Byron Houck

Byron Simon Houck (Duke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 28, 1891 in Prosper, MN
School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1912
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Tip-Tops 1912-1918

Final Game: August 27, 1918
Died: June 17, 1969 in Santa Cruz, CA
Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1911	19	SPO	B	4	4	.500		14																								SPO · NWES
1912	20	PHA	AL	8	8	.500	2.94	30	17	10	10	0	1	180.2	148	79	59	1	74	75	12	0	7	718	106	1.229	7.4	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.01
1913	21	PHA	AL	14	6	.700	4.14	41	19	11	4	1	0	176.0	147	93	81	3	122	71	6	0	10	747	67	1.528	7.5	0.2	6.2	3.6	0.58
1914	22	TOT	MLB	2	6	.250	3.15	20	12	5	3	0	0	103.0	109	57	36	4	49	49	2	0	3	444	100	1.534	9.5	0.3	4.3	4.3	1.00
1914	22	PHA	AL	0	0		3.27	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	9	4	0	6	4	0	0	0	50	84	1.818	11.5	0.0	4.9	3.3	0.67
1914	22	BTT	FL	2	6	.250	3.13	17	9	5	3	0	0	92.0	95	48	32	4	43	45	2	0	3	394	102	1.500	9.3	0.4	4.2	4.4	1.05

1916	24	POR	AA	17	19	.472	3.36	50						316.1	292	139	118		130							1.334	8.3		3.7			POR · PCL
1917	25	POR	AA	23	15	.605	2.21	52						366.0	299	124	90		106							1.107	7.4		2.6			POR · PCL
1918	26	SLB	AL	2	4	.333	2.39	27	2	22	0	0	2	71.2	58	24	19	0	29	29	0	0	1	291	115	1.214	7.3	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
1919	27	VER	AA	19	16	.543	3.88	45						278.0	259	113	120		74							1.198	8.4		2.4			VER · PCL
1920	28	VER	AA	10	17	.370	2.62	41						243.2	223	87	71		59							1.157	8.2		2.2			VER · PCL
1922	30	POR,VER	AA	1	1	.500	4.70	10	5					30.2	36	25	16		12							1.565	10.6		3.5			POR,VER · PCL
4 Yrs				26	24	.520	3.30	118	50	48	17	1	3	531.1	462	253	195	8	274	224	20	0	21	2200	89	1.385	7.8	0.1	4.6	3.8	0.82
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.520	3.30	48	20	19	7	0	1	215	187	102	79	3	111	91	8	0	9	890	89	1.385	7.8	0.1	4.6	3.8	0.82

PHA (3 yrs)				22	14	.611	3.52	74	39	21	14	1	1	367.2	309	181	144	4	202	150	18	0	17	1515	83	1.390	7.6	0.1	4.9	3.7	0.74
BTT (1 yr)				2	6	.250	3.13	17	9	5	3	0	0	92.0	95	48	32	4	43	45	2	0	3	394	102	1.500	9.3	0.4	4.2	4.4	1.05
SLB (1 yr)				2	4	.333	2.39	27	2	22	0	0	2	71.2	58	24	19	0	29	29	0	0	1	291	115	1.214	7.3	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00

AL (4 yrs)				24	18	.571	3.34	101	41	43	14	1	3	439.1	367	205	163	4	231	179	18	0	18	1806	87	1.361	7.5	0.1	4.7	3.7	0.77
FL (1 yr)				2	6	.250	3.13	17	9	5	3	0	0	92.0	95	48	32	4	43	45	2	0	3	394	102	1.500	9.3	0.4	4.2	4.4	1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1912	20	PHA	AL	180.2	30	17	79	3.94	4.35	0.27	0.00	93.0	3.80	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.3	17	.494	.499	$
1913	21	PHA	AL	176.0	41	19	93	4.76	3.75	0.18	0.00	94.0	3.35	-26	-2.8	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-10	.432	.483	$
1914	22	PHA	AL	11.0	3	3	9	7.36	3.50	0.10	0.00	95.0	3.22	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-4	.333	.497	$
1914	22	BTT	FL	92.0	17	9	48	4.70	4.09	-0.24	0.00	99.0	4.28	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.470	.497	$

1918	26	SLB	AL	71.2	27	2	24	3.01	3.68	0.04	0.00	99.7	3.63	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.2	10	.521	.504	$
4 Seasons				531.1	118	50	253	4.29	4.00	0.12	0.00	95.3	3.70	-33	-3.4	1.0	-0.5	0.5	12	.471	.496	$

PHA (3 yrs)				367.2	74	39	181	4.43	4.04	0.22	0.00	93.5	3.57	-33	-3.5	1.0	-0.4	-0.4	3	.453	.493	$
BTT (1 yr)				92.0	17	9	48	4.70	4.09	-0.24	0.00	99.0	4.28	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.470	.497	$
SLB (1 yr)				71.2	27	2	24	3.01	3.68	0.04	0.00	99.7	3.63	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.2	10	.521	.504	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	26	SLB	AL	292	0.0%	9.9%	9.9%			78%
1 Yr				292	0.0%	9.9%	9.9%			78%
MLB Averages					0.3%	7.7%	7.5%	2.6%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	20	8	8	.500	2.94	30	17	10	10	0	1	180.2	148	79	59	1	74	75	12	7	718	106	1.229	7.4	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.01	106
1913	21	22	14	.611	3.53	71	36	21	14	1	1	356.2	295	172	140	4	196	146	18	17	1465	83	1.377	7.4	0.1	4.9	3.7	0.74	83
1914	22	24	20	.545	3.45	91	48	26	17	1	1	459.2	404	229	176	8	245	195	20	20	1909	87	1.412	7.9	0.2	4.8	3.8	0.80	87
1915	23	24	20	.545	3.45	91	48	26	17	1	1	459.2	404	229	176	8	245	195	20	20	1909	87	1.412	7.9	0.2	4.8	3.8	0.80	87
1916	24	24	20	.545	3.45	91	48	26	17	1	1	459.2	404	229	176	8	245	195	20	20	1909	87	1.412	7.9	0.2	4.8	3.8	0.80	87
1917	25	24	20	.545	3.45	91	48	26	17	1	1	459.2	404	229	176	8	245	195	20	20	1909	87	1.412	7.9	0.2	4.8	3.8	0.80	87
1918	26	26	24	.520	3.30	118	50	48	17	1	3	531.1	462	253	195	8	274	224	20	21	2200	89	1.385	7.8	0.1	4.6	3.8	0.82	89

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1912	20	10	8	.556	3.60	165.0	161	73	66	1	80	69	13	1.461	8.8	4.4	3.8	0.86	0.1	30
1913	21	5	12	.294	5.85	157.0	169	113	102	3	140	63	7	1.968	9.7	8.0	3.6	0.45	0.2	41
1914	22	5	5	.500	3.88	95.0	119	46	41	4	53	45	2	1.811	11.3	5.0	4.3	0.85	0.4	20

1918	26	5	4	.556	3.29	82.0	83	33	30	0	42	33	0	1.524	9.1	4.6	3.6	0.79	0.0	27
4 Yrs		25	29	.463	4.31	499.0	532	265	239	8	315	210	22	1.697	9.6		3.8	0.67	0.1	118

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1913 AL .700 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 AL 7.373 (3rd) 1913 AL 7.517 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1913 AL 41 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1918 AL 2 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1913 AL 122 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 AL 0.050 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 81 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 AL 10 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 AL 12 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1912 AL 10 (10th) 1913 AL 11 (9th) 1918 AL 22 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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