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Bill Byrd

William Byrd

Born: July 15, 1907 in Canton, GA
Died: January 4, 1991 in Philadelphia, PA
(83 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 210

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Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, PA)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	3	8	.273	13	11	2	8	0	1	95.0	59	45	104	2	12	33	0	1	412	4.26	104
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	2	8	.200	11	9	5	0	0	58.2	53	49	89	3	15	24	0	2	286	7.52	67
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	2	3	.400	7	4	0	3	0	0	35.0	27	22	40	4	6	15	0	1	153	5.66	94
1936	EAS / WEG	EWA / NN2	28	SP	9	4	.692	17	10	0	5	2	1	99.0	53	39	105	3	24	43	1	0	2	440	3.55	139
1937	NAS / WEG	IND / NN2	29	PH	4	3	.571	9	7	2	4	0	0	53.2	37	32	61	2	16	28	0	0	237	5.37	97
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	7	2	.778	13	9	4	7	0	1	83.1	42	36	85	3	21	30	0	0	1	353	3.89	134
1939	BEG / EAS	MULT	31	SP	11	4	.733	18	14	4	12	0	1	125.1	56	51	141	5	22	61	0	0	1	524	3.66	125
1941	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	33	SP	9	3	.750	16	12	4	10	2	2	102.0	34	25	80	2	18	62	0	0	2	413	2.21	199
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	8	3	.727	17	11	5	7	1	2	96.1	43	37	91	5	26	48	2	0	4	410	3.46	112
1943	MULT	NLA / NN2	35	SP	11	5	.688	20	13	6	12	2	0	140.1	56	44	137	2	38	95	0	0	4	582	2.82	174
1944	MULT	EWA / NN2	36	SP	6	5	.545	13	9	4	7	2	0	80.0	32	24	78	1	17	58	0	0	3	332	2.70	167
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	11	6	.647	19	15	4	13	1	1	132.1	54	46	136	2	28	91	0	0	1	558	3.13	132
1946	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	38	SP	5	8	.385	17	11	4	6	0	2	84.1	55	43	96	7	14	43	0	0	2	359	4.59	97
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	8	5	.615	16	14	2	11	0	0	120.1	51	37	112	2	24	59	0	0	2	496	2.77	147
1948	BEG	NLC / NN2	40	SP	11	4	.733	19	13	6	12	0	0	137.2	44	29	112	2	23	88	1	0	2	541	1.90	176
15	7			SP	107	71	.601	225	162	47	122	10	11	1443.1	696	559	1467	45	304	778	4	0	28	6096	3.49	129
162 Game Average					19	12	.601	40	28	9	21	2	2	253.2	122	98	258	8	53	137	1	0	5	1071	3.49	129

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				107	70	.605	224	162	46	122	10	11	1441.2	695	558	1464	45	304	778	4	0	28	6089	3.48	129
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5.40	37

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	3	8	.273	13	11	2	8	0	1	95.0	59	45	104	2	12	33	0	1	412	4.26	104
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	2	8	.200	11	9	5	0	0	58.2	53	49	89	3	15	24	0	2	286	7.52	67
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	98	53	.649	189	139	39	108	9	10	1252.2	575	459	1245	40	268	700	4	0	25	5252	3.30	136
5	East All Stars			RP	2	1	.667	7	2	2	0	0	0	17.0	7	4	18	0	6	10	0	0	0	74	2.12	131
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	0.00	0
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	1	0	1.000	3	1	2	1	1	0	12.1	1	1	5	0	3	10	0	0	0	44	0.73	692
1	Negro All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5.40	37

