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Bobby Byrne

Robert Matthew Byrne

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: December 31, 1884 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1907
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/WhiteSox 1907-1917

Final Game: September 4, 1917
Died: December 31, 1964 in Wayne, PA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 14, 2012 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1359. Dick Dietz… #1360. Jay Payton… #1361. Mike Heath… #1362. BOBBY BYRNE… #1363. Johnny Hodapp… #1364. Jose Vizcaino… #1365. Hank Gowdy… 

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
1907 22 STL NL 149 624 559 55 143 11 5 0 29 21 35 72 .256 .307 .293 .600 91 164 6 24 *5/6
1908 23 STL NL 127 490 439 27 84 7 1 0 14 16 23 59 .191 .238 .212 .450 47 93 4 24 *5/6
1909 24 TOT NL 151 690 589 92 133 19 8 1 40 29 78 50 .226 .327 .290 .618 95 171 11 12 *5
1909 24 STL NL 105 484 421 61 90 13 6 1 33 21 46 42 .214 .302 .280 .582 86 118 7 10 *5
1909 24 PIT NL 46 206 168 31 43 6 2 0 7 8 32 8 .256 .387 .315 .703 115 53 4 2 5
1910 25 PIT NL 148 679 602 101 178 43 12 2 52 36 66 27 .296 .366 .417 .783 122 251 1 10 *5
1911 26 PIT NL 153 685 598 96 155 24 17 2 52 23 67 41 .259 .342 .366 .708 95 219 8 12 *5
1912 27 PIT NL 130 598 528 99 152 31 11 3 35 20 54 40 .288 .358 .405 .764 109 214 4 12 *5
1913 28 TOT NL 132 559 506 63 134 23 0 2 51 12 19 34 31 .265 .320 .322 .642 86 163 7 12 *5
1913 28 PIT NL 113 493 448 54 121 22 0 1 47 10 16 29 28 .270 .322 .326 .647 88 146 5 11 *5
1913 28 PHI NL 19 66 58 9 13 1 0 1 4 2 3 5 3 .224 .308 .293 .601 69 17 2 1 5
1914 29 PHI NL 126 524 467 61 127 12 1 0 26 9 45 44 .272 .339 .302 .640 86 141 2 10 45
1915 30 PHI NL 105 446 387 50 81 6 4 0 21 4 12 39 28 .209 .290 .245 .536 61 95 5 15 *5
1916 31 PHI NL 48 167 141 22 33 10 1 0 9 6 0 14 7 .234 .308 .319 .627 90 45 1 11 5
1917 32 TOT MLB 14 18 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .375 .333 .708 114 5 0 2 /54
1917 32 PHI NL 13 17 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .357 .400 .357 .757 129 5 0 2 /5
1917 32 CHW AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /4
11 Yrs 1283 5480 4831 667 1225 186 60 10 329 176 31 456 401 .254 .324 .323 .647 91 1561 49 144
162 Game Avg. 162 692 610 84 155 23 8 1 42 22 58 51 .254 .324 .323 .647 91 197 6 18
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
PIT (5 yrs) 590 2661 2344 381 649 126 42 8 193 97 16 248 144 .277 .352 .377 .728 105 883 22 47
PHI (5 yrs) 311 1220 1067 143 259 29 6 1 60 21 15 104 84 .243 .316 .284 .600 77 303 10 39
STL (3 yrs) 381 1598 1419 143 317 31 12 1 76 58 104 173 .223 .284 .264 .549 76 375 17 58
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 1282 5479 4830 667 1225 186 60 10 329 176 31 456 401 .254 .324 .323 .647 91 1561 49 144
AL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1907 22 STL NL 149 624 -6 -1 0 7 5 5 0.6 19 25 2.5 .505 .504 1.8 1.5 18 $ *5/6
1908 23 STL NL 127 490 -24 -0 0 -4 4 -23 -3.1 15 -8 -1.6 .476 .481 -1.0 0.0 -4 $ *5/6
1909 24 STL NL 105 484 -4 0 0 -3 4 -4 -0.4 14 11 1.0 .496 .497 1.3 0.1 14 $ *5
1909 24 PIT NL 46 206 5 -0 0 5 2 11 1.3 6 17 1.9 .528 .508 1.3 0.8 12 $ 5
1910 25 PIT NL 148 679 17 1 0 -3 5 19 2.2 19 38 4.1 .514 .513 4.4 0.3 41 $ *5
1911 26 PIT NL 153 685 -3 -1 0 2 5 3 0.1 19 22 2.0 .502 .502 2.0 0.6 20 $ *5
1912 27 PIT NL 130 598 8 -1 0 -5 4 6 0.5 16 22 2.2 .505 .504 2.8 -0.1 28 $ *5
1913 28 PIT NL 113 493 -5 -3 0 -7 4 -11 -1.1 14 3 0.2 .490 .493 1.0 -0.3 10 $ *5
1913 28 PHI NL 19 66 -2 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 5
1914 29 PHI NL 126 524 -7 -1 0 -8 1 -15 -1.9 15 -0 -0.4 .486 .489 0.6 -0.9 8 $ 45
1915 30 PHI NL 105 446 -16 -2 0 5 4 -10 -1.3 12 3 0.0 .489 .493 -0.5 1.0 -2 $ *5
1916 31 PHI NL 48 167 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.5 0.1 5 $ 5
1917 32 PHI NL 13 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /5
1917 32 CHW AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /4
11 Seasons 1283 5480 -37 -10 0 -12 38 -20 -3.3 156 136 12.4 .498 .499 14.3 3.2 148 $
PIT (5 yrs) 590 2661 22 -5 0 -8 20 28 3.0 74 102 10.4 .505 .504 11.5 1.3 110 $
PHI (5 yrs) 311 1220 -25 -4 0 -4 6 -26 -3.4 34 8 0.1 .490 .496 0.7 0.2 12 $
STL (3 yrs) 381 1598 -34 -1 0 0 13 -22 -2.9 48 27 1.9 .493 .494 2.1 1.6 27 $
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -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
1909 24 PIT NL WS DET W 7 27 24 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 .250 .333 .292 .625 7 0 2 0 0 0
1915 30 PHI NL WS BOS L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 28 25 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 .240 .321 .280 .601 7 0 2 0 0 0
2 WS 8 28 25 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 .240 .321 .280 .601 7 0 2 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
1907 STL NL 22 3B 148 609 212 348 49 24 .920 3.78 .928 3.36
1907 STL NL 22 SS 1 9 3 5 1 0 .889 8.00 .932 5.20
1908 STL NL 23 3B 122 466 183 248 35 14 .925 3.53 .932 3.31
1908 STL NL 23 SS 4 19 4 10 5 1 .737 3.50 .930 5.30
1909 TOT NL 24 3B 151 610 214 359 37 14 .939 3.79 .930 3.31
1909 STL NL 24 3B 105 451 164 252 35 11 .922 3.96 .930 3.31
1909 PIT NL 24 3B 46 159 50 107 2 3 .987 3.41 .930 3.31
