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Tommy
Byrne		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 187
 
Born: December 31, 1919 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 BOS AL   9 7 6 6 3 1 1 8 7 7
1944 24 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 3 1 1 9 8 8
1945 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 3 1 1 9 8 8
1946 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 6 5 6 3 1 1 9 8 8
1947 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 2 1 1 9 8 8
1948 28 BOS AL $ 350,000 9 7 6 6 2 1 1 8 7 7
1949 29 BOS AL $ 350,000 9 7 6 7 2 1 1 8 8 8
1950 30 BOS AL $ 785,714 9 7 6 6 2 1 1 8 7 7
1951 31 BOS AL $ 785,714 9 6 5 6 2 1 1 7 6 6
1952 32 BOS AL $ 785,714 9 6 5 5 2 1 1 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 6 5 5 2 1 1 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 785,714 9 7 6 7 3 1 1 9 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 28 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 29 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 30 BOS AL $ 785,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 31 BOS AL $ 785,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 32 BOS AL $ 785,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 785,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1943 23 AAA   10 7 .588 26 26 3 0 0 176.7 162 69 12 89 132 3.52 .243 .332 .351 .684  
1944 24 BOS AL 9 21 .300 40 40 9 2 0 262.7 286 182 21 176 108 6.24 .281 .388 .423 .812 4.0
1945 25 BOS AL 7 23 .233 39 39 9 1 0 272.0 257 139 6 195 133 4.60 .247 .369 .347 .716 10.2
1946 26 BOS AL 3 2 .600 21 4 1 0 1 54.0 48 31 2 40 22 5.17 .244 .373 .355 .728 2.5
    AAA   4 2 .667 12 12 0 0 0 65.7 57 20 3 41 51 2.74 .233 .343 .335 .677  
1947 27 BOS AL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 25.3 21 13 2 10 14 4.62 .228 .304 .380 .684 0.9
    AAA   3 3 .500 27 0 0 0 0 48.0 38 18 0 42 35 3.38 .228 .383 .281 .664  
1948 28 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 4 1 0 0 0 11.0 6 5 1 8 9 4.09 .162 .326 .351 .677 0.8
    AAA   0 3 .000 55 0 0 0 4 46.7 40 20 3 31 42 3.86 .234 .351 .345 .697  
1949 29 BOS AL 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 1 31.0 24 14 1 19 15 4.06 .214 .326 .313 .638 2.9
    AAA   4 2 .667 30 0 0 0 0 50.0 50 28 7 38 47 5.04 .263 .386 .453 .839  
1950 30 BOS AL 9 8 .529 43 22 2 0 2 177.3 146 90 15 154 102 4.57 .227 .375 .336 .711 11.1
1951 31 BOS AL 0 12 .000 43 9 1 0 5 90.0 88 70 12 91 37 7.00 .262 .423 .411 .833 0.0
1952 32 BOS AL 1 2 .333 37 0 0 0 2 48.7 63 42 12 35 22 7.77 .318 .423 .581 1.004 0.0
9 Years Sim 31 69 .310 261 115 22 3 11 972.0 939 586 72 728 462 5.43 .256 .380 .385 .765 32.3
5 Years AAA 21 17 .553 150 38 3 0 4 387.0 347 155 25 241 307 3.60 .241 .350 .353 .703  
Season Average 3 7 .300 29 12 2 0 1 108.0 104 65 8 80 51 5.43 .256 .380 .385 .765  
Career Highs 9 23 1.000 43 40 9 2 5 272.0 286 182 21 195 133 7.77 .318 .423 .581 1.004  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   651 362 46 507 262   .276 .404 .401 .805
vs LH   288 224 26 221 200   .220 .332 .356 .688
Home 19 31 .380 135 59 12 3 3 493.3 470 307 40 373 240 5.60 .253 .378 .389 .767
Away 12 38 .240 126 56 10 0 8 478.6 469 279 32 355 222 5.25 .259 .380 .380 .761
Mar/Apr 8 9 .471 49 13 2 0 1 141.0 139 65 12 97 63 4.15 .261 .375 .398 .774
May 6 14 .300 49 23 4 1 4 193.6 171 109 13 164 96 5.07 .240 .382 .369 .752
June 4 16 .200 41 25 5 0 2 193.0 182 126 13 142 82 5.88 .250 .373 .367 .740
July 4 9 .308 33 20 3 1 1 152.0 152 97 11 112 71 5.74 .257 .376 .376 .751
August 3 12 .200 44 15 3 0 3 133.7 141 91 14 99 79 6.13 .273 .390 .422 .811
Sep/Oct 6 9 .400 45 19 5 1 0 158.6 154 98 9 114 71 5.56 .261 .380 .391 .771
