Billy Bryan
William Ronald Bryan
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
Final Game: July 23, 1968
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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 AL 16 17 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 3 .167 .412 .417 .828 152 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1968 29 WSA AL 40 123 108 7 22 3 0 3 8 0 1 14 27 .204 .301 .315 .616 90 34 1 1 0 0 2 2
8 Seasons 374 1070 968 86 209 32 9 41 125 0 1 91 283 .216 .284 .395 .678 90 382 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 90 165 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 90 34 1 1 0 0 2

Advanced Batting

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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 1.6 105 .182 .158 .265 .238 .340 .316 .412 .554 .753 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 .404 .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 -0.9 .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 .683 100 .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 .356 .828 .662 152 .805 1.1 0.1 1.000 .667 .250 .0
1968 29 WSA AL 123 88 11 3.4 77 .244 .204 .235 .301 .303 .315 .347 .616 .651 90 .480 -1.1 -0.1 .545 .231 .111 .0
8 Seasons 1070 782 113 3.9 92 .258 .216 .252 .284 .321 .395 .387 .678 .708 90 .480 -15.7 -1.5 .614 .272 .179 .0
162 Game Avg. 463 339 49 3.9 92 .258 .216 .252 .284 .321 .395 .387 .678 .708 90 .480 -15.7 -1.5 .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 -1.5 .617 .271 .185 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 91 65 11 4.6 85 .222 .210 .242 .297 .308 .420 .371 .716 .679 109 .574 0.8 0.1 .677 .333 .210 .0
WSA (1 yr) 123 88 11 3.4 77 .244 .204 .235 .301 .303 .315 .347 .616 .651 90 .480 -1.1 -0.1 .545 .231 .111 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 1070 3.8% 26.5% 8.5% 7.7% 39% 3.11 3.4 23.6 7.7 0.76 61%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 22 KCA AL 1 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 23 KCA AL 0 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 24 KCA AL 0 0 47% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
1964 25 KCA AL 4 0 11% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 46% 2 1 1 3 1 1 6 2 3
1965 26 KCA AL 6 0 22% 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 10 7 3 2 2 0 12 3 9
1966 27 TOT AL 0 0 3% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1966 27 KCA AL 0 0 0% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 NYY AL 0 0 6% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1967 28 NYY AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 29 WSA AL 0 0 12% 33 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 22% 6 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
8 Seasons 11 0 17% 275 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 16 9 40% 27 20 6 8 4 3 25 8 15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 1 1 100% 0
1962 23 KCA AL 79 67% 11 3 0 0 0 1.23 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 20 0 0% 12 3 25% 50 5 10% 7 4 57% 3 1 33% 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% 5 1 20% 0
1964 25 KCA AL 240 93% 53 37 11 2 6 1.89 13 0 6 13 0 7 6 0 2 2 100% 53 6 11% 27 10 37% 154 24 16% 17 9 53% 8 3 38% 0
1965 26 KCA AL 359 91% 82 14 1 0 1 1.86 14 0 10 14 0 6 8 0 0 0 71 2 3% 32 7 22% 244 38 16% 16 8 50% 19 5 26% 0
1966 27 TOT AL 157 95% 25 22 3 2 2 1.14 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 23 3 13% 11 2 18% 86 8 9% 5 3 60% 2 0 0% 0
1966 27 KCA AL 83 98% 10 12 1 0 0 1.11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 7 2 29% 47 7 15% 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 0
1966 27 NYY AL 74 92% 15 10 2 2 2 1.18 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 1.08 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1968 29 WSA AL 123 85% 22 12 1 0 0 2.38 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0% 20 1 5% 8 2 25% 70 5 7% 6 2 33% 7 3 43% 0
8 Seasons 1070 90% 209 103 18 4 10 1.66 41 0 25 39 2 21 20 0 4 2 50% 207 14 7% 99 27 27% 671 87 13% 56 29 52% 46 14 30% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 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 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 0 7 39 .151 .210 .290 .500 31 27 1 0 0 0 0
1963 24 58 174 158 18 25 3 2 6 16 0 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 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 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 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 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 0 1 91 283 .216 .284 .395 .678 90 382 14 3 2 6 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 22 9 19 18 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 .111 .158 .278 .436 1 9
1962 23 25 79 74 4 11 2 1 2 6 0 5 32 .149 .203 .284 .486 4 25
1963 24 24 74 65 11 11 1 1 3 7 0 9 22 .169 .270 .354 .624 6 24
1964 25 92 237 219 20 53 9 2 13 38 0 16 69 .242 .291 .479 .771 31 93
1965 26 108 371 334 41 91 12 6 16 58 0 32 87 .272 .337 .488 .825 54 108
1966 27 59 162 149 6 28 7 0 4 14 0 12 36 .188 .247 .315 .562 12 59
1967 28 16 21 13 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 8 3 .231 .524 .692 1.216 3 16
1968 29 40 131 113 9 27 4 0 4 11 0 17 27 .239 .344 .381 .724 14 40
8 Seasons 373 1094 985 94 226 35 10 45 138 0 100 283 .229 .301 .422 .723 125 374
162 Game Avg. 162 475 428 41 98 15 4 20 60 0 43 123 .229 .301 .422 .723 54 374

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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