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Bud Byerly

Eldred William Byerly

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 26, 1920 in Webster Groves, MO
High School: Webster Groves HS (Webster Groves, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1943
Teams (by GP): Senators/Reds/Cardinals/Giants/RedSox 1943-1960

Final Game: July 21, 1960
Died: January 26, 2012 in St. Louis, MO
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1943 22 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 56 101 1.462 9.7 0.0 3.5 4.2 1.20
1944 23 STL NL 2 2 .500 3.40 9 4 3 2 0 0 42.1 37 18 16 2 20 13 0 1 4 184 106 1.346 7.9 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.65
1945 24 STL NL 4 5 .444 4.74 33 8 9 2 0 0 95.0 111 61 50 3 41 39 1 0 3 431 80 1.600 10.5 0.3 3.9 3.7 0.95
1950 29 CIN NL 0 1 .000 2.45 4 1 1 0 0 0 14.2 12 4 4 1 4 5 0 0 0 59 176 1.091 7.4 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.25
1951 30 CIN NL 2 1 .667 3.27 40 0 16 0 0 0 66.0 69 33 24 6 25 28 2 0 3 289 125 1.424 9.4 0.8 3.4 3.8 1.12
1952 31 CIN NL 0 1 .000 5.11 12 2 4 0 0 1 24.2 29 15 14 0 7 14 0 0 0 103 74 1.459 10.6 0.0 2.6 5.1 2.00
1956 35 WSH AL 2 4 .333 2.96 25 0 17 0 0 4 51.2 45 19 17 6 14 3 19 2 0 1 207 141 1.142 7.8 1.0 2.4 3.3 1.36
1957 36 WSH AL 6 6 .500 3.13 47 0 33 0 0 6 95.0 94 38 33 6 22 5 39 1 0 2 398 124 1.221 8.9 0.6 2.1 3.7 1.77
1958 37 TOT AL 3 2 .600 3.98 35 0 22 0 0 1 54.1 65 32 24 5 18 5 29 2 0 0 242 100 1.528 10.8 0.8 3.0 4.8 1.61
1958 37 WSH AL 2 0 1.000 6.75 17 0 12 0 0 1 24.0 34 20 18 4 11 2 13 1 0 0 114 57 1.875 12.8 1.5 4.1 4.9 1.18
1958 37 BOS AL 1 2 .333 1.78 18 0 10 0 0 0 30.1 31 12 6 1 7 3 16 1 0 0 128 227 1.253 9.2 0.3 2.1 4.7 2.29
1959 38 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 1.38 11 0 6 0 0 0 13.0 11 2 2 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 52 282 1.231 7.6 1.4 3.5 2.8 0.80
1960 39 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 5.32 19 0 9 0 0 2 22.0 32 14 13 3 6 0 13 1 0 1 106 67 1.727 13.1 1.2 2.5 5.3 2.17
11 Yrs 22 22 .500 3.70 237 17 120 4 0 14 491.2 519 242 202 34 167 14 209 9 1 14 2127 105 1.395 9.5 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.25
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 3.70 63 5 32 1 0 4 132 139 65 54 9 45 56 2 0 4 569 105 1.395 9.5 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.25
WSH (3 yrs) 10 10 .500 3.59 89 0 62 0 0 11 170.2 173 77 68 16 47 10 71 4 0 3 719 111 1.289 9.1 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.51
STL (3 yrs) 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88
CIN (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.59 56 3 21 0 0 1 105.1 110 52 42 7 36 47 2 0 3 451 113 1.386 9.4 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.31
SFG (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 3.86 30 0 15 0 0 2 35.0 43 16 15 5 11 1 17 1 0 1 158 96 1.543 11.1 1.3 2.8 4.4 1.55
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 .333 1.78 18 0 10 0 0 0 30.1 31 12 6 1 7 3 16 1 0 0 128 227 1.253 9.2 0.3 2.1 4.7 2.29
NL (8 yrs) 11 10 .524 3.96 130 17 48 4 0 3 290.2 315 153 128 17 113 1 122 4 1 11 1280 97 1.472 9.8 0.5 3.5 3.8 1.08
