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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

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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
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 22 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 5 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 PHA AL 25 P 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .950 0.97
1952 PHA AL 27 P 37 62 26 32 4 5 .935 1.57 .968 1.03 RoY-1
1953 PHA AL 28 P 40 43 6 35 2 1 .953 1.03 .958 0.88
1954 NYY AL 29 P 25 21 132.1 28 5 21 2 2 .929 1.77 1.04 .961 2.01 0.93
1955 TOT AL 30 P 39 20 156.1 34 9 24 1 0 .971 1.90 0.85 .953 1.99 0.83
1955 BAL AL 30 P 14 8 65.1 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.86 .950 1.98 0.83
1955 CHW AL 30 P 25 12 91.0 22 5 16 1 0 .955 2.08 0.84 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 CHW AL 31 P 3 1 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.67 .950 1.87 0.83
1957 DET AL 32 P 37 1 59.0 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.27 .960 1.98 0.86
7 Seasons P 187 43 352.0 181 46 126 9 8 .950 4.40 0.92 .961 1.99 0.90
7 Seasons TOT 187 43 352.0 181 46 126 9 8 .950 4.40 0.92 .911 1.99 0.90

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

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Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (784), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

December 16, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Loren Babe, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Eddie Robinson to the New York Yankees for Don Bollweg, Jim Finigan, Johnny Gray, Vic Power, Bill Renna and Jim Robertson.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Billy Hunter, Don Larsen and Bob Turley. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954) and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954) and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

June 15, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.

May 15, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jim Brideweser and Bob Kennedy to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield.

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