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.

What teams did Paul Byrd play for?

Paul Byrd played for 7 teams: the New York Mets (1995–1996), the Atlanta Braves (1997–1998, 2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (1998–2001), the Kansas City Royals (2001–2002), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006–2008), and the Boston Red Sox (2008–2009).

Did Paul Byrd win a Cy Young Award?

No. Paul Byrd did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Paul Byrd win?

Paul Byrd was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Paul Byrd's career stats?

In 345 games, Paul Byrd went 109-96 with a 4.41 ERA, 923 strikeouts, and 1,697.0 innings pitched.

What was Paul Byrd's salary?

Paul Byrd's last recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2008. His highest recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1995. The Salary History table lists each season from 1995 to 2008.

What position did Paul Byrd play?

Paul Byrd played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Paul Byrd and how much did he weigh?

Paul Byrd was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.

What was Paul Byrd's career ERA?

Paul Byrd finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 109-96 with 923 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Paul Byrd have?

Paul Byrd recorded 923 career strikeouts.

Is Paul Byrd in the Hall of Fame?

No. Paul Byrd has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Paul Byrd

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

Paul Byrd was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009 for 7 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 15 seasons. Across 345 career appearances, he went 109-96 with a 4.41 ERA and 923 strikeouts. Paul Byrd was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

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

Paul Byrd — 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

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Paul Byrd Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	NYN	NL	2	0	17	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	46.2	48	22	21	31	4.24	4.61 (+8%)	-620.8
1997	ATL	NL	4	4	31	4	0	0	53.0	47	31	28	37	5.26	4.39 (-20%)	-803.7
1998	ATL	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	1	1	13.50	—	0.0
1998	PHI	NL	5	2	8	8	2	1	55.0	41	14	17	38	2.29	4.43 (+48%)	457.3
1999	PHI	NL	15	11	32	32	1	0	199.2	205	102	70	106	4.60	4.71 (+2%)	-4415.6
2000	PHI	NL	2	9	17	15	0	0	83.0	89	60	35	53	6.51	4.77 (-36%)	-2331.6
2001	PHI	NL	0	1	3	1	0	0	10.0	10	9	4	3	8.10	4.42 (-83%)	-207.9
2001	KCA	AL	6	6	16	15	1	0	93.1	110	42	22	49	4.05	4.42 (+8%)	349.5
2002	KCA	AL	17	11	33	33	7	2	228.1	224	99	38	129	3.90	4.28 (+9%)	-1112.8
2004	ATL	NL	8	7	19	19	0	0	114.1	123	50	19	79	3.94	4.46 (+12%)	584.1
2005	LAA	AL	12	11	31	31	2	1	204.1	216	85	28	102	3.74	4.29 (+13%)	1893.7
2006	CLE	AL	10	9	31	31	1	0	179.0	232	97	38	88	4.88	4.53 (-8%)	-1174.1
2007	CLE	AL	15	8	31	31	2	2	192.1	239	98	28	88	4.59	4.47 (-3%)	-994.0
2008	CLE	AL	7	10	22	22	1	0	131.0	146	66	24	56	4.53	4.32 (-5%)	-2946.9
2008	BOS	AL	4	2	8	8	0	0	49.0	58	26	10	26	4.78	4.32 (-10%)	-740.1
2009	BOS	AL	1	3	7	6	0	0	34.0	47	22	11	11	5.82	4.32 (-35%)	-534.0
Career · 17 seasons			109	96	345	256	17	6	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

Paul Byrd — 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

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

Paul Byrd — 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

Paul Byrd — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2008	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	ALCS	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	ALCS	LAA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	ALDS2	LAA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	NLDS2	ATL	2	2	1	1	1	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Paul Byrd — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	8	5	0	33.1	44	20	9	15	5.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Paul Byrd — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	ALCS	BOS	0	0	1	0	3.1	5	4	0	2	10.80
2007	ALCS	CLE	1	0	1	1	5.0	6	2	0	4	3.60
2007	ALDS2	CLE	1	0	1	1	5.0	8	2	2	2	3.60
2005	ALCS	LAA	1	0	2	2	10.2	10	4	2	2	3.38
2005	ALDS2	LAA	0	0	1	1	3.2	7	4	2	2	9.82
2004	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	2	0	5.2	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

