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Byrd Lynn

Byrd Lynn (Birdie)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 13, 1889 in Unionville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1916
Team: WhiteSox 1916-1920

Final Game: October 1, 1920
Died: February 5, 1940 in Napa, CA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1916 27 CHW AL 31 46 40 4 9 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 7 .225 .311 .250 .561 68 10 1 1 2
1917 28 CHW AL 35 84 72 7 16 2 0 0 5 1 7 11 .222 .300 .250 .550 66 18 1 4 2
1918 29 CHW AL 5 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 94 2 0 0 /2
1919 30 CHW AL 29 73 66 4 15 4 0 0 4 0 4 9 .227 .271 .288 .559 56 19 0 3 2
1920 31 CHW AL 16 29 25 0 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .480 .826 117 12 0 3 2
5 Seasons 116 242 211 15 50 9 1 0 15 3 0 18 31 .237 .303 .289 .592 72 61 2 11
162 Game Avg. 162 338 295 21 70 13 1 0 21 4 25 43 .237 .303 .289 .592 72 85 3 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 27 CHW AL 46 -2 0 0 0 -1 1 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 2
1917 28 CHW AL 84 -2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1918 29 CHW AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1919 30 CHW AL 73 -4 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 2
1920 31 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2
5 Seasons 242 -8 0 0 0 0 5 8 5 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1917 28 CHW AL WS NYG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 30 CHW AL WS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1916 CHW AL 27 C 13 84 56 24 4 0 .952 6.15 .974 6.33 2 5 21 81%
1917 CHW AL 28 C 29 122 104 13 5 4 .959 4.03 .971 5.71 2 14 9 39%
1918 CHW AL 29 C 4 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 .970 5.50 1 2 2 50%
1919 CHW AL 30 C 28 10 10 109 87 20 2 5 .982 3.82 .974 5.57 2 11 11 50%
1920 CHW AL 31 C 14 4 3 32 27 5 0 0 1.000 2.29 .973 5.11 0 4 1 20%
5 Seasons C 88 14 13 356 280 65 11 9 .969 3.92 .973 5.65 7 36 44 55%
5 Seasons TOT 88 14 13 356 280 65 11 9 .969 3.92 .973 5.65 7 36 44 55%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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