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1944 24 BOS AL 40 90 8 21 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 20 .233 .247 .322 .570 6.7 0.0
1945 25 BOS AL 39 87 3 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .161 .178 .195 .373 2.3 0.0
1946 26 BOS AL 21 13 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 .385 .769 1.8 0.3
1947 27 BOS AL 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1948 28 BOS AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1949 29 BOS AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1950 30 BOS AL 43 55 2 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 12 .236 .276 .273 .549 4.4 0.0
1951 31 BOS AL 43 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5 0.0
1952 32 BOS AL 37 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
9 Years Sim 261 279 15 59 6 2 1 15 0 1 7 57 .211 .229 .258 .487 15.6 0.5
162 Game Average 173 9 36 3 1 0 9 0 0 4 35 .211 .229 .258 .487 9.7  
Career Highs 43 90 8 21 3 2 1 6 0 1 3 20 .385 .385 .385 .769 6.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   188 13 36 4 1 1 8 0 1 5 37 .191 .211 .239 .451 7.1
vs LH   91 2 23 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 20 .253 .266 .297 .563 6.6
Home 127 134 9 28 2 2 1 8 0 0 5 23 .209 .236 .276 .512 8.0
Away 125 145 6 31 4 0 0 7 0 1 2 34 .214 .223 .241 .464 5.8
RISP   65 0 11 1 0 0 13 0 0 1 21 .169 .176 .185 .361 0.9
Close/Late   23 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .130 .167 .174 .341 0.1
Mar/Apr 37 31 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .194 .188 .226 .413 0.8
May 46 59 5 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 14 .220 .246 .288 .534 3.7
June 41 56 1 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 13 .179 .220 .196 .417 1.8
July 24 49 3 13 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 9 .265 .280 .327 .607 4.3
August 44 35 5 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 .229 .222 .286 .508 1.6
Sep/Oct 45 49 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .184 .200 .224 .424 1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 24 BOS AL P 40 40 262.7 13 48 5 2 .924 2.09    
1945 25 BOS AL P 39 39 272.0 17 48 3 0 .956 2.15    
1946 26 BOS AL P 21 4 54.0 3 13 1 1 .941 2.67    
1947 27 BOS AL P 14 0 25.3 0 4 1 2 .800 1.42    
1948 28 BOS AL P 4 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1949 29 BOS AL P 20 0 31.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.45    
1950 30 BOS AL P 43 22 177.3 7 39 2 2 .958 2.33    
1951 31 BOS AL P 43 9 90.0 5 19 3 0 .889 2.40    
1952 32 BOS AL P 37 0 48.7 2 13 1 3 .938 2.77    
Career Totals   261 115 972.0 51 187 16 10 .937 2.20    
Career Highs   43 40 272.0 17 48 5 3 1.000 2.77    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1944-2-21
1945-1-23
 Complete Games
1944-9-9
 Shutouts
1944-5-2
1945-8-1
 Strikeouts
1945-8-133
 Walks Allowed
1944-2-176
1945-1-195
1950-6-154
 Hits per 9IP
1950-2-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
1950-8-5.2
 OAVG
1950-2-.227
 OSLG
1945-5-.347
1950-2-.336
 OOPS
1950-9-.711
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1943
Injured on 8/16/1943 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Had first career hit on 4/14/1944, off Ralph Buxton (TAM)
Earned first career win on 4/14/1944
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1944, off Kirby Higbe (OAK)
Injured on 4/3/1945 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/3/1946 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/7/1946 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/16/1946 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/29/1950 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/7/1951 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $785,714 through salary arbitration
 
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