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Harry Byrd
Harry Gladwin Byrd

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 188 lb.

Debut April 21, 1950
Final Game September 27, 1957
Born February 3, 1925 in Darlington, SC
Died May 14, 1985 in Darlington, SC

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 25 PHA AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   2  0   10.7   25   20   20   3    9    2   2   3    65       0 16.88  4.53   27 3.188
 1952 27 PHA AL  15  15  37  28  15   3   7  2  228.3  244  100   84  12   98  116   7   4  1008       0  3.31  3.93  119 1.498 RoY-1
 1953 28 PHA AL  11  20  40  37  11   2   0  0  236.7  279  155  145  23  115  122  14   6  1090       1  5.51  4.28   78 1.665
 1954 29 NYY AL   9   7  25  21   5   1   0  0  132.3  131   56   44  10   43   52   7   5   567       0  2.99  3.43  114 1.315
 1955 30 TOT AL   7   8  39  20   2   2   9  2  156.3  149   82   80  17   58   69   9   1   667   5   0  4.61  3.89   85 1.324
         BAL AL   3   2  14   8   1   1   3  1   65.3   64   33   33   7   28   25   7   0   287   1   0  4.55  3.80   84 1.408
         CHW AL   4   6  25  12   1   1   6  1   91.0   85   49   47  10   30   44   2   1   380   4   0  4.65  3.96   85 1.264
 1956 31 CHW AL   0   1   3   1   0   0   0  0    4.3    9    6    5   0    4    0   0   0    26   0   0 10.38  4.12   40 3.000
 1957 32 DET AL   4   3  37   1   0   0  18  5   59.0   53   23   22   6   28   20   2   1   252   4   0  3.36  3.86  115 1.373
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .460  46  54 187 108  33   8  36  9  827.7  890  442  400  71  355  381  41  20  3675   9   1  4.35  3.95   91 1.504
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  43  24   7   1   8  2  190.7  205  101   92  16   81   87   9   4   847   2   0  4.35  3.95   91 1.504
 Career High     15  20  40  37  15   3  18  5  236.7  279  155  145  23  115  122  14   6  1090   5   1  2.99  4.28  119 1.315

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 25 PHA AL   6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1952 27 PHA AL  37   75    4   10   2  0   0    2   0  0   3  21  .133  .167  .160  -11   12   6           0   0 RoY-1
 1953 28 PHA AL  40   81    9   18   0  0   0    6   0  0   1  13  .222  .232  .222   21   18   3           0   3
 1954 29 NYY AL  25   46    1    9   0  0   0    5   0  1   4  10  .196  .260  .196   28    9   3   0       0   1
 1955 30 TOT AL  39   49    2    5   0  0   0    1   1  0   1  13  .102  .120  .102  -39    5   6   0   0   0   1
         BAL AL  14   19    0    3   0  0   0    1   1  0   1   6  .158  .200  .158    1    3   3   0   0   0   1
         CHW AL  25   30    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .067  .067  .067  -64    2   3   0   0   0   0
 1956 31 CHW AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 32 DET AL  37    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      187  262   16   42   2  0   0   14   1  1   9  60  .160  .188  .168   -3   44  20   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        227   14   36   2  0   0   12   1  1   8  52  .160  .188  .168   -3   38  17   0   0   0   4
 Career High     40   81    9   18   2  0   0    6   1  1   4  21                          18   6   0   0   0   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 25 PHA AL    2    2    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .363| .000  .414| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1952 27 PHA AL   84   71    2   0.8   101| .133  .267| .167  .348| .160  .390| .327  .738| -11  .043 -11.8  -1.3   0%
 1953 28 PHA AL   85   69    4   1.6   106| .222  .274| .232  .351| .222  .404| .454  .755|  21  .128  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1954 29 NYY AL   53   42    2   1.3    96| .196  .262| .260  .337| .196  .383| .456  .719|  28  .100  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1955 30 TOT AL   56   51    1   0.5   102| .102  .265| .120  .344| .102  .395| .222  .739| -39  .018  -9.8  -1.0 100%
         BAL AL   23   20    1   1.3    96| .158  .258| .200  .336| .158  .384| .358  .720|   1  .095  -2.6  -0.3 100%
         CHW AL   33   31    0   0.0   105| .067  .270| .067  .350| .067  .402| .134  .752| -64  .000  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1956 31 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .352| .000  .412| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1957 32 DET AL   10   10    0   0.0   102| .000  .266| .000  .339| .000  .402| .000  .742|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       291  246    9   1.0   102| .160  .268| .188  .346| .168  .394| .356  .740|  -3  .061 -38.7  -4.1  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1950 25 PHA AL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.97  1.68  2.02    0   10.7
 1952 27 PHA AL   P   37     26   32    4    5  .935  .967  1.57  1.03  2.29  2.10   28  228.3
 1953 28 PHA AL   P   40      6   35    2    1  .953  .958  1.02  0.88  1.56  1.95   37  236.7
 1954 29 NYY AL   P   25      5   21    2    2  .929  .959  1.04  0.93  1.77  2.01   21  132.3
 1955 30 TOT AL   P   39      9   24    1    0  .971  .954  0.85  0.83  1.90  1.99   20  156.3
         BAL AL   P   14      4    8    0    0 1.000  .952  0.86  0.83  1.65  1.98    8   65.3
         CHW AL   P   25      5   16    1    0  .955  .955  0.84  0.83  2.08  1.99   12   91.0
 1956 31 CHW AL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.83  4.19  1.88    1    4.3
 1957 32 DET AL   P   37      0   10    0    0 1.000  .962  0.27  0.86  1.53  1.98    1   59.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1950 25 PHA AL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.97  1.68  2.02    0   10.7
 1952 27 PHA AL   P   37     26   32    4    5  .935  .967  1.57  1.03  2.29  2.10   28  228.3
 1953 28 PHA AL   P   40      6   35    2    1  .953  .958  1.02  0.88  1.56  1.95   37  236.7
 1954 29 NYY AL   P   25      5   21    2    2  .929  .959  1.04  0.93  1.77  2.01   21  132.3
 1955 30 TOT AL   P   39      9   24    1    0  .971  .954  0.85  0.83  1.90  1.99   20  156.3
         BAL AL   P   14      4    8    0    0 1.000  .952  0.86  0.83  1.65  1.98    8   65.3
         CHW AL   P   25      5   16    1    0  .955  .955  0.84  0.83  2.08  1.99   12   91.0
 1956 31 CHW AL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.83  4.19  1.88    1    4.3
 1957 32 DET AL   P   37      0   10    0    0 1.000  .962  0.27  0.86  1.53  1.98    1   59.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 187     46  126    9    8  .950  .960  0.92  0.90  1.87  2.01  108  827.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       187     46  126    9    8  .950  .960  0.92  0.90  1.87  2.01  108    828

