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Milt Byrnes

Milton John Byrnes (Skippy)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 15, 1916 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1943
Team: Browns 1943-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: February 1, 1979 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Our Redeemer Cemetery, Affton, MO
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:43AM
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
1943 26 SLB AL 129 492 429 58 120 28 7 4 50 1 4 53 49 .280 .362 .406 .767 120 174 9 2 8 *O897
1944 27 SLB AL 128 487 407 63 120 20 4 4 45 1 7 68 50 .295 .396 .393 .789 119 160 8 0 12 *O879
1945 28 SLB AL 133 540 442 53 110 29 4 8 59 1 3 78 84 .249 .363 .387 .750 112 171 6 1 19 *O897/3
3 Seasons 390 1519 1278 174 350 77 15 16 154 3 14 199 183 .274 .373 .395 .768 117 505 23 3 39
162 Game Avg. 162 631 531 72 145 32 6 7 64 1 6 83 76 .274 .373 .395 .768 117 210 10 1 16

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
1943 26 SLB AL 492 11 0 0 0 0 -3 11 19 2.1 19 2.1 0.0 $ *O897
1944 27 SLB AL 487 17 -2 0 0 -1 -4 11 21 2.2 22 2.4 -0.2 $ *O879
1945 28 SLB AL 540 10 -2 0 0 8 -4 12 24 2.5 16 1.8 0.7 $ *O897/3
3 Seasons 1519 38 -4 0 0 7 -11 34 64 6.8 57 6.3 0.5 $

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
1944 27 SLB AL WS STL L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1943 SLB AL 26 OF 114 108 104 303 289 13 1 3 .997 2.65 .977 2.47
1943 SLB AL 26 CF 67 63 61 196 189 6 1 1 .995 2.91 .978 2.79
1943 SLB AL 26 RF 25 24 22 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 1.96 .973 2.21
1943 SLB AL 26 LF 23 21 21 58 54 4 0 1 1.000 2.52 .979 2.40
1944 SLB AL 27 OF 122 111 100 296 282 7 7 1 .976 2.37 .974 2.47
1944 SLB AL 27 CF 51 46 42 127 118 5 4 1 .969 2.41 .979 3.01
1944 SLB AL 27 LF 42 30 30 92 91 0 1 0 .989 2.17 .972 2.35
1944 SLB AL 27 RF 36 35 28 77 73 2 2 0 .974 2.08 .971 2.08
1945 SLB AL 28 OF 125 119 102 335 319 12 4 0 .988 2.65 .978 2.40
1945 SLB AL 28 CF 57 53 46 174 164 8 2 0 .989 3.02 .982 2.80
1945 SLB AL 28 RF 47 44 37 114 109 3 2 0 .982 2.38 .974 2.15
1945 SLB AL 28 LF 31 22 19 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.55 .976 2.26
1945 SLB AL 28 1B 2 2 0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 .989 10.10
3 Seasons OF 361 338 306 934 890 32 12 4 .987 2.55 .976 2.45
3 Seasons CF 175 162 149 497 471 19 7 2 .986 2.80 .980 2.86
3 Seasons RF 108 103 87 240 228 8 4 1 .983 2.19 .973 2.14
3 Seasons LF 96 73 70 198 192 5 1 1 .995 2.05 .975 2.33
1 Season 1B 2 2 0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 .989 10.10
3 Seasons TOT 363 340 306 949 904 33 12 4 .987 2.58 .977 2.49
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1945 AL  0.7 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL  .396 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 AL  29 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  68 (9th)
1945 AL  78 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1945 AL  84 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  12 (10th)
1945 AL  19 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1945 AL  55.3 (10th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1945 AL  319 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1943 AL  13 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1943 AL  2.65 (4th)
1945 AL  2.65 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1943 AL  .997 (1st)
1945 AL  .988 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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