Harry Byrd
Harry Gladwin Byrd
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
Final Game: September 27, 1957
Died: May 14, 1985 in Darlington, SC
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Standard Pitching

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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
1950 25 PHA AL 0 0 16.88 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 25 20 20 3 9 2 2 0 3 65 27 3.188 21.1 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22
1952 27 PHA AL 15 15 .500 3.31 37 28 7 15 3 2 228.1 244 100 84 12 98 116 7 0 4 1008 119 1.498 9.6 0.5 3.9 4.6 1.18 RoY-1
1953 28 PHA AL 11 20 .355 5.51 40 37 0 11 2 0 236.2 279 155 145 23 115 122 14 1 6 1090 78 1.665 10.6 0.9 4.4 4.6 1.06
1954 29 NYY AL 9 7 .563 2.99 25 21 0 5 1 0 132.1 131 56 44 10 43 52 7 0 5 567 114 1.315 8.9 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.21
1955 30 TOT AL 7 8 .467 4.61 39 20 9 2 2 2 156.1 149 82 80 17 58 5 69 9 0 1 667 84 1.324 8.6 1.0 3.3 4.0 1.19
1955 30 BAL AL 3 2 .600 4.55 14 8 3 1 1 1 65.1 64 33 33 7 28 1 25 7 0 0 287 84 1.408 8.8 1.0 3.9 3.4 0.89
1955 30 CHW AL 4 6 .400 4.65 25 12 6 1 1 1 91.0 85 49 47 10 30 4 44 2 0 1 380 84 1.264 8.4 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.47
1956 31 CHW AL 0 1 .000 10.38 3 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 6 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 40 3.000 18.7 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
1957 32 DET AL 4 3 .571 3.36 37 1 18 0 0 5 59.0 53 23 22 6 28 4 20 2 0 1 252 115 1.373 8.1 0.9 4.3 3.1 0.71
7 Seasons 46 54 .460 4.35 187 108 36 33 8 9 827.2 890 442 400 71 355 9 381 41 1 20 3675 91 1.504 9.7 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.07
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .460 4.35 43 25 8 8 2 2 191 205 102 92 16 82 88 9 0 5 847 91 1.504 9.7 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.07
PHA (3 yrs) 26 35 .426 4.71 83 65 9 26 5 2 475.2 548 275 249 38 222 240 23 1 13 2163 87 1.619 10.4 0.7 4.2 4.5 1.08
CHW (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.91 28 13 6 1 1 1 95.1 94 55 52 10 34 4 44 2 0 1 406 80 1.343 8.9 0.9 3.2 4.2 1.29
NYY (1 yr) 9 7 .563 2.99 25 21 0 5 1 0 132.1 131 56 44 10 43 52 7 0 5 567 114 1.315 8.9 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.21
DET (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.36 37 1 18 0 0 5 59.0 53 23 22 6 28 4 20 2 0 1 252 115 1.373 8.1 0.9 4.3 3.1 0.71
BAL (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.55 14 8 3 1 1 1 65.1 64 33 33 7 28 1 25 7 0 0 287 84 1.408 8.8 1.0 3.9 3.4 0.89

