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Samuel Byrd

Samuel Dewey Byrd (Babe Ruth's Legs)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 15, 1906 in Bremen, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1929
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Reds 1929-1936

Final Game: September 27, 1936
Died: May 11, 1981 in Mesa, AZ
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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
1929 22 NYY AL 62 202 170 32 53 12 0 5 28 1 4 28 18 .312 .409 .471 .880 131 80 0 4 O98/7
1930 23 NYY AL 92 254 218 46 62 12 2 6 31 5 1 30 18 .284 .371 .440 .811 108 96 0 6 O798
1931 24 NYY AL 115 281 248 51 67 18 2 3 32 5 0 29 26 .270 .349 .395 .744 99 98 1 3 O897
1932 25 NYY AL 105 243 209 49 62 12 1 8 30 1 2 30 20 .297 .385 .478 .863 126 100 0 4 O897
1933 26 NYY AL 85 122 107 26 30 6 1 2 11 0 1 15 12 .280 .369 .411 .780 111 44 0 0 O978
1934 27 NYY AL 106 218 191 32 47 8 0 3 23 1 2 18 22 .246 .318 .335 .653 73 64 2 7 *O978
1935 28 CIN NL 121 460 416 51 109 25 4 9 52 4 37 51 .262 .322 .406 .729 98 169 7 0 7 *O87
1936 29 CIN NL 59 153 141 17 35 8 0 2 13 0 11 11 .248 .303 .348 .650 80 49 4 0 1 O87
8 Seasons 745 1933 1700 304 465 101 10 38 220 17 10 198 178 .274 .350 .412 .762 103 700 11 3 32
162 Game Avg. 162 420 370 66 101 22 2 8 48 4 43 39 .274 .350 .412 .762 103 152 1 7
NYY (6 yrs) 565 1320 1143 236 321 68 6 27 155 13 10 150 116 .281 .366 .422 .787 108 482 3 24
CIN (2 yrs) 180 613 557 68 144 33 4 11 65 4 48 62 .259 .317 .391 .709 93 218 11 0 8
AL (6 yrs) 565 1320 1143 236 321 68 6 27 155 13 10 150 116 .281 .366 .422 .787 108 482 3 24
NL (2 yrs) 180 613 557 68 144 33 4 11 65 4 48 62 .259 .317 .391 .709 93 218 11 0 8

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
1929 22 NYY AL 202 10 -2 0 0 0 -2 7 13 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $ O98/7
1930 23 NYY AL 254 3 2 0 0 -6 -3 8 4 0.4 10 0.9 -0.5 $ O798
1931 24 NYY AL 281 0 3 0 0 -5 -3 9 4 0.4 9 0.9 -0.5 $ O897
1932 25 NYY AL 243 10 1 0 0 -14 -2 8 3 0.2 17 1.6 -1.4 $ O897
1933 26 NYY AL 122 3 1 0 0 -9 -3 4 -4 -0.4 5 0.5 -0.9 $ O978
1934 27 NYY AL 218 -9 0 0 0 0 -4 7 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ *O978
1935 28 CIN NL 460 -5 -1 0 0 0 -3 14 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ *O87
1936 29 CIN NL 153 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O87
8 Seasons 1933 8 4 0 0 -34 -21 62 19 1.8 53 5.1 -3.3 $
NYY (6 yrs) 1320 17 5 0 0 -34 -17 43 14 1.3 48 4.6 -3.3 $
CIN (2 yrs) 613 -9 -1 0 0 0 -4 19 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $

