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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 NYY AL 23 P 11 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.91 .964 1.27
1946 NYY AL 26 P 4 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 .933 1.00
1947 NYY AL 27 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 0.95
1948 NYY AL 28 P 31 19 2 17 0 2 1.000 0.61 .963 0.91
1949 NYY AL 29 P 32 29 7 19 3 4 .897 0.81 .966 1.01
1950 NYY AL 30 P 31 32 9 23 0 2 1.000 1.03 .947 0.96 AS
1951 TOT AL 31 P 28 27 6 20 1 2 .963 0.93 .956 0.99
1951 NYY AL 31 P 9 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .967 0.99
1951 SLB AL 31 P 19 24 5 18 1 2 .958 1.21 .954 0.99
1952 SLB AL 32 P 29 27 10 15 2 1 .926 0.86 .967 1.03
1953 TOT AL 33 P 12 17 4 11 2 0 .882 1.25 .959 0.88
1953 CHW AL 33 P 6 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 0.88
1953 WSH AL 33 P 6 11 1 8 2 0 .818 1.50 .964 0.88
1954 NYY AL 34 P 5 5 40.0 9 0 8 1 1 .889 1.80 1.60 .967 2.00 0.92
1955 NYY AL 35 P 27 22 160.0 28 4 22 2 3 .929 1.46 0.96 .957 1.99 0.83 MVP-14
1956 NYY AL 36 P 37 8 109.2 27 8 18 1 4 .963 2.13 0.70 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 37 P 30 4 84.2 16 6 9 1 0 .938 1.59 0.50 .962 1.99 0.86
13 Seasons P 281 39 394.1 246 59 173 14 19 .943 5.30 0.83 .958 1.97 0.94
13 Seasons TOT 281 39 394.1 246 59 173 14 19 .943 5.30 0.83 .901 1.97 0.94
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 NYY AL 23 13 13 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 NYY AL 26 14 14 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYY AL 27 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYY AL 28 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYY AL 29 35 35 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 30 34 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 31 34 34 34 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 31 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 32 40 40 40 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 33 18 18 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 33 14 14 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 34 7 5 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 NYY AL 35 45 22 45 45 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1956 NYY AL 36 44 8 44 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1957 NYY AL 37 35 4 35 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
13 Seasons 377 39 377 377 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 34 131 77% 18% 5 80% 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1955 NYY AL 35 702 76% 19% 27 89% 0 4 0 2 22 16 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1956 NYY AL 36 499 74% 23% 21 86% 1 8 1 5 17 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 0%
1957 NYY AL 37 398 69% 24% 12 83% 0 7 0 3 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 71%
4 Seasons 1730 74% 21% 65 86% 1 20 1 10 50 35 8 5 0 3 2 3 8 6 7 1 12 75%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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