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Nellie Fox League 4-1-2156 |
| Rich Bird |  Starting PitcherRetired (1981, Age 36) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| ERA | 4.78 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/L | |
| W-L | 69-116 | Status | Deceased (2018) | Option Years | 0
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| SV | 0 | Age at Death | 73 | Date of Birth | 03-10-1945 | |
| K | 1123 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 29 (1967) |
Majors Svc Time | 8 years (19 games) |
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| IP | 1605.1 | |||||
| WHIP | 1.50 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor Val |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control | |||||||
| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
- Stats
- Opp Batting
- L/R Splits
- H/A Splits
- Playoffs
- Energy
- Improvements
- Past Skills
- Awards
- Batting
- Fielding
- Game Log
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
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| 1967 | Minors | 22 | 40.00 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 22 | 3 / 14 | 6 / 40 | |||
| 1968 | Minors | 23 | 56.00 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 21 | 5 / 29 | 6 / 56 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 23 | 9.05 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 9 |
| 1969 | Minors | 24 | 54.00 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 24 | 5 / 29 | 8 / 54 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 25 | 48.01 | 144 | 4 | 18 | 0 / 7 | 4 / 17 | 4 / 24 | 8 / 48 |
| 1971 | Majors | 26 | 49.45 | 162 | 35 | 0 | 1 / 12 | 1 / 20 | 4 / 17 | 6 / 49 |
| 1972 | Majors | 27 | 50.20 | 157 | 34 | 5 | 1 / 14 | 2 / 18 | 2 / 18 | 5 / 50 |
| 1973 | Majors | 28 | 42.79 | 131 | 29 | 31 | 0 / 13 | 2 / 17 | 0 / 12 | 2 / 42 |
| 1974 | Minors | 29 | 38.00 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 16 | 1 / 18 | 3 / 38 | |||
| 1974 | Majors | 29 | 9.89 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 9 |
| 1975 | Minors | 30 | 73.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 38 | 2 / 32 | 2 / 73 | |||
| 1976 | Minors | 31 | 77.00 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 34 | 0 / 77 | |||
| 1977 | Minors | 32 | 16.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 16 | |||
| 1977 | Majors | 32 | 29.80 | 104 | 17 | 0 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 14 | 1 / 29 |
| 1978 | Majors | 33 | 51.72 | 162 | 34 | 0 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 51 |
| 1979 | Majors | 34 | 49.66 | 147 | 34 | 15 | -2 / 10 | -2 / 21 | -5 / 18 | -9 / 49 |
| 1980 | Minors | 35 | 16.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 16 | |||
| 1980 | Majors | 35 | 24.27 | 96 | 12 | 0 | -1 / 0 | -3 / 10 | -1 / 14 | -5 / 24 |
| 1981 | Majors | 36 | 29.75 | 86 | 20 | 46 | -4 / 1 | -3 / 15 | -4 / 13 | -11 / 29 |
| Total | 1246 | 224 | 115 | -2 / 99 | 10 / 330 | 17 / 330 | 25 / 759 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1981-11-01 | Rich Bird has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1981-09-14 | The New York Legends have waived Rich Bird. |
| 1981-08-29 | The New York Legends have promoted Damon Andre to the major league team. The New York Legends have designated Rich Bird for assignment. |
| 1981-07-30 | Rich Bird of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 29 days. |
| 1981-04-04 | Rich Bird of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 23 days. |
| 1980-06-27 | The New York Legends have promoted Rich Bird to the major league team. The New York Legends have designated Rich Reilly for assignment. |
| 1980-04-13 | The New York Legends have promoted Don Lipski to the major league team. The New York Legends have designated Rich Bird for assignment. |
| 1979-06-18 | Rich Bird of the New York Legends is injured and is expected to be out 17 days. |
| 1977-06-05 | The New York Legends have promoted Rich Bird to the major league team. |
| 1974-06-16 | The New York Legends have acquired Rich Bird from the waiver wire. |
| 1974-05-05 | The Kansas City Comets have promoted Rich Susko to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have promoted Dave Saucier to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have sent Cisco Heath to the minors. The Kansas City Comets have waived Rich Bird. |
| 1973-09-09 | Rich Bird of the Kansas City Comets is injured and is expected to be out 43 days. |
| 1973-07-06 | Rich Bird of the Kansas City Comets is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1972-09-26 | Rich Bird of the Kansas City Comets is injured and is expected to be out 22 days. |
| 1970-06-10 | Rich Bird of the Kansas City Comets is injured and is expected to be out 20 days. |
| 1970-04-01 | The Kansas City Comets have promoted Rich Bird to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have promoted Jim Rhodes to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have waived Jimmy Mutis . The Kansas City Comets have waived Hal McRae. |
| 1968-10-03 | The Kansas City Comets have sent Rich Bird to the minors. The Kansas City Comets have sent Scott Gleason to the minors. The Kansas City Comets have sent John Hetling to the minors. |
| 1968-09-02 | The Kansas City Comets have promoted Benny Fuller to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have promoted Rich Bird to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have promoted Jim Rhodes to the major league team. |
| 1968-04-01 | The Kansas City Comets have promoted Joey Thies to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have sent Rich Bird to the minors. |
| 1968-03-25 | The Kansas City Comets have promoted Rich Bird to the major league team. |