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Mark
Fidrych		  
Nickname: The Bird
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 14, 1955 in Usa, MA, WORCESTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983    1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 22 NO FL $ 10,548,296   7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4
1979 23 NO FL $ 10,548,296   8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9 3 3 3
1980 24 BAL JL $ 10,548,296   8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 10,548,296   7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 10,548,296   8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 BAL JL $ 10,548,300 74 5 5 5 19 19 19 19 19 19
1982 26 BAL JL $ 10,548,300 74 9 9 9 19 19 19 18 18 18
1983 27 BAL JL $ 10,548,300 74 12 12 12 20 20 20 19 19 19
1984 28 BAL JL $ 10,548,300 74 12 12 12 20 20 20 19 19 19
1985 29 BAL JL $ 11,500,000 74 13 13 13 20 20 20 19 19 19
1986 30 BAL JL $ 11,500,000 74 13 13 13 20 20 20 19 19 19
1987 31 BAL JL $ 11,500,000 70 12 12 12 20 20 20 19 19 19
1988 32 BAL JL $ 11,500,000 70 11 11 11 19 19 19 18 18 18
1989 33 BIR FL $ 11,500,000 70 9 9 9 18 18 18 14 14 14
1990 34 QUE FL $ 4,600,000 64 9 9 9 18 18 18 14 14 14
1991 35 QUE FL   51 8 8 8 17 17 17 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   51 5 5 5 17 17 17 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000 74 13 13 13 20 20 20 19 19 19
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 22 NO FL $ 10,548,296 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 23 NO FL $ 10,548,296 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 24 BAL JL $ 10,548,296 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 10,548,296 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 10,548,296 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 BAL JL $ 10,548,300   1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1982 26 BAL JL $ 10,548,300   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1983 27 BAL JL $ 10,548,300   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1984 28 BAL JL $ 10,548,300   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1985 29 BAL JL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1986 30 BAL JL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1987 31 BAL JL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1988 32 BAL JL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1989 33 BIR FL $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1990 34 QUE FL $ 4,600,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1991 35 QUE FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 22 NO FL 12 14 .462 33 33 16 3 0 267.3 240 66 3 51 101 2.22 .242 .282 .304 .586 22.9
1979 23 NO FL 14 9 .609 27 26 10 3 0 206.0 221 76 0 30 72 3.32 .277 .311 .347 .658 13.6
1980 24 NO FL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 14.7 18 5 0 2 5 3.07 .300 .328 .383 .711 1.3
  BAL JL 16 10 .615 32 31 2 1 0 200.7 210 74 1 23 60 3.32 .270 .294 .342 .637 15.0
  TOT   17 11 .607 35 34 2 1 0 215.3 228 79 1 25 65 3.30 .272 .297 .345 .642 16.3
1981 25 BAL JL 2 5 .286 10 10 2 1 0 58.7 74 35 1 5 22 5.37 .315 .329 .413 .742 1.7
1982 26 BAL JL 14 6 .700 25 25 0 0 0 157.0 176 56 4 8 76 3.21 .284 .293 .376 .669 13.0
1983 27 BAL JL 16 7 .696 36 36 2 1 0 238.3 252 74 9 18 117 2.79 .269 .285 .349 .634 21.4
1984 28 BAL JL 22 5 .815 36 36 1 0 0 235.3 212 62 2 19 132 2.37 .238 .255 .304 .560 25.3
1985 29 BAL JL 13 8 .619 36 36 3 3 0 240.3 222 75 4 16 131 2.81 .245 .261 .320 .581 20.2
1986 30 BAL JL 11 14 .440 36 36 3 1 0 226.7 236 84 13 27 146 3.34 .274 .298 .386 .684 19.3
1987 31 BAL JL 13 9 .591 33 33 2 2 0 195.0 218 90 7 41 111 4.15 .280 .317 .384 .701 12.0
1988 32 BAL JL 10 6 .625 27 27 0 0 0 165.3 160 60 10 10 88 3.27 .254 .270 .372 .643 14.0
1989 33 BAL JL 4 12 .250 21 21 0 0 0 127.7 150 59 7 20 58 4.16 .296 .327 .401 .728 6.4
  BIR FL 6 3 .667 12 12 0 0 0 79.7 87 25 4 11 35 2.82 .282 .309 .379 .687 8.1
  TOT   10 15 .400 33 33 0 0 0 207.3 237 84 11 31 93 3.65 .291 .320 .393 .713 14.5
1990 34 QUE FL 7 14 .333 33 33 0 0 0 196.0 245 107 23 38 98 4.91 .308 .341 .470 .812 6.0
1991 35 QUE FL 4 14 .222 25 25 0 0 0 137.7 210 105 15 24 72 6.86 .355 .378 .540 .917 0.0
14 Years Sim 165 137 .546 425 423 41 15 0 2746.3 2931 1053 103 343 1324 3.45 .274 .299 .371 .670 200.1
Season Average 11 9 .550 30 30 2 1 0 196.2 209 75 7 24 94 3.45 .274 .299 .371 .670  
