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Paul Byrd 2026 Season · BOS

Career: 109-96, 4.41 ERA, 923 K in 1697.0 IP.

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Paul Byrd

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-5.4Career NUT

+3.4 to Weak

Career

4.41ERA1.33WHIP109W923K1697.0IP

R/R · 6' 1", 190 lb · b. Dec 3, 1970 · Louisville, KY · Draft 1988 (13th Rd, #332)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1995	24	NYM	—	2	0	2.05	17	0	0	0	6	0	91	22.0	18	5	7	1	26	1.14
1996	25	NYM	-0.3	1	2	4.24	38	0	0	0	14	0	204	46.2	48	22	21	0	31	1.48
1997	26	ATL	-0.3	4	4	5.26	31	4	0	0	9	0	236	53.0	47	31	28	4	37	1.42
1998	27	ATL	—	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	2.0	4	3	1	0	1	2.50
1998	27	PHI	+0.2	5	2	2.29	8	8	2	1	0	0	222	55.0	41	14	17	0	38	1.05
1998	27	TOT	+0.2	5	2	2.68	9	8	2	1	0	0	233	57.0	45	17	18	0	39	1.11
1999	28	PHI	-1.8	15	11	4.60	32	32	1	0	0	0	872	199.2	205	102	70	17	106	1.38
2000	29	PHI	-1.0	2	9	6.51	17	15	0	0	0	0	371	83.0	89	60	35	3	53	1.49
2001	30	PHI	—	0	1	8.10	3	1	0	0	1	0	45	10.0	10	9	4	1	3	1.40
2001	30	KC	+0.2	6	6	4.05	16	15	1	0	0	0	399	93.1	110	42	22	1	49	1.41
2001	30	TOT	+0.1	6	7	4.44	19	16	1	0	1	0	444	103.1	120	51	26	2	52	1.41
2002	31	KC	-0.5	17	11	3.90	33	33	7	2	0	0	935	228.1	224	99	38	7	129	1.15
2004	33	ATL	+0.2	8	7	3.94	19	19	0	0	0	0	482	114.1	123	50	19	2	79	1.24
2005	34	LAA	+0.8	12	11	3.74	31	31	2	1	0	0	842	204.1	216	85	28	7	102	1.19
2006	35	CLE	-0.5	10	9	4.88	31	31	1	0	0	0	805	179.0	232	97	38	6	88	1.51
2007	36	CLE	-0.4	15	8	4.59	31	31	2	2	0	0	835	192.1	239	98	28	6	88	1.39
2008	37	CLE	-1.3	7	10	4.53	22	22	1	0	0	0	553	131.0	146	66	24	5	56	1.30
2008	37	BOS	-0.3	4	2	4.78	8	8	0	0	0	0	208	49.0	58	26	10	2	26	1.39
2008	37	TOT	-1.6	11	12	4.60	30	30	1	0	0	0	761	180.0	204	92	34	7	82	1.32
2009	38	BOS	-0.2	1	3	5.82	7	6	0	0	0	1	155	34.0	47	22	11	0	11	1.71
Career	—	14 yrs	-5.4	109	96	4.41	345	256	17	6	30	1	7266	1697.0	1857	831	401	62	923	1.33

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Byrd's career NUT of -5.4

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

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Awards

1998NL Player of the Week

1999NL All-Star

2006Cleveland Frank Gibbons/Steve Olin Good Guy Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1991	20	A+	4	3	3.16	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	263	62.2	40	22	36	0	62	1.21
1992	21	AA	14	6	3.01	24	24	4	0	0	0	0	654	152.1	122	51	75	4	118	1.29
1993	22	AA	0	0	3.60	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	41	10.0	7	4	3	0	8	1.00
1993	22	AAA	7	4	3.89	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	351	81.0	80	35	30	6	54	1.36
1994	23	AA	5	9	3.81	21	20	4	1	0	0	0	594	139.1	135	59	52	2	106	1.34
1994	23	AAA	2	2	3.93	9	4	0	0	2	1	1	149	36.2	33	16	11	0	15	1.20
1995	24	AAA	3	5	2.79	22	10	1	0	10	6	6	341	87.0	71	27	21	5	61	1.06
1996	25	AAA	2	0	3.52	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	32	7.2	4	3	4	0	8	1.04
1997	26	AAA	2	1	3.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	64	17.0	14	6	1	1	14	0.88
1998	27	AAA	5	5	3.69	17	17	2	0	0	0	0	424	102.1	92	42	36	2	84	1.25
2000	29	AAA	2	0	1.73	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	101	26.0	20	5	6	1	10	1.00
2001	30	A+	0	3	3.42	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	98	23.2	24	9	5	1	17	1.23
2001	30	AAA	1	3	3.65	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	155	37.0	34	15	7	4	35	1.11
2003	32	AA	0	0	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.1	8	4	1	0	3	2.08
2004	33	AA	1	1	7.11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	56	12.2	13	10	5	2	8	1.42
2004	33	AAA	0	1	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	4.2	3	4	2	0	5	1.07
2009	38	AAA	0	1	3.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	44	11.0	9	4	1	1	7	0.91

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