Paul Byrd

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2009)

W–L 109–96
ERA 4.41
WHIP 1.33
SO 923
Pitcher PIV -11475.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 185 lb
Born
12/3/1970 in Louisville, KY, USA
MLB Debut
1995-07-28
Last Game
2009-10-03
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Paul Gregory Byrd

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
109 96 345 256 17 6 0 1697.0 1,857 831 247 401 923 4.41 -11475.5

Career ERA 4.41 vs. league average 4.46 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1995 NYN NL 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 22.0 18 5 7 26 2.05 4.45 (+54%) 1121.3
1996 NYN NL 1 2 38 0 0 0 0 46.7 48 22 21 31 4.24 4.61 (+8%) -620.8
1997 ATL NL 4 4 31 4 0 0 0 53.0 47 31 28 37 5.26 4.39 (-20%) -803.7
1998 ATL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 1 1 13.50 — 0.0
1998 PHI NL 5 2 8 8 2 1 0 55.0 41 14 17 38 2.29 4.43 (+48%) 457.3
1999 PHI NL 15 11 32 32 1 0 0 199.7 205 102 70 106 4.60 4.71 (+2%) -4415.6
2000 PHI NL 2 9 17 15 0 0 0 83.0 89 60 35 53 6.51 4.77 (-36%) -2331.6
2001 PHI NL 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 9 4 3 8.10 4.42 (-83%) -207.9
2001 KCA AL 6 6 16 15 1 0 0 93.3 110 42 22 49 4.05 4.42 (+8%) 349.5
2002 KCA AL 17 11 33 33 7 2 0 228.3 224 99 38 129 3.90 4.28 (+9%) -1112.8
2004 ATL NL 8 7 19 19 0 0 0 114.3 123 50 19 79 3.94 4.46 (+12%) 584.1
2005 LAA AL 12 11 31 31 2 1 0 204.3 216 85 28 102 3.74 4.29 (+13%) 1893.7
2006 CLE AL 10 9 31 31 1 0 0 179.0 232 97 38 88 4.88 4.53 (-8%) -1174.1
2007 CLE AL 15 8 31 31 2 2 0 192.3 239 98 28 88 4.59 4.47 (-3%) -994.0
2008 CLE AL 7 10 22 22 1 0 0 131.0 146 66 24 56 4.53 4.32 (-5%) -2946.9
2008 BOS AL 4 2 8 8 0 0 0 49.0 58 26 10 26 4.78 4.32 (-10%) -740.1
2009 BOS AL 1 3 7 6 0 0 0 34.0 47 22 11 11 5.82 4.32 (-35%) -534.0
Career · 17 seasons 109 96 345 256 17 6 0 1,697.0 1,857 831 401 923 4.41 — -11,476

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
346 156 11 24 0 0 0 10 0 12 39 .154 .224 .154 .377 -537

Career AVG .154 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Career OBP .224 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 33.5% below league average.

Career SLG .154 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 63.7% below league average.

Career OPS .377 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — 50.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1995 NYN NL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1996 NYN NL 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 ATL NL 31 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .143 — — — — 0.0
1998 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 PHI NL 8 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .167 — — — — 0.0
1999 PHI NL 32 55 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 5 11 .127 .271 (-53%) .344 (-42%) .433 (-71%) .778 (-58%) -536.9
2000 PHI NL 17 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .150 — — — — 0.0
2001 PHI NL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2001 KCA AL 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 KCA AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 ATL NL 19 30 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 5 7 .200 — — — — 0.0
2005 LAA AL 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
2006 CLE AL 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
2007 CLE AL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 CLE AL 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 BOS AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 BOS AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 346 156 11 24 0 0 0 10 0 12 39 .154 — — — — -537

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
8 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2008 ALCS BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALCS CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALDS2 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ALCS LAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ALDS2 LAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 NLDS2 ATL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 1 8 5 0 33.3 44 20 9 15 5.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2008 ALCS BOS 0 0 1 0 0 3.3 5 4 0 2 10.80
2007 ALCS CLE 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 6 2 0 4 3.60
2007 ALDS2 CLE 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 8 2 2 2 3.60
2005 ALCS LAA 1 0 2 2 0 10.7 10 4 2 2 3.38
2005 ALDS2 LAA 0 0 1 1 0 3.7 7 4 2 2 9.82
2004 NLDS2 ATL 0 1 2 0 0 5.7 8 4 3 3 6.35

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1716671306.197
Away1759041104.122

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home171818.29144301944604.73
Away174878.19434012074634.11

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2009-10-03 BOSCLE — 3.0322011
2009-09-27 BOSNYY L 5.2733011
2009-09-22 BOSKCR L 6.2955400
2009-09-16 BOSLAA — 5.1933141
2009-09-09 BOSBAL — 5.0622310
2009-09-04 BOSCHW L 2.11077031
2009-08-30 BOSTOR W 6.0300310
2008-09-24 BOSCLE — 5.01144140
2008-09-19 BOSTOR — 6.0633120
2008-09-13 BOSTOR L 5.01055031

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 345 256 112 180 24 17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1995 NYN P 17 0 1 3 1 0
1996 NYN P 38 0 4 6 0 0
1997 ATL P 31 4 6 4 1 0
1998 ATL P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PHI P 8 8 3 7 1 1
1999 PHI P 32 32 10 25 6 3
2000 PHI P 17 15 6 9 1 1
2001 PHI P 3 1 3 1 0 0
2001 KCA P 16 15 5 15 1 0
2002 KCA P 33 33 18 15 1 1
2004 ATL P 19 19 7 15 3 2
2005 LAA P 31 31 16 20 2 0
2006 CLE P 31 31 10 16 5 4
2007 CLE P 31 31 15 20 0 3
2008 CLE P 22 22 4 10 1 0
2008 BOS P 8 8 2 9 1 1
2009 BOS P 7 6 2 5 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 345

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1998 Player of the Week Week of 1998-08-22

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2008 CLE AL $7,500,000
2007 CLE AL $7,000,000
2006 CLE AL $7,000,000
2005 LAA AL $5,000,000
2004 ATL NL $7,000,000
2003 ATL NL $3,000,000
2002 KCA AL $850,000
2000 PHI NL $1,885,000
1999 PHI NL $297,500
1998 PHI NL $237,500
1997 ATL NL $175,000
1996 NYN NL $123,000
1995 NYN NL $109,000
Total Career Earnings $40,177,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 1989, 1990, 1991

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Paul Byrd (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Carl Pavano
    108-107, 4.39 ERA
  2. 91
    Joel Pineiro
    104-93, 4.41 ERA
  3. 80
    Jeremy Guthrie
    91-109, 4.42 ERA
  4. 80
    Bobby Jones
    89-83, 4.36 ERA
  5. 68
    Moose Haas
    100-83, 4.01 ERA
  6. 67
    Brian Anderson
    82-83, 4.74 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Paul Byrd

What years did Paul Byrd play?
Paul Byrd played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.
Was Paul Byrd a pitcher?
Yes. Paul Byrd pitched in the major leagues, recording 109 wins and 923 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Paul Byrd hit?
Paul Byrd hit 0 career home runs with 24 hits.