Fidrych made the Tigers as a non-roster invitee out of the spring training, not making his major-league debut until April 20, and not making his first start until mid-May.

Mark Fidrych also was known for shaking everyone's hands after a game.

Fidrych also drew attention for the simple, bachelor lifestyle he led in spite of his fame, driving a green subcompact car, living in a small Detroit apartment, wondering aloud if he could afford to answer all of his fan mail on his league-minimum $ 16, 500 salary, and telling people that if he hadn't been a pitcher, he'd work pumping gas in Northborough.

Fidrych drew attention for talking to the ball during the game ‚ and patting down the mound each inning.

* May 31: Fidrych pitched 11 innings for a complete game, 5-4 win over the Brewers.

* June 24: Fidrych drew 26, 293 fans to Fenway Park for a Thursday night game, as the Tigers won, 6-3.

* September 3: The Tigers lost to the Brewers, 11-2, as Fidrych had the worst outing of his young career, and Mike Hegan hit for the cycle for Milwaukee.

Fidrych pitched a complete game shutout for his 16th win.

* September 18: The Tigers beat the Indians, and Fidrych held the Indians to five hits for his 18th win.

For the 1976 season, Fidrych was nominated for several awards and ranked among baseball's leaders in multiple categories.

Still on the disabled list toward the end of the season, Fidrych worked as a guest color analyst on a Monday Night Baseball telecast for ABC ; he was subsequently criticized for his lack of preparation, as when play-by-play partner Al Michaels tried talking with him about Philadelphia Phillies player Richie Hebner and Fidrych responded, " Who's Richie Hebner?

At the end of the season, Detroit gave Fidrych his outright release and he signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox, playing for one of their minor league teams.

On June 19, 2009, Jessica Fidrych honored her father at Comerica Park by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to manager Jim Leyland for the Tigers game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Ann Fidrych, widow of Mark Fidrych, was also present on the field for the ceremony.

) Prior to the expansion, the notable single-game record occurred on July 1, 1982, when 9, 389 showed up for the pitching match-up of Mark Fidrych versus Dave Righetti.

Current Tiger manager Jim Leyland had fond memories of " The Bird " dating back to the times he managed him in 1978, 1980 and 1981, when Fidrych was trying to come back from the knee and shoulder injuries.

Fidrych pitched his last MLB game on October 1, 1980 in Toronto, going five innings and giving up four earned runs, while picking up the win in a 11-7 Tigers victory which was televised in Detroit.

* 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player ( d. 2009 )

Mark Steven Fidrych (; August 14, 1954 – April 13, 2009 ), nicknamed " The Bird ", was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

In 1976, Fidrych led the major leagues with a 2. 34 ERA, won the AL Rookie of the Year award, and finished with a 19-9 record.

The son of an assistant school principal, Fidrych played baseball at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Massachusetts, and at Worcester Academy, a day and boarding school in central Massachusetts.

Fidrych responded by throwing six no-hit innings, ending the game with a 2-1 victory in which he gave up only two hits.

In the process Fidrych also captured the imagination of fans with his antics on the field.

After a game filled with " Bird " antics in which he and his team handily defeated the Yankees, Fidrych became a national celebrity.

Teams started asking Detroit to change its pitching rotation so Fidrych could pitch in their ballparks, and he appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, such as Sports Illustrated ( twice, including once with Sesame Street character Big Bird ), and The Sporting News.

In one week, Fidrych turned away five people who wanted to be his agent, saying, " Only I know my real value and can negotiate it.

Economists estimated that the extra attendance Fidrych generated around the league in 1976 was worth more than $ 1 million.

Fidrych also did an Aqua Velva television commercial after the 1976 season.

* May 15: Fidrych won his first major league start by pitching a complete game, allowing two hits in a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

After the game, Rico Carty of the Indians said he thought Fidrych " was trying to hypnotize them.

* May 25: In his second start, Fidrych held the Boston Red Sox to six hits and two runs, but the Tigers were shut out, 2-0, by Luis Tiant.

Pitching in his home town, Fidrych gave up a home run to Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski.

When asked how it felt to give up a home run to Yaz, Fidrych said: " It blew my mind.

* June 5: Fidrych pitched his second straight 11-inning complete game, beating Bert Blyleven and the Texas Rangers, 3-2.

A crowd of 36, 377 attended the Friday night game, as Fidrych faced Nolan Ryan.

Fidrych gave up only one earned run, and the Tigers won 4-3.

He made a series of woodcut illustrations for an edition of Vergil's Eclogues published by Harry Graf Kessler in 1926 – 27.

Karmal was made Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and Chairman of the Council of Ministers on 27 December 1979.

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 March 1923, he made it clear that he entertained serious doubts as to the validity of the British government's interpretation of the pledges which he, as foreign secretary, had caused to be given to Hussein in 1915.

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In addition to Greek Foreign Ministry meetings with Turkish officials, Greece ’ s Supreme Court prosecutor Yiannis Tentes launched an emergency inquiry on 27 December, ordering the investigations into the mid-1990s wildfires blamed on arson to be reopened with regard to the initial claims reportedly made by Yılmaz.

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On 27 September 1939, Ribbentrop made a second visit to Moscow, where at meetings with the Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov and Joseph Stalin, he was forced to agree to revising the Secret Protocols of the Non-Aggression Pact in the Soviet Union's favour, most notably agreeing to Stalin's demand that Lithuania go to the Soviet Union.

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He seemed to have the advantage for the nomination in 1844 ; his famous letter of April 27, 1844, in which he frankly opposed the immediate annexation of Texas, though doubtlessly contributing greatly to his defeat, was not made public until he felt practically sure of the nomination.

( A wood engraving made by Robert Bruce on 27 July 1866.

Australia ’ s highest first class score was posted at the MCG when Victoria made 1107 against New South Wales in 1926 – 27.

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In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts, bringing the total to 27 teams.

Franz Joseph Gall first believed that the brain was made up of 27 individual ' organs ' that determined personality, with the first 19 of these ' organs ' believed to exist in other animal species.

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