Byron Houck

Byron Simon Houck (Duke)

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

Born: August 28, 1891 in Prosper, MN
School: University of Oregon (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1912
Final Game: August 27, 1918
Died: June 17, 1969 in Santa Cruz, CA
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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
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	89	81	3	122	71	6	0	11	816	66	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	79	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

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
4 Seasons				26	24	.520	3.30	118	50	48	17	1	3	531.1	462	249	195	8	274	224	20	0	22	2269	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	101	79	3	111	91	8	0	9	918	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	177	144	4	202	150	18	0	18	1584	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	201	163	4	231	179	18	0	19	1875	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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1912	20	PHA	AL	30	68	62	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	1		.065	.094	.081	.174	-49	5	1	4	1
1913	21	PHA	AL	41	68	60	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	3	19	.083	.127	.100	.227	-33	6	0	5	1
1914	22	TOT	MLB	20	36	33	3	8	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	.242	.286	.424	.710	103	14	0	1	1
1914	22	PHA	AL	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	104	1	0	0	/1
1914	22	BTT	FL	17	33	30	3	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	.233	.281	.433	.715	102	13	0	1	1

1918	26	SLB	AL	27	21	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	.150	.190	.200	.390	19	4	0	0	1
4 Seasons				118	193	175	6	20	4	1	1	10	0	7	22	.114	.153	.166	.319	-7	29	1	10
162 Game Avg.				162	265	240	8	27	5	1	1	14	0	10		.114	.153	.166	.319	-7	40	1	14

PHA (3 yrs)				74	139	125	2	10	2	0	0	7	0	4	19	.080	.115	.096	.211	-38	12	1	9
BTT (1 yr)				17	33	30	3	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	.233	.281	.433	.715	102	13	0	1
SLB (1 yr)				27	21	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	.150	.190	.200	.390	19	4	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				101	160	145	3	13	3	0	0	9	0	5	22	.090	.126	.110	.236	-30	16	1	9
FL (1 yr)				17	33	30	3	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	.233	.281	.433	.715	102	13	0	1

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1912	PHA	AL	20	P	30	61	7	50	4	2	.934	1.90	.941	1.95
1913	PHA	AL	21	P	41	53	12	40	1	1	.981	1.27	.934	1.83
1914	TOT	MLB	22	P	20	23	1	18	4	0	.826	0.95	.952	1.92
1914	PHA	AL	22	P	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00	.933	1.73
1914	BTT	FL	22	P	17	20	1	15	4	0	.800	0.94	.955	1.95
1918	SLB	AL	26	P	27	25	5	16	4	1	.840	0.78	.956	1.85
4 Seasons				P	118	162	25	124	13	4	.920	1.26	.943	1.88
4 Seasons				TOT	118	162	25	124	13	4	.920	1.26	.862	1.88

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 .050 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 81 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 AL 11 (2nd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 AL 12 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1913 AL 11 (9th) 1918 AL 22 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 1, 1911: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from Spokane (Northwestern) in the 1911 rule 5 draft.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Athletics to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

September 20, 1917: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from Portland (PCL) in the 1917 rule 5 draft.

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50