AL (3 yrs) 11 12 .478 3.31 107 0 72 0 0 11 201.0 204 89 74 17 54 13 87 5 0 3 847 120 1.284 9.1 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.61

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1943 22 STL NL 13.0 2 2 6 4.15 3.74 0.35 0.00 100.0 3.39 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .440 .499 $
1944 23 STL NL 42.1 9 4 18 3.83 4.36 0.46 0.00 98.9 3.85 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .502 .500 $
1945 24 STL NL 95.0 33 8 61 5.78 4.44 0.14 0.00 100.8 4.33 -16 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -6 .451 .490 $
1950 29 CIN NL 14.2 4 1 4 2.45 4.38 -0.18 0.00 105.9 4.83 4 0.4 .7 -0.0 0.5 6 .607 .503 $
1951 30 CIN NL 66.0 40 0 33 4.50 4.69 -0.01 0.00 103.7 4.87 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.8 10 .507 .502 $
1952 31 CIN NL 24.2 12 2 15 5.47 4.53 -0.10 0.00 99.8 4.62 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 .479 .498 $
1956 35 WSH AL 51.2 25 0 19 3.31 4.74 -0.58 0.00 100.5 5.34 11 1.2 1.4 0.1 1.7 16 .547 .507 $
1957 36 WSH AL 95.0 47 0 38 3.60 4.29 -0.65 0.00 101.6 5.02 15 1.7 1.2 0.1 2.5 23 .537 .511 $
1958 37 WSH AL 23.2 17 0 20 7.61 4.54 -0.46 0.00 98.4 4.93 -7 -0.7 .8 0.0 -0.5 -5 .456 .495 $
1958 37 BOS AL 30.1 18 0 12 3.56 4.41 0.04 0.00 100.2 4.38 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.5 5 .517 .502 $
1959 38 SFG NL 13.0 11 0 2 1.38 4.52 0.09 0.00 99.6 4.41 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .542 .503 $
1960 39 SFG NL 22.0 19 0 14 5.73 4.51 -0.00 -0.19 94.8 4.09 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .477 .497 $
11 Seasons 491.1 237 17 242 4.43 4.46 -0.14 -0.01 100.8 4.63 10 1.3 1.0 -0.2 5.1 58 .505 .501 $
WSH (3 yrs) 170.1 89 0 77 4.07 4.46 -0.60 0.00 100.8 5.10 20 2.2 1.2 0.2 3.7 34 .524 .504 $
STL (3 yrs) 150.1 44 14 85 5.09 4.35 0.25 0.00 100.2 4.11 -17 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .461 .496 $
CIN (3 yrs) 105.1 56 3 52 4.44 4.61 -0.05 0.00 103.1 4.81 4 0.5 .8 -0.2 1.2 16 .508 .501 $
SFG (2 yrs) 35.0 30 0 16 4.11 4.51 0.03 -0.12 96.5 4.21 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.3 4 .501 .500 $
BOS (1 yr) 30.1 18 0 12 3.56 4.41 0.04 0.00 100.2 4.38 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.5 5 .517 .502 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 23 STL NL WS W SLB 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1950 29 CIN NL 4 3 55 4 12 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .218 .271 .273 .544 .224 15 0 0 0 0 0
1951 30 CIN NL 40 218 257 33 69 10 0 6 6 0 25 28 .268 .338 .377 .715 .283 97 4 2 5 0 3
1952 31 CIN NL 12 106 97 15 29 7 1 0 3 2 7 14 .299 .346 .392 .738 .349 38 1 0 2 0 0
1956 35 WSH AL 25 206 184 19 45 7 0 6 0 3 14 19 .245 .305 .380 .685 .245 70 6 2 6 0 3 2
1957 36 WSH AL 47 398 356 38 94 17 3 6 7 1 22 39 .264 .305 .379 .685 .279 135 11 1 15 4 5 9
1958 37 BOS AL 18 129 115 12 31 4 0 1 2 2 7 16 .270 .310 .330 .640 .297 38 0 1 3 3 3 3
1958 37 TOT AL 35 242 212 32 65 13 1 5 4 4 18 29 .307 .359 .448 .807 .328 95 2 2 5 5 5 5
1958 37 WSH AL 17 113 97 20 34 9 1 4 2 2 11 13 .351 .414 .588 1.002 .366 57 2 1 2 2 2 2
1959 38 SFG NL 11 52 47 2 11 1 0 2 1 0 5 4 .234 .308 .383 .691 .220 18 1 0 0 0 1 0
