Marlon Byrd
Marlon Jerrard Byrd
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 30, 1977 in Boynton Beach, FL
High School: Sprayberry (Marietta, GA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
2002 24 PHI NL 10 36 35 2 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 .229 .250 .371 .621 66 13 0 0 0 0 0 /89
2003 25 PHI NL 135 553 495 86 150 28 4 7 45 11 1 44 94 .303 .366 .418 .784 111 207 8 7 4 3 3 *8 RoY-4
2004 26 PHI NL 106 378 346 48 79 13 2 5 33 2 2 22 68 .228 .287 .321 .608 54 111 10 7 2 1 1 8
2005 27 TOT NL 79 259 229 20 61 15 2 2 26 5 1 19 50 .266 .323 .376 .698 87 86 5 2 5 4 1 78/9D
2005 27 PHI NL 5 15 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .308 .400 .308 .708 86 4 0 1 0 0 0 /8
2005 27 WSN NL 74 244 216 20 57 15 2 2 26 5 1 18 47 .264 .318 .380 .698 87 82 5 1 5 4 1 78/9D
2006 28 WSN NL 78 228 197 28 44 8 1 5 18 3 3 22 47 .223 .317 .350 .667 76 69 6 6 1 2 1 89/7
2007 29 TEX AL 109 454 414 60 127 17 8 10 70 5 3 29 88 .307 .355 .459 .814 112 190 9 5 0 6 3 *897
2008 30 TEX AL 122 462 403 70 120 28 4 10 53 7 2 46 62 .298 .380 .462 .842 121 186 10 9 2 2 3 *897
2009 31 TEX AL 146 599 547 66 155 43 2 20 89 8 4 32 98 .283 .329 .479 .808 106 262 11 10 0 10 2 *87/9
8 Seasons 785 2969 2666 380 744 154 23 60 335 41 18 215 515 .279 .340 .422 .762 99 1124 59 46 14 28 14
162 Game Avg. 162 613 550 78 154 32 5 12 69 8 4 44 106 .279 .340 .422 .762 99 232 12 9 3 6 3
PHI (4 yrs) 256 982 889 136 241 43 6 13 79 13 5 68 173 .271 .332 .377 .709 86 335 18 15 6 4 4
TEX (3 yrs) 377 1515 1364 196 402 88 14 40 212 20 9 107 248 .295 .352 .468 .820 112 638 30 24 2 18 8
WSN (2 yrs) 152 472 413 48 101 23 3 7 44 8 4 40 94 .245 .318 .366 .683 82 151 11 7 6 6 2
NL (5 yrs) 408 1454 1302 184 342 66 9 20 123 21 9 108 267 .263 .327 .373 .701 85 486 29 22 12 10 6
AL (3 yrs) 377 1515 1364 196 402 88 14 40 212 20 9 107 248 .295 .352 .468 .820 112 638 30 24 2 18 8

Advanced Batting

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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
2002 24 PHI NL 36 29 3 2.8 102 .269 .229 .259 .250 .332 .371 .412 .621 .743 66 .268 -1.8 -0.2 .414 .114 .143 .0
2003 25 PHI NL 553 361 79 5.9 103 .360 .303 .260 .366 .331 .418 .417 .784 .748 111 .578 9.6 0.9 .757 .224 .115 8.6
2004 26 PHI NL 378 282 31 3.0 115 .270 .228 .275 .287 .348 .321 .446 .608 .794 54 .274 -25.2 -2.4 .502 .156 .092 2.9
2005 27 TOT NL 259 183 29 4.2 104 .326 .266 .263 .323 .333 .376 .419 .698 .752 87 .439 -3.7 -0.3 .638 .210 .109 2.9
2005 27 PHI NL 15 9 2 5.9 112 .400 .308 .274 .400 .345 .308 .437 .708 .782 86 .593 -0.2 0.0 .667 .077 .000
2005 27 WSN NL 244 174 27 4.1 104 .322 .264 .262 .318 .332 .380 .418 .698 .750 87 .431 -3.5 -0.3 .636 .218 .116 2.9
2006 28 WSN NL 228 165 22 3.6 107 .265 .223 .265 .317 .335 .350 .430 .667 .765 76 .342 -6.4 -0.6 .599 .239 .127 3.8
