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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	14 (1)	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	15	May 5	NYY		DET	W,10-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	17 (1)	May 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	18	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	19	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,8-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GF	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	23 (1)	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	26 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	31 (4)	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	32	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	33	May 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	34	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-16	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	35	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	36	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	37	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	GF	29	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	39 (1)	Jun 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
20	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	43	Jun 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	44	Jun 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	45	Jun 8	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	47 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	48	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	49	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	50	Jun 15	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	51	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	53	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	56 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	59 (2)	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	60	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	62 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	63	Jun 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	66	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	71	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	72	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	73	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	74	Jul 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	76 (1)	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	GF	14	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
49	79 (1)	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
52	83 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	18	4.1	2	0	0	2	0
53	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	85	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
55	86	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	87	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	88	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	91	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
61	92	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	93	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	95	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	96	Aug 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	97	Aug 2	NYY		BOS	W,12-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	98	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	99	Aug 4	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	100	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	101	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	102	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	103	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	104	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	105	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	12.1	5	0	0	5	0
75	107 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	109 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	110	Aug 15	NYY		DET	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	112 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	113	Aug 18	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	114	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,9-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	116 (1)	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	117	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	GF	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	118	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	GS	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	119	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	121 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
86	122	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	123	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	124	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	127 (2)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	128	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	129	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	132 (2)	Sep 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	14	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
94	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	135	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
96	136	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	137	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	138	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	140 (1)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	141	Sep 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	143 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	144	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							107gm			126	2	2	130	1