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Harry Byrd

Harry Gladwin Byrd

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: February 3, 1925 in Darlington, SC
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/WhiteSox/Yankees/Orioles 1950-1957

Final Game: September 27, 1957
Died: May 14, 1985 in Darlington, SC
Buried: Darlington Memory Gardens, Hartsville, SC
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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
1950 25 PHA AL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 27 PHA AL 37 84 75 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .133 .167 .160 .327 -11 12 0 0 6 1 RoY-1
1953 28 PHA AL 40 85 81 9 18 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 13 .222 .232 .222 .454 21 18 3 0 3 1
1954 29 NYY AL 25 53 46 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 10 .196 .260 .196 .456 28 9 1 0 3 0 1
1955 30 TOT AL 39 56 49 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 .102 .120 .102 .222 -39 5 1 0 6 0 0 1
1955 30 BAL AL 14 23 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 1
1955 30 CHW AL 25 33 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1956 31 CHW AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 32 DET AL 37 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
7 Seasons 187 291 262 16 42 2 0 0 14 1 1 9 60 .160 .188 .168 .356 -3 44 5 0 20 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 252 227 14 36 2 0 0 12 1 1 8 52 .160 .188 .168 .356 -3 38 4 0 17
PHA (3 yrs) 83 171 158 13 28 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 35 .177 .198 .190 .387 4 30 3 0 9
CHW (2 yrs) 28 34 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .065 .065 .065 .129 -66 2 0 0 3 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 25 53 46 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 10 .196 .260 .196 .456 28 9 1 0 3 0
DET (1 yr) 37 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 14 23 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 1 3 1 0 3 0 0

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
1950 25 PHA AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1952 27 PHA AL 84 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-1
1953 28 PHA AL 85 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1954 29 NYY AL 53 -4 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1955 30 BAL AL 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1955 30 CHW AL 33 -7 0 2 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1956 31 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1957 32 DET AL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 291 -37 0 1 0 0 21 7 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $
PHA (3 yrs) 171 -21 0 0 0 0 12 4 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $
CHW (2 yrs) 34 -7 0 2 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
NYY (1 yr) 53 -4 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
BAL (1 yr) 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $

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
1950 25 PHA AL 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .362 .000 .414 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1952 27 PHA AL 84 71 2 0.8 101 .185 .133 .267 .167 .348 .160 .390 .327 .738 -11 .043 -11.8 -1.2 .231 .067 .027
1953 28 PHA AL 85 69 4 1.6 106 .265 .222 .274 .232 .351 .222 .404 .454 .755 21 .128 -9.5 -1.0 .288 .012 .000
1954 29 NYY AL 53 42 2 1.3 96 .250 .196 .262 .260 .337 .196 .383 .456 .720 28 .100 -4.6 -0.5 .308 .065 .000
1955 30 TOT AL 56 51 1 0.5 101 .139 .102 .265 .120 .344 .102 .395 .222 .738 -39 .018 -9.8 -1.0 .156 .041 .000 .0
1955 30 BAL AL 23 20 1 1.3 96 .231 .158 .257 .200 .335 .158 .383 .358 .717 1 .095 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .105 .000 .0
1955 30 CHW AL 33 31 0 0.0 105 .087 .067 .270 .067 .350 .067 .402 .133 .752 -64 .000 -7.2 -0.7 .071 .000 .000
1956 31 CHW AL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .000 .351 .000 .410 .000 .761 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1957 32 DET AL 10 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .402 .000 .742 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
7 Seasons 291 246 9 1.0 102 .208 .160 .268 .188 .346 .168 .394 .356 .740 -3 .061 -38.7 -4.0 .235 .042 .008 .0
162 Game Avg. 252 213 8 1.0 102 .208 .160 .268 .188 .346 .168 .394 .356 .740 -3 .061 -38.7 -4.0 .235 .042 .008
PHA (3 yrs) 171 142 6 1.1 104 .228 .177 .271 .198 .350 .190 .397 .387 .747 4 .080 -21.8 -2.3 .256 .038 .013
CHW (2 yrs) 34 32 0 0.0 105 .083 .065 .270 .065 .350 .065 .402 .129 .752 -66 .000 -7.5 -0.8 .069 .000 .000
NYY (1 yr) 53 42 2 1.3 96 .250 .196 .262 .260 .337 .196 .383 .456 .720 28 .099 -4.6 -0.5 .308 .065 .000
DET (1 yr) 10 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .402 .000 .742 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
BAL (1 yr) 23 20 1 1.3 96 .231 .158 .257 .200 .335 .158 .383 .358 .717 1 .095 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .105 .000 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1950 25 PHA AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1952 27 PHA AL 84 0.0% 25.0% 3.6% 2.4% 20% 7.00 3.6 37.5 1.67 64%
1953 28 PHA AL 85 0.0% 15.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 13.00 6.2 13.5 1.65 80%
1954 29 NYY AL 53 0.0% 18.9% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 2.50 4.6 9.2 5.20 68%
1955 30 TOT AL 56 0.0% 23.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0% 13.00 3.8 49.0 3.00 64%
1955 30 BAL AL 23 0.0% 26.1% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 6.00 3.2 19.0 3.67 57%
1955 30 CHW AL 33 0.0% 21.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 2.67 70%
1956 31 CHW AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1957 32 DET AL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 8.00 60%
7 Seasons 291 0.0% 20.6% 3.1% 0.7% 5% 6.67 4.4 18.7 2.35 69%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.0% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.17 8.0 41.3 8.1 0.96 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 25 PHA AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .11 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.17 -0.6 0
1952 27 PHA AL -11.8 -1.2 70 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 1.13 -1.0 -0.0 -9.1 -0.9 0.91 -10.0 0
1953 28 PHA AL -9.5 -1.0 81 -1.1 1.0 -2.2 1.09 -0.9 -0.2 -10.3 -1.0 1.03 -9.4 0
1954 29 NYY AL -4.6 -0.5 55 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .70 -0.4 -0.3 -6.0 -0.6 1.00 -5.6 0
1955 30 TOT AL -9.8 -1.0 56 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 1.04 -0.8 0.1 -8.8 -0.9 0.97 -8.4 0
1955 30 BAL AL -2.6 -0.3 23 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 1.03 -0.3 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.00 -2.8 0
1955 30 CHW AL -7.2 -0.7 33 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.05 -0.5 0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.95 -5.7 0
1956 31 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.65 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.40 -0.3 0
1957 32 DET AL -2.2 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .95 -0.2 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.88 -2.3 0
7 Seasons -38.7 -4.0 275 -3.8 2.5 -6.2 1.00 -3.4 -0.4 -37.2 -3.8 0.98 -36.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1950 25 PHA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 PHA AL 1 0 31% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 28 PHA AL 3 0 47% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30% 6 6 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1954 29 NYY AL 0 0 8% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1955 30 TOT AL 3 0 33% 18 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 BAL AL 0 0 0% 6 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 CHW AL 3 0 100% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 32 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7 0 31% 73 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 29% 11 10 1 3 2 1 3 0 3

