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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
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 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 NYY AL 22 OF 54 41 37 120 108 6 6 2 .950 2.11 .966 2.42
1929 NYY AL 22 RF 33 29 26 74 69 2 3 1 .959 2.15 .963 1.97
1929 NYY AL 22 CF 16 7 7 29 27 1 1 0 .966 1.75 .970 2.89
1929 NYY AL 22 LF 6 5 4 19 14 3 2 1 .895 2.83 .964 2.38
1930 NYY AL 23 OF 85 54 42 122 119 2 1 0 .992 1.42 .965 2.32
1930 NYY AL 23 LF 45 32 25 71 68 2 1 0 .986 1.56 .968 2.14
1930 NYY AL 23 RF 28 16 12 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.11 .961 1.96
1930 NYY AL 23 CF 12 6 5 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .966 2.84
1931 NYY AL 24 OF 88 46 41 155 148 3 4 1 .974 1.72 .969 2.38
1931 NYY AL 24 CF 35 30 26 105 101 1 3 0 .971 2.91 .974 2.83
1931 NYY AL 24 RF 34 8 7 30 28 2 0 1 1.000 0.88 .964 2.11
1931 NYY AL 24 LF 26 8 8 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.73 .966 2.20
1932 NYY AL 25 OF 91 44 43 138 129 4 5 1 .964 1.46 .967 2.42
1932 NYY AL 25 CF 69 43 42 128 120 3 5 1 .961 1.78 .971 2.94
1932 NYY AL 25 RF 12 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.58 .963 2.10
1932 NYY AL 25 LF 11 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.27 .963 2.21
1933 NYY AL 26 OF 71 18 16 77 75 1 1 0 .987 1.07 .970 2.37
1933 NYY AL 26 RF 34 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.35 .962 2.10
1933 NYY AL 26 LF 22 2 2 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.59 .971 2.27
1933 NYY AL 26 CF 16 16 14 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 3.19 .976 2.75
1934 NYY AL 27 OF 104 42 38 160 156 2 2 1 .988 1.52 .968 2.29
1934 NYY AL 27 RF 67 25 21 99 99 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 .964 2.07
1934 NYY AL 27 LF 26 10 10 35 32 2 1 1 .971 1.31 .968 2.17
1934 NYY AL 27 CF 14 7 7 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1.79 .972 2.64
1935 CIN NL 28 OF 115 111 103 303 284 10 9 1 .970 2.56 .971 2.42
1935 CIN NL 28 CF 86 82 79 235 219 8 8 0 .966 2.64 .974 2.83
1935 CIN NL 28 LF 32 29 24 68 65 2 1 1 .985 2.09 .970 2.25
1936 CIN NL 29 OF 37 30 27 88 86 1 1 1 .989 2.35 .973 2.38
1936 CIN NL 29 CF 23 20 19 68 66 1 1 1 .985 2.91 .979 2.84
1936 CIN NL 29 LF 15 10 8 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .972 2.18
8 Seasons OF 645 386 347 1163 1105 29 29 7 .975 1.76 .969 2.37
8 Seasons CF 271 211 199 662 628 15 19 2 .971 2.37 .974 2.85
6 Seasons RF 208 79 67 253 246 4 3 2 .988 1.20 .963 2.05
8 Seasons LF 183 96 81 250 233 10 7 3 .972 1.33 .969 2.20
8 Seasons TOT 645 386 347 1163 1105 29 29 7 .975 1.76 .969 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  2.64 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  .966 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1935 NL  2.56 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1930 AL  .992 (1st)
1934 AL  .988 (2nd)

                                         

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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