Billy Bryan

William Ronald Bryan

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 4, 1938 in Morgan, GA
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1961
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Senators 1961-1968

Final Game: July 23, 1968
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1960	21	OAK-min	D	117	360	360		83	17	6	13						.231	.231	.419	.650		151							SNF,ABQ · FLOR,SOPH
1961	22	OAK-min	B	94	292	292		83	10	3	22						.284	.284	.565	.849		165							LEW · NORW
1961	22	KCA	AL	9	21	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.316	.554	47	6	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1962	23	OAK-min	AA	91	389	331	82	97	19	6	25	85	0		50	93	.293	.393	.613	1.007		203		6	0	2	11		ABQ · TL
1962	23	KCA	AL	25	79	74	5	11	2	1	2	7	0	0	5	32	.149	.203	.284	.486	28	21	0	0	0	0	0	2
1963	24	OAK-min	AAA	88	291	273	27	62	10	2	8	37	0	0	18	85	.227	.275	.366	.641		100							POR · PCL
1963	24	KCA	AL	24	74	65	11	11	1	1	3	7	0	0	9	22	.169	.270	.354	.624	70	23	1	0	0	0	5	2
1964	25	KCA	AL	93	240	220	19	53	9	2	13	36	0	0	16	69	.241	.290	.477	.767	106	105	6	0	2	2	1	2
1965	26	KCA	AL	108	359	325	36	82	11	5	14	51	0	0	29	87	.252	.315	.446	.761	115	145	2	2	0	3	5	2
1966	27	TOT	AL	59	157	145	5	25	6	0	4	12	0	0	11	36	.172	.229	.297	.526	53	43	3	0	0	1	0	2/3
1966	27	KCA	AL	32	83	76	0	10	4	0	0	7	0	0	6	17	.132	.193	.184	.377	11	14	2	0	0	1	0	2/3
1966	27	NYY	AL	27	74	69	5	15	2	0	4	5	0	0	5	19	.217	.270	.420	.691	100	29	1	0	0	0	0	2/3
1967	28	NYY-min	AAA	104	396	348	49	94	22	1	12	55	4	1	43	103	.270	.352	.443	.794		154		2	1	2			SYR · IL
1967	28	NYY	AL	16	17	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	3	.167	.412	.417	.828	151	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1968	29	TEX-min	AAA	26	89	82	7	19	3	3	3	10	0	0	6	20	.232	.281	.451	.732		37		0	0	1			BFL · IL
1968	29	WSA	AL	40	123	108	7	22	3	0	3	8	0	1	14	27	.204	.301	.315	.616	91	34	1	1	0	0	2	2
1969	30	TEX-min	AAA	110	388	333	49	88	15	0	14	46	2	1	49	75	.264	.359	.435	.795		145		2	1	3			BFL · IL
1970	31	PHI-min	A	18	46	46		11	0	0	3						.239	.239	.435	.674		20							SPB · WCRS
8 Yrs				374	1070	968	86	209	32	9	41	125	0	1	91	283	.216	.284	.395	.678	91	382	14	3	2	6	13
162 Game Avg.				162	463	419	37	91	14	4	18	54	0	0	39	123	.216	.284	.395	.678	91	165	6	1	1	3	6

KCA (6 yrs)				291	856	779	73	170	27	9	33	110	0	0	67	234	.218	.280	.403	.683	89	314	12	2	2	6	11
NYY (2 yrs)				43	91	81	6	17	2	0	5	7	0	0	10	22	.210	.297	.420	.716	109	34	1	0	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				40	123	108	7	22	3	0	3	8	0	1	14	27	.204	.301	.315	.616	91	34	1	1	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	22	KCA	AL	9	21	-1	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.488	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1962	23	KCA	AL	25	79	-8	-0	1	-5	1	-12	-1.2	2	-9	-1.0	.451	.492	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$	2
1963	24	KCA	AL	24	74	-5	0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.475	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	2
1964	25	KCA	AL	93	240	2	-2	-1	-3	3	-0	-0.2	7	6	0.5	.500	.500	1.0	-0.1	9	$	2
1965	26	KCA	AL	108	359	6	-0	0	-7	5	4	0.4	10	14	1.4	.504	.503	2.2	-0.3	21	$	2
1966	27	KCA	AL	32	83	-9	-0	-0	-3	1	-11	-1.4	2	-9	-1.1	.458	.492	-0.8	-0.3	-6	$12,000	2/3
1966	27	NYY	AL	27	74	-0	-1	-0	1	1	-0	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	2/3
1967	28	NYY	AL	16	17	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$12,500	/2
1968	29	WSA	AL	40	123	-2	-2	-0	-3	2	-5	-0.7	4	-2	-0.4	.483	.496	0.0	-0.2	1	$12,500	2
8 Seasons				374	1070	-16	-5	-1	-22	13	-30	-3.8	30	-0	-0.7	.491	.498	2.0	-1.3	22	$37,000