Paul Byrd — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	171	66	7	13	0	6	.197
Away	175	90	4	11	0	4	.122

Pitching — Home / Away

Paul Byrd — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	171	818.2	914	430	194	460	4.73
Away	174	878.1	943	401	207	463	4.11

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Paul Byrd — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-10-03	BOS	CLE	—	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2009-09-27	BOS	NYY	L	5.2	7	3	3	0	1	1
2009-09-22	BOS	KCR	L	6.2	9	5	5	4	0	0
2009-09-16	BOS	LAA	—	5.1	9	3	3	1	4	1
2009-09-09	BOS	BAL	—	5.0	6	2	2	3	1	0
2009-09-04	BOS	CHW	L	2.1	10	7	7	0	3	1
2009-08-30	BOS	TOR	W	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	0
2008-09-24	BOS	CLE	—	5.0	11	4	4	1	4	0
2008-09-19	BOS	TOR	—	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0
2008-09-13	BOS	TOR	L	5.0	10	5	5	0	3	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Paul Byrd — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	345	256	112	180	24	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Paul Byrd — 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

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Paul Byrd Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	345

Awards & Honors

Paul Byrd — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-08-22

Salary History

Paul Byrd's recorded salaries total $40,177,000 over 13 seasons, 1995 to 2008. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Byrd's career ran from 1995 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001 and 2009.

Paul Byrd — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$40,177,000

College History

Paul Byrd — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge	LA	1989, 1990, 1991

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Career Spans

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Paul Byrd: the record in brief

July 28, 1995 and October 3, 2009 bracket Paul Byrd's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the New York Mets (1995 to 1996), the Atlanta Braves (1997 to 2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (1998 through 2001), the Kansas City Royals (2001 to 2002), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006 through 2008), and the Boston Red Sox (2008 to 2009). Listed as a pitcher, Byrd threw and hit right-handed. The recorded size is 6'1" and 185 pounds. The birth record reads December 3, 1970, in Louisville, KY, USA. Byrd's full given name, per the bio, is Paul Gregory Byrd.

The pitching table credits Byrd with a 109-96 record and a 4.41 ERA in 345 games. The totals include 923 strikeouts, 17 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Byrd's 4.41 ERA was close to the 4.46 league figure for those seasons. 2002 brought Byrd a season-high 17 wins.

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.
What teams did Paul Byrd play for?: Paul Byrd played for 7 teams: the New York Mets (1995–1996), the Atlanta Braves (1997–1998, 2004), the Philadelphia Phillies (1998–2001), the Kansas City Royals (2001–2002), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005), the Cleveland Indians (2006–2008), and the Boston Red Sox (2008–2009).
Did Paul Byrd win a Cy Young Award?: No. Paul Byrd did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Paul Byrd win?: Paul Byrd was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Paul Byrd's career stats?: In 345 games, Paul Byrd went 109-96 with a 4.41 ERA, 923 strikeouts, and 1,697.0 innings pitched.
How much did Paul Byrd earn in his career?: Paul Byrd's recorded salaries total $40,177,000 over 13 seasons, 1995 to 2008. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Byrd's career ran from 1995 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001 and 2009.
What was Paul Byrd's salary?: Paul Byrd's last recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2008. His highest recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1995. The Salary History table lists each season from 1995 to 2008.
What position did Paul Byrd play?: Paul Byrd played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Paul Byrd and how much did he weigh?: Paul Byrd was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.
What was Paul Byrd's career ERA?: Paul Byrd finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 109-96 with 923 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Paul Byrd have?: Paul Byrd recorded 923 career strikeouts.
Is Paul Byrd in the Hall of Fame?: No. Paul Byrd has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.