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Tommy Byrne

Thomas Joseph Byrne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Baltimore City College HS (Baltimore, MD)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns/WhiteSox/Senators 1943-1957

Final Game: September 21, 1957
Died: December 20, 2007 in Wake Forest, NC
Buried: Wake Forest Cemetery, Wake Forest, NC
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All-Star

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
1943 23 NYY AL 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1 1
1946 26 NYY AL 14 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 47 2 0 0 0 /1
1947 27 NYY AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
1948 28 NYY AL 31 52 46 8 15 3 1 1 7 0 0 1 7 .326 .354 .500 .854 126 23 0 1 4 1
1949 29 NYY AL 35 86 83 8 16 4 2 0 13 0 0 2 20 .193 .212 .289 .501 32 24 2 0 1 1
1950 30 NYY AL 34 87 81 14 22 3 1 2 16 1 0 4 15 .272 .322 .407 .729 88 33 0 2 0 1 AS
1951 31 TOT AL 43 72 66 9 18 3 0 2 15 0 0 4 10 .273 .314 .409 .723 93 27 3 0 2 1
1951 31 NYY AL 9 9 9 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .556 .778 109 5 0 0 0 /1
1951 31 SLB AL 34 63 57 7 16 3 0 1 12 0 0 4 8 .281 .328 .386 .714 90 22 3 0 2 1
1952 32 SLB AL 40 89 84 9 21 5 1 1 12 0 0 5 18 .250 .292 .369 .661 82 31 1 0 0 1
1953 33 TOT AL 32 40 35 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 13 .114 .225 .200 .425 15 7 0 0 0 1
1953 33 CHW AL 18 20 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .167 .250 .333 .583 54 6 0 0 0 /1
1953 33 WSH AL 14 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .059 .200 .059 .259 -26 1 0 0 0 /1
1954 34 NYY AL 7 19 19 2 7 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 .368 .368 .684 1.053 188 13 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 35 NYY AL 45 89 78 6 16 1 1 1 6 0 0 8 15 .205 .273 .282 .555 51 22 3 0 1 2 0 1 MVP-14
1956 36 NYY AL 44 56 52 8 14 1 1 3 10 0 0 2 11 .269 .296 .500 .796 110 26 1 0 2 0 1 1
1957 37 NYY AL 35 40 37 5 7 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 11 .189 .250 .486 .736 98 18 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 377 655 601 73 143 26 8 14 98 1 0 38 126 .238 .286 .378 .663 77 227 11 3 11 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 281 258 31 61 11 3 6 42 0 0 16 54 .238 .286 .378 .663 77 98 5 1 5
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
NYY (11 yrs) 271 463 425 55 102 18 7 11 69 1 0 24 87 .240 .284 .393 .677 80 167 7 3 9 2 1
SLB (2 yrs) 74 152 141 16 37 8 1 2 24 0 0 9 26 .262 .307 .376 .683 85 53 4 0 2
WSH (1 yr) 14 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .059 .200 .059 .259 -26 1 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 18 20 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .167 .250 .333 .583 54 6 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
1943 23 NYY AL 13 14 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1946 26 NYY AL 14 10 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1947 27 NYY AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1948 28 NYY AL 31 52 1 0 0 0 6 8 0.7 1 9 0.7 .524 .505 0.7 0.0 9 $ 1
1949 29 NYY AL 35 86 -9 -0 -0 0 9 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1950 30 NYY AL 34 87 -2 0 1 0 10 9 0.9 2 12 0.9 .525 .505 0.9 0.0 11 $ 1 AS
1951 31 NYY AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1951 31 SLB AL 34 63 -1 0 -0 0 6 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1
1952 32 SLB AL 40 89 -2 0 0 0 10 8 0.9 2 10 0.9 .522 .505 0.9 0.0 10 $ 1
1953 33 CHW AL 18 20 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /1
1953 33 WSH AL 14 20 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1954 34 NYY AL 7 19 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 0 5 0.4 .561 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $ /1
1955 35 NYY AL 45 89 -6 -1 0 0 9 2 0.3 2 5 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1 MVP-14
1956 36 NYY AL 44 56 0 -0 0 0 6 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .514 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1
1957 37 NYY AL 35 40 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.5 1 6 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 $ 1
13 Seasons 377 655 -23 0 2 0 70 49 5.0 17 66 5.0 .513 .502 5.0 0.1 66 $
NYY (11 yrs) 271 463 -15 -0 2 0 50 36 3.6 12 48 3.6 .513 .502 3.6 0.0 48 $
SLB (2 yrs) 74 152 -4 1 -0 0 16 13 1.4 4 17 1.4 .519 .504 1.4 0.0 17 $
WSH (1 yr) 14 20 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
CHW (1 yr) 18 20 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $