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
1950 25 PHA AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 PHA AL 69 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 11 0 0% 13 2 15% 33 2 6% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 15
1953 28 PHA AL 81 26% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 17 3 18% 20 5 25% 63 8 13% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 4
1954 29 NYY AL 53 34% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 1 10% 12 1 8% 36 5 14% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1955 30 TOT AL 56 30% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 15 1 7% 17 2 12% 38 1 3% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1955 30 BAL AL 23 30% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 1 17% 8 1 13% 18 1 6% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1955 30 CHW AL 33 30% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 9 0 0% 9 1 11% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1956 31 CHW AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 32 DET AL 10 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 272 29% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 20 77% 59 5 8% 69 10 14% 178 16 9% 13 3 23% 11 5 45% 19
MLB Averages 49% 87% 11% 32% 14% 50% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1950 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1951 26 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1952 27 43 86 77 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 22 .130 .163 .156 .318 -13 12 0 0 6
1953 28 83 171 158 13 28 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 35 .177 .198 .190 .387 4 30 3 0 9
1954 29 108 224 204 14 37 2 0 0 13 0 1 8 45 .181 .212 .191 .403 10 39 4 0 12 0
1955 30 147 280 253 16 42 2 0 0 14 1 1 9 58 .166 .195 .174 .369 0 44 5 0 18 0 0
1956 31 150 281 254 16 42 2 0 0 14 1 1 9 58 .165 .194 .173 .367 -0 44 5 0 18 0 0
1957 32 187 291 262 16 42 2 0 0 14 1 1 9 60 .160 .188 .168 .356 -3 44 5 0 20 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1952 27 39 81 78 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 22 .128 .160 .154 .314 2 37
1953 28 42 85 84 9 18 0 0 0 6 0 1 14 .214 .224 .214 .438 4 40
1954 29 26 55 50 1 11 0 0 0 7 0 5 10 .220 .291 .220 .511 3 25
1955 30 41 54 53 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 14 .132 .148 .132 .280 1 39
1956 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1957 32 39 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
7 Seasons 196 286 276 17 46 2 0 0 16 1 10 63 .167 .196 .174 .370 10 187
162 Game Avg. 162 236 228 14 38 2 0 0 13 1 8 52 .167 .196 .174 .370 8 187

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1952 AL Rookie of the Year

                                         

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