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 29 NYY AL 25 566 507 56 131 19 2 10 5 2 43 52 .258 .321 .363 .684 .268 184 16 7 3 6
1955 30 TOT AL 39 666 584 82 149 27 6 17 4 4 58 69 .255 .329 .409 .739 .262 239 13 9 10 5 5
1955 30 BAL AL 14 287 245 33 64 15 1 7 1 2 28 25 .261 .350 .416 .766 .264 102 6 7 4 3 1
1955 30 CHW AL 25 379 339 49 85 12 5 10 3 2 30 44 .251 .314 .404 .718 .261 137 7 2 6 2 4
1956 31 CHW AL 3 26 19 6 9 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 .474 .542 .684 1.226 .450 13 0 0 2 1 0
1957 32 DET AL 37 252 213 23 53 3 2 6 1 4 28 20 .249 .339 .366 .705 .249 78 3 2 7 2 4
4 Seasons 104 1510 1323 167 342 51 11 33 10 10 133 141 .259 .331 .389 .720 .266 514 32 18 22 14 9
162 Game Avg. 48 699 612 77 158 24 5 15 5 5 62 65 .259 .331 .389 .720 .266 238 15 8 10 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 29 NYY AL 25 21 9 7 5 2 3 14 7 .667 0 3 5 1 11 52% 52 78 30 11 2 3 11 5.6 5.8 6.0
1955 30 TOT AL 39 20 6 7 7 2 1 11 9 .550 0 2 2 2 8 40% 50 79 20 31 12 7 4 4.8 4.2 5.8
1955 30 BAL AL 14 8 3 2 3 1 0 6 2 .750 0 1 1 1 3 38% 50 79 26 11 1 2 2 5.6 4.4 6.2
1955 30 CHW AL 25 12 3 5 4 1 1 5 7 .417 0 1 1 1 5 42% 50 79 20 20 11 5 2 4.2 4.0 5.6
1956 31 CHW AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 3 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 4.0
1957 32 DET AL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 10 5 1 0 8.4 0.0
4 Seasons 104 43 15 15 13 4 4 26 17 .605 0 6 7 3 19 44% 50 79 20 55 19 11 16 5.1 4.9 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 29 NYY AL 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 57% 3 0.837 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 5.0
1955 30 TOT AL 39 19 9 1 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 26 8 31% 1.042 7 7 5 3 1 15 13 6 14 3 14 1 6.3
1955 30 BAL AL 14 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 1 1.041 3 3 0 1 0 5 4 2 4 1 4 0 8.0
1955 30 CHW AL 25 13 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 18 6 33% 7 1.043 4 4 5 2 1 10 9 4 10 2 10 1 5.5
1956 31 CHW AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 2 0.780 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.5
1957 32 DET AL 37 36 18 4 3 6 5 1 83% 7 0 25 4 16% 8 1.338 14 6 16 7 7 22 14 22 19 6 20 10 4.9
4 Seasons 104 61 27 5 4 8 7 1 88% 11 2 63 20 32% 1.013 24 14 23 12 9 40 32 29 35 11 36 11 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1950 25 PHA AL
1952 27 PHA AL
1953 28 PHA AL
1954 29 NYY AL 566 31% 1.8% 9.2% 7.6% 5.5% 24% 0.90 80% 117 16 14%
1955 30 TOT AL 666 44% 2.6% 10.4% 8.7% 7.5% 34% 0.77 76% 132 13 10%
1955 30 BAL AL 287 36% 2.4% 8.7% 9.8% 8.0% 36% 0.81 75% 63 6 10%
1955 30 CHW AL 379 49% 2.6% 11.6% 7.9% 7.1% 32% 0.75 76% 69 7 10%
1956 31 CHW AL 26 35% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 11.5% 33% 0.63 77% 6 0 0%
1957 32 DET AL 252 38% 2.4% 7.9% 11.1% 4.4% 21% 0.55 75% 53 3 6%
7 Seasons 1510 38% 4.7% 25.2% 23.5% 6.3% 11% 0.77 77% 308 32 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1950 25 PHA AL 25 3 3
1952 27 PHA AL 244 12 4
1953 28 PHA AL 279 23 6
1954 29 NYY AL 541 131 10 1 17 6 3 4 5 23 17 2 74% 8 5 0 213 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 25
1955 30 TOT AL 666 149 17 0 12 10 7 8 9 27 14 3 52% 7 1 0 255 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1955 30 BAL AL 287 64 7 0 6 3 4 2 5 9 4 0 44% 2 0 0 126 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 30 CHW AL 379 85 10 0 6 7 3 6 4 18 10 3 56% 5 1 0 129 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1956 31 CHW AL 26 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 32 DET AL 252 53 6 1 12 5 1 5 1 13 5 0 38% 3 1 1 100 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Seasons 1485 890 71 2 43 21 11 17 15 66 39 5 59% 18 20 1 582 10 10 50% 10 9 0 0 0 1 2 0 27 25
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1950 25 0 0 16.88 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 25 20 20 3 9 2 2 0 3 65 27 3.188 21.1 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22 27
1951 26 0 0 16.88 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 25 20 20 3 9 2 2 0 3 65 27 3.188 21.1 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22 27
1952 27 15 15 .500 3.92 43 28 9 15 3 2 239.0 269 120 104 15 107 118 9 0 7 1073 101 1.573 10.1 0.6 4.0 4.4 1.10 101
1953 28 26 35 .426 4.71 83 65 9 26 5 2 475.2 548 275 249 38 222 240 23 1 13 2163 87 1.619 10.4 0.7 4.2 4.5 1.08 87
1954 29 35 42 .455 4.34 108 86 9 31 6 2 608.0 679 331 293 48 265 292 30 1 18 2730 91 1.553 10.1 0.7 3.9 4.3 1.10 91
1955 30 42 50 .457 4.39 147 106 18 33 8 4 764.1 828 413 373 65 323 5 361 39 1 19 3397 90 1.506 9.7 0.8 3.8 4.3 1.12 90
1956 31 42 51 .452 4.43 150 107 18 33 8 4 768.2 837 419 378 65 327 5 361 39 1 19 3423 89 1.514 9.8 0.8 3.8 4.2 1.10 89
1957 32 46 54 .460 4.35 187 108 36 33 8 9 827.2 890 442 400 71 355 9 381 41 1 20 3675 91 1.504 9.7 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.07 91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950 25 0 1 .000 14.73 11.0 24 20 18 3 9 2 2 3.000 19.6 7.4 1.6 0.22 2.5 6
1952 27 15 10 .600 3.35 231.0 252 96 86 12 101 117 7 1.528 9.8 3.9 4.6 1.16 0.5 37
1953 28 10 16 .385 5.22 243.0 281 157 141 23 116 125 14 1.634 10.4 4.3 4.6 1.08 0.9 40
1954 29 8 6 .571 3.67 130.0 147 59 53 11 48 51 8 1.500 10.2 3.3 3.5 1.06 0.8 25
1955 30 7 10 .412 4.90 156.0 158 94 85 18 62 69 10 1.410 9.1 3.6 4.0 1.11 1.0 39
1956 31 0 0 9.00 5.0 9 6 5 0 4 0 0 2.600 16.2 7.2 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1957 32 3 3 .500 3.66 59.0 57 27 24 6 30 20 2 1.475 8.7 4.6 3.1 0.67 0.9 37
7 Seasons 43 46 .483 4.44 835.0 928 459 412 73 370 384 43 1.554 10.0 4.1 1.04 0.8 187

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  15 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL  1.324 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  4.639 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL  228.3 (10th)
1953 AL  236.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 AL  122 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1953 AL  37 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL  15 (7th)
1953 AL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 AL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  23 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  98 (5th)
1953 AL  115 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  244 (2nd)
1953 AL  279 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  .473 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL  15 (4th)
1953 AL  20 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  145 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (9th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL  7 (3rd)
1953 AL  14 (1st)
1954 AL  7 (5th)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL  1008 (6th)
1953 AL  1090 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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