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	95.0	1.22	1.38	8.0%	12.7%	2.9%	6.9%	2.75	1.83	0.5%	1.0%
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	58.2	1.77	1.48	8.4%	12.6%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.54	1.0%	0.9%
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	35.0	1.31	1.57	9.8%	11.1%	3.9%	8.7%	2.50	1.27	2.6%	1.4%
1936	EAS / WEG	EWA / NN2	28	SP	99.0	1.30	1.48	9.8%	12.8%	5.5%	8.0%	1.79	1.35	0.7%	0.8%
1937	NAS / WEG	IND / NN2	29	PH	53.2	1.43	1.50	11.8%	11.6%	6.8%	8.3%	1.75	1.40	0.8%	1.5%
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	83.1	1.27	1.48	8.5%	11.4%	5.9%	9.3%	1.43	1.23	0.8%	1.5%
1939	BEG / EAS	MULT	31	SP	125.1	1.30	1.45	11.6%	15.2%	4.2%	10.9%	2.77	1.33	1.0%	1.9%
1941	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	33	SP	102.0	0.96	1.41	15.0%	13.4%	4.4%	5.9%	3.44	1.46	0.5%	1.3%
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	96.1	1.21	1.33	11.7%	12.6%	6.3%	9.0%	1.85	1.40	1.2%	1.0%
1943	MULT	NLA / NN2	35	SP	140.1	1.25	1.54	16.3%	10.6%	6.5%	8.6%	2.50	1.21	0.3%	0.5%
1944	MULT	EWA / NN2	36	SP	80.0	1.19	1.46	17.5%	10.2%	5.1%	7.3%	3.41	1.43	0.3%	1.0%
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	132.1	1.24	1.42	16.3%	12.8%	5.0%	8.2%	3.25	1.60	0.4%	0.4%
1946	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	38	SP	84.1	1.30	1.43	12.0%	13.5%	3.9%	8.1%	3.07	1.33	1.9%	0.5%
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	120.1	1.13	1.38	11.9%	13.6%	4.8%	8.7%	2.46	1.56	0.4%	1.0%
1948	BEG	NLC / NN2	40	SP	137.2	0.98	1.30	16.3%	16.1%	4.3%	10.4%	3.83	1.64	0.4%	0.6%
15	7			SP	1443.1	1.23	1.43	12.8%	12.5%	5.0%	8.7%	2.56	1.45	0.7%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1441.2	1.23	1.43	12.8%	12.5%	5.0%	8.7%	2.56	1.45	0.7%	1.1%
1	vs Major Leagues				1.2	1.80	1.05	0.0%	11.9%	0.0%	7.9%	0.00	1.51	0.0%	0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	95.0	1.22	1.38	8.0%	12.7%	2.9%	6.9%	2.75	1.83	0.5%	1.0%
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	58.2	1.77	1.48	8.4%	12.6%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.54	1.0%	0.9%
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	1252.2	1.21	1.44	13.3%	12.5%	5.1%	8.9%	2.61	1.41	0.8%	1.1%
5	East All Stars			RP	17.0	1.41	1.18	13.5%	14.9%	8.1%	8.9%	1.67	1.82	0.0%	0.9%
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	6.0	0.50	1.45	4.8%	9.0%	0.0%	6.6%	0.00	1.37	0.0%	0.0%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	12.1	0.65	1.50	22.7%	11.0%	6.8%	8.4%	3.33	1.33	0.0%	0.8%
1	Negro All Stars			-	1.2	1.80	1.05	0.0%	11.9%	0.0%	7.9%	0.00	1.51	0.0%	0.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	13	412	383	59	104	19	6	2	9	12	33	1	16	5	.272	.295	.368	.664
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	11	286	262	53	89	15	6	3	6	15	24	2	7	3	.340	.380	.477	.857
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	7	153	143	27	40	9	2	4	5	6	15	1	3	3	.280	.313	.455	.768
1936	EAS / WEG	EWA / NN2	28	SP	17	440	400	53	105	11	8	3	3	0	24	43	0	2	14	10	.263	.308	.353	.660
1937	NAS / WEG	IND / NN2	29	PH	9	237	213	37	61	8	4	2	1	16	28	0	8	3	.286	.336	.390	.726
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	13	353	322	42	85	10	3	3	3	21	30	1	9	10	.264	.311	.342	.653
1939	BEG / EAS	MULT	31	SP	18	524	496	56	141	17	5	5	6	1	22	61	0	1	6	0	5	.284	.316	.369	.685
1941	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	33	SP	16	413	390	34	80	14	4	2	2	1	18	62	0	2	3	5	.205	.244	.277	.521
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	17	410	376	43	91	11	5	5	2	0	26	48	0	4	4	1	6	.242	.297	.338	.635
1943	MULT	NLA / NN2	35	SP	20	582	532	56	137	15	8	2	3	38	95	1	4	8	2	.258	.312	.327	.639
1944	MULT	EWA / NN2	36	SP	13	332	310	32	78	9	5	1	0	17	58	0	3	2	0	3	.252	.297	.323	.620
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	19	558	520	54	136	14	4	2	3	28	91	0	1	10	1	10	.262	.300	.315	.615
1946	BEG / EAS	EWA / NN2	38	SP	17	359	336	55	96	12	6	7	10	1	14	43	2	2	7	5	.286	.318	.420	.738
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	16	496	464	51	112	19	4	2	6	24	59	2	6	11	.241	.282	.313	.594
1948	BEG	NLC / NN2	40	SP	19	541	506	44	112	13	4	2	5	23	88	1	2	10	15	.221	.258	.275	.533
15	7			SP	225	6096	5653	696	1467	196	74	45	64	3	304	778	4	28	113	2	96	.260	.300	.344	.645

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				224	6089	5646	695	1464	196	74	45	64	3	304	778	4	28	112	2	96	.259	.300	.344	.644
1	vs Major Leagues				1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	13	412	383	59	104	19	6	2	9	12	33	1	16	5	.272	.295	.368	.664
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	11	286	262	53	89	15	6	3	6	15	24	2	7	3	.340	.380	.477	.857
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	189	5252	4874	575	1245	161	62	40	46	0	268	700	3	25	86	2	87	.255	.298	.339	.636
5	East All Stars			RP	7	74	65	7	18	1	0	0	3	3	6	10	1	0	3	0	1	.277	.338	.292	.630
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	44	41	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	.122	.182	.122	.304
1	Negro All Stars			-	1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857

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