2007 29 TEX AL 454 305 67 5.9 108 .363 .307 .272 .355 .340 .459 .426 .814 .765 112 .568 6.5 0.6 .756 .227 .152 6.7
2008 30 TEX AL 462 299 72 6.4 107 .330 .298 .270 .380 .339 .462 .425 .842 .763 121 .617 13.5 1.3 .834 .290 .164 8.2
2009 31 TEX AL 599 417 86 5.5 111 .308 .283 .272 .329 .341 .479 .437 .808 .778 106 .538 4.8 0.5 .757 .261 .196 11.4
8 Seasons 2969 2041 389 5.1 108 .323 .279 .269 .340 .338 .422 .428 .762 .767 99 .509 -2.6 -0.2 .704 .232 .143 48.7
162 Game Avg. 613 421 80 5.1 108 .323 .279 .269 .340 .338 .422 .428 .762 .767 99 .509 -2.6 -0.2 .704 .232 .143 10
PHI (4 yrs) 982 681 115 4.5 108 .322 .271 .266 .332 .338 .377 .429 .709 .766 86 .458 -17.6 -1.7 .635 .191 .106 13.0
TEX (3 yrs) 1515 1021 225 5.9 109 .331 .295 .272 .352 .340 .468 .430 .820 .770 112 .572 24.8 2.4 .779 .260 .173 26.7
WSN (2 yrs) 472 339 49 3.9 105 .296 .245 .264 .318 .333 .366 .424 .683 .757 82 .388 -9.8 -0.9 .618 .228 .121 7.5
NL (5 yrs) 1454 1020 164 4.3 107 .314 .263 .265 .327 .336 .373 .427 .701 .763 85 .435 -27.4 -2.6 .629 .203 .111 20.5
AL (3 yrs) 1515 1021 225 5.9 109 .331 .295 .272 .352 .340 .468 .430 .820 .770 112 .572 24.8 2.4 .779 .260 .173 26.7

Ratio Batting*

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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
2002 24 PHI NL 36 2.8% 22.2% 2.8% 8.3% 38% 8.00 4.4 35.0 35.0 1.60 2.60 72% 22% 12.5% 20%
2003 25 PHI NL 553 1.3% 17.0% 8.0% 7.1% 26% 2.14 5.3 70.7 11.0 1.05 1.23 72% 23% 4.0% 10%
2004 26 PHI NL 378 1.3% 18.0% 5.8% 5.3% 25% 3.09 5.1 69.2 10.5 1.38 1.62 72% 14% 4.8% 10%
2005 27 TOT NL 259 0.8% 19.3% 7.3% 7.3% 31% 2.63 4.6 114.5 8.8 0.62 0.73 70% 21% 2.0% 13%
2005 27 PHI NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.3 0.67 1.00 67% 30% 0.0% 0%
2005 27 WSN NL 244 0.8% 19.3% 7.4% 7.8% 33% 2.61 4.6 108.0 8.3 0.61 0.72 70% 21% 2.2% 13%
2006 28 WSN NL 228 2.2% 20.6% 9.7% 6.1% 32% 2.14 4.2 39.4 10.9 0.85 1.18 64% 16% 6.8% 10%
2007 29 TEX AL 454 2.2% 19.4% 6.4% 7.7% 28% 3.03 4.7 41.4 5.9 0.89 1.27 71% 22% 6.5% 12%
2008 30 TEX AL 462 2.2% 13.4% 10.0% 9.1% 35% 1.35 6.5 40.3 7.6 0.82 1.20 72% 23% 5.7% 7%
2009 31 TEX AL 599 3.3% 16.4% 5.3% 10.9% 42% 3.06 5.6 27.4 6.1 0.69 0.79 73% 19% 8.5% 13%
8 Seasons 2969 2.0% 17.4% 7.2% 8.0% 32% 2.40 5.2 44.4 8.0 0.89 1.11 71% 20% 5.9% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2002 24 PHI NL 1 0 13% 13 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 9 0 41% 280 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 15 43% 42 31 11 9 4 5 22 6 15
2004 26 PHI NL 8 0 42% 161 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 50% 22 15 7 2 1 1 16 4 12
2005 27 TOT NL 1 0 23% 103 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 5 39% 11 9 2 4 0 3 8 4 4
