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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 .828 151 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1961 22 KCA AL 21 -2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1962 23 KCA AL 79 -8 0 0 1 -5 1 2 -9 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $ 2
1963 24 KCA AL 74 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 2
1964 25 KCA AL 240 1 -2 1 -1 -3 3 7 6 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $ 2
1965 26 KCA AL 359 3 0 2 0 -7 6 10 14 1.5 21 2.2 -0.7 $ 2
1966 27 KCA AL 83 -9 0 -1 0 -3 1 2 -10 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $12,000 2/3
1966 27 NYY AL 74 0 -1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 2/3
1967 28 NYY AL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $12,500 /2
1968 29 WSA AL 123 -1 -1 -1 0 -3 2 4 0 -0.1 3 0.4 -0.5 $12,500 2
8 Seasons 1070 -19 -4 2 0 -22 15 30 2 0.2 24 2.7 -2.5 $37,000
KCA (6 yrs) 856 -19 -2 3 0 -20 12 24 -2 -0.2 18 2.0 -2.2 $12,000
NYY (2 yrs) 91 1 -1 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $12,500
WSA (1 yr) 123 -1 -1 -1 0 -3 2 4 0 -0.1 3 0.4 -0.5 $12,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1961 KCA AL 22 C 4 4 3 34.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 4.25 .989 6.22 6.15 1 1 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 23 C 22 18 15 173.2 124 117 4 3 0 .976 -5 -35 6.27 5.50 .989 6.30 6.28 6 12 11 1 8% 1
1963 KCA AL 24 C 24 22 19 183.0 154 147 4 3 0 .981 -2 -13 7.43 6.29 .989 6.64 6.64 2 6 7 1 13% 0
1964 KCA AL 25 C 65 48 41 462.1 342 317 22 3 5 .991 -3 -8 6.60 5.22 .990 7.07 7.06 8 17 24 9 27% 1
1965 KCA AL 26 C 95 89 74 768.0 580 527 44 9 6 .984 -7 -11 6.69 6.01 .988 6.96 6.94 16 38 41 16 28% 3
1966 TOT AL 27 C 35 27 26 252.0 199 172 22 5 4 .975 -2 -10 6.93 5.54 .988 6.86 6.85 4 11 24 11 31% 1
1966 TOT AL 27 1B 6 5 4 46.0 44 42 1 1 4 .977 -0 -8 8.41 7.17 .991 9.59 9.57
1966 KCA AL 27 C 21 14 13 127.1 114 99 11 4 2 .965 -3 -28 7.77 5.24 .988 6.86 6.85 3 6 16 4 20% 1
1966 KCA AL 27 1B 3 3 3 27.0 26 26 0 0 1 1.000 0 4 8.67 8.67 .991 9.60 9.57
1966 NYY AL 27 C 14 13 13 124.2 85 73 11 1 2 .988 1 10 6.06 6.00 .988 6.86 6.85 1 5 8 7 47% 0
1966 NYY AL 27 1B 3 2 1 19.0 18 16 1 1 3 .944 -0 -25 8.05 5.67 .991 9.57 9.57
1967 NYY AL 28 C 1 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.00 6.00 .988 7.20 7.20 0 0 0 0 0
1968 WSA AL 29 C 28 28 26 242.2 173 155 15 3 1 .983 -3 -15 6.30 6.07 .990 6.97 6.94 5 14 17 9 35% 0
8 Seasons C 274 237 205 2124.2 1595 1456 113 26 17 .984 -22 -12 6.65 5.73 .989 6.88 6.87 42 99 124 47 27% 6
1 Season 1B 6 5 4 46.0 44 42 1 1 4 .977 -0 -8 8.41 7.17 .991 9.59 9.57
8 Seasons TOT 280 242 209 2170.2 1639 1498 114 27 21 .984 -22 -12 6.68 5.76 .989 6.94 6.92 42 99 124 47 27% 6
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1965 AL  9 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  16 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1965 AL  41 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1965 AL  6.01 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196627Kansas City Athletics$12,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196728New York Yankees$12,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196829Washington Senators$12,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$37,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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