Doug Bird

Full Name: James Douglas Bird	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/180	First Game: April 29, 1973
Birthdate: March 5, 1950	Final Game: September 10, 1983
Birthplace: Corona, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 5, 1950 in Corona, California, Doug Bird (James Douglas Bird) played for the Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Bird broke into the bigs on April 29, 1973 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 2.99 ERA in 102.1 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Doug Bird's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1977, when he posted a 3.88 ERA, won 11 games, notched 14 saves and struck out 83 batters. However, others believe that it was 1973, when he posted a 2.99 ERA, notched 20 saves and struck out 83 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1973	KC	A	54	0	4	4	2.99	83	37	34	0	0	20	102.1	81	10	30	7	1	2
1974	KC	A	55	1	7	6	2.73	62	31	28	1	0	10	92.1	100	6	27	9	1	1
1975	KC	A	51	4	9	6	3.25	81	42	38	0	0	11	105.1	100	7	40	10	2	2
1976	KC	A	39	27	12	10	3.37	107	90	74	2	1	2	197.2	191	17	31	3	0	3
1977	KC	A	53	5	11	4	3.88	83	52	51	0	0	14	118.1	120	14	29	4	3	3
1978	KC	A	40	6	6	6	5.29	48	63	58	0	0	1	98.2	110	8	31	5	9	2
1979	PHI	N	32	1	2	0	5.16	33	35	35	1	0	0	61	73	7	16	4	2	2
1980	NY	A	22	1	3	0	2.66	17	16	15	0	0	1	50.2	47	3	14	1	1	1
1981	NY	A	17	4	5	1	2.70	28	19	16	0	0	0	53.1	58	5	16	3	0	0
1981	CHI	N	12	12	4	5	3.58	34	34	30	2	1	0	75.1	72	5	16	3	2	1
1981	Total		29	16	9	6	3.22	62	53	46	2	1	0	128.2	130	10	32	6	2	1
1982	CHI	N	35	33	9	14	5.14	71	119	109	2	1	0	191	230	26	30	3	1	3
1983	BOS	A	22	6	1	4	6.65	33	52	50	0	0	1	67.2	91	14	16	4	1	2
Total	NL		79	46	15	19	4.78	138	188	174	5	2	0	327.1	375	38	62	10	5	6
Total	AL		353	54	58	41	3.70	542	402	364	3	1	60	886.1	898	84	234	46	18	16
Total			432	100	73	60	3.99	680	590	538	8	3	60	1213.2	1273	122	296	56	23	22

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1973	KC	A	P	54	0	102.1	2	5	0	1	1	8	0	0	1.000
1974	KC	A	P	55	1	92.1	8	12	0	3	1	6	3	0	1.000
1975	KC	A	P	51	4	105.1	12	8	3	2	0	5	7	1	.870
1976	KC	A	P	39	27	197.2	14	21	2	1	0	16	4	0	.946
1977	KC	A	P	53	5	118.1	6	13	0	0	1	8	4	0	1.000
1978	KC	A	P	40	6	98.2	6	13	0	0	0	8	2	1	1.000
1979	PHI	N	P	32	1	61	4	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1980	NY	A	P	22	1	50.2	3	10	0	1	1	3	3	0	1.000
1981	NY	A	P	17	4	53.1	6	7	0	1	0	7	1	0	1.000
1981	CHI	N	P	12	12	75.1	7	7	0	1	0	5	3	0	1.000
1981	Total		P	29	16	128.2	13	14	0	2	0	12	4	0	1.000
1982	CHI	N	P	35	33	191	19	19	0	0	0	21	9	0	1.000
1983	BOS	A	P	22	6	67.2	7	7	0	1	0	8	1	0	1.000
Total			P	432	100	1213.2	94	124	5	11	4	99	38	2	.978

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1973	KC	A	54	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	KC	A	55	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1975	KC	A	51	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1976	KC	A	39	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	KC	A	53	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1978	KC	A	40	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PHI	N	32	6	1	1	0	.167	.286	.167	0	1	4	0	0
1980	NY	A	22	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1981	NY	A	17	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CHI	N	12	20	0	2	0	.100	.143	.100	0	1	11	2	0
1981	Total		29	20	0	2	0	.100	.143	.100	0	1	11	2	0
1982	CHI	N	35	56	0	8	3	.143	.143	.161	1	0	20	4	1
1983	BOS	A	22	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		79	82	1	11	3	.134	.155	.146	1	2	35	6	1
Total	AL		353	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			432	82	1	11	3	.134	.155	.146	1	2	35	6	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
Selected by Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (February 1, 1969).
Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Todd Cruz (April 3, 1979).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 4, 1980).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 29, 1980).
Traded by New York Yankees with $400000 and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Rick Reuschel (June 12, 1981); Chicago Cubs received Mike Griffin (August 5, 1981).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Chuck Rainey (December 10, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1983).

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