Tommy Byrne

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: December 20, 2007 in Wake Forest, NC

Buried: Wake Forest Cemetery, Wake Forest, NC

High School: Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD)

School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Last Game: September 21, 1957 (Age 37-264d)
vs. BOS 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 7 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Thomas Joseph Byrne

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

ERA

4.11

281

170

1362.0

766

WHIP

1.597

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1940	20	-7.9	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	2	5	.286	4.70	5.74	16	8					69.0	69	44	36		39							1.565	9.0		5.1
1941	21	-5.9	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	10	7	.588	3.98	4.95	26			7	3		129.0	127	71	57		68		75	5	1	12		1.512	8.9		4.7	5.2	1.10
1942	22	-3.9	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	17	4	.810	3.10	4.05	28	28		15	2		209.0	160	94	72		145		147	9	0	6		1.459	6.9		6.2	6.3	1.01
1943	23	-6.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	6.54	7.39	11	2	8	0	0	0	31.2	28	26	23	1	35	1	22	3	0	3	157	1.989	8.0	0.3	9.9	6.3	0.63

1946	26	-3.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	5.79	7.71	4	1	3	0	0	0	9.1	7	8	6	1	8	0	5	1	0	0	45	1.607	6.8	1.0	7.7	4.8	0.63
1947	27	-1.1	Kansas City	AA	AAA	NYY	12	6	.667	3.26	3.99	19	18	0	13	0		149.0	109	66	54		106		138	5	0	3		1.443	6.6		6.4	8.3	1.30
1947	27	-2.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		4.15	4.15	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.1	5	2	2	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	23	2.538	10.4	0.0	12.5	4.2	0.33
1948	28	-0.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	5	.615	3.30	3.70	31	11	11	5	1	2	133.2	79	55	49	8	101	2	93	9	0	3	579	1.347	5.3	0.5	6.8	6.3	0.92
1949	29	0.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	7	.682	3.72	3.86	32	30	2	12	3	0	196.0	125	84	81	11	179	0	129	13	1	4	880	1.551	5.7	0.5	8.2	5.9	0.72
1950	30	1.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	9	.625	4.74	5.09	31	31	0	10	2	0	203.1	188	115	107	23	160	2	118	17	2	3	951	1.711	8.3	1.0	7.1	5.2	0.74
1951	31		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-NYY	6	11	.353	4.26	4.57	28	20	3	7	2	0	143.2	120	73	68	5	150	0	71	15	0	4	692	1.879	7.5	0.3	9.4	4.4	0.47
1951	31	1.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	6.86	7.29	9	3	1	0	0	0	21.0	16	17	16	0	36	0	14	3	0	2	115	2.476	6.9	0.0	15.4	6.0	0.39
1951	31	1.8	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	4	10	.286	3.82	4.11	19	17	2	7	2	0	122.2	104	56	52	5	114	0	57	12	0	2	577	1.777	7.6	0.4	8.4	4.2	0.50
1952	32	1.9	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	7	14	.333	4.68	5.37	29	24	5	14	0	0	196.0	182	117	102	16	112	2	91	10	1	5	876	1.500	8.4	0.7	5.1	4.2	0.81
1953	33		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-WSH	2	5	.286	6.16	6.34	12	11	0	2	0	0	49.2	53	35	34	3	48	0	26	1	0	0	244	2.034	9.6	0.5	8.7	4.7	0.54
1953	33	6.5	Charleston	AA	AAA	CHW	1	6	.143	5.31	5.90	12	8		3	0		61.0	68	40	36	5	27		36	1	1	1		1.557	10.0	0.7	4.0	5.3	1.33
1953	33	3.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	0	1.000	10.13	10.13	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	0	4	0	0	0	89	2.750	10.1	0.0	14.6	2.3	0.15
1953	33	3.1	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	0	5	.000	4.28	4.54	6	5	0	2	0	0	33.2	35	17	16	3	22	0	22	1	0	0	155	1.693	9.4	0.8	5.9	5.9	1.00
1954	34	3.4	Seattle	PCL	Opn		20	10	.667	3.15	3.67	36	30		24	1		260.0	218	106	91	19	118		199	6	0	3		1.292	7.5	0.7	4.1	6.9	1.69
1954	34	5.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	2	.600	2.70	2.93	5	5	0	4	1	0	40.0	36	13	12	1	19	0	24	0	0	0	169	1.375	8.1	0.2	4.3	5.4	1.26
1955	35	6.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	16	5	.762	3.15	3.88	27	22	4	9	3	2	160.0	137	69	56	12	87	3	76	7	0	3	689	1.400	7.7	0.7	4.9	4.3	0.87
1956	36	7.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	3	.700	3.36	4.10	37	8	18	1	0	6	109.2	108	50	41	9	72	5	52	2	0	0	493	1.641	8.9	0.7	5.9	4.3	0.72
1957	37	8.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	6	.400	4.36	4.36	30	4	16	1	0	2	84.2	70	41	41	8	60	2	57	7	0	3	383	1.535	7.4	0.9	6.4	6.1	0.95
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		85	69	.552	4.11	4.55	281	170	72	65	12	12	1362.0	1138	688	622	98	1037	17	766	85	4	28	6181	1.597	7.5	0.6	6.9	5.1	0.74
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		62	38	.620	3.55	4.32	137	92	0	62	6		877.0	751	421	346	24	503		595	26	2	25		1.430	7.7		5.2
All Levels (16 Seasons)							147	107	.579	3.89	4.46	418	262	72	127	18	12	2239.0	1889	1109	968	122	1540	17	1361	111	6	53	6181	1.531	7.6		6.2

Opn (1 season)					Minors		20	10	.667	3.15	3.67	36	30		24	1		260.0	218	106	91	19	118		199	6	0	3		1.292	7.5	0.7	4.1	6.9	1.69
AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		13	12	.520	3.86	4.54	31	26	0	16	0		210.0	177	106	90	5	133		174	6	1	4		1.476	7.6		5.7	7.5	1.31
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		29	16	.644	3.65	4.62	70	36		22	5		407.0	356	209	165		252		222	14	1	18		1.494	7.9		5.6