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
1943 23 NYY AL 14 12 0 0.0 88 .125 .091 .257 .231 .332 .091 .355 .322 .687 -5 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .273 .182 .000
1946 26 NYY AL 10 7 1 3.8 97 .222 .222 .265 .300 .339 .222 .381 .522 .720 47 .461 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
1947 27 NYY AL 1 0 0 1.000 .341 .000 0.3 0.0
1948 28 NYY AL 52 35 8 6.1 105 .368 .326 .272 .354 .357 .500 .393 .854 .750 126 .625 1.3 0.1 .806 .196 .174 .0
1949 29 NYY AL 86 70 5 1.9 107 .254 .193 .271 .212 .363 .289 .393 .501 .756 32 .167 -9.0 -0.9 .377 .120 .096
1950 30 NYY AL 87 59 10 4.5 111 .313 .272 .275 .322 .361 .407 .412 .729 .773 88 .456 -1.9 -0.2 .678 .198 .136 1.3
1951 31 TOT AL 72 53 8 4.1 104 .296 .273 .270 .314 .352 .409 .396 .723 .747 93 .452 -1.0 -0.1 .608 .197 .136 .0
1951 31 NYY AL 9 7 1 3.8 99 .167 .222 .263 .222 .343 .556 .385 .778 .729 109 .427 -0.1 -0.0 .714 .333 .333 .0
1951 31 SLB AL 63 46 7 4.1 105 .313 .281 .271 .328 .353 .386 .398 .714 .750 90 .455 -1.0 -0.1 .591 .175 .105 .0
1952 32 SLB AL 89 64 9 3.8 98 .308 .250 .262 .292 .343 .369 .383 .661 .726 82 .460 -2.4 -0.3 .563 .179 .119 .0
1953 33 TOT AL 40 31 2 1.7 102 .143 .114 .270 .225 .346 .200 .397 .425 .743 15 .150 -4.3 -0.4 .387 .229 .086 .0
1953 33 CHW AL 20 15 2 3.6 105 .182 .167 .273 .250 .350 .333 .402 .583 .752 54 .401 -1.3 -0.1 .533 .278 .167 .0
1953 33 WSH AL 20 16 0 0.0 100 .100 .059 .266 .200 .342 .059 .392 .259 .733 -26 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .250 .176 .000
1954 34 NYY AL 19 12 5 11.2 96 .438 .368 .262 .368 .337 .684 .383 1.053 .720 188 .854 2.1 0.2 1.083 .316 .316
1955 35 NYY AL 89 68 6 2.4 102 .234 .205 .265 .273 .345 .282 .395 .555 .740 51 .229 -5.6 -0.6 .462 .179 .077 .0
1956 36 NYY AL 56 41 7 4.6 104 .289 .269 .264 .296 .345 .500 .402 .796 .748 110 .477 0.0 0.0 .718 .269 .231 .0
1957 37 NYY AL 40 30 5 4.5 99 .174 .189 .262 .250 .334 .486 .396 .736 .729 98 .512 -0.5 -0.1 .700 .378 .297 .0
13 Yrs 655 482 66 3.7 103 .279 .238 .268 .286 .350 .378 .395 .663 .744 77 .405 -23.0 -2.3 .574 .205 .140 1.9
162 Game Avg. 281 207 28 3.7 103 .279 .238 .268 .286 .350 .378 .395 .663 .744 77 .405 -23.0 -2.3 .574 .205 .140 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (11 yrs) 463 341 48 3.8 104 .277 .240 .268 .284 .351 .393 .397 .677 .747 80 .407 -15.2 -1.6 .591 .212 .153 1.8
SLB (2 yrs) 152 110 16 3.9 101 .310 .262 .266 .307 .347 .376 .389 .683 .736 85 .458 -3.4 -0.4 .574 .177 .113 .0
WSH (1 yr) 20 16 0 0.0 100 .100 .059 .266 .200 .342 .059 .392 .259 .733 -26 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .250 .176 .000
CHW (1 yr) 20 15 2 3.6 105 .182 .167 .273 .250 .350 .333 .402 .583 .752 54 .401 -1.3 -0.1 .533 .278 .167 .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
1949 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 35 NYY AL WS BRO L 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 36 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 37 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 8 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 1 0 0 0 0
4 WS 8 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 NYY AL 30 DNP

