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Sammy Byrd
Samuel Dewey Byrd (Babe Ruth's Legs)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 11, 1929
Final Game September 27, 1936
Born October 15, 1906 in Bremen, GA
Died May 11, 1981 in Mesa, AZ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 22 NYY AL  62  170   32   53  12  0   5   28   1  4  28  18  .312  .409  .471  132   80   4           0    
 1930 23 NYY AL  92  218   46   62  12  2   6   31   5  1  30  18  .284  .371  .440  108   96   6           0    
 1931 24 NYY AL 115  248   51   67  18  2   3   32   5  0  29  26  .270  .349  .395   99   98   3           1    
 1932 25 NYY AL 105  209   49   62  12  1   8   30   1  2  30  20  .297  .385  .478  127  100   4           0    
 1933 26 NYY AL  85  107   26   30   6  1   2   11   0  1  15  12  .280  .369  .411  112   44   0           0    
 1934 27 NYY AL 106  191   32   47   8  0   3   23   1  2  18  22  .246  .318  .335   74   64   7           2    
 1935 28 CIN NL 121  416   51  109  25  4   9   52   4     37  51  .262  .322  .406   97  169   7           0   7
 1936 29 CIN NL  59  141   17   35   8  0   2   13   0     11  11  .248  .303  .348   79   49   1           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      745 1700  304  465 101 10  38  220  17 10 198 178  .274  .350  .412  103  700  32   0   0   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        370   66  101  22  2   8   48   4  2  43  39  .274  .350  .412  103  152   7   0   0   1   2
 Career High    121  416   51  109  25  4   9   52   5  4  37  51  .297  .385  .478  127  169   7   0   0   2   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 22 NYY AL  202  125   31   6.6   107| .312  .284| .409  .350| .471  .410| .880  .760| 132  .629   9.6   0.9  20%
 1930 23 NYY AL  254  163   36   5.9   112| .284  .290| .371  .354| .440  .426| .811  .780| 108  .551   3.6   0.3  83%
 1931 24 NYY AL  281  184   35   5.1   104| .270  .280| .349  .346| .395  .400| .744  .747|  99  .516   0.7   0.1 100%
 1932 25 NYY AL  243  153   38   6.7   107| .297  .279| .385  .349| .478  .410| .863  .759| 127  .627   9.1   0.9  33%
 1933 26 NYY AL  122   78   16   5.5   101| .280  .273| .369  .344| .411  .394| .780  .737| 112  .567   2.3   0.2   0%
 1934 27 NYY AL  218  153   19   3.3   106| .246  .279| .318  .352| .335  .402| .653  .754|  74  .318  -7.0  -0.7  33%
 1935 28 CIN NL  460  321   54   4.5   101| .262  .282| .322  .337| .406  .402| .728  .738|  97  .481  -1.6  -0.2     
 1936 29 CIN NL  153  111   15   3.6    98| .248  .278| .303  .337| .348  .390| .651  .726|  79  .385  -3.8  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1933 1288  244   5.1   104| .274  .281| .350  .345| .412  .405| .762  .750| 103  .515  12.8   1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 22 NYY AL OF 54 108 6 6 2 .950 .966 2.11 2.28 6 16 32 1930 23 NYY AL OF 85 119 2 1 0 .992 .965 1.42 2.16 47 12 26 1931 24 NYY AL OF 88 148 3 4 1 .974 .969 1.72 2.25 26 34 34 1932 25 NYY AL OF 91 129 4 5 1 .964 .967 1.46 2.28 11 70 11 1933 26 NYY AL OF 71 75 1 1 0 .987 .969 1.07 2.21 23 15 35 1934 27 NYY AL OF 104 156 2 2 1 .988 .968 1.52 2.16 34 13 59 1935 28 CIN NL OF 115 284 10 9 1 .970 .971 2.56 2.31 39 76 0 1936 29 CIN NL OF 37 86 1 1 1 .989 .973 2.35 2.25 15 22 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 22 NYY AL OF 54 108 6 6 2 .950 .966 2.11 2.28 6 16 32 1930 23 NYY AL OF 85 119 2 1 0 .992 .965 1.42 2.16 47 12 26 1931 24 NYY AL OF 88 148 3 4 1 .974 .969 1.72 2.25 26 34 34 1932 25 NYY AL OF 91 129 4 5 1 .964 .967 1.46 2.28 11 70 11 1933 26 NYY AL OF 71 75 1 1 0 .987 .969 1.07 2.21 23 15 35 1934 27 NYY AL OF 104 156 2 2 1 .988 .968 1.52 2.16 34 13 59 1935 28 CIN NL OF 115 284 10 9 1 .970 .971 2.56 2.31 39 76 0 1936 29 CIN NL OF 37 86 1 1 1 .989 .973 2.35 2.25 15 22 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 645 1105 29 29 7 .975 .969 1.76 2.24 201 258 197 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 645 1105 29 29 7 .975 .969 1.76 2.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1932   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

At Bats per Home Run
1932 AL-26.1-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1908) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1669) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 19, 1934: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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