Career Highs 22 15 .815 36 36 16 3 0 267.3 252 107 23 51 146 6.86 .355 .378 .540 .917  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1402 492 40 162 651   .269 .291 .364 .655
vs LH   1529 561 63 181 673   .279 .302 .378 .680
Home 70 69 .504 206 205 16 6 0 1357.9 1427 520 44 162 659 3.45 .270 .292 .365 .656
Away 95 68 .583 219 218 25 9 0 1388.3 1504 533 59 181 665 3.46 .279 .302 .377 .679
Mar/Apr 21 24 .467 72 71 11 4 0 457.6 514 195 20 53 208 3.84 .287 .307 .397 .704
May 31 24 .564 71 71 4 1 0 458.6 482 178 18 49 225 3.49 .271 .291 .362 .653
June 28 25 .528 67 67 9 3 0 445.0 482 165 20 61 219 3.34 .278 .303 .380 .683
July 31 22 .585 69 69 8 3 0 452.6 437 158 15 61 219 3.14 .253 .279 .343 .621
August 28 24 .538 77 77 6 3 0 501.6 560 200 20 60 236 3.59 .281 .302 .388 .690
Sep/Oct 26 18 .591 69 68 3 1 0 430.6 456 157 10 59 217 3.28 .274 .299 .353 .651
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 22 NO FL 33 88 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 35 .068 .146 .068 .214 -2.1 0.0
1979 23 NO FL 27 74 5 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 25 .108 .132 .162 .294 -0.4 0.0
1980 24 NO FL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
  BAL JL 32 62 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .097 .109 .113 .222 -1.5 0.0
  TOT   35 66 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .091 .103 .106 .209 -1.8 0.0
1981 25 BAL JL 10 22 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .227 .261 .273 .534 1.5 0.1
1982 26 BAL JL 25 53 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 .057 .057 .075 .132 -3.3 0.0
1983 27 BAL JL 36 78 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 .077 .075 .115 .190 -2.2 0.0
1984 28 BAL JL 36 76 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 .105 .105 .118 .224 -1.9 0.0
1985 29 BAL JL 36 71 1 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 25 .127 .151 .183 .334 -0.5 0.0
1986 30 BAL JL 36 68 3 7 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 19 .103 .129 .162 .290 -0.6 0.0
1987 31 BAL JL 33 69 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .087 .100 .101 .201 -3.0 0.0
1988 32 BAL JL 27 53 4 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 .132 .132 .189 .321 -1.0 0.0
1989 33 BAL JL 21 36 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .056 .081 .056 .137 -1.8 0.0
  BIR FL 12 29 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .069 .069 .103 .172 -1.3 0.0
  TOT   33 65 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 29 .062 .076 .077 .153 -3.1 0.0
1990 34 QUE FL 33 63 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .063 .063 .063 .127 -4.1 0.0
1991 35 QUE FL 25 47 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .106 .143 .149 .292 -0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 425 893 39 84 19 2 1 37 1 1 20 303 .094 .114 .123 .237 -22.5 0.1
162 Game Average 340 14 32 7 0 0 14 0 0 7 115 .094 .114 .123 .237 -8.6  
Career Highs 36 88 6 9 3 1 1 5 1 1 8 35 .227 .261 .273 .534 1.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   634 28 61 13 1 1 24 1 1 14 218 .096 .115 .125 .240 -15.5
vs LH   259 11 23 6 1 0 13 0 0 6 85 .089 .109 .120 .229 -7.3
Home 206 399 17 35 10 0 1 17 0 1 7 132 .088 .103 .120 .223 -12.2
Away 219 494 22 49 9 2 0 20 1 0 13 171 .099 .122 .126 .247 -10.6
RISP   213 0 24 5 1 0 34 0 0 5 78 .113 .131 .146 .277 -2.8
Close/Late   31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .065 .147 .097 .244 -0.5
Mar/Apr 72 153 5 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 54 .085 .103 .098 .201 -5.8
May 71 150 9 20 3 0 0 6 1 0 4 47 .133 .155 .153 .308 -0.3
June 67 139 4 13 3 1 0 9 0 0 5 54 .094 .124 .129 .254 -2.7
July 69 147 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 41 .068 .092 .068 .160 -6.8
August 77 163 8 15 6 1 1 8 0 0 0 54 .092 .092 .160 .252 -3.9
Sep/Oct 69 141 7 13 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 53 .092 .117 .128 .245 -3.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 22 NO FL P 33 33 267.3 20 49 1 6 .986 2.32    
1979 23 NO FL P 27 26 206.0 13 37 0 5 1.000 2.18    
1980 24 NO FL P 3 3 14.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.84    
  BAL JL P 32 31 200.7 15 33 1 1 .980 2.15    
  TOT   P 35 34 215.3 16 35 1 1 .981 2.13    
1981 25 BAL JL P 10 10 58.7 1 13 0 2 1.000 2.15    
1982 26 BAL JL P 25 25 157.0 14 17 0 1 1.000 1.78    
1983 27 BAL JL P 36 36 238.3 20 30 0 2 1.000 1.89    
1984 28 BAL JL P 36 36 235.3 17 38 2 4 .965 2.10    
