Tommy Byrne

Full Name: Thomas Joseph Byrne	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/182	First Game: April 27, 1943
Birthdate: December 31, 1919	Final Game: September 21, 1957
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland, Tommy Byrne (Thomas Joseph Byrne) played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Byrne broke into the bigs on April 27, 1943 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 133.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tommy Byrne's best season was 1955, when he posted a 3.15 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 76 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1943	NY	A	11	2	2	1	6.54	22	26	23	0	0	0	31.2	28	1	35	0	3	3
1946	NY	A	4	1	0	1	5.79	5	8	6	0	0	0	9.1	7	1	8	0	0	1
1947	NY	A	4	1	0	0	4.15	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.1	5	0	6	0	0	0
1948	NY	A	31	11	8	5	3.30	93	55	49	5	1	2	133.2	79	8	101	0	3	9
1949	NY	A	32	30	15	7	3.72	129	84	81	12	3	0	196	125	11	179	0	4	13
1950	NY	A	31	31	15	9	4.74	118	115	107	10	2	0	203.1	188	23	160	0	3	17
1951	STL	A	19	17	4	10	3.82	57	56	52	7	2	0	122.2	104	5	114	0	2	12
1951	NY	A	9	3	2	1	6.86	14	17	16	0	0	0	21	16	0	36	0	2	3
1951	TOT	A	28	20	6	11	4.26	71	73	68	7	2	0	143.2	120	5	150	0	4	15
1952	STL	A	29	24	7	14	4.68	91	117	102	14	0	0	196	182	16	112	0	5	10
1953	WAS	A	6	5	0	5	4.28	22	17	16	2	0	0	33.2	35	3	22	0	0	1
1953	CHI	A	6	6	2	0	1.12	4	18	18	0	0	0	16	18	0	26	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	12	11	2	5	6.16	26	35	34	2	0	0	49.2	53	3	48	0	0	1
1954	NY	A	5	5	3	2	2.70	24	13	12	4	1	0	40	36	1	19	0	0	0
1955	NY	A	27	22	16	5	3.15	76	69	56	9	3	2	160	137	12	87	3	3	7
1956	NY	A	37	8	7	3	3.36	52	50	41	1	0	6	109.2	108	9	72	5	0	2
1957	NY	A	30	4	4	6	4.36	57	41	41	1	0	2	84.2	70	8	60	2	3	7
Total			281	170	85	69	4.11	766	688	622	65	12	12	1362	1138	98	1037	10	28	85

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1943	NY	A	P	11	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	.909
1946	NY	A	P	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	NY	A	P	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	NY	A	P	31	0	0	2	17	0	2	0	0	1.000
1949	NY	A	P	32	0	0	7	19	3	4	0	0	.897
1950	NY	A	P	31	0	0	9	23	0	2	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	19	0	0	5	18	1	2	0	0	.958
1951	NY	A	P	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	A	P	28	0	0	6	20	1	2	0	0	.963
1952	STL	A	P	29	0	0	10	15	2	1	0	0	.926
1953	WAS	A	P	6	0	0	1	8	2	0	0	0	.818
1953	CHI	A	P	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	TOT	A	P	12	0	0	4	11	2	0	0	0	.882
1954	NY	A	P	5	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	.889
1955	NY	A	P	27	0	0	4	22	2	3	0	0	.929
1956	NY	A	P	37	0	0	8	18	1	4	0	0	.963
1957	NY	A	P	30	4	84.2	6	9	1	0	7	3	.938
Total			P	281	4	84.2	59	173	14	19	7	3	.943

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	NY	A	13	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.231	.091	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	1
1946	NY	A	14	9	2	2	0	0	.222	.300	.222	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	NY	A	31	46	8	15	1	7	.326	.354	.500	3	1	1	7	1	4	0	0	0
1949	NY	A	35	83	8	16	0	13	.193	.212	.289	4	2	2	20	0	1	0	0	2
1950	NY	A	34	81	14	22	2	16	.272	.322	.407	3	1	4	15	2	0	1	0	0
1951	STL	A	34	57	7	16	1	12	.281	.328	.386	3	0	4	8	0	2	0	0	3
1951	NY	A	9	9	2	2	1	3	.222	.222	.556	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	43	66	9	18	2	15	.273	.314	.409	3	0	4	10	0	2	0	0	3
1952	STL	A	40	84	9	21	1	12	.250	.292	.369	5	1	5	18	0	0	0	0	1
1953	WAS	A	14	17	0	1	0	0	.059	.200	.059	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	18	18	2	3	1	5	.167	.250	.333	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	32	35	2	4	1	5	.114	.225	.200	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	0
1954	NY	A	7	19	2	7	0	6	.368	.368	.684	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1955	NY	A	45	78	6	16	1	6	.205	.273	.282	1	1	8	15	0	1	0	0	3
1956	NY	A	44	52	8	14	3	10	.269	.296	.500	1	1	2	11	0	2	0	1	1
1957	NY	A	35	37	5	7	3	8	.189	.250	.486	2	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0
Total			377	601	73	143	14	98	.238	.286	.378	26	8	38	126	3	11	1	1	11

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1940).
Traded by New York Yankees with $25000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Stubby Overmire (June 15, 1951).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Joe DeMaestri to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Hank Edwards and Willie Miranda (October 16, 1952).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators (June 11, 1953).
Released by Washington Senators (August 2, 1953).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 2, 1953).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Gordon Goldsberry (December 9, 1953).
Sold by Seattle (PCL) to New York Yankees (September 3, 1954).

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