Paul Byrd

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornDecember 3, 1970 · Louisville, KY, USA

MLB debutJuly 28, 1995

Final gameOctober 3, 2009

Seasons14 (1995–2009)

New York Mets 1995–1996; Atlanta Braves 1997–1998; Philadelphia Phillies 1998–2000; Kansas City Royals 2001; Philadelphia Phillies 2001; Kansas City Royals 2002; Atlanta Braves 2004; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005; Cleveland Indians 2006–2007; Boston Red Sox 2008; Cleveland Indians 2008; Boston Red Sox 2009

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified pitchers

11.5

17.2

34.5

18.4

35.6

SHO

204

33.3

95.4

1.1

3.4

180.0

21.8

ERA

4.60

WHIP

1.322

48.3

K/9

4.10

2.3

FIP

5.17

4.6

FIP-

118.7

3.4

ERA+

94.9

24.1

sWAR

1.3

of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

102.6

48.9

sWAR

19.3

93.3

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1995	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	477.9	440.9	.910	0.8
1996	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-115.9	-100.0	.000	0.3
1997	31	9	7	0	1	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-41.4	-24.9	.130	-0.1
1998	9	20	18	1	3	1	1	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	11.4	11.8	.210	1.6
1999	32	71	55	6	7	4	5	11	.127	.200	.127	.327	-19.6	-15.4	.167	2.1
2000	17	24	20	2	3	0	1	6	.150	.227	.150	.377	-2.9	-2.0	.190	-0.8
2001	20	8	6	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-27.2	-12.2	.149	1.4
2002	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.3	-100.0	.000	4.8
2004	19	43	30	2	6	4	5	7	.200	.314	.200	.514	45.2	38.1	.259	1.8
2005	31	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	30.4	36.0	.223	3.2
2006	31	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	24.5	31.0	.224	1.2
2007	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.8	-100.0	.000	1.8
2008	30	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.0	-100.0	.000	1.3
2009	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1995	17	0	2	0	0	0	18	5	7	26	1	22.0	2.05	1.136	10.64	2.38	59.0	197.5	0.8
1996	38	0	1	2	0	0	48	22	21	31	7	46.7	4.24	1.479	5.98	5.07	124.9	95.6	0.3
1997	31	4	4	4	0	0	47	31	28	37	6	53.0	5.26	1.415	6.28	4.96	116.9	80.6	-0.1
1998	9	8	5	2	2	1	45	17	18	39	6	57.0	2.68	1.105	6.16	4.01	93.0	160.7	1.6
1999	32	32	15	11	1	0	205	102	70	106	34	199.7	4.60	1.377	4.78	5.53	118.3	101.7	2.1
2000	17	15	2	9	0	0	89	60	35	53	17	83.0	6.51	1.494	5.75	5.82	124.3	71.9	-0.8
2001	19	16	6	7	1	0	120	51	26	52	12	103.3	4.44	1.413	4.53	4.41	92.8	107.2	1.4
2002	33	33	17	11	7	2	224	99	38	129	36	228.3	3.90	1.147	5.08	4.57	92.8	126.2	4.8
2004	19	19	8	7	0	0	123	50	19	79	18	114.3	3.94	1.242	6.22	4.17	97.0	109.2	1.8
2005	31	31	12	11	2	1	216	85	28	102	22	204.3	3.74	1.194	4.49	3.97	93.3	113.6	3.2
2006	31	31	10	9	1	0	232	97	38	88	26	179.0	4.88	1.508	4.42	4.83	106.5	93.0	1.2
2007	31	31	15	8	2	2	239	98	28	88	27	192.3	4.59	1.388	4.12	4.75	104.5	99.1	1.8
2008	30	30	11	12	1	0	204	92	34	82	31	180.0	4.60	1.322	4.10	5.17	118.7	94.9	1.3
2009	7	6	1	3	0	0	47	22	11	11	4	34.0	5.82	1.706	2.91	5.00	109.0	78.7	-0.1

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

346

197

156

RBI

.1538

OBP

.2235

SLG

.1538

OPS

.3773

Pitching

G (P)

345

256

109

SHO

1,697

SO (P)

923

BB allowed

401

ERA

4.407

WHIP

1.3306

K/9

4.90

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	R	H	RBI	BB	TB
2004-08-28	SF @ ATL Gameday	2	1	2	2	0	2
1998-08-17	HOU @ PHI Gameday	4	0	1	1	0	1
1999-04-25	PHI @ WSH Gameday	3	1	1	1	0	1
1999-04-30	LAD @ PHI Gameday	1	0	1	1	1	1
1999-05-22	PHI @ NYM Gameday	4	1	1	1	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1999-06-12	TOR @ PHI Gameday	8.0	4	1	1	1	9	0
2004-09-08	PHI @ ATL Gameday	6.2	8	2	2	1	8	0
2002-09-14	KC @ DET Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0
1999-05-05	SD @ PHI Gameday	8.0	2	1	1	1	7	1
1999-06-28	PHI @ PIT Gameday	8.0	4	2	0	2	7	0

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.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.