Paul Byrd

Full Name: Paul Gregory Byrd	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6'1"/185	First Game: July 28, 1995
Birthdate: December 3, 1970	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 3, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky, Paul Byrd (Paul Gregory Byrd) played for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 11 year career. Byrd attended LSU and was selected in the 4th round (112th overall) by the Indians in the 1991 draft. He broke into the bigs on July 28, 1995 with the New York Mets, and put up a 5.26 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Paul Byrd's best season was 2002, when he posted a 3.90 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 129 batters.

Byrd was one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. His name was located under in the "Alleged Internet Purchases" section of the report. According to a San Francisco Chronicle article published on October 21, 2007, Byrd had purchased $25,000 worth of HGH from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. The article also alleges that there were 13 transactions between 2002 and 2005, that Byrd used his credit card to purchase the drugs, and that he received over 1,000 vials of HGH in those purchases.

Byrd's response to the allegations were that the HGH was to treat a tumor on his pituitary gland, and that the Indians and MLB knew about his pituitary gland issue. However, Rob Manfred, an official for the Commissioner's Office, has since denied that MLB has given anyone, even Byrd, a therapeutic use exemption for HGH.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1995	NY	N	17	0	2	0	2.05	26	6	5	0	0	22	18	1	7	1	1	1
1996	NY	N	38	0	1	2	4.24	31	22	22	0	0	46.2	48	7	21	4	3	0
1997	ATL	N	31	4	4	4	5.26	37	34	31	0	0	53	47	6	28	4	3	4
1998	PHI	N	8	8	5	2	2.29	38	16	14	2	1	55	41	6	17	1	2	0
1998	ATL	N	1	0	0	0	13.50	1	3	3	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
1998	TOT	N	9	8	5	2	2.68	39	19	17	2	1	57	45	6	18	1	2	0
1999	PHI	N	32	32	15	11	4.60	106	119	102	1	0	199.2	205	34	70	2	11	17
2000	PHI	N	17	15	2	9	6.51	53	67	60	0	0	83	89	17	35	2	1	3
2001	PHI	N	3	1	0	1	8.10	3	9	9	0	0	10	10	1	4	0	1	1
2001	KC	A	16	15	6	6	4.05	49	45	42	1	0	93.1	110	11	22	1	1	1
2001	Total		19	16	6	7	4.44	52	54	51	1	0	103.1	120	12	26	1	2	2
2002	KC	A	33	33	17	11	3.90	129	111	99	7	2	228.1	224	36	38	1	3	7
2004	ATL	N	19	19	8	7	3.94	79	57	50	0	0	114.1	123	18	19	0	1	2
2005	ANA	A	31	31	12	11	3.74	102	95	85	2	1	204.1	216	22	28	1	1	7
2006	CLE	A	31	31	10	9	4.88	88	120	97	1	0	179	232	26	38	3	2	6
2007	CLE	A	31	31	15	8	4.59	88	107	98	2	2	192.1	239	27	28	3	5	6
Total	NL		166	79	37	36	4.55	374	333	296	3	1	585.2	585	90	202	14	23	28
Total	AL		142	141	60	45	4.22	456	478	421	13	5	897.1	1021	122	154	9	12	27
Total			308	220	97	81	4.35	830	811	717	16	6	1483	1606	212	356	23	35	55

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	NY	N	P	17	0	22	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	.800
1996	NY	N	P	38	0	46.2	4	6	0	0	0	6	2	1	1.000
1997	ATL	N	P	31	4	53	6	4	1	0	0	5	3	0	.909
1998	PHI	N	P	8	8	55	3	7	1	1	0	3	1	1	.909
1998	ATL	N	P	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	TOT	N	P	9	8	57	3	7	1	1	0	3	1	1	.909
1999	PHI	N	P	32	32	199.2	10	25	6	3	1	13	7	2	.854
2000	PHI	N	P	17	15	83	6	9	1	1	0	6	3	0	.938
2001	PHI	N	P	3	1	10	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2001	KC	A	P	16	15	93.1	5	15	1	0	1	5	4	1	.952
2001	Total		P	19	16	103.1	8	16	1	0	1	8	4	1	.960
2002	KC	A	P	33	33	228.1	18	15	1	1	0	9	6	0	.971
2004	ATL	N	P	19	19	114.1	7	15	3	2	0	8	3	0	.880
2005	ANA	A	P	31	31	204.1	16	20	2	0	3	13	6	1	.947
2006	CLE	A	P	31	31	179	10	16	5	4	0	18	5	1	.839
2007	CLE	A	P	31	31	192.1	15	20	0	3	0	11	2	2	1.000
Total			P	308	220	1483	104	156	22	15	7	102	42	9	.922

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1995	NY	N	17	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
1996	NY	N	38	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1997	ATL	N	31	7	0	1	1	.143	.143	.143	0	2	0	2	0
1998	PHI	N	8	18	1	3	1	.167	.250	.167	1	7	1	0	0
1998	ATL	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1998	TOT	N	9	18	1	3	1	.167	.250	.167	1	7	1	0	0
1999	PHI	N	32	55	6	7	4	.127	.200	.127	5	11	0	11	2
2000	PHI	N	17	20	2	3	0	.150	.227	.150	1	6	1	2	0
2001	PHI	N	4	2	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0
2001	KC	A	16	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	1	0
2001	Total		20	6	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	2	0	2	0
2002	KC	A	33	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
2004	ATL	N	19	30	2	6	4	.200	.314	.200	5	7	0	8	0
2005	ANA	A	31	4	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CLE	A	31	4	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0
2007	CLE	A	31	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
Total	NL		167	135	11	22	10	.163	.242	.163	12	33	2	24	2
Total	AL		142	16	0	2	0	.125	.125	.125	0	4	0	3	0
Total			309	151	11	24	10	.159	.230	.159	12	37	2	27	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1988).
Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 10, 1991).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Jerry DiPoto, Dave Mlicki and a player to be named later to New York Mets in exchange for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa (November 18, 1994); New York Mets received Jesus Azuaje (December 6, 1994).
Traded by New York Mets with a player to be named later to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Greg McMichael (November 25, 1996); Atlanta Braves received Andy Zwirchitz (May 25, 1997).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Atlanta Braves (August 14, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 12, 2000).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 29, 2001).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jose Santiago (June 5, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 21, 2001).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 10, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 18, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 14, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 2005).

[edit] Trivia

Byrd pitched the 2007 home opener for the Cleveland Indians versus the Seattle Mariners. Byrd pitched 4 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball before the game was called on account of snow, one strike away from becoming an official game. All four games of that weekend's series were canceled due to weather.