Harry Byrd
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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