1960 39 SFG NL 19 106 94 14 32 5 0 3 1 0 6 13 .340 .379 .489 .868 .363 46 1 1 3 2 0 2
8 Yrs 193 1331 1302 157 357 60 5 29 22 10 101 151 .274 .328 .395 .722 .289 514 26 8 36 11 14 21
162 Game Avg. 67 462 452 54 124 21 2 10 8 3 35 52 .274 .328 .395 .722 .289 178 9 3 12 4 7
MLB Averages .259 .331 .365 .696 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 29 CIN NL 3.2 0.3 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .10 0.1 -0.0 0.5 0.1 0.10 0.9 0 0 1
1951 30 CIN NL 3.4 0.3 234 -0.9 1.5 -2.4 .47 -0.7 -1.1 -7.0 -0.7 0.46 -7.9 3 3 19
1952 31 CIN NL -3.2 -0.3 110 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 .85 -0.1 -0.8 -5.7 -0.6 0.85 -0.4 3 2 5
1956 35 WSH AL 7.1 0.7 211 1.5 5.1 -3.6 1.27 0.8 0.3 10.9 1.1 1.27 9.2 13 2 9
1957 36 WSH AL 7.2 0.8 410 0.3 8.4 -8.1 1.22 0.0 0.2 5.1 0.5 1.22 1.5 14 11 22
1958 37 TOT AL -2.6 -0.2 249 -0.8 2.2 -3.1 .64 -0.7 -0.6 -10.5 -1.0 0.64 -5.7 8 6 20
1958 37 WSH AL -7.6 -0.8 115 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .66 -0.9 0.5 -10.6 -1.0 0.66 -8.7 3 5 8
1958 37 BOS AL 5.0 0.5 134 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 .62 0.2 -1.2 0.1 0.0 0.62 2.9 5 1 12
1959 38 SFG NL 3.9 0.4 53 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .50 -0.0 -0.4 3.8 0.4 0.50 0.4 2 1 7
1960 39 SFG NL -4.3 -0.4 110 0.1 1.3 -1.2 .75 -0.4 0.5 -5.2 -0.5 0.75 -8.0 6 3 9
11 Yrs 5.1 0.6 1380 -0.8 20.0 -20.8 .90 -1.0 0.1 -8.1 -0.8 0.90 -10.1 49 28 92

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1943 22 STL NL 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 1 50% 50.0 67 33 0 2 3.3 6.5
1944 23 STL NL 9 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 2 0 2 50% 51.2 64 33 2 1 4.1 7.8
1945 24 STL NL 33 8 2 3 3 0 0 2 6 .250 0 0 2 0 3 38% 45.6 67 29 4 4 6.5 5.5
1950 29 CIN NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 65.0 65 65 0 0 1 0 1.0 8.0
1952 31 CIN NL 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 38.5 60 17 4 2 1 0 0.9 1.0 4.5
5 Yrs 60 17 4 7 6 1 2 4 13 .235 0 1 4 0 8 47% 48 67 17 4 2 8 7 4.6 1.0 6.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.4 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1944 23 STL NL 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6.6
1945 24 STL NL 33 25 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 6 6.1
1950 29 CIN NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6.7
1951 30 CIN NL 40 40 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 6 43% .475 3 3 19 1 2 25 9 19 21 8 17 10 5.0
1952 31 CIN NL 12 10 4 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 13 8 62% 9 .854 3 2 5 2 0 8 7 3 5 4 5 0 4.7
1956 35 WSH AL 25 25 17 2 4 6 4 2 67% 6 0 21 4 19% 8 1.272 13 2 9 6 5 14 12 13 14 3 15 4 6.2
1957 36 WSH AL 47 47 33 6 6 9 6 3 67% 10 0 20 10 50% 8 1.217 14 11 22 11 10 26 14 33 25 6 26 6 6.1
1958 37 TOT AL 35 35 22 3 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 19 9 47% .637 8 6 20 4 4 27 10 25 17 6 19 3 4.6
1958 37 WSH AL 17 17 12 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 5 56% 8 .657 3 5 8 2 3 12 5 12 7 4 9 1 4.2
1958 37 BOS AL 18 18 10 1 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 10 4 40% 7 .620 5 1 12 2 1 15 5 13 10 2 10 2 5.1