1985 29 BAL JL P 36 36 240.3 19 32 1 0 .981 1.91    
1986 30 BAL JL P 36 36 226.7 20 42 0 4 1.000 2.46    
1987 31 BAL JL P 33 33 195.0 10 28 3 3 .927 1.75    
1988 32 BAL JL P 27 27 165.3 14 25 0 1 1.000 2.12    
1989 33 BAL JL P 21 21 127.7 4 22 1 2 .963 1.83    
  BIR FL P 12 12 79.7 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.81    
  TOT   P 33 33 207.3 7 35 1 3 .977 1.82    
1990 34 QUE FL P 33 33 196.0 11 33 3 6 .936 2.02    
1991 35 QUE FL P 25 25 137.7 11 18 0 0 1.000 1.90    
Career Totals   425 423 2746.3 193 432 12 38 .981 2.05    
Career Highs   36 36 267.3 20 49 3 6 1.000 2.46    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 26 BAL JL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 15 10 2 3 5 6.59 .273 .310 .436 .747
1983 27 BAL JL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 19 6 3 0 10 2.75 .250 .250 .408 .658
1984 28 BAL JL 1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 27.3 30 15 3 3 16 4.94 .270 .289 .423 .713
1985 29 BAL JL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 28.0 29 9 1 1 19 2.89 .264 .270 .391 .661
1986 30 BAL JL 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 23 9 0 3 17 3.12 .228 .250 .307 .557
1987 31 BAL JL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 17 8 1 1 8 3.60 .227 .237 .347 .584
1988 32 BAL JL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 5 1 0 1 6.43 .379 .379 .586 .966
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 6 .500 22 22 0 0 0 141.7 144 62 11 11 76 3.94 .259 .273 .393 .666
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 26 BAL JL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400
1983 27 BAL JL 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125
1984 28 BAL JL 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 29 BAL JL 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444
1986 30 BAL JL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
1987 31 BAL JL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
1988 32 BAL JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 45 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .089 .146 .089 .235
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-1-2.22
1983-7-2.79
1984-2-2.37
1985-8-2.81
1986-7-3.34
CAR-42-3.45
 Wins
1980-3-16
1982-10-14
1983-8-16
1984-1-22
CAR-23-165
 Losses
1986-8-14
1990-8-14
1991-4-14
CAR-22-137
 Winning Pct
1982-5-.700
1983-5-.696
1984-2-.815
 Games Started
1983-3-36
1984-3-36
1985-5-36
1986-7-36
CAR-17-423
 Complete Games
1978-4-16
1981-7-2
1983-9-2
1985-7-3
1986-3-3
1987-4-2
CAR-34-41
Shutouts
1978-5-3
1979-4-3
1980-6-1
1981-4-1
1983-6-1
1985-2-3
1986-6-1
1987-2-2
CAR-15-15
 Innings Pitched
1983-4-238.3
1984-5-235.3
1985-7-240.3
1986-9-226.7
CAR-23-2746.3
 Hits Allowed
1983-1-252
1984-10-212
1985-10-222
1986-6-236
1987-7-218
1990-6-245
CAR-14-2931
 Walks per 9IP
1979-5-1.3
1980-2-1.0
1983-1-0.7
1984-2-0.7
1985-1-0.6
1986-4-1.1
1988-1-0.5
CAR-5-1.1
 WHiP
1980-10-1.16
1984-4-0.98
1985-4-0.99
1986-5-1.16
1988-5-1.03
 OOBP
1984-4-.255
1985-6-.261
1986-5-.298
1988-6-.270
OSLG
1978-1-.304
1980-8-.342
1984-4-.304
1985-7-.320
 OOPS
1978-2-.586
1980-9-.637
1984-3-.560
1985-6-.581
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 95    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Isidro Guiterrez (936)
  2. Claver Olmeda (934)
  3. Julio Guillerma (920)
  4. Mike Madorin (915)
  5. Paul Khalil (910)
  6. Alex Lopez (900)
  7. Marcel Reyes (887)
  8. Chuck Delong (876)
  9. Kevin Robinson (867)
  10. Ron Vivero (863)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Isidro Guiterrez (997)
  2. Kurt Stallwith (995)
  3. Johan Schmatzhagen (994)
  4. David Lillis (993)
  5. Pete Bucher (991)
  6. Albert Camarena (989)
  7. James Watkins (987)
  8. Jim McGraw (987)
  9. Marcellus Conley (987)
  10. Tex Avery (987)
History
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 2/12/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $10,548,296 per year
Had first career hit on 4/7/1978, off Harvey Vitiello (AUS)
Earned first career win on 4/24/1978
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1979, off Michael Mangual (DM)
Traded from New Orleans to Baltimore on 4/21/1980 (Going to NO: P R. Knutsen, 1B N. Berran. Going to BAL: P M. Fidrych, P G. Smith)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1980, going 4-1, 1.07
Injured on 5/17/1981 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
 
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