2005 27 PHI NL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 1 0 24% 94 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 5 39% 11 9 2 4 0 3 8 4 4
2006 28 WSN NL 6 0 34% 107 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 42% 14 11 3 4 3 1 8 1 7
2007 29 TEX AL 7 0 33% 194 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 57% 20 12 8 8 3 5 16 4 12
2008 30 TEX AL 6 0 36% 176 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 46% 26 18 6 13 5 7 18 5 13
2009 31 TEX AL 10 0 26% 223 8 4 67% 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 16 33% 25 19 5 12 7 5 20 10 9
8 Seasons 48 0 34% 1257 41 18 69% 39 17 2 0 0 1 11 6 31 80 44% 161 116 42 53 24 27 108 34 72
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2002 24 PHI NL 36 25% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2003 25 PHI NL 553 23% 150 27 2 7 1 0 1 0.46 7 1 17 6 1 3 4 0 8 4 50% 81 8 10% 46 16 35% 300 38 13% 25 14 56% 45 19 42% 0
2004 26 PHI NL 378 21% 79 15 0 11 4 0 0 1.30 5 1 11 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 61 10 16% 30 7 23% 194 28 14% 19 10 53% 15 6 40% 0
2005 27 TOT NL 259 40% 61 7 0 10 4 0 2 1.50 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 6 5 83% 52 5 10% 23 10 43% 150 26 17% 16 10 63% 8 4 50% 0
2005 27 PHI NL 15 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 244 41% 57 7 0 10 4 0 2 1.50 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 6 5 83% 50 5 10% 22 10 45% 142 26 18% 16 10 63% 8 4 50% 0
2006 28 WSN NL 228 36% 44 1 0 5 0 0 0 2.19 5 0 8 3 2 1 4 0 1 1 100% 36 6 17% 17 6 35% 120 16 13% 11 8 73% 11 2 18% 0
2007 29 TEX AL 454 25% 127 24 1 5 3 1 2 1.32 10 1 13 9 1 4 6 0 1 0 0% 90 9 10% 34 10 29% 326 66 20% 27 19 70% 27 8 30% 0
2008 30 TEX AL 462 34% 120 11 0 4 0 0 0 2.56 10 2 17 4 6 7 3 0 2 2 100% 99 10 10% 47 17 36% 343 44 13% 28 13 46% 29 15 52% 0
2009 31 TEX AL 599 30% 155 18 0 2 0 0 0 0.51 20 1 18 13 7 14 6 0 0 0 122 11 9% 54 18 33% 387 69 18% 45 27 60% 35 19 54% 0
8 Seasons 2969 29% 744 104 3 44 12 1 5 1.39 60 6 93 40 20 33 27 0 21 14 67% 545 59 11% 253 84 33% 1839 287 16% 172 101 59% 171 73 43% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 PHI NL 36 134 3.72 87 65% 38% 17% 14% 31% 62% 0% 40% 72% 11% 3% 1 0 14% 5 3 11% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 553 2120 3.83 1348 64% 30% 14% 25% 30% 70% 2% 44% 79% 18% 5% 28 0 17% 93 32 10% 56 32 14% 0 0 0
2004 26 PHI NL 378 1363 3.61 896 66% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 0% 47% 80% 26% 4% 15 0 12% 47 18 8% 30 20 29% 0 0 0
2005 27 TOT NL 259 1071 4.14 686 64% 32% 15% 26% 27% 68% 1% 44% 78% 24% 5% 12 0 9% 24 3 10% 25 12 26% 0 0 0
2005 27 PHI NL 15 49 3.27 33 67% 39% 27% 3% 30% 61% 0% 41% 55% 27% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2005 27 WSN NL 244 1022 4.19 653 64% 32% 14% 27% 27% 68% 1% 44% 79% 24% 5% 12 0 10% 24 3 10% 25 12 26% 0 0 0
