Doug Bird

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 180 lb

BornMarch 5, 1950 · Corona, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 29, 1973

Final gameSeptember 10, 1983

Seasons11 (1973–1983)

Kansas City Royals 1973–1978; Philadelphia Phillies 1979; New York Yankees 1980; Chicago Cubs 1981; New York Yankees 1981; Chicago Cubs 1982; Boston Red Sox 1983

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified pitchers

55.1

56.2

11.2

14.6

6.7

SHO

230

28.1

109

10.1

98.9

6.7

14.6

191.0

38.2

ERA

5.14

4.5

WHIP

1.361

32.6

K/9

3.35

10.1

FIP

4.29

20.2

FIP-

115.6

11.2

ERA+

72.3

1.1

sWAR

-1.6

1.1

of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

95.4

19.6

sWAR

9.0

85.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1973	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1974	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1975	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1976	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3
1977	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1978	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7
1979	32	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	33.6	26.0	.240	-0.4
1980	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1981	29	23	20	0	2	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.100	.243	-48.0	-31.4	.126	1.8
1982	35	60	56	0	8	1	3	0	20	.143	.143	.161	.304	-32.3	-16.1	.140	-1.6
1983	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1973	54	0	4	4	20	0	0	81	34	30	83	10	102.3	2.99	1.085	7.30	3.17	79.1	133.8	2.2
1974	55	1	7	6	10	1	0	100	28	27	62	6	92.3	2.73	1.375	6.04	2.98	78.7	138.9	2.1
1975	51	4	9	6	11	0	0	100	38	40	81	7	105.3	3.25	1.329	6.92	3.08	80.0	118.6	1.8
1976	39	27	12	10	2	2	1	191	74	31	107	17	197.7	3.37	1.123	4.87	3.17	90.3	104.2	2.3
1977	53	5	11	4	14	0	0	120	51	29	83	14	118.3	3.88	1.259	6.31	3.69	90.9	104.7	1.4
1978	40	6	6	6	1	0	0	110	58	31	48	8	98.7	5.29	1.429	4.38	3.64	94.7	72.6	-0.7
1979	32	1	2	0	0	1	0	73	35	16	33	7	61.0	5.16	1.459	4.87	3.99	104.5	73.9	-0.4
1980	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	47	15	14	17	3	50.7	2.66	1.204	3.02	3.75	95.1	147.8	1.2
1981	29	16	9	6	0	2	1	130	46	32	62	10	128.7	3.22	1.259	4.34	3.43	94.7	112.7	1.8
1982	35	33	9	14	0	2	1	230	109	30	71	26	191.0	5.14	1.361	3.35	4.29	115.6	72.3	-1.6
1983	22	6	1	4	1	0	0	91	50	16	33	14	67.7	6.65	1.581	4.39	5.34	123.8	64.8	-1.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

432

RBI

.1341

OBP

.1548

SLG

.1463

OPS

.3011

Pitching

G (P)

432

100

303rd-most career SV

SHO

1,214

SO (P)

680

BB allowed

296

ERA

3.990

WHIP

1.2928

K/9

5.04

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	H	2B	RBI	TB
1982-06-11	CHC @ WSH Gameday	1	1	1	0	2
1982-05-11	ATL @ CHC Gameday	2	1	0	1	1
1982-08-03	NYM @ CHC Gameday	3	1	0	1	1
1982-09-23	NYM @ CHC Gameday	2	1	0	1	1
1979-08-31	PHI @ ATL Gameday	3	1	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1976-05-28	KC @ LAA Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0
1973-05-09	DET @ KC Gameday	5.0	4	1	1	0	8	1
1976-09-06	TEX @ KC Gameday	8.2	9	5	5	1	7	1
1976-08-22	KC @ MIL Gameday	8.0	9	4	4	0	7	1
1976-06-01	KC @ ATH Gameday	7.2	7	2	2	0	7	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.