Samuel Byrd

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: October 15, 1907 in Bremen, GA us

Died: May 11, 1981 in Mesa, AZ

Buried: Forestlawn Gardens Cemetery, Anniston, AL

Debut: May 11, 1929 (Age 21-208d, 6,923rd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1936 (Age 28-348d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Samuel Dewey Byrd

Nicknames: Babe Ruth's Legs

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1932 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1700

465

.274

304

RBI

220

OBP

.350

SLG

.412

OPS

.762

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	5	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	11 (1)	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (1)	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	14	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
8	15	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	16	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	17	May 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	18	May 9	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	19	May 10	NYY		DET	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	20	May 11	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22 (1)	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	23	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
16	24	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	25	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-0	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	27 (1)	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	28	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	29	May 22 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	30	May 22 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	31	May 24 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	32	May 24 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	34 (1)	May 26	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	38 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	39	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	40	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	48 (4)	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	49	Jun 13	NYY	@	DET	W,10-9	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	52 (1)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	55 (2)	Jun 21	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	58 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,15-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	60 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	61	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	62	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	63	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,7-11	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,14-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	67 (1)	Jun 30	NYY		CHW	W,15-4	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	68	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	69	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	70	Jul 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	73 (2)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	75 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	81 (5)	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	83 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	84	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	89 (3)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	92 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	95 (2)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	96	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	98 (1)	Jul 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	101 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	104 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	106 (1)	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	108 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	111 (2)	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	117 (5)	Aug 14	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	118	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	120 (1)	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	121	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	122	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	127 (4)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	129	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	130	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	131	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	133 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	L,5-14	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	134	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	141 (6)	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,10-11	GF	10	1.2	2	0	0	2	0
78	143 (1)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	145 (1)	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,19-10	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	147 (1)	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	150 (2)	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-15	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	151	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-13	CG	35	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	152	Sep 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
84	153	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	154	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							85gm			116	3	1	120	0