 | Yankees | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1981 | 31 | Cubs | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .100 |
1982 | 32 | Cubs | 35 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .161 |
1983 | 33 | Red Sox | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
11 Years | 432 | 82 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .134 | .155 | .146 |
Doug BirdDoug Bird Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1973 Royals | P | 54 | 0 | 307 | 7 | 0.1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.62 |
1974 Royals | P | 55 | 1 | 277 | 20 | 0.4 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.95 |
1975 Royals | P | 51 | 4 | 316 | 23 | 0.5 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .870 | 1.71 |
1976 Royals | P | 39 | 27 | 593 | 37 | 0.9 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 1.59 |
1977 Royals | P | 53 | 5 | 355 | 19 | 0.4 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.45 |
1978 Royals | P | 40 | 6 | 296 | 19 | 0.5 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.73 |
1979 Phillies | P | 32 | 1 | 183 | 6 | 0.2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.89 |
1980 Yankees | P | 22 | 1 | 152 | 13 | 0.6 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.31 |
1981 Yankees | P | 17 | 4 | 160 | 13 | 0.8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.19 |
1981 Cubs | P | 12 | 12 | 226 | 14 | 1.2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.67 |
1982 Cubs | P | 35 | 33 | 573 | 38 | 1.1 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.79 |
1983 Red Sox | P | 22 | 6 | 203 | 14 | 0.6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.86 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 432 | 100 | 3,641 | 223 | 0.5 | 218 | 94 | 124 | 5 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.62 | |
11 Years | 432 | 100 | 3,641 | 223 | 0.5 | 218 | 94 | 124 | 5 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.62 |
Doug BirdDoug Bird Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1973 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.77 | 7.30 | 2.64 |
1974 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.30 | 6.04 | 2.63 |
1975 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.03 | 6.92 | 3.42 |
1976 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.45 | 4.87 | 1.41 |
1977 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.86 | 6.31 | 2.21 |
1978 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.55 | 4.38 | 2.83 |
1979 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.06 | 4.87 | 2.36 |
1980 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.21 | 3.02 | 2.49 |
1981 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.75 | 4.73 | 2.70 |
1981 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2.13 | 4.06 | 1.91 |
1982 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.8 | 18.7 | 2.37 | 3.35 | 1.41 |
1983 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.06 | 4.39 | 2.13 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 2.30 | 5.04 | 2.20 |
Doug BirdDoug Bird Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1973 Kansas City Royals | 29 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1974 Kansas City Royals | 29 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1975 Kansas City Royals | 29 | $16,000.00 | - | - |
1976 Kansas City Royals | 29 | $97,500.00 | - | - |
1977 Kansas City Royals | 29 | $100,000.00 | - | - |
1978 Kansas City Royals | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1979 Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | Undetermined | - | - |
1980 New York Yankees | 43 | Undetermined | - | - |
1981 New York Yankees | 43 | Undetermined | - | - |
1981 Chicago Cubs | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1982 Chicago Cubs | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1983 Boston Red Sox | 42 | Undetermined | - | - |
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