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Mark Fidrych PTigers

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
8 58 412.3 29 19 0 3.10 1.4
Birth Date8-14-1954
Height6' 3"
Weight175 lbs
Age69 years, 8 months, 12 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1976 DET MLB 31 29 250.3 19 9 0 217 53 97 12 103 7.8 1.9 0.4 3.5 0% .247 1.08 3.13 2.34 96 4.14 103.7 1.3
1977 DET MLB 11 11 81.0 6 4 0 82 12 42 2 100 9.1 1.3 0.2 4.7 0% .297 1.16 2.49 2.89 89 3.92 87.3 1.1
1978 DET MLB 3 3 22.0 2 0 0 17 5 10 1 102 7.0 2.0 0.4 4.1 0% .232 1.00 2.90 2.45 96 3.91 94.5 0.2
1979 DET MLB 4 4 14.7 0 3 0 23 9 5 3 102 14.1 5.5 1.8 3.1 0% .364 2.18 6.78 10.43 132 7.29 162.2 -0.4
1980 DET MLB 9 9 44.3 2 3 0 58 20 16 5 106 11.8 4.1 1.0 3.2 0% .306 1.76 4.91 5.68 129 6.51 151.6 -0.8
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1976 DET MLB AL 31 29 250.3 19 9 0 217 53 97 12 103 7.8 1.9 0.4 3.5 0% .247 1.08 3.13 2.34 96 4.14 103.7
1977 DET MLB AL 11 11 81.0 6 4 0 82 12 42 2 100 9.1 1.3 0.2 4.7 0% .297 1.16 2.49 2.89 89 3.92 87.3
1978 DET MLB AL 3 3 22.0 2 0 0 17 5 10 1 102 7.0 2.0 0.4 4.1 0% .232 1.00 2.90 2.45 96 3.91 94.5
1979 DET MLB AL 4 4 14.7 0 3 0 23 9 5 3 102 14.1 5.5 1.8 3.1 0% .364 2.18 6.78 10.43 132 7.29 162.2
1980 DET MLB AL 9 9 44.3 2 3 0 58 20 16 5 106 11.8 4.1 1.0 3.2 0% .306 1.76 4.91 5.68 129 6.51 151.6
1980 EVA AAA AA 24 18 117.0 6 7 0 123 54 62 4 9.5 4.2 0.3 4.8 0% .000 1.51 3.67 3.92 0 0.00 0.0
1981 EVA AAA AA 24 9 83.0 6 3 0 111 27 26 10 12.0 2.9 1.1 2.8 0% .000 1.66 4.79 5.75 0 0.00 0.0
1982 PAW AAA INT 20 19 123.0 6 8 0 139 59 51 12 10.2 4.3 0.9 3.7 0% .000 1.61 4.61 4.98 0 0.00 0.0
1983 PAW AAA INT 12 8 48.3 2 5 0 85 37 27 7 15.8 6.9 1.3 5.0 0% .000 2.53 6.20 9.69 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1979-05-23 1979-10-05 135 125 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis - -
1979-04-07 1979-05-05 15-DL 28 19 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis - -
1978-04-18 1978-10-02 60-DL 167 153 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis and Scar Tissue and Atrophy - -
1977-07-14 1977-10-03 60-DL 81 76 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -
1977-04-07 1977-06-01 15-DL 55 44 Left Knee Surgery Cartilage 1977-03-31 -

Compensation

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2012-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)Have you ever seen a more impressive rookie season than the one that Mike Trout is now having?
(JWR from USA)
The only two players who I remember having as great an impact as rookies are Fred Lynn and Mark Fidrych, and now I am going before my career. Lynn impacted the '75 Red Sox and was my favorite player at the time and added so much with the glove and his bat in his ROY season. Fidrych was incredible, bringing an energy to the ballpark with is exceptional season. Trout has been incredible, and living in Southern California I am lucky to see him play a lot. (Dan Evans)
2011-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Do you buy a weight related Pablo Sandoval resurgence? Or will he be my generations Mark Fidrych? Stealing what Bill James wrote about The Bird, Pandamonium was more fun than a barrel of monkeys
(EricJ from SF)
Well, we heard the same stories last year, and it didn't help, but I'm enough of an optimist to think maybe this time around he got the message. He'll be better than last year, if short of 2009's magic. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-02-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)David, your interviews are among the highlights of BP's site. I especially like the variety of subjects you choose, from retired players and coaches to prospects. Can you name a few living people you'd like to interview someday? Any people who have died since you started this who you regret not covering?
(Asinwreck from Chicago, IL)
Thanks. Kind words are always appreciated, to say the least. As for people who died (and, oh yeah, RIP poet/musician Jim Carroll; I was a fan), the one who first comes to mind passed away about a year before I began writing for BP. That was Dick Radatz, who was not only a brilliant closer but a bit of a character and apparently a wonderful man. Much more recently, I never did get a chance to interview, or even meet, Mark Fidrych. I regret that.

As for who I'd like to interview, there are certainly many. Talking to Barack Obama about baseball would certainly be enjoyable. Sitting down with Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire to talk hitting -- and only hitting -- would be great (has anyone actually done that before?). I'll be in Ft. Myers in early March, and I'd love to run into Harmon Killebrew and/or Tony Oliva in Twins camp. I want to talk to Darrell Evans. (David Laurila)


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