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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
13	13	Apr 30	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 6	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 7	NYY		DET	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 11	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 14	NYY		CHW	W,6-0	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	29 (5)	May 21 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,14-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	30	May 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	33 (2)	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	35 (1)	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	60 (24)	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-17	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	64 (2)	Jun 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	65	Jun 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	67 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-4	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	69 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	71 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
35	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
36	74	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	77 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,14-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	79 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,7-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
39	80	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,15-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	81	Jul 12	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	82	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	84 (1)	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	85	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,1-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	87 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	88	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
46	89	Jul 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	90	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	91	Jul 21	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	92	Jul 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	55	15.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	94 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	47	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
52	98 (2)	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	101 (2)	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	W,12-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	T,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	104 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	106 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	107	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
58	108	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
59	109	Aug 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	110	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	112 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
62	113	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		DET	W,13-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	114	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	115	Aug 17	NYY		DET	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	118 (2)	Aug 20	NYY		SLB	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	122 (3)	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	127 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	128	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	134 (5)	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	135	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	136	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	137	Sep 8 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	64	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	138	Sep 8 (2)	NYY	@	DET	T,7-7	CG	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,13-14	CG	70	13.1	1	0	1	2	0
75	140	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	141	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	142	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	143	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	144	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	55	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	145	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	146	Sep 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	147	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
83	148	Sep 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	149	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	150	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	151	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
87	152	Sep 21	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-7	GF	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	154	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	155	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	156	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							92gm			132	4	5	141	1