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
1943 23 NYY AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.7 57%
1946 26 NYY AL 10 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 90%
1947 27 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1948 28 NYY AL 52 1.9% 13.5% 1.9% 9.6% 33% 7.00 6.6 46.0 6.6 2.25 73%
1949 29 NYY AL 86 0.0% 23.3% 2.3% 7.0% 38% 10.00 4.2 6.4 2.18 73%
1950 30 NYY AL 87 2.3% 17.2% 4.6% 6.9% 27% 3.75 5.4 40.5 5.1 1.29 74%
1951 31 TOT AL 72 2.8% 13.9% 5.6% 6.9% 28% 2.50 6.6 33.0 4.4 1.45 75%
1951 31 NYY AL 9 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 50% 4.5 9.0 3.0 0.67 67%
1951 31 SLB AL 63 1.6% 12.7% 6.4% 6.4% 25% 2.00 7.1 57.0 4.8 1.75 76%
1952 32 SLB AL 89 1.1% 20.2% 5.6% 7.9% 33% 3.60 4.7 84.0 7.0 1.29 73%
1953 33 TOT AL 40 2.5% 32.5% 12.5% 2.5% 25% 2.60 2.7 35.0 7.0 1.25 53%
1953 33 CHW AL 20 5.0% 30.0% 10.0% 5.0% 33% 3.00 3.0 18.0 3.6 0.80 55%
1953 33 WSH AL 20 0.0% 35.0% 15.0% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.4 2.00 50%
1954 34 NYY AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 0.0% 26.3% 71% 6.3 3.2 0.50 84%
1955 35 NYY AL 89 1.1% 16.9% 9.0% 3.4% 19% 1.88 5.2 78.0 13.0 1.21 72%
1956 36 NYY AL 56 5.4% 19.6% 3.6% 8.9% 36% 5.50 4.7 17.3 5.2 2.00 68%
1957 37 NYY AL 40 7.5% 27.5% 7.5% 12.5% 71% 3.67 3.4 12.3 4.6 0.82 58%
13 Yrs 655 2.1% 19.2% 5.8% 7.3% 34% 3.32 4.8 42.9 6.1 1.37 71%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.2% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.09 8.7 50.0 8.4 0.97 77%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 23 NYY AL -1.4 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 26 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 27 NYY AL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 28 NYY AL 1.3 0.1 28 0.1 0.3 -0.3 .64 0.2 -0.0 1.0 0.1 0.98 3.3 0
1949 29 NYY AL -9.0 -0.9 64 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .86 -0.5 -0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.03 -5.1 0.56 1
1950 30 NYY AL -1.9 -0.2 83 -0.3 1.2 -1.4 .92 0.0 -0.3 1.3 0.1 0.92 -0.6 5.16 1
1951 31 TOT AL -1.0 -0.1 54 1.0 1.9 -1.0 1.40 0.6 0.1 11.2 1.1 1.16 5.9 2.39 5
1951 31 NYY AL -0.1 -0.0 10 0.2 0.4 -0.2 1.03 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 1.39 1.1 0
1951 31 SLB AL -1.0 -0.1 44 0.8 1.6 -0.8 1.49 0.5 0.0 9.2 0.9 1.10 4.8 2.39 5
1952 32 SLB AL -2.5 -0.3 76 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 1.18 -0.4 0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.98 -4.7 1.66 9
1953 33 TOT AL -4.4 -0.4 40 -0.1 0.9 -1.1 1.33 -0.4 0.3 -4.2 -0.4 1.10 -4.5 1.49 18
1953 33 CHW AL -1.3 -0.1 20 0.4 0.8 -0.4 1.36 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 1.24 -1.2 1.65 10
1953 33 WSH AL -3.0 -0.3 20 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.31 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.95 -3.4 1.30 8
1954 34 NYY AL 2.1 0.2 19 0.4 0.6 -0.2 .92 0.3 0.1 5.3 0.5 0.93 2.9 1.79 2
1955 35 NYY AL -5.6 -0.6 92 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 .92 -0.5 -0.2 -6.5 -0.6 1.01 -6.0 1.26 14
1956 36 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 56 0.1 1.2 -1.0 1.26 0.3 -0.2 0.8 0.1 0.99 3.9 1.92 8
1957 37 NYY AL -0.5 -0.1 40 0.2 1.0 -0.8 1.16 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.95 0.6 1.29 7
13 Yrs -23.1 -2.3 552 -0.5 9.8 -10.2 1.06 -0.5 0.1 2.2 0.2 1.00 -4.3 1.62 65
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 28 NYY AL 1 0 44% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1949 29 NYY AL 1 0 44% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1950 30 NYY AL 1 0 46% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 2 2 2 2 0 3 2 1
1951 31 TOT AL 0 0 35% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1951 31 NYY AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 31 SLB AL 0 0 32% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1952 32 SLB AL 0 0 32% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 63% 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
1953 33 TOT AL 0 0 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 33 CHW AL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 33 WSH AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 34 NYY AL 0 0 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1955 35 NYY AL 1 0 22% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 36 NYY AL 1 0 39% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1957 37 NYY AL 0 0 29% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 Yrs 5 0 35% 174 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 10 44% 26 17 9 3 2 1 16 6 10