1910 PIT NL 25 3B 148 491 167 289 35 11 .929 3.08 .932 3.17
1911 PIT NL 26 3B 152 498 181 282 35 21 .930 3.05 .936 3.14
1912 PIT NL 27 3B 130 349 144 187 18 14 .948 2.55 .935 3.15
1913 TOT NL 28 3B 125 405 174 208 23 14 .943 3.06 .935 3.12
1913 PIT NL 28 3B 110 351 154 176 21 14 .940 3.00 .935 3.12
1913 PHI NL 28 3B 15 54 20 32 2 0 .963 3.47 .935 3.12
1914 PHI NL 29 2B 101 534 187 312 35 19 .934 4.94 .949 5.21
1914 PHI NL 29 3B 22 80 35 37 8 4 .900 3.27 .931 3.20
1915 PHI NL 30 3B 105 290 98 183 9 9 .969 2.68 .947 3.13
1916 PHI NL 31 3B 40 134 46 79 9 8 .933 3.13 .938 3.18
1917 PHI NL 32 3B 4 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 .943 3.25
1917 CHW AL 32 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 5.10
11 Seasons 3B 1147 3935 1456 2221 258 133 .934 3.21 .933 3.21
2 Seasons 2B 102 535 187 313 35 19 .935 4.90 .949 5.21
2 Seasons SS 5 28 7 15 6 1 .786 4.40 .931 5.28
11 Seasons TOT 1254 4498 1650 2549 299 153 .934 3.35 .935 3.38
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1910 NL  4.1 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1910 NL  4.4 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1907 NL  1.5 (5th)
1915 NL  1.0 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1910 NL  .417 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1910 NL  .783 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1907 NL  149 (8th)
1909 NL  151 (8th)
1911 NL  153 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1907 NL  559 (4th)
1909 NL  589 (3rd)
1910 NL  602 (3rd)
1911 NL  598 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1907 NL  624 (5th)
1909 NL  690 (2nd)
1910 NL  679 (3rd)
1911 NL  685 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1909 NL  92 (3rd)
1910 NL  101 (2nd)
1911 NL  96 (7th)
1912 NL  99 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  178 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1910 NL  251 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1910 NL  43 (1st)
1912 NL  31 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1911 NL  17 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 NL  78 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1907 NL  72 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1910 NL  36 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1907 NL  127 (5th)
1910 NL  121 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1910 NL  92 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  57 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1909 NL  222 (6th)
1910 NL  245 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1910 NL  .691 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1909 NL  11 (3rd)
1911 NL  8 (6th)
1913 NL  7 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1907 NL  24 (10th)
Career  144 (191st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL  22.3 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1907 NL  440 (2nd)
1909 NL  468 (2nd)
1910 NL  434 (9th)
1911 NL  455 (2nd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1907 NL  50 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1914 NL  35 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  148 (2nd)
1909 NL  151 (2nd)
1910 NL  148 (2nd)
1911 NL  152 (1st)
1912 NL  130 (2nd)
1913 NL  125 (4th)
Career  1,147 (78th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  212 (1st)
1908 NL  183 (4th)
1909 NL  214 (1st)
1910 NL  167 (4th)
1911 NL  181 (2nd)
1912 NL  144 (5th)
1913 NL  174 (3rd)
Career  1,456 (40th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  348 (1st)
1909 NL  359 (1st)
1910 NL  289 (2nd)
1911 NL  282 (1st)
1913 NL  208 (5th)
Career  2,221 (76th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  49 (1st)
1908 NL  35 (1st)
1909 NL  37 (3rd)
1910 NL  35 (2nd)
1911 NL  35 (1st)
1913 NL  23 (4th)
Career  258 (46th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1914 NL  4.94 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  3.78 (2nd)
1908 NL  3.53 (2nd)
1909 NL  3.79 (1st)
1910 NL  3.08 (5th)
1911 NL  3.05 (4th)
1913 NL  3.06 (4th)
Career  3.21 (46th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1907 NL  .920 (5th)
1909 NL  .939 (4th)
1912 NL  .948 (1st)
1913 NL  .943 (4th)
1915 NL  .969 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (383), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 34 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1294), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1589), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (140th), 12.4 career WAR/14.1 7yr-peak WAR/13.2 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Jim Donnelly (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Radford (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Moriarty (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Coughlin (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Coughlin (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Coughlin (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Howie Shanks (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Howie Shanks (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eddie Foster (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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