Doug Bird | Major Leaguer 1973-1983

Full Name: James Douglas Bird
Born: March 5,1950 in Corona, California
Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Pomona (Pomona,CA)
College: Mount San Antonio College

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Drafted: Selected by Cleveland Indians in 29th Round (647th overall) of 1968 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Kansas City Royals in 3rd Round (60th overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Sec) ... Selected by Seattle Pilots in 8th Round (152nd overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)

Transactions: [Apr 3,1979] - Traded by Royals to Phillies for Todd Cruz. [Apr 4,1980] - Released by Phillies. [Apr 29,1980] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Jun 12,1981] - Traded by Yankees with Mike Griffin and Cash to Cubs for Rick Reuschel. [Dec 10,1982] - Traded by Cubs to Red Sox for Chuck Rainey. [Nov 7,1983] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1969	Winnipeg	Northern	19	Kc	A	6	2	3.45	16						99.0	105	45	38		17	88			9.55	---	1.55	8.00	1.23	--
1970	Waterloo	Midw	20	Kc	A	11	9	1.84	22						147.0	122	49	30		32	149			7.47	---	1.96	9.12	1.05	--
	San Jose	Calif	20	Kc	A+	0	2	6.30	3						10.0	10	10	7		3	14			9.00	---	2.70	12.60	1.30	--
1971	San Jose	Calif	21	Kc	A+	15	9	3.41	29						182.0	175	84	69		48	143			8.65	---	2.37	7.07	1.23	--
1972	Jcksnvlle	Sou	22	Kc	AA	10	7	2.43	24						122.0	117	43	33		32	72			8.63	---	2.36	5.31	1.22	--
	Omaha	Amer	22	Kc	AAA	1	1	3.00	7						9.0	9	4	3		5	13			9.00	---	5.00	13.00	1.56	--
1973	Omaha	Amer	23	Kc	AAA	1	0	0.00	4						6.0	5	0	0		1	3			7.50	---	1.50	4.50	1.00	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	4	4	2.99	54	0	0	0	41	20	102.1	81	37	34	10	30	83	1	1	7.12	0.88	2.64	7.30	1.08	61%
1974	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	7	6	2.73	55	1	1	0	44	10	92.1	100	31	28	6	27	62	1	0	9.75	0.58	2.63	6.04	1.38	57%
1975	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	9	6	3.25	51	4	0	0	36	11	105.1	100	42	38	7	40	81	2	0	8.54	0.60	3.42	6.92	1.33	56%
1976	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	12	10	3.37	39	27	2	1	6	2	197.2	191	90	74	17	31	107	0	1	8.70	0.77	1.41	4.87	1.12	46%
1977	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	11	4	3.88	53	5	0	0	31	14	118.1	120	52	51	14	29	83	3	0	9.13	1.06	2.21	6.31	1.26	47%
1978	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	6	6	5.29	40	6	0	0	13	1	98.2	110	63	58	8	31	48	9	2	10.03	0.73	2.83	4.38	1.43	53%
1979	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	2	0	5.16	32	1	1	0	10	0	61.0	73	35	35	7	16	33	2	0	10.77	1.03	2.36	4.87	1.46	45%
1980	Columbus	IL	30	Nyy	AAA	8	0	2.25	15	4	0	0		2	48.0	33	15	12	4	13	36	3		6.19	0.75	2.44	6.75	0.96	--
	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	3	0	2.66	22	1	0	0	7	1	50.2	47	16	15	3	14	17	1	0	8.35	0.53	2.49	3.02	1.20	48%
1981	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	4	5	3.58	12	12	2	1	0	0	75.1	72	34	30	5	16	34	2	0	8.60	0.60	1.91	4.06	1.17	46%
	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	5	1	2.70	17	4	0	0	3	0	53.1	58	19	16	5	16	28	0	0	9.79	0.84	2.70	4.73	1.39	57%
1982	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	9	14	5.14	35	33	2	1	1	0	191.0	230	119	109	26	30	71	1	0	10.84	1.23	1.41	3.35	1.36	50%
1983	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	1	4	6.65	22	6	0	0	7	1	67.2	91	52	50	14	16	33	1	0	12.10	1.86	2.13	4.39	1.58	54%

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)						73	60	3.99	432	100	8	3	199	60	1,213.2	1273	590	538	122	296	680	23	4	9.44	0.90	2.20	5.04	1.29	51%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						52	30	2.77	120						623.0	576	250	192		151	518			8.32	---	2.18	7.48	1.17	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1973	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	p	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	p	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	p	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	p	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	p	9	32	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	453	60%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	p	9	12	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.143	.100	243	38%
1982	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	p	9	35	56	0	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	0	0	4	0	1	.143	.143	.161	304	62%
1983	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)								432	82	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	0	0	6	0	1	.134	.155	.146	301	55%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1976	Kansas Cty	AL	26		Ch	1	0	1.93	1		0			0	4.2	4		1		0	1			7.73	---	0.00	1.93	0.86	--
1977	Kansas Cty	AL	27		Ch	0	0	0.00	3		0			0	2.0	4		0		0	1			18.00	---	0.00	4.50	2.00	--
1978	Kansas Cty	AL	28		Ch	0	1	9.00	2		0			0	1.0	2		1		0	1			18.00	---	0.00	9.00	2.00	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						1	1	2.35	6		0			0	7.2	10		2		0	3			11.74	---	0.00	3.52	1.30	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1976	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1973	Kansas Cty	AL	23	Kc	MLB	P	54		102.1	2	5	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	.62

1974	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	P	55		92.1	8	12	0	20	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.95

1975	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	P	51		105.1	12	8	3	23	2	-	-	-	.870	1.71

1976	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	P	39		197.2	14	21	2	37	1	-	-	-	.946	1.59

1977	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	P	53		118.1	6	13	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

1978	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	P	40		98.2	6	13	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.73

1979	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	P	32		61	4	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	.89

1980	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	22		50.2	3	10	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.31

1981	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	P	12		75.1	7	7	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.67
1981	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	17		53.1	6	7	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1982	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	P	35		191	19	19	0	38	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.79

1983	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	P	22		67.2	7	7	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.86

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