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 28 NYY AL 52 82% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 200% 8 0 0% 5 2 40% 17 1 6% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 29 NYY AL 86 68% 16 1 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 12 2 17% 16 4 25% 49 10 20% 6 3 50% 7 5 71% 0
1950 30 NYY AL 87 52% 22 1 0 0 0 5.16 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 0 0% 11 3 27% 59 11 19% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
1951 31 TOT AL 72 77% 18 5 2 0 3 2.39 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 200% 14 3 21% 12 2 17% 51 15 29% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1951 31 NYY AL 9 78% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 12 2 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 31 SLB AL 63 77% 16 5 2 0 3 2.39 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 200% 10 3 30% 7 2 29% 39 13 33% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1952 32 SLB AL 89 71% 21 9 0 0 0 1.66 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 19 1 5% 16 1 6% 52 6 12% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1953 33 TOT AL 40 90% 4 18 1 1 1 1.49 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0% 9 1 11% 36 4 11% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1953 33 CHW AL 20 95% 3 10 1 1 1 1.65 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 23 4 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1953 33 WSH AL 20 85% 1 8 0 0 0 1.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1954 34 NYY AL 19 84% 7 2 0 0 0 1.79 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 11 6 55% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 35 NYY AL 89 82% 16 14 0 0 1 1.26 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 20 3 15% 15 4 27% 68 8 12% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 0
1956 36 NYY AL 56 68% 14 8 0 0 0 1.92 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 14 1 7% 10 4 40% 41 7 17% 7 4 57% 0 0 0
1957 37 NYY AL 40 90% 7 7 2 1 1 1.29 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 0 0% 6 3 50% 23 5 22% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
13 Yrs 630 74% 143 65 5 2 6 1.62 14 2 16 10 1 5 9 0 10 11 110% 126 11 9% 103 25 24% 407 73 18% 37 21 57% 26 15 58% 0
MLB Averages 50% 149% 17% 32% 14% 50% 55%