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
1929 22 NYY AL 202 125 31 6.6 107 .327 .312 .284 .409 .350 .471 .411 .880 .761 131 .630 9.6 0.9 .868 .306 .159 1.7
1930 23 NYY AL 254 163 36 5.9 112 .289 .284 .290 .371 .354 .440 .426 .811 .780 108 .551 3.6 0.3 .828 .312 .156 5.5
1931 24 NYY AL 281 184 35 5.1 104 .292 .270 .280 .349 .347 .395 .401 .744 .747 99 .516 0.7 0.1 .735 .262 .125 3.8
1932 25 NYY AL 243 153 38 6.7 108 .298 .297 .280 .385 .350 .478 .412 .863 .762 126 .627 8.7 0.8 .866 .321 .182 1.8
1933 26 NYY AL 122 78 16 5.5 102 .301 .280 .275 .369 .345 .411 .396 .780 .741 111 .566 2.1 0.2 .744 .262 .131 .0
1934 27 NYY AL 218 153 19 3.3 106 .265 .246 .280 .318 .353 .335 .404 .653 .757 73 .318 -7.4 -0.7 .568 .178 .089 1.5
1935 28 CIN NL 460 321 54 4.5 100 .281 .262 .280 .322 .335 .406 .400 .729 .735 98 .482 -1.0 -0.1 .669 .243 .144 5.5
1936 29 CIN NL 153 111 15 3.6 97 .258 .248 .277 .303 .335 .348 .388 .650 .723 80 .385 -3.6 -0.4 .545 .177 .099 .0
8 Seasons 1933 1288 244 5.1 104 .288 .274 .281 .350 .345 .412 .405 .762 .751 103 .515 12.7 1.2 .723 .259 .138 23.5
162 Game Avg. 420 280 53 5.1 104 .288 .274 .281 .350 .345 .412 .405 .762 .751 103 .515 3 0 .723 .259 .138 5
NYY (6 yrs) 1320 856 175 5.5 107 .294 .281 .282 .366 .350 .422 .409 .787 .759 108 .540 17.4 1.6 .767 .275 .141 17.6
CIN (2 yrs) 613 432 69 4.3 99 .275 .259 .280 .317 .335 .391 .397 .709 .732 93 .458 -4.7 -0.5 .637 .226 .133 5.9
AL (6 yrs) 1320 856 175 5.5 107 .294 .281 .282 .366 .350 .422 .409 .787 .759 108 .540 17.4 1.6 .767 .275 .141 17.6
NL (2 yrs) 613 432 69 4.3 99 .275 .259 .280 .317 .335 .391 .397 .709 .732 93 .458 -4.7 -0.5 .637 .226 .133 5.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 25 NYY AL WS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1929 22 NYY AL 202 2.5% 8.9% 13.9% 8.4% 32% 0.64 9.4 34.0 6.1 73%
1930 23 NYY AL 254 2.4% 7.1% 11.8% 7.9% 32% 0.60 12.1 36.3 7.0 76%
1931 24 NYY AL 281 1.1% 9.3% 10.3% 8.2% 34% 0.90 9.5 82.7 7.8 78%
1932 25 NYY AL 243 3.3% 8.2% 12.4% 8.6% 34% 0.67 10.5 26.1 7.0 74%
1933 26 NYY AL 122 1.6% 9.8% 12.3% 7.4% 30% 0.80 8.9 53.5 9.7 76%
1934 27 NYY AL 218 1.4% 10.1% 8.3% 5.1% 23% 1.22 8.7 63.7 8.3 76%
1935 28 CIN NL 460 2.0% 11.1% 8.0% 8.3% 35% 1.38 8.2 46.2 8.0 77%
1936 29 CIN NL 153 1.3% 7.2% 7.2% 6.5% 29% 1.00 12.8 70.5 10.8 84%
8 Seasons 1933 2.0% 9.2% 10.2% 7.7% 32% 0.90 9.6 44.7 7.7 77%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.2% 8.1% 7.0% 28% 1.01 11.0 66.2 7.6 80%

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
1929 22 62 202 170 32 53 12 0 5 28 1 4 28 18 .312 .409 .471 .880 131 80 0 4
1930 23 154 456 388 78 115 24 2 11 59 6 5 58 36 .296 .388 .454 .842 118 176 0 10
1931 24 269 737 636 129 182 42 4 14 91 11 5 87 62 .286 .373 .431 .804 111 274 1 13
1932 25 374 980 845 178 244 54 5 22 121 12 7 117 82 .289 .376 .443 .819 115 374 1 17
1933 26 459 1102 952 204 274 60 6 24 132 12 8 132 94 .288 .375 .439 .814 114 418 1 17
1934 27 565 1320 1143 236 321 68 6 27 155 13 10 150 116 .281 .366 .422 .787 108 482 3 24
1935 28 686 1780 1559 287 430 93 10 36 207 17 10 187 167 .276 .354 .418 .772 105 651 7 3 31
1936 29 745 1933 1700 304 465 101 10 38 220 17 10 198 178 .274 .350 .412 .762 103 700 11 3 32

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
1929 22 66 207 178 32 54 12 0 5 28 1 29 19 .303 .401 .455 .856 33 62
1930 23 97 252 223 41 59 11 2 6 27 5 29 19 .265 .349 .413 .762 32 92
1931 24 120 285 255 49 66 18 2 3 31 5 29 27 .259 .337 .380 .717 32 115
1932 25 110 244 215 46 60 12 1 8 28 1 29 21 .279 .365 .456 .821 36 105
1933 26 91 127 112 26 30 6 1 2 11 0 15 13 .268 .354 .393 .747 16 85
1934 27 112 218 198 30 47 8 0 3 22 1 18 23 .237 .307 .323 .631 19 106
1935 28 127 474 436 52 113 26 4 9 53 4 38 54 .259 .319 .399 .718 56 121
1936 29 62 160 148 18 37 8 0 2 14 0 12 11 .250 .306 .345 .651 16 59
8 Seasons 785 1967 1765 294 466 101 10 38 214 17 199 187 .264 .340 .397 .737 240 745
162 Game Avg. 162 406 364 61 96 21 2 8 44 4 41 39 .264 .340 .397 .737 50 745

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

AB per HR s c a p y
1932 AL  26.1 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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