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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	W,12-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (2)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	56	11.2	2	0	1	3	0
5	14 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (1)	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	19 (1)	May 5	NYY		WSH	W,18-8	GF	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	20	May 6	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	21	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-9	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	23 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	27 (3)	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	28	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	30 (1)	May 23	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	33 (2)	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	38 (4)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	40 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		SLB	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	46 (5)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	47	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	51 (3)	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	52	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	55 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	GF	33	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	57 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	60 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	64 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	67 (2)	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	68	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	W,13-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	71	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	GF	7	2.0	4	1	0	5	1
33	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	74	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	77 (2)	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,19-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	80 (1)	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	83 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
39	84	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	87 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	88	Jul 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	54	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	89	Jul 24	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	90	Jul 25	NYY		DET	W,10-7	GS	49	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	92 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	93	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	94	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
47	95	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	96	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	98	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	99	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	100	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	104 (3)	Aug 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	105	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	GF	16	4.1	1	0	1	2	0
55	106	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-17	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	110 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	16.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	112	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	W,9-6	GS	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
63	115	Aug 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	117 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
65	118	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	54	11.0	4	0	1	5	0
66	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	122 (1)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	125 (2)	Aug 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	126	Aug 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	132 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	137	Sep 11	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	GF	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	138	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	51	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	139	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	141 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	142	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	143	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	144	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	145	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	146	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	154 (7)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
88	155	Sep 27	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
							95gm			135	2	4	141	1