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	22-37 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 153 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	72 (36-21-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 153 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	106 (53-33-19)

Most Driven In
G Campbell	3
L Riggs	2
K Cuyler	2
Self	2
D Moore	1
B Myers	1
L Handley	1
C Chapman	1

Most Driven In By
K Cuyler	6
Self	2
E Lombardi	2
T Thevenow	2
B Herman	1
A Hollingsworth	1
G Schott	1
C Chapman	1

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 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	688	1	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	4.66	-0.106	12.07	-0.17%	-0.47	PH
2	689	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,6-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	2	3.44	0.134	8.02	0.19%	0.38	PH
3	690	12 (9)	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	5	.90	0.008	2.51	0.01%	0.05	CF
4	691	14 (1)	Apr 30	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9						PR
May		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
5	692	17 (2)	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,5-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	6	1.36	-0.035	3.49	-0.05%	-0.10	PH CF
6	693	18	May 4	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	5	2.08	0.142	4.56	0.19%	-0.39	CF
7	694	19	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	6	.40	-0.031	.98	-0.05%	-0.31	CF
8	695	20	May 6	CIN		BRO	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	6	.79	-0.058	1.94	-0.09%	-0.68	CF
9	696	22 (1)	May 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.99	-0.025	2.09	-0.03%	-0.22	PH
10	697	26 (3)	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	9	.97	-0.026	1.85	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
11	698	27	May 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	7	6.30	-0.282	12.59	-0.34%	-1.60	PH
12	699	28	May 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	2	2.84	-0.081	5.11	-0.09%	-0.24	PH
13	700	29	May 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	5	.88	-0.045	1.18	-0.04%	-0.32	CF
14	701	31 (1)	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,10-8	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.43	-0.011	.72	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
15	702	33 (1)	May 23	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.240	.425	9	5.59	0.683	10.04	0.74%	2.17	PH
16	703	36 (2)	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.345	.626	1	.46	0.082	.79	0.08%	1.17	CF
17	704	37	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.364	.688	1	1.80	0.228	2.65	0.20%	0.98	CF
18	705	38	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.317	.378	.695	6	.45	0.072	.76	0.07%	-0.03	CF
19	706	39	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.400	.733	6	.21	0.005	.36	0.01%	0.57	CF
20	707	40	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.273	.347	.409	.756	7	.75	-0.085	1.30	-0.09%	0.36	CF
21	708	41	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.391	.737	6	1.25	-0.039	2.53	-0.05%	-0.22	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
22	709	45 (3)	Jun 5	CIN		BSN	L,4-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.340	.383	.723	9	.35	-0.010	.56	-0.01%	-0.49	PH
23	710	47 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,8-10	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.340	.383	.723	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
24	711	49 (1)	Jun 8	CIN		NYG	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.340	.383	.723	1						LF
25	712	52 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG(13)	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.339	.396	.735	1	1.55	0.386	2.07	0.31%	1.66	LF
26	713	55 (2)	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.246	.317	.368	.686	1	.64	-0.039	.94	-0.04%	-0.40	LF
27	714	56	Jun 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.309	.355	.664	1	.69	-0.034	.83	-0.02%	-0.98	LF
28	715	61 (4)	Jun 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.373	.688	4	.46	0.060	.53	0.04%	0.33	LF
29	716	66 (4)	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.311	.368	.678	5	.28	-0.007	.70	-0.01%	-0.10	PH LF
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
30	717	67	Jul 2	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	12-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.362	.669	3	7.32	0.107	20.39	0.18%	0.05	PH CF
31	718	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	W,10-9	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.316	.371	.687	9	.33	0.019	.84	0.03%	0.37	PH
32	719	75 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.312	.366	.678	7	1.03	-0.026	.79	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
33	720	76	Jul 12 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.305	.355	.660	5	1.65	-0.072	.93	-0.02%	-0.60	CF
34	721	79 (2)	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.301	.351	.652	1	.39	-0.010	.24	0.00%	-0.23	PH LF
35	722	80	Jul 17	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.298	.346	.644	9	1.03	-0.026	.79	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
36	723	82 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.292	.337	.629	1	2.00	-0.217	1.14	-0.07%	-1.28	CF
37	724	83	Jul 19 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.241	.290	.333	.624	1	1.15	-0.092	.45	-0.02%	-0.59	CF
38	725	84	Jul 21	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.322	.603	1	1.29	-0.082	.53	-0.02%	-0.83	CF
39	726	85	Jul 22	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.351	.631	1	1.94	0.280	1.05	0.09%	1.67	CF
40	727	86	Jul 23	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.245	.288	.357	.646	1	1.14	-0.051	.66	-0.02%	-0.31	CF
41	728	87	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.284	.343	.628	1	.59	-0.005	.31	0.00%	-0.37	CF
42	729	88	Jul 26 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	5	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.298	.368	.666	1	.79	0.086	.33	0.02%	0.60	CF
43	730	91 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.297	.364	.660	1	.42	-0.043	.11	-0.01%	-0.83	CF
44	731	95 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.294	.360	.654	9	.95	-0.025	.29	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
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
45	732	98 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.366	.666	1	.21	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.13	PH
46	733	100 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.298	.363	.660	9	.07	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.10	PH
47	734	102 (1)	Aug 8	CIN	@	STL	L,4-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.295	.360	.655	9	.61	-0.016	.07	0.00%	-0.24	PH
48	735	107 (4)	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.295	.360	.655	5						PR
49	736	109 (1)	Aug 14	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.357	.649	9	2.13	-0.059	.06	0.00%	-0.35	PH LF
50	737	117 (7)	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.286	.347	.633	5	.41	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.40	LF
51	738	119 (1)	Aug 25	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.279	.339	.618	1	1.46	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.72	LF
52	739	120	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.277	.336	.613	9	2.06	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.04	PH
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
53	740	127 (6)	Sep 3 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.284	.336	.620	5	.60	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.47	LF
54	741	140 (12)	Sep 13 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.295	.341	.636	1	1.15	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.37	LF
55	742	143 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.293	.338	.631	8	.79	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
56	743	148 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.298	.344	.641	9	.06	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
57	744	149	Sep 22	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.310	.358	.669	3	1.05	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.84	LF
58	745	150	Sep 24 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.353	.659	3	2.63	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.54	LF
59	746	154 (3)	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.248	.303	.348	.650	3	.95	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.55	LF CF
							22-37		153	141	17	35	8	0	2	13	11	0	10	0	1		6	4	0	2	.248	.303	.348	.650		1.17	0.604	1.31	0.86%	-2.52

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