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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 KCA AL 22 C 4 4 34.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 4.25 .988 6.22 5.45 1 1 0 0
1962 KCA AL 23 C 22 18 173.2 124 117 4 3 0 .976 -5.0 -34.5 -5 6.27 5.50 .990 6.30 5.57 6 12 11 1 8%
1963 KCA AL 24 C 24 22 183.0 154 147 4 3 0 .981 -2.0 -13.1 -2 7.43 6.29 .989 6.64 5.78 2 6 7 1 13%
1964 KCA AL 25 C 65 48 462.1 342 317 22 3 5 .991 -3.0 -7.8 -3 6.60 5.22 .990 7.07 6.07 8 17 24 9 27%
1965 KCA AL 26 C 95 89 768.0 580 527 44 9 6 .984 -7.0 -10.9 -7 6.69 6.01 .988 6.96 5.67 16 38 41 16 28%
1966 TOT AL 27 C 35 27 252.0 199 172 22 5 4 .975 -2.0 -9.5 -2 6.93 5.54 .988 6.86 5.86 4 11 24 11 31%
1966 TOT AL 27 1B 6 5 46.0 44 42 1 1 4 .977 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0 8.41 7.17 .991 9.59 8.17
1966 KCA AL 27 C 21 14 127.1 114 99 11 4 2 .965 -3.0 -28.3 -3 7.77 5.24 .989 6.86 5.86 3 6 16 4 20%
1966 KCA AL 27 1B 3 3 27.0 26 26 0 0 1 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 8.67 8.67 .992 9.60 8.17
1966 NYY AL 27 C 14 13 124.2 85 73 11 1 2 .988 1.0 9.6 1 6.06 6.00 .988 6.86 5.86 1 5 8 7 47%
1966 NYY AL 27 1B 3 2 19.0 18 16 1 1 3 .944 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0 8.05 5.67 .989 9.57 8.17
1967 NYY AL 28 C 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 6.00 .983 7.20 6.20 0 0 0 0
1968 WSA AL 29 C 28 28 242.2 173 155 15 3 1 .983 -3.0 -14.8 -3 6.30 6.07 .990 6.97 6.01 5 14 17 9 35%
8 Seasons C 274 237 2124.2 1595 1456 113 26 17 .984 -22.0 -12.4 -22 6.65 5.73 .989 6.88 5.82 42 99 124 47 27%
1 Season 1B 6 5 46.0 44 42 1 1 4 .977 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0 8.41 7.17 .991 9.59 8.17
8 Seasons TOT 280 242 2170.2 1639 1498 114 27 21 .984 -22.3 -12.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0 -22 6.68 5.76 .973 6.94 5.87 42 99 124 47 27%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 KCA AL 22 9 4 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 KCA AL 23 25 18 25 25 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1963 KCA AL 24 24 22 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 25 93 48 93 93 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1965 KCA AL 26 108 89 108 108 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1966 KCA AL 27 32 17 32 32 0 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1966 NYY AL 27 27 15 27 27 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1967 NYY AL 28 16 1 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1968 WSA AL 29 40 28 40 40 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
8 Seasons 374 242 374 374 0 274 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 KCA AL 22 123 3.72 4.03 4 100% 0 0 15 4 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 23 805 4.98 5.45 11 91% 0 0 117 8 0 4 105 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 24 776 4.15 4.50 16 94% 0 0 148 13 0 3 132 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 25 2073 4.13 4.56 32 97% 0 0 321 22 2 10 287 22 6 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 100%
1965 KCA AL 26 3471 4.46 5.02 52 94% 0 0 523 25 0 27 470 43 7 1 0 6 9 2 4 3 1 7 0 1 1 3 100%
1966 KCA AL 27 566 3.60 4.17 10 80% 0 0 88 7 2 3 76 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 27 535 2.74 3.10 4 75% 0 1 73 1 0 1 71 11 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 67%
1967 NYY AL 28 34 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1968 WSA AL 29 1101 4.01 4.38 16 94% 0 0 155 11 1 0 143 16 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 9484 4.17 4.64 145 93% 0 1 1445 91 5 48 1300 108 21 1 0 18 26 4 11 11 2 14 0 3 3 9 89%
MLB Averages 3.54 4.03 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 KCA AL 22 1 1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 KCA AL 23 5 12 282 11 1 1 8% 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 34 2 1.05 1.31
1963 KCA AL 24 2 6 249 7 1 1 13% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 1.03 0.11
1964 KCA AL 25 8 17 783 24 9 9 27% 21 9 2 0 1 0 1 0 59 10 1.27 1.53
1965 KCA AL 26 16 38 1265 41 16 14 28% 35 15 5 1 1 0 4 0 128 31 1.15 0.98
1966 KCA AL 27 3 6 184 16 4 4 20% 14 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 34 8 1.26 1.19
1966 NYY AL 27 1 5 200 8 7 6 47% 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 8 1.40 1.07
1967 NYY AL 28 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 WSA AL 29 5 14 399 17 9 8 35% 15 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 47 10 1.19 2.50
8 Seasons 41 99 3413 124 47 43 27% 107 42 12 4 5 1 7 0 341 73 1.19 1.40
MLB Averages 38% 1.25 1.22

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 KCA AL 27 120 55% 75% 33% 6 100% 0 37 1 35 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 27 82 80% 80% 28% 3 67% 0 16 0 16 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
1 Season 202 65% 77% 31% 9 89% 0 53 1 51 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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