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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Notes:

• Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, PA)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	56	95.0	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.6	-0.0
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	50	58.2	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.3	-0.0
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	44	35.0	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0
1936	WEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	28	SP	70	99.0	3.0	0.4	0.1	2.4	-0.0
1937	WEG/NAS	NN2/IND	29	SP	48	53.2	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.5	-0.0
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	62	83.1	2.1	0.1	0.2	1.9	-0.0
1939	BEG/EAS	MULT	31	SP	53	111.2	3.9	0.8	0.0	3.1	-0.0
1941	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	33	SP	48	90.0	3.4	0.3	0.0	3.1	-0.0
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	67	99.0	2.8	0.7	0.0	2.1	-0.0
1943	MULT	NN2/NSA	35	SP	126	141.0	5.0	0.1	-0.4	5.4	-0.0
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	36	SP	34	71.0	1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.7	0.0
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	62	120.0	4.1	-0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0
1946	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	38	SP	50	82.0	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	56	120.2	2.5	0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0
1948	BEG	NN2/NLC	40	SP	73	137.2	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	0.0
15	8			SP	899	1397.2	33.0	4.0	-0.1	29.4	-0.1
162 Game Average					142	220.1	5.2	0.6	-0.0	4.6	-0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
15	Negro Leagues				898	1395.2	33.1	4.0	-0.1	29.4	-0.1
1	vs Major Leagues				1	2.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	772	1206.2	30.5	3.5	-0.1	27.2	-0.1
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	56	95.0	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.6	-0.0
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	50	58.2	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.3	-0.0
6	East All Stars			RP	10	17.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
1	NNL All Stars			-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	Negro All Stars			-	1	2.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	6	12.1	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
1	South All Stars			RP	3	6.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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