KCA (6 yrs)				291	856	-14	-2	-1	-20	11	-26	-3.1	24	-2	-0.7	.490	.497	1.7	-1.2	18	$12,000
NYY (2 yrs)				43	91	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0.1	3	3	0.4	.502	.500	0.3	0.1	3	$12,500
WSA (1 yr)				40	123	-2	-2	-0	-3	2	-5	-0.7	4	-2	-0.4	.483	.496	0.0	-0.2	1	$12,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1961	22	KCA	AL	21	17	1	1.6	104	.182	.158	.264	.238	.339	.316	.411	.554	.750	47	.121	-1.6	-0.2	.471	.263	.158	.0
1962	23	KCA	AL	79	63	5	2.1	106	.225	.149	.268	.203	.341	.284	.417	.486	.758	28	.200	-8.2	-0.8	.413	.203	.135	.0
1963	24	KCA	AL	74	55	6	3.0	99	.200	.169	.262	.270	.329	.354	.405	.624	.734	70	.344	-3.0	-0.3	.582	.323	.185	.0
1964	25	KCA	AL	240	177	29	4.4	99	.286	.241	.260	.290	.329	.477	.404	.767	.733	106	.518	0.7	0.1	.699	.309	.236	.0
1965	26	KCA	AL	359	248	47	5.1	91	.300	.252	.250	.315	.319	.446	.382	.761	.702	115	.606	5.3	0.6	.718	.283	.194	.0
1966	27	TOT	AL	157	124	11	2.4	86	.198	.172	.244	.229	.310	.297	.376	.526	.686	53	.289	-8.9	-1.0	.439	.200	.124	.0
1966	27	KCA	AL	83	69	3	1.2	87	.167	.132	.245	.193	.311	.184	.378	.377	.689	11	.099	-8.5	-0.9	.294	.132	.053
1966	27	NYY	AL	74	55	8	3.9	86	.239	.217	.242	.270	.308	.420	.374	.691	.682	100	.501	-0.3	-0.0	.618	.275	.203	.0
1967	28	NYY	AL	17	10	3	8.1	80	.125	.167	.238	.412	.306	.417	.357	.828	.663	151	.805	1.1	0.1	1.000	.667	.250	.0
1968	29	WSA	AL	123	88	11	3.4	77	.244	.204	.234	.301	.302	.315	.346	.616	.648	91	.480	-1.0	-0.1	.545	.231	.111	.0
8 Yrs				1070	782	113	3.9	92	.258	.216	.252	.284	.321	.395	.387	.678	.707	91	.480	-15.6	-1.6	.614	.272	.179	.0
162 Game Avg.				463	339	49	3.9	92	.258	.216	.252	.284	.321	.395	.387	.678	.707	91	.480	-15.6	-1.6	.614	.272	.179

