Harry Byrd

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Full Name: Harry Gladwin Byrd	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/188	First Game: April 21, 1950
Birthdate: February 3, 1925	Final Game: September 27, 1957
Birthplace: Darlington, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: May 14, 1985
Deathplace: Darlington, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 3, 1925 in Darlington, South Carolina, Harry Byrd (Harry Gladwin Byrd) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 7 year career. Byrd broke into the bigs on April 21, 1950 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 228.1 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Harry Byrd's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.31 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 116 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1950	PHI	A	6	0	0	0	16.88	2	20	20	0	0	0	10.2	25	3	9	0	3	2
1952	PHI	A	37	28	15	15	3.31	116	100	84	15	3	2	228.1	244	12	98	0	4	7
1953	PHI	A	40	37	11	20	5.51	122	155	145	11	2	0	236.2	279	23	115	0	6	14
1954	NY	A	25	21	9	7	2.99	52	56	44	5	1	0	132.1	131	10	43	0	5	7
1955	CHI	A	25	12	4	6	4.65	44	49	47	1	1	1	91	85	10	30	4	1	2
1955	BAL	A	14	8	3	2	4.55	25	33	33	1	1	1	65.1	64	7	28	1	0	7
1955	TOT	A	39	20	7	8	4.61	69	82	80	2	2	2	156.1	149	17	58	5	1	9
1956	CHI	A	3	1	0	1	1.38	0	6	5	0	0	0	4.1	9	0	4	0	0	0
1957	DET	A	37	1	4	3	3.36	20	23	22	0	0	5	59	53	6	28	4	1	2
Total			187	108	46	54	4.35	381	442	400	33	8	9	827.2	890	71	355	9	20	41

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1950	PHI	A	P	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	PHI	A	P	37	0	0	26	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1953	PHI	A	P	40	0	0	6	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1954	NY	A	P	25	0	0	5	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1955	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	5	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1955	BAL	A	P	14	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	TOT	A	P	39	0	0	9	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1956	CHI	A	P	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	P	37	1	59	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1.000
Total			P	187	1	59	46	126	9	8	0	1	1	4	0	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1950	PHI	A	6	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PHI	A	37	75	4	10	0	2	.133	.167	.160	2	0	3	21	0	6	0	0	0
1953	PHI	A	40	81	9	18	0	6	.222	.232	.222	0	0	1	13	0	3	0	0	3
1954	NY	A	25	46	1	9	0	5	.196	.260	.196	0	0	4	10	0	3	0	0	1
1955	CHI	A	25	30	2	2	0	0	.067	.067	.067	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	14	19	0	3	0	1	.158	.200	.158	0	0	1	6	0	3	1	0	1
1955	TOT	A	39	49	2	5	0	1	.102	.120	.102	0	0	1	13	0	6	1	0	1
1956	CHI	A	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	DET	A	37	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total			187	262	16	42	0	14	.160	.188	.168	2	0	9	60	0	20	1	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1946).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Eddie Robinson, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Loren Babe to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Jim Robertson, Jim Finigan, Vic Power and Bill Renna (December 16, 1953).
Traded by New York Yankees with Gene Woodling, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willie Miranda and 4 players to be named later to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Bob Turley, Don Larsen, Billy Hunter and 4 players to be named later (November 17, 1954); Baltimore Orioles received Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert and Ted Del Guercio (December 1, 1954) and New York Yankees received Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Baltimore Orioles (June 15, 1955).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Kennedy and Jim Brideweser to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Fred Hatfield and Jim Delsing (May 15, 1956).

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