Tommy Byrne
Thomas Joseph Byrne
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, MD
High School: City College (Baltimore, MD)
School: Wake Forest University
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1943
Final Game: September 21, 1957
Died: December 20, 2007 in Wake Forest, NC
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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 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 .854 127 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 81 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 -27 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 Seasons 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 -27 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

Advanced Batting

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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 96 .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 0.3 0.0
1948 28 NYY AL 52 35 8 6.1 105 .368 .326 .272 .354 .357 .500 .393 .854 .749 127 .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 .455 -1.9 -0.2 .678 .198 .136 1.3
1951 31 TOT AL 72 53 8 4.1 104 .296 .273 .270 .314 .351 .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 .728 109 .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 .397 .714 .750 90 .455 -1.0 -0.1 .591 .175 .105 .0
1952 32 SLB AL 89 64 9 3.8 99 .308 .250 .264 .292 .344 .369 .385 .661 .729 81 .460 -2.5 -0.3 .563 .179 .119 .0
1953 33 TOT AL 40 31 2 1.7 103 .143 .114 .270 .225 .346 .200 .398 .425 .744 15 .150 -4.4 -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 0.0 101 .100 .059 .267 .200 .343 .059 .393 .259 .736 -27 .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 .719 188 .854 2.1 0.2 1.083 .316 .316
1955 35 NYY AL 89 68 6 2.4 102 .234 .205 .265 .273 .344 .282 .395 .555 .739 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 .747 110 .477 0.0 0.0 .718 .269 .231 .0
1957 37 NYY AL 40 30 5 4.5 98 .174 .189 .262 .250 .334 .486 .395 .736 .729 98 .511 -0.4 -0.1 .700 .378 .297 .0
13 Seasons 655 482 66 3.7 103 .279 .238 .268 .286 .350 .378 .395 .663 .745 77 .405 -23.0 -2.4 .574 .205 .140 1.9
162 Game Avg. 281 207 28 3.7 103 .279 .238 .268 .286 .350 .378 .395 .663 .745 77 .405 -23.0 -2.4 .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 .396 .677 .747 80 .407 -15.2 -1.6 .591 .212 .153 1.8
SLB (2 yrs) 152 110 16 3.9 101 .310 .262 .267 .307 .347 .376 .390 .683 .737 85 .458 -3.5 -0.4 .574 .177 .113 .0
WSH (1 yr) 20 16 0 0.0 101 .100 .059 .267 .200 .343 .059 .393 .259 .736 -27 .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

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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 Seasons (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

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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*

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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 73%
1949 29 NYY AL 86 0.0% 23.3% 2.3% 7.0% 38% 10.00 4.2 6.4 73%
1950 30 NYY AL 87 2.3% 17.2% 4.6% 6.9% 27% 3.75 5.4 40.5 5.1 74%
1951 31 TOT AL 72 2.8% 13.9% 5.6% 6.9% 28% 2.50 6.6 33.0 4.4 75%
1951 31 NYY AL 9 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 50% 4.5 9.0 3.0 67%
1951 31 SLB AL 63 1.6% 12.7% 6.4% 6.4% 25% 2.00 7.1 57.0 4.8 76%
1952 32 SLB AL 89 1.1% 20.2% 5.6% 7.9% 33% 3.60 4.7 84.0 7.0 73%
1953 33 TOT AL 40 2.5% 32.5% 12.5% 2.5% 25% 2.60 2.7 35.0 7.0 53%
1953 33 CHW AL 20 5.0% 30.0% 10.0% 5.0% 33% 3.00 3.0 18.0 3.6 55%
1953 33 WSH AL 20 0.0% 35.0% 15.0% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.4 50%
1954 34 NYY AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 0.0% 26.3% 71% 6.3 3.2 0.75 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 Seasons 655 2.1% 19.2% 5.8% 7.3% 34% 3.32 4.8 42.9 6.1 1.23 71%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 34 NYY AL 0 0 29% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Seasons 2 0 35% 52 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 33% 8 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 34 NYY AL 14 79% 7 1 0 0 0 1.92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 8 3 38% 0 0 0 0 5
1955 35 NYY AL 89 82% 16 14 0 0 1 1.29 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 1.91 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 14 1 7% 10 4 40% 41 7 17% 7 4 57% 1 0 0% 0
1957 37 NYY AL 40 90% 7 7 2 1 1 1.34 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 Seasons 199 79% 143 30 2 1 2 1.49 14 0 4 6 1 4 3 0 3 11 367% 46 11 24% 34 12 35% 140 23 16% 13 8 62% 7 3 43% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 76 161 7 3 8 0
1955 35 298 559 512 60 122 23 7 8 80 1 0 33 104 .238 .287 .357 .645 72 183 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

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 23 14 14 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 49 47 7 15 3 1 1 7 0 1 7 .319 .347 .489 .836 7 31
1949 29 37 89 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 72 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 20 20 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 7
1955 35 47 92 82 6 17 1 1 1 6 0 8 16 .207 .272 .280 .552 6 45
1956 36 46 56 54 8 14 1 1 3 10 0 2 11 .259 .286 .481 .767 7 44
1957 37 37 43 40 6 8 2 0 3 9 0 3 12 .200 .256 .475 .731 5 35
13 Seasons 395 673 628 73 140 22 7 14 100 1 40 133 .223 .272 .347 .619 64 377
162 Game Avg. 162 276 258 30 57 9 3 6 41 0 16 55 .223 .272 .347 .619 26 377

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 (993rd)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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