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Paul Byrd
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 324 of 1252 players
Paul Gregory Byrd
Born: December 3, 1970 at Louisville, Ky.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.01 Weight: 185

Paul Byrd was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on November 25, 2006, and December 27, 2018.

First Mets game: July 28, 1995
Last Mets game: September 29, 1996

Share your memories of Paul Byrd HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: H-man January 19, 2002 He was okay, but Greg Mcmichael is better. However, Byrd did event his first all-star game in 1999. Just FYI a mets fan April 2, 2002 The funny thing about him is that he never really got to be a big star,yet he is a veteran. But he never really pitched badly because if you look in the record books with the Mets he had a 2-0 record for the Mets in 1995. murphy May 24, 2002 Byrd is currently 7-2 for a Kansas City team that only has 16 wins. He accounts for 44% of their wins. That is nuts. But this follows Byrd's pattern. Start off great with your new team, and then fall apart. Byrd's biggest problem with the Mets was injuries, but he never pitched for the Mets like he's pitching now for the Royals. Mr. Sparkle November 5, 2002 He was the last guy thrown in on the first Burnitz trade and ended up being the best of the bunch. Hard to believe he was the hot ticket at the last trade deadline. I think he's the top free agent now. Hard to believe he was so good with KC this year. I can't really see him being that good again. Jonathan Stern December 17, 2002 When the Phillies traded him, Byrd said something along the lines of, "There was the Mike Schmidt Era and the Steve Carlton Era. Today's the end of the Paul Byrd Era." Gregory Gewirtz March 30, 2003 All I remember about Byrd from the 1996 team is that whenever Byrd came in the game, Jerry DiPoto came in three minutes later with runners on base. VIBaseball August 24, 2006 It's been a decade since Paul Byrd was a Met. He now has an 80-70 lifetime record at age 34, and if he keeps chipping away for two or three more seasons at his normal pace, he'll make 100 wins for his career. I remember calculating once that only 7% of pitchers who have hurled in the majors reach that plateau. I sure wouldn't have thought Paul had a legit chance to join that company. He was by no means bad as a Met, he was just a modest middle reliever. DailySkew December 11, 2008 Paul is someone who I could have never predicted to have lasted into 2009 and still be effective. Joe Figliola December 18, 2008 Saw Paul pitch in Toronto in late August as a Red Sox and had a good outing in a win over the Jays. Gave up home runs to Alex Rios and Lyle Overbay, but the Red Sox had too much offensive firepower for them to lose that night. John T June 5, 2023 I don't recall his Mets days, but saw Paul Byrd pitch for Cleveland at old Yankee Stadium, an excuse to take my son there before it closed. When no one was on base, he used an old time wind up, swinging his arms over his head like the old B&W films. Didn't see that pitching motion again until the Mets 2022 Old Timers game. Had a great career, too bad he didn't work out for the Mets. Alex September 12, 2024 Paul Byrd was a memorable pitcher, even if he didn't do much with the Mets. In fact, he's one of those guys whose Mets career was so inconsequential—and his post-Mets career so much more notable—that one thinks, "Paul Byrd was a Met?" Those mid-90s teams had a handful of guys who fit that profile...Carl Everett and David Segui are others. The thing I remember most about his tenure with the team is the trade that sent him with Jerry Dipoto, Dave Mlicki and eventually minor leaguer Jesus Azuaje to NY for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa. Talk about inconsequential Mets. With a 2.05 ERA and 10.6 K/9 his first year with New York, Byrd was much better with the club than I ever would have guessed. But I remember him much more for his tenure outside of New York, including his All-Star 1999, when he went 15-11 with the Phillies. He was a solid pitcher who seemed to pitch forever. And of course, his old-timey windup is very memorable. They even replicated it in video games, as I recall. He also wrote a book called "Free Byrd," apparently. I sent him an autograph request through the Indians in 2006, but he never responded.

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