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1952-AL-ROY

Wins
1952 AL-15-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1955 AL-1.324-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1953 AL-4.64-8

Innings
1952 AL-228.3-10
1953 AL-236.7-8

Strikeouts
1953 AL-122-6

Games Started
1953 AL-37-1

Comp. Games
1952 AL-15-7
1953 AL-11-10

Shutouts
1952 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1953 AL-23-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1952 AL-98-5
1953 AL-115-2

Hits Allowed
1952 AL-244-2
1953 AL-279-2

Losses
1952 AL-15-4
1953 AL-20-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1953 AL-145-1

Wild Pitches
1953 AL-6-9
1954 AL-5-7

Hit Batsmen
1952 AL-7-3
1953 AL-14-1
1954 AL-7-5
1955 AL-9-2

Batters Faced
1952 AL-1008-6
1953 AL-1090-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (828) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1044) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.
December 16, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Loren Babe, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro, and Eddie Robinson to the New York Yankees for Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Jim Robertson, Jim Finigan, Vic Power, and Bill Renna.
November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
June 15, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.
May 15, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jim Brideweser and Bob Kennedy to the Detroit Tigers for Fred Hatfield and Jim Delsing.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Awards 1952-AL-ROY	Wins 1952 AL-15-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1955 AL-1.324-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1953 AL-4.64-8	Innings 1952 AL-228.3-10 1953 AL-236.7-8	Strikeouts 1953 AL-122-6
Games Started 1953 AL-37-1	Comp. Games 1952 AL-15-7 1953 AL-11-10	Shutouts 1952 AL-3-8	Home Runs Allow. 1953 AL-23-3	Bases On Balls Allow. 1952 AL-98-5 1953 AL-115-2	Hits Allowed 1952 AL-244-2 1953 AL-279-2
Losses 1952 AL-15-4 1953 AL-20-1	Earned Runs Allow. 1953 AL-145-1	Wild Pitches 1953 AL-6-9 1954 AL-5-7	Hit Batsmen 1952 AL-7-3 1953 AL-14-1 1954 AL-7-5 1955 AL-9-2	Batters Faced 1952 AL-1008-6 1953 AL-1090-5