What happened to Mark Fidrych?

What happened to Mark Fidrych?

On April 13, 2009, former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Mark “The Bird” Fidrych is found dead at the age of 54 following an accident at his Massachusetts farm involving a Mack truck he was working on.

Why did Mark Fidrych retire?

At the end of the 1981 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. However, his torn rotator cuff, still not diagnosed and left untreated, never healed. At age 29, he was forced to retire.

How much did Mark Fidrych make playing baseball?

According to Wilson, Fidrych’s salary of $19,000 was bolstered by a $7,500 contractual agreement for staying in the majors 90 days, and later Campbell gave him a $34,500 bonus, for a total compensation of $61,000. (Just $10,000 more than the average baseball salary.)