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)

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		8	0	1	95.0	59	46	104	2	12	33	0		1	412	4.36	102
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	45	89	3	15	24	0		2	286	6.90	69
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	2	3	.400	7	4		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		5	2	1	99.0	52	36	106	3	24	43	1	0	2	439	3.27	141
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	29	PH	4	3	.571	9	7		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		7	0	1	83.1	42	34	85	3	21	30	0		1	353	3.67	133
1939	EAS/BEG	MULT	31	SP	10	3	.769	17	13		10	0	0	111.2	47	39	126	0	24	42	0	0	0	28	3.14	137
1941	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	33	SP	9	3	.750	16	12		10	2	2	102.0	34	25	80	2	18	62	0	0	2	413	2.21	199
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	10	3	.769	17	11		7	1	1	99.0	42	32	87		23	53	2		5		2.91	132
1943	MULT	NN2/NSA	35	SP	11	5	.688	20	13		12	2	0	141.0	56	44	137	2	36	95	0		3	584	2.81	175
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	36	SP	6	5	.545	13	9		7	2	0	81.0	32	24	78	1	17	58	0	0	3	333	2.67	169
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	11	6	.647	19	15		13	1	1	132.2	54	47	136	2	28	91	0	0	1	558	3.19	130
1946	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	38	SP	5	8	.385	17	11		6	0	2	84.1	55	43	96	7	14	43	0	0	2	359	4.59	94
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	8	5	.615	16	14		11	0	0	120.1	51	36	112	2	24	59	0		2	496	2.69	144
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	11	4	.733	19	13		12	0	0	137.2	44	27	112	2	23	88	1		2	541	1.77	184
15	7			SP	108	70	.607	224	161		120	10	9	1434.1	685	532	1449	35	301	764	4	0	27	5192	3.34	131
162 Game Average					19	12	.607	40	28		21	2	2	253.1	121	94	256	7	53	135	1	0	5	1067	3.34	131

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				108	69	.610	223	161		120	10	9	1432.1	684	531	1446	35	301	764	4	0	27	5185	3.34	132
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	7	4.50	34

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		8	0	1	95.0	59	46	104	2	12	33	0		1	412	4.36	102
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	45	89	3	15	24	0		2	286	6.90	69
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	99	52	.656	188	138		106	9	8	1243.1	565	435	1226	30	265	686	4	0	24	4349	3.15	139
5	East All Stars			RP	2	1	.667	7	2		0	0	0	17.0	6	4	19	0	6	10	0	0	0	73	2.12	130
1	South All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0		0	21	0.00	0
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	1	0	1.000	3	1		1	1	0	12.1	1	1	5	0	3	10	0	0	0	44	0.73	695
1	Negro All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	7	4.50	34

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%	12.6%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.81	0.5%	1.0%
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	58.2	1.77	1.49	8.4%	12.7%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.55	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	1.31	1.47	9.8%	13.6%	5.5%	8.0%	1.79	1.36	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%	11.5%	5.9%	9.2%	1.43	1.24	0.8%	1.5%
1939	EAS/BEG	MULT	31	SP	111.2	1.34	1.42	8.9%	13.8%	5.1%	10.3%	1.75	1.29	0.0%
1941	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	33	SP	102.0	0.96	1.42	15.0%	13.3%	4.4%	6.0%	3.44	1.43	0.5%	1.3%
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	99.0	1.11	1.32	13.1%	12.3%	5.7%	8.9%	2.30	1.38
1943	MULT	NN2/NSA	35	SP	141.0	1.23	1.53	16.3%	12.5%	6.2%	7.6%	2.64	1.34	0.3%	0.5%
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	36	SP	81.0	1.17	1.46	17.4%	10.2%	5.1%	7.3%	3.41	1.42	0.3%	1.0%
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	132.2	1.24	1.44	16.3%	12.9%	5.0%	8.0%	3.25	1.57	0.4%	0.4%
1946	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	38	SP	84.1	1.30	1.42	12.0%	13.5%	3.9%	8.1%	3.07	1.35	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	1.57	0.4%	1.0%
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	137.2	0.98	1.31	16.3%	16.1%	4.3%	10.4%	3.83	1.63	0.4%	0.6%
15	7			SP	1434.1	1.22	1.43	12.6%	12.4%	5.0%	8.6%	2.54	1.46	0.7%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1432.1	1.22	1.43	12.7%	12.4%	5.0%	8.6%	2.54	1.46	0.7%	1.0%
1	vs Major Leagues				2.0	1.50	0.95	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	7.3%	0.00	1.67	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%	12.6%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.81	0.5%	1.0%
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	58.2	1.77	1.49	8.4%	12.7%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.55	1.0%	0.9%
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	1243.1	1.20	1.43	13.2%	12.3%	5.1%	8.8%	2.59	1.41	0.7%	1.0%
5	East All Stars			RP	17.0	1.47	1.20	13.7%	15.5%	8.2%	9.0%	1.67	1.85	0.0%	0.9%
1	South All Stars			RP	6.0	0.50	1.26	4.8%	14.4%	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	3.63	0.0%	0.0%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	12.1	0.65	1.49	22.7%	11.1%	6.8%	8.3%	3.33	1.34	0.0%	0.8%
1	Negro All Stars			-	2.0	1.50	0.95	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	7.3%	0.00	1.67	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	439	399	52	106	11	8	3	3		24	43		2	14	0	10	.266	.311	.356	.666
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	EAS/BEG	MULT	31	SP	17	28	25	47	126	0	0	0	0	2	24	42	0	0	1	0	0	5.040	3.061	5.040	8.101
1941	BEG/EAS	NN2/EWA	33	SP	16	413	389	34	80	14	4	2	2	1	18	62	0	2	4	0	5	.206	.244	.278	.522
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	17			42	87						23	53		5
1943	MULT	NN2/NSA	35	SP	20	584	539	56	137	16	8	2	3		36	95		3	6			.254	.304	.325	.629
1944	MULT	NN2/EWA	36	SP	13	333	311	32	78	9	5	1	0	0	17	58	0	3	2		3	.251	.296	.322	.618
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	19	558	519	54	136	14	4	2	3		28	91		1	11		10	.262	.301	.316	.617
1946	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	38	SP	17	359	335	55	96	12	6	7	10	1	14	43	2	2	8	0	5	.287	.319	.421	.740
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	16	496	463	51	112	19	4	2	6		24	59		2	7		11	.242	.282	.313	.595
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	19	541	506	44	112	13	4	2	5		23	88		2	10		15	.221	.258	.275	.533
15	7			SP	224	5192	4809	685	1449	169	64	35	56	4	301	764	2	27	106	0	83	.258	.299	.342	.641

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				223	5185	4802	684	1446	169	64	35	56	4	301	764	2	27	105	0	83	.258	.299	.342	.641
1	vs Major Leagues				1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1		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	188	4349	4031	565	1226	134	52	30	38	0	265	686	1	24	79		74	.253	.295	.334	.629
5	East All Stars			RP	7	73	64	6	19	1	0	0	3	4	6	10	1	0	3	0	1	.297	.357	.313	.670
1	South All Stars			RP	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	44	41	1	5	0	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	1		0	.429	.429	.429	.857

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