KCA (6 yrs)				856	629	91	3.9	95	.264	.218	.255	.280	.325	.403	.394	.683	.719	89	.470	-15.4	-1.6	.617	.271	.185	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				91	65	11	4.6	85	.222	.210	.242	.297	.308	.420	.372	.716	.679	109	.574	0.8	0.1	.677	.333	.210	.0
WSA (1 yr)				123	88	11	3.4	77	.244	.204	.234	.301	.302	.315	.346	.616	.648	91	.480	-1.0	-0.1	.545	.231	.111	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	22	KCA	AL	21	4.8%	33.3%	9.5%	4.8%	33%	3.50	2.7	19.0	9.5	3.50	52%
1962	23	KCA	AL	79	2.5%	40.5%	6.3%	6.3%	46%	6.40	2.3	37.0	10.6	0.52	51%
1963	24	KCA	AL	74	4.1%	29.7%	12.2%	6.8%	46%	2.44	3.0	21.7	9.3	0.83	54%
1964	25	KCA	AL	240	5.4%	28.8%	6.7%	10.0%	45%	4.31	3.2	16.9	6.1	0.70	58%
1965	26	KCA	AL	359	3.9%	24.2%	8.1%	8.4%	37%	3.00	3.7	23.2	6.4	0.69	63%
1966	27	TOT	AL	157	2.6%	22.9%	7.0%	6.4%	40%	3.27	4.0	36.3	12.1	1.15	68%
1966	27	KCA	AL	83	0.0%	20.5%	7.2%	4.8%	40%	2.83	4.5		10.9	1.48	72%
1966	27	NYY	AL	74	5.4%	25.7%	6.8%	8.1%	40%	3.80	3.6	17.3	13.8	0.80	62%
1967	28	NYY	AL	17	5.9%	17.7%	29.4%	5.9%	50%	0.60	4.0	12.0	6.0	0.17	47%
1968	29	WSA	AL	123	2.4%	22.0%	11.4%	4.9%	27%	1.93	4.0	36.0	13.5	0.67	63%
8 Yrs				1070	3.8%	26.5%	8.5%	7.7%	39%	3.11	3.4	23.6	7.7	0.76	61%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.2%	8.1%	6.2%	28%	1.88	5.9	41.3	9.1	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	22	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	21	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.16	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.02	-1.2	1.36	5
1962	23	KCA	AL	-8.2	-0.8	80	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.73	-0.7	-0.2	-7.7	-0.8	0.95	-8.4	1.15	3
1963	24	KCA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	74	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.90	-0.4	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.90	-1.6		0
1964	25	KCA	AL	0.7	0.1	243	-0.5	5.2	-5.7	1.22	0.7	-1.1	0.6	0.1	0.96	7.1	1.85	37
1965	26	KCA	AL	5.3	0.6	361	0.2	7.2	-6.9	1.10	0.7	-0.5	8.9	0.9	0.99	10.8	1.80	14
1966	27	TOT	AL	-8.9	-1.0	158	-1.2	2.1	-3.2	1.04	-0.9	-0.2	-9.6	-1.1	0.89	-9.1	0.99	22
1966	27	KCA	AL	-8.5	-0.9	83	-0.5	1.2	-1.7	1.03	-0.8	0.3	-6.5	-0.7	0.89	-8.2	0.97	12
1966	27	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	75	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	1.06	-0.1	-0.5	-3.1	-0.3	0.90	-0.8	1.01	10
1967	28	NYY	AL	1.1	0.1	17	0.4	0.5	-0.2	1.03	0.3	0.0	1.5	0.2	0.85	2.6	1.05	10
1968	29	WSA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	125	-0.6	1.7	-2.3	1.05	-0.3	-0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-2.4	2.24	12
8 Yrs				-15.7	-1.6	1079	-3.0	18.3	-21.3	1.07	-0.7	-2.1	-11.3	-1.2	0.95	-2.1	1.58	103

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	22	KCA	AL	1	25%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	23	KCA	AL	0	21%	21	0		0	1	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	24	KCA	AL	0	47%	13	0		0	0	0	0	1	57%	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	2
1964	25	KCA	AL	4	11%	50	0		0	1	0	8	3	46%	2	1	1	3	1	1	6	2	3
1965	26	KCA	AL	6	22%	106	0		0	0	0	4	2	50%	10	7	3	2	2	0	12	3	9
1966	27	TOT	AL	0	3%	44	0		0	0	0	2	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
1966	27	KCA	AL	0	0%	23	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	27	NYY	AL	0	6%	21	0		0	0	0	2	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
1967	28	NYY	AL	0	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	29	WSA	AL	0	12%	33	1	0%	1	1	1	2	2	22%	6	4	1	1	0	1	2	2	0
8 Yrs				11	17%	275	1	0%	1	3	1	16	9	40%	27	20	6	8	4	3	25	8	15

