MLB / Players

George Bird

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 150 lb
BornJune 23, 1850 · Stillman Valley, IL, USA
MLB debutMay 6, 1871
Final gameSeptember 15, 1871
Seasons1 (1871–1871)

Rockford Forest Citys 1871

Percentile snapshot

1871 season — qualified batters

G
25
16.7
PA
109
12.5
AB
106
16.7
R
19
11.1
H
28
13.9
2B
2
9.7
3B
5
72.2
HR
0
0
RBI
13
12.5
BB
3
29.2
SO
2
26.4
SB
1
5.6
CS
0
66.7
BA
.264
36.1
OBP
.284
25
SLG
.377
48.6
OPS
.662
37.5
wRC+
93.5
37.5
OPS+
87.9
37.5
wOBA
.294
37.5
sWAR
0.2
20.8

of 73 qualified 1871 batters (min 77 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.2
53.1

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1871251091061928250133210.264.284.377.66293.587.9.2940.2

Career totals

G
25
PA
109
AB
106
R
19
H
28
2B
2
3B
5
HR
0
RBI
13
BB
3
SO
2
SB
1
BA
.2642
OBP
.2844
SLG
.3774
OPS
.6618

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.