1959 38 SFG NL 11 11 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 2 29% 7 .504 2 1 7 1 0 10 4 7 4 3 4 1 3.5
1960 39 SFG NL 19 19 9 1 0 2 2 0 100% 4 1 17 7 41% 7 .746 6 3 9 4 2 13 8 11 8 7 9 3 3.5
10 Yrs 235 220 120 18 15 23 14 9 61% 27 1 111 46 41% .902 49 28 92 29 23 124 64 112 117 44 95 34 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1943 22 STL NL 56 0.0% 10.7% 8.9% 79%
1944 23 STL NL 184 1.1% 7.1% 10.9% 1.6% 8% 80%
1945 24 STL NL 431 0.7% 9.1% 9.5% 1.2% 5% 80%
1950 29 CIN NL 59 100% 33.3% 166.7% 133.3% 33.3% 8% 0.50 1633% 0 0
1951 30 CIN NL 289 67% 2.8% 12.8% 11.5% 7.3% 23% 1.62 102% 41 4 10%
1952 31 CIN NL 106 69% 0.0% 13.2% 6.6% 7.6% 28% 1.64 78% 15 1 7%
1956 35 WSH AL 206 66% 2.9% 9.2% 6.8% 6.3% 29% 1.47 77% 47 6 13%
1957 36 WSH AL 398 65% 1.5% 9.8% 5.5% 6.5% 28% 1.48 79% 69 11 16%
1958 37 TOT AL 242 60% 2.1% 12.0% 7.4% 7.9% 29% 1.80 76% 56 2 4%
1958 37 WSH AL 113 59% 3.5% 11.5% 9.7% 12.4% 41% 1.75 73% 27 2 7%
1958 37 BOS AL 129 61% 0.8% 12.4% 5.4% 3.9% 16% 1.84 78% 29 0 0%
1959 38 SFG NL 52 56% 3.9% 7.7% 9.6% 5.8% 27% 1.69 79% 8 1 13%
1960 39 SFG NL 106 60% 2.8% 12.3% 5.7% 7.6% 25% 1.12 75% 21 1 5%
11 Yrs 2129 64% 1.7% 10.4% 8.3% 5.1% 20% 1.53 83% 257 26 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.0% 11.6% 10.1% 5.6% 22% 0.97 83% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1943 22 STL NL 14 0 0
1944 23 STL NL 37 2 4
1945 24 STL NL 111 3 3
1950 29 CIN NL 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
1951 30 CIN NL 218 69 6 0 6 4 1 1 4 18 8 0 44% 3 3 1 91 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 71
1952 31 CIN NL 106 29 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 67% 0 0 0 45 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 WSH AL 206 45 6 0 3 3 3 2 4 10 3 1 30% 2 1 0 86 0 3 0% 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
1957 36 WSH AL 398 94 6 0 4 4 2 2 4 24 12 2 50% 9 2 2 166 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 37 TOT AL 242 65 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 23 17 3 74% 5 0 0 101 4 4 50% 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 0
1958 37 WSH AL 113 34 4 0 4 3 1 0 4 14 9 3 64% 2 0 0 46 2 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1958 37 BOS AL 129 31 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 9 8 0 89% 3 0 0 55 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1959 38 SFG NL 52 11 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 39 SFG NL 106 32 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 8 5 1 63% 2 1 2 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
11 Yrs 1331 519 34 0 30 19 8 8 19 90 49 8 54% 21 14 5 556 22 10 69% 18 4 4 4 0 2 1 0 29 127
MLB Averages 52% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1943 22 1 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 56 101 1.462 9.7 0.0 3.5 4.2 1.20 101
1944 23 3 2 .600 3.42 11 6 3 2 0 0 55.1 51 24 21 2 25 19 0 1 4 240 105 1.373 8.3 0.3 4.1 3.1 0.76 105
1945 24 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 87
1946 25 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 87
1947 26 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 87
1948 27 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 87