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	22	KCA	AL	21	95%	3			5	1	0	0	1.36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	1	20%	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1962	23	KCA	AL	79	67%	11			3	0	0	0	1.15	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	20	0	0%	12	3	25%	50	5	10%	7	4	57%	3	2	67%	0
1963	24	KCA	AL	74	95%	11			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	7	2	29%	41	4	10%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
1964	25	KCA	AL	240	93%	53			37	11	2	6	1.85	13	0	6	13	0	7	6	0	2	2	100%	53	6	11%	27	10	37%	154	24	16%	17	9	53%	7	4	57%	0
1965	26	KCA	AL	359	91%	82			14	1	0	1	1.80	14	0	10	14	0	6	8	0	0	0		71	2	3%	32	7	22%	244	38	16%	16	8	50%	11	6	55%	0
1966	27	TOT	AL	157	95%	25			22	3	2	2	0.99	4	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		23	3	13%	11	2	18%	86	8	9%	5	3	60%	3	1	33%	0
1966	27	KCA	AL	83	98%	10			12	1	0	0	0.97	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	7	2	29%	47	7	15%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1966	27	NYY	AL	74	92%	15			10	2	2	2	1.01	4	0	2	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	0	0%	39	1	3%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1967	28	NYY	AL	17	100%	2			10	1	0	1	1.05	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1968	29	WSA	AL	123	85%	22			12	1	0	0	2.24	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0%	20	1	5%	8	2	25%	70	5	7%	6	2	33%	5	3	60%	0
8 Yrs				1070	90%	209			103	18	4	10	1.58	41	0	25	39	2	21	20	0	4	2	50%	207	14	7%	99	27	27%	671	87	13%	56	29	52%	32	19	59%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	22	9	21	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	.158	.238	.316	.554	47	6	1	0	0	0	0
1962	23	34	100	93	7	14	2	1	3	9	0	7	39	.151	.210	.290	.500	32	27	1	0	0	0	0
1963	24	58	174	158	18	25	3	2	6	16	0	16	61	.158	.236	.316	.552	47	50	2	0	0	0	5
1964	25	151	414	378	37	78	12	4	19	52	0	32	130	.206	.267	.410	.677	81	155	8	0	2	2	6
1965	26	259	773	703	73	160	23	9	33	103	0	61	217	.228	.289	.427	.716	97	300	10	2	2	5	11
1966	27	318	930	848	78	185	29	9	37	115	0	72	253	.218	.279	.404	.684	89	343	13	2	2	6	11
1967	28	334	947	860	79	187	29	9	38	117	0	77	256	.217	.281	.405	.686	90	348	13	2	2	6	11
1968	29	374	1070	968	86	209	32	9	41	125	1	91	283	.216	.284	.395	.678	91	382	14	3	2	6	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	22	9	19	18	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	7	.111	.158	.278	.436	1	9
1962	23	25	79	74	5	11	2	1	2	7	5	32	.149	.203	.284	.486	4	25
1963	24	24	74	65	11	11	1	1	3	7	9	22	.169	.270	.354	.624	6	24
1964	25	92	240	220	20	54	9	2	13	37	16	69	.245	.294	.482	.776	32	93
1965	26	108	367	331	40	88	12	5	15	57	31	87	.266	.330	.468	.798	51	108
1966	27	59	162	149	6	28	7	0	4	14	12	36	.188	.247	.315	.562	12	59
1967	28	16	21	13	1	3	0	0	2	3	8	3	.231	.524	.692	1.216	3	16
1968	29	40	131	113	10	27	4	0	4	11	17	27	.239	.344	.381	.724	14	40
8 Yrs		373	1093	983	94	224	35	9	44	137	99	283	.228	.299	.416	.715	123	374
162 Game Avg.		162	475	427	41	97	15	4	19	60	43	123	.228	.299	.416	.715	53	374

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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