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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-30 / in Starts: 24-17
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 203 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	125 (65-37-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 203 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (68-42-26)

Most Driven In
Self	5
T Lazzeri	4
C Durst	4
L Gehrig	3
B Paschal	3
E Combs	2
H Pennock	2
G Robertson	2

Most Driven In By
Self	5
E Combs	5
B Ruth	5
L Durocher	5
B Meusel	4
M Koenig	2
C Durst	2
L Gehrig	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	18 (17)	May 11	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	6-GF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	.05	0.004	.24	0.01%	0.55	PH CF
2	2	19	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,7-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.81	-0.024	3.77	-0.07%	-0.35	PH
3	3	24 (4)	May 18 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	3						RF
4	4	26 (1)	May 22 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.17	PH
5	5	27	May 22 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	2.72	-0.069	9.23	-0.14%	-0.17	PH
6	6	30 (2)	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1.02	-0.026	2.88	-0.05%	-0.18	PH
7	7	32 (1)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.35	RF
8	8	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-8	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	.20	-0.011	.56	-0.02%	-0.77	PH CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	9	37 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	4						RF
10	10	38	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	6	.64	-0.029	1.34	-0.04%	0.15	RF
11	11	39	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.375	.231	.606	6	.62	-0.009	1.45	-0.01%	-0.09	RF
12	12	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.412	.812	6	.62	0.014	1.41	0.02%	0.57	RF
13	13	41	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.360	.364	.724	6	1.35	-0.123	3.82	-0.21%	-0.91	RF
14	14	42	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,7-9	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.393	.375	.768	6	.28	0.031	.83	0.06%	0.98	RF
15	15	43	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.344	.321	.665	6	.62	-0.083	1.61	-0.13%	-1.43	RF
16	16	44	Jun 9	NYY		SLB	W,17-2	CG	6	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.378	.455	.833	6	.28	0.217	.80	0.37%	3.04	RF
17	17	45	Jun 10	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.341	.405	.747	6	.84	-0.075	2.51	-0.13%	-1.15	RF
18	18	46	Jun 11	NYY		SLB	W,11-5	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.391	.439	.830	6	.56	0.135	1.69	0.25%	1.91	RF
19	19	47	Jun 12	NYY		SLB	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.420	.477	.897	6	.29	0.047	.88	0.09%	2.29	RF
20	20	48	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.426	.468	.894	6	.55	-0.030	1.42	-0.05%	0.45	RF
21	21	49	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,15-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.407	.442	.849	6	.39	-0.053	.99	-0.08%	-0.50	RF
22	22	50	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.397	.418	.815	6	.52	-0.053	1.30	-0.08%	-0.47	RF
23	23	51	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,11-7	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.426	.431	.858	6	1.18	0.232	2.56	0.30%	2.82	RF
24	24	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1		1	1	.311	.417	.410	.827	6	.27	-0.038	.62	-0.05%	-0.80	RF
25	25	53	Jun 18 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.421	.422	.843	6	1.01	0.117	2.66	0.19%	0.85	RF
26	26	57 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-7	7-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.436	.477	.913	1	.11	0.009	.44	0.02%	1.39	PH CF
27	27	61 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.430	.470	.900	9	1.51	-0.041	2.42	-0.04%	-0.12	PH
28	28	62	Jun 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.425	.463	.888	7	2.88	-0.072	7.12	-0.11%	-0.33	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	75 (12)	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-2	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.427	.507	.934	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.43	PH CF
30	30	83 (7)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-11	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.417	.493	.910	1	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.66	CF
31	31	84	Jul 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.425	.514	.939	4	.86	-0.034	1.42	-0.03%	-0.59	RF
32	32	85	Jul 20 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.432	.520	.952	4	.25	0.016	.41	0.02%	0.95	PH RF
33	33	86	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.452	.532	.983	4	1.18	-0.011	1.88	-0.01%	0.86	CF RF
34	34	87	Jul 23	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.459	.524	.984	4	1.31	0.275	1.44	0.18%	2.05	RF
35	35	89 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,9-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.349	.455	.518	.973	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH CF
36	36	93 (3)	Jul 31	NYY		CHW	W,16-2	6-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.455	.512	.967	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.36	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	37	96 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,12-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.453	.500	.953	1	.23	0.026	.16	0.01%	-0.13	CF
38	38	97	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,6-14	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.449	.494	.943	9	.02	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.25	PH
39	39	98	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,9-13	7-GF	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.459	.516	.975	6	.13	0.011	.08	0.00%	1.21	LF
40	40	99	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.344	.460	.505	.966	1	.70	-0.041	.29	-0.01%	-0.61	CF
41	41	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-1	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.452	.495	.947	1	.03	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.74	PH CF
42	42	102 (1)	Aug 8	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.467	.545	1.012	1	.70	0.237	.67	0.14%	2.94	CF
43	43	103	Aug 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.456	.529	.985	1	.63	-0.053	.49	-0.03%	-0.71	CF
44	44	105 (1)	Aug 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.452	.524	.976	7	.41	-0.011	.29	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
45	45	108 (2)	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.446	.509	.955	1	.96	-0.059	.11	0.00%	-0.63	CF
46	46	109	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.441	.509	.950	1	.34	0.014	.05	0.00%	0.60	RF
47	47	110	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.444	.513	.956	1	.41	0.059	.05	0.00%	0.01	RF
48	48	111	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.445	.516	.962	1	.89	0.015	.12	0.00%	0.42	RF
49	49	112	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.336	.447	.512	.959	1	.96	-0.137	.16	-0.01%	-1.36	RF
50	50	113	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.439	.508	.946	1	.89	0.031	.11	0.00%	0.24	RF
51	51	114	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.444	.530	.974	1	1.28	0.174	.29	0.02%	0.97	RF
52	52	115	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-10	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.444	.529	.974	1	.93	0.016	.21	0.00%	0.13	RF
53	53	116	Aug 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.442	.522	.964	1	.61	-0.022	.12	0.00%	-0.40	RF
54	54	117	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.435	.511	.945	1	.72	-0.057	.12	-0.01%	-0.65	RF
55	55	118	Aug 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.424	.497	.921	1	1.02	-0.107	.09	-0.01%	-0.91	RF
56	56	119	Aug 27	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.311	.420	.486	.907	1	.81	-0.051	.10	0.00%	-0.64	LF
57	57	120	Aug 28	NYY		PHA	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.414	.477	.891	1	1.77	-0.194	.35	-0.02%	-1.22	LF
58	58	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.312	.416	.478	.894	1	1.31	0.154	.08	0.01%	0.97	CF
59	59	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.413	.469	.881	1	1.05	-0.050	.06	0.00%	-0.66	CF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	60	141 (18)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.415	.470	.884	4	1.22	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.61	LF
61	61	142	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,12-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.411	.470	.881	7	.93	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.91	LF
62	62	143	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	L,0-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.412	.471	.883	7	1.15	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.46	LF
							32-30		203	170	32	53	12	0	5	28	29	0	18	0	0		2		1	5	.312	.412	.471	.883		.74	0.397	.89	0.33%	10.87

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