2006 28 WSN NL 228 943 4.14 594 63% 34% 14% 27% 26% 66% 1% 42% 79% 21% 4% 9 0 14% 33 5 10% 22 9 28% 0 0 0
2007 29 TEX AL 454 1727 3.80 1185 69% 24% 16% 32% 28% 76% 2% 52% 79% 33% 5% 23 0 13% 60 12 7% 34 19 17% 0 0 0
2008 30 TEX AL 462 1707 3.69 1080 63% 22% 14% 32% 32% 78% 2% 50% 82% 36% 5% 22 2 15% 68 24 8% 37 13 10% 0 0 0
2009 31 TEX AL 599 2149 3.59 1393 65% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 1% 51% 79% 37% 5% 29 2 14% 83 28 7% 43 27 15% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2969 11214 3.78 7269 65% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 48% 79% 29% 5% 139 4 14% 413 125 8% 251 134 19% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2002 24 10 36 35 2 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 .229 .250 .371 .621 66 13 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 145 589 530 88 158 30 4 8 46 11 3 45 102 .298 .359 .415 .774 108 220 8 7 4 3 3
2004 26 251 967 876 136 237 43 6 13 79 13 5 67 170 .271 .331 .378 .709 86 331 18 14 6 4 4
2005 27 330 1226 1105 156 298 58 8 15 105 18 6 86 220 .270 .329 .377 .707 86 417 23 16 11 8 5
2006 28 408 1454 1302 184 342 66 9 20 123 21 9 108 267 .263 .327 .373 .701 85 486 29 22 12 10 6
2007 29 517 1908 1716 244 469 83 17 30 193 26 12 137 355 .273 .334 .394 .728 91 676 38 27 12 16 9
2008 30 639 2370 2119 314 589 111 21 40 246 33 14 183 417 .278 .343 .407 .750 97 862 48 36 14 18 12
2009 31 785 2969 2666 380 744 154 23 60 335 41 18 215 515 .279 .340 .422 .762 99 1124 59 46 14 28 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 24 10 36 35 2 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 .229 .250 .371 .621 3 10
2003 25 135 561 504 89 159 30 4 7 46 12 47 94 .315 .380 .433 .812 82 135
2004 26 106 371 342 44 75 12 2 5 30 2 21 68 .219 .278 .310 .588 28 106
2005 27 79 258 232 21 64 16 2 2 27 5 20 50 .276 .333 .388 .721 30 79
2006 28 78 228 198 28 45 8 1 5 18 3 22 47 .227 .320 .354 .674 22 78
2007 29 109 450 411 57 124 17 8 10 67 5 28 88 .302 .349 .455 .804 64 109
2008 30 122 461 404 68 121 28 4 10 51 7 46 62 .300 .382 .463 .845 70 122
2009 31 146 597 545 64 153 42 2 20 86 8 32 98 .281 .327 .475 .802 83 146
8 Seasons 785 2962 2671 373 749 155 23 60 326 42 217 515 .280 .342 .423 .765 382 785
162 Game Avg. 162 611 551 77 155 32 5 12 67 9 45 106 .280 .342 .423 .765 79 785

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
2009 AL--43--8th

Triples s c a p y
2007 AL--8--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL--10--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL--10--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gene Moore (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Maye (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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