1949 28 7 7 .500 4.25 44 14 12 4 0 0 150.1 162 85 71 5 66 58 1 1 7 671 87 1.517 9.7 0.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 87
1950 29 7 8 .467 4.09 48 15 13 4 0 0 165.0 174 89 75 6 70 63 1 1 7 730 92 1.479 9.5 0.3 3.8 3.4 0.90 92
1951 30 9 9 .500 3.86 88 15 29 4 0 0 231.0 243 122 99 12 95 91 3 1 10 1019 100 1.463 9.5 0.5 3.7 3.5 0.96 100
1952 31 9 10 .474 3.98 100 17 33 4 0 1 255.2 272 137 113 12 102 105 3 1 10 1122 97 1.463 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 97
1953 32 9 10 .474 3.98 100 17 33 4 0 1 255.2 272 137 113 12 102 105 3 1 10 1122 97 1.463 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 97
1954 33 9 10 .474 3.98 100 17 33 4 0 1 255.2 272 137 113 12 102 105 3 1 10 1122 97 1.463 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 97
1955 34 9 10 .474 3.98 100 17 33 4 0 1 255.2 272 137 113 12 102 105 3 1 10 1122 97 1.463 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 97
1956 35 11 14 .440 3.81 125 17 50 4 0 5 307.1 317 156 130 18 116 3 124 5 1 11 1329 103 1.409 9.3 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.07 103
1957 36 17 20 .459 3.65 172 17 83 4 0 11 402.1 411 194 163 24 138 8 163 6 1 13 1727 107 1.365 9.2 0.5 3.1 3.6 1.18 107
1958 37 20 22 .476 3.69 207 17 105 4 0 12 456.2 476 226 187 29 156 13 192 8 1 13 1969 106 1.384 9.4 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.23 106
1959 38 21 22 .488 3.62 218 17 111 4 0 12 469.2 487 228 189 31 161 14 196 8 1 13 2021 108 1.380 9.3 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.22 108
1960 39 22 22 .500 3.70 237 17 120 4 0 14 491.2 519 242 202 34 167 14 209 9 1 14 2127 105 1.395 9.5 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.25 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1943 22 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 16 7 6 0 6 6 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1944 23 2 2 .500 3.77 43.0 40 20 18 2 22 13 0 1.442 8.4 4.6 2.7 0.59 0.4 9
1945 24 4 6 .400 4.82 97.0 116 58 52 3 43 40 1 1.639 10.8 4.0 3.7 0.93 0.3 33
1950 29 1 0 1.000 1.69 16.0 11 3 3 1 4 5 0 0.938 6.2 2.3 2.8 1.25 0.6 4
1951 30 4 3 .571 3.18 68.0 70 27 24 6 25 29 2 1.397 9.3 3.3 3.8 1.16 0.8 40
1952 31 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 31 17 15 0 7 13 0 1.652 12.1 2.7 5.1 1.86 0.0 12
1956 35 3 2 .600 2.94 52.0 45 19 17 6 14 19 2 1.135 7.8 2.4 3.3 1.36 1.0 25
1957 36 6 4 .600 3.21 98.0 100 39 35 6 23 40 1 1.255 9.2 2.1 3.7 1.74 0.6 47
1958 37 3 3 .500 4.33 54.0 69 29 26 5 19 29 2 1.630 11.5 3.2 4.8 1.53 0.8 35
1959 38 1 0 1.000 1.50 12.0 12 2 2 2 5 4 0 1.417 9.0 3.8 3.0 0.80 1.5 11
1960 39 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 35 17 15 3 7 13 1 1.826 13.7 2.7 5.1 1.86 1.2 19
11 Yrs 26 23 .531 3.85 498.0 545 238 213 34 175 211 9 1.446 9.8 3.8 1.21 0.6 237

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1957 AL  47 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL  33 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 NL  born 1920-10-26 (9th)
1960 NL  born 1920-10-26 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Eldred Bud William Byerly

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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