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
1943 23 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1
1944 24 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1
1945 25 13 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -5 1 1 0 1
1946 26 27 24 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .150 .261 .150 .411 19 3 1 0 1
1947 27 31 25 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .150 .292 .150 .442 28 3 1 0 1
1948 28 62 77 66 10 18 3 1 1 7 0 0 5 10 .273 .333 .394 .727 98 26 1 1 5
1949 29 97 163 149 18 34 7 3 1 20 0 0 7 30 .228 .268 .336 .603 61 50 3 1 6
1950 30 131 250 230 32 56 10 4 3 36 1 0 11 45 .243 .287 .361 .648 71 83 3 3 6
1951 31 174 322 296 41 74 13 4 5 51 1 0 15 55 .250 .293 .372 .665 76 110 6 3 8
1952 32 214 411 380 50 95 18 5 6 63 1 0 20 73 .250 .293 .371 .664 77 141 7 3 8
1953 33 246 451 415 52 99 18 5 7 68 1 0 25 86 .239 .287 .357 .643 72 148 7 3 8
1954 34 253 470 434 54 106 22 6 7 74 1 0 25 89 .244 .290 .371 .661 77 161 7 3 8 0
1955 35 298 559 512 60 122 23 7 8 80 1 0 33 104 .238 .287 .357 .645 73 183 10 3 9 2 0
1956 36 342 615 564 68 136 24 8 11 90 1 0 35 115 .241 .288 .371 .659 76 209 11 3 11 2 1
1957 37 377 655 601 73 143 26 8 14 98 1 0 38 126 .238 .286 .378 .663 77 227 11 3 11 2 1

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
1943 23 14 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 13
1946 26 15 12 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 14
1947 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 4
1948 28 32 53 47 7 15 3 1 1 7 0 1 7 .319 .347 .489 .836 7 31
1949 29 37 90 87 8 17 4 2 0 13 0 2 21 .195 .213 .287 .501 5 35
1950 30 36 89 83 13 21 3 1 2 15 1 4 16 .253 .303 .386 .689 9 34
1951 31 45 74 68 9 18 3 0 2 15 0 4 11 .265 .306 .397 .703 8 43
1952 32 42 93 88 9 22 5 1 1 12 0 5 19 .250 .290 .364 .654 9 40
1953 33 33 43 37 2 5 0 0 1 6 0 6 14 .135 .256 .216 .472 2 32
1954 34 7 21 21 2 8 5 1 0 7 0 0 3 .381 .381 .714 1.095 5 7
1955 35 47 93 82 6 17 1 1 1 6 0 8 16 .207 .272 .280 .552 6 45
1956 36 46 59 55 9 15 1 1 3 11 0 2 11 .273 .298 .491 .789 8 44
1957 37 37 43 40 6 8 2 0 3 9 0 3 12 .200 .256 .475 .731 5 35
13 Yrs 395 686 630 74 149 27 8 14 101 1 40 133 .237 .284 .371 .656 65 377
162 Game Avg. 162 281 258 30 61 11 3 6 41 0 16 55 .237 .284 .371 .656 27 377

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1950

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (14, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 AL  born 1919-12-31 (10th)

             

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Joseph tommie Tommy Byrne

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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