Paul Byrd

Full Name: Paul Gregory Byrd	Current Team:
Height/Weight: 6'1"/185	Uniform Number:
Birthdate: December 3, 1970	Entry Draft: 4th round (112th) in 1991
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky	Drafted By: Cleveland Indians
Primary Position: SP	College: Louisiana State University

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.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1995	NYM	N	17	0	2	0	2.05	26	6	5	0	0	22	18	1	7	1	1	1
1996	NYM	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	Total	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	KCR	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	KCR	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	LAA	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
2008	CLE	A	22	22	7	10	4.53	56	70	66	1	0	131	146	23	24	0	0	5
2008	BOS	A	8	8	4	2	4.78	26	26	26	0	0	49	58	8	10	0	0	2
2008	Total	A	30	30	11	12	4.60	82	96	92	1	0	180	204	31	34	0	0	7
2009	BOS	A	7	6	1	3	5.82	11	22	22	0	0	34	47	4	11	0	0	0
Total	NL		166	79	37	36	4.55	374	333	296	3	1	585.2	585	90	202	14	23	28
Total	AL		179	177	72	60	4.33	549	596	535	14	5	111.1	1272	157	199	9	12	34
Total			308	220	97	81	4.35	830	811	717	16	6	1483	1606	212	356	23	35	55

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	NYM	N	P	17	0	22	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	.800
1996	NYM	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	Total	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	KCR	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	KCR	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	LAA	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
2008	CLE	A	P	22	22	131	4	10	1	0	1	3	5	1	.933
2008	BOS	A	P	8	8	49	2	9	1	1	0	2	0	2	.917
2008	Total	A	P	30	30	180	6	19	2	1	1	5	5	3	.926
2009	BOS	A	P	7	6	34	2	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.000
Total			P	345	256	1697	112	180	24	17	8	109	48	13	.924

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1995	NYM	N	17	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
1996	NYM	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	Total	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	KCR	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	KCR	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	LAA	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	0	0
2008	CLE	A	22	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
2008	BOS	A	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
2008	Total	A	30	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
2009	BOS	A	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		167	135	11	22	10	.163	.242	.163	12	33	2	24	2
Total	AL		179	21	0	2	0	.095	.095	.095	0	6	0	3	0
Total			346	156	11	24	10	.154	.224	.154	12	39	2	27	2

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).

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.