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Sammy
Byrd		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 15, 1907 in Usa, GA, BREMEN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 NYM NL     36 36 39 38 31 33 65 57 59 56 47 50 69 64 66
1931 23 NYM NL     4 4 5 5 4 4 8 7 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
1932 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 4 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1933 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
1934 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
1935 27 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
1936 28 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
1937 29 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1938 30 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
1939 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
1940 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 4 4 8 7 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   36 36 39 38 31 33 65 57 59 56 47 50 69 64 66
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
1930 22 AAA   15 59 11 15 5 0 1 5 3 1 6 5 .254 .323 .390 .713 7.6  
    AA   122 482 80 150 31 4 17 61 8 0 69 30 .311 .397 .498 .895 93.0  
1931 23 AAA   137 542 89 174 51 3 18 97 11 6 80 34 .321 .408 .526 .934 108.7  
1932 24 TAM AL 66 62 6 15 2 0 2 12 0 0 3 7 .242 .273 .371 .644 6.2 0.4
1933 25 TAM AL 65 114 13 18 4 1 1 8 0 0 17 11 .158 .267 .237 .504 6.7 0.0
1934 26 TAM AL 21 24 5 4 1 1 1 5 0 0 3 4 .167 .259 .417 .676 1.8 0.0
    AA   47 170 23 48 13 1 9 36 1 1 31 12 .282 .393 .529 .922 34.5  
1935 27 AA   137 525 77 148 45 3 21 70 7 4 78 44 .282 .375 .499 .874 95.6  
1936 28 AA   136 515 80 140 38 1 19 78 5 2 80 59 .272 .370 .460 .830 88.2  
1937 29 MIN AL 104 184 22 63 16 0 7 28 0 0 14 32 .342 .387 .543 .930 33.0 6.7
1938 30 MIN AL 71 111 16 27 8 1 4 21 0 0 11 15 .243 .309 .441 .750 14.8 2.0
1939 31 MIN AL 9 9 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .556 .600 .667 1.267 2.7 0.8
    AAA   111 442 71 130 34 1 24 80 3 3 54 60 .294 .371 .538 .909 83.6  
1940 32 AAA   134 527 63 134 40 1 16 102 5 5 51 72 .254 .320 .425 .745 70.3  
6 Years Sim 336 504 64 132 32 3 15 75 0 0 49 70 .262 .326 .427 .752 65.2 9.8
4 Years AAA 397 1570 234 453 130 5 59 284 22 15 191 171 .289 .361 .490 .851 270.1  
4 Years AA 442 1692 260 486 127 9 66 245 21 7 258 145 .287 .381 .490 .871 311.3  
8 Years Minors 839 3262 494 939 257 14 125 529 43 22 449 316 .288 .371 .490 .861 581.5  
162 Game Average 243 30 63 15 1 7 36 0 0 23 33 .262 .326 .427 .752 31.5  
Career Highs 104 184 22 63 16 1 7 28 0 0 17 32 .556 .600 .667 1.267 33.0  
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   341 43 85 20 2 9 44 0 0 28 49 .249 .305 .399 .704 41.4
vs LH   163 21 47 12 1 6 31 0 0 21 21 .288 .366 .485 .850 28.3
Home 170 234 33 67 20 2 7 42 0 0 26 32 .286 .354 .479 .832 38.4
Away 166 270 31 65 12 1 8 33 0 0 23 38 .241 .300 .381 .682 31.3
RISP   131 0 32 6 1 4 57 0 0 14 22 .244 .311 .397 .708 16.9
Pinch Hitting   209 24 51 9 1 5 41 0 0 24 25 .244 .318 .368 .686 25.7
Close/Late   111 12 34 8 1 5 24 0 0 15 14 .306 .386 .532 .917 21.7
Mar/Apr 62 81 13 25 5 0 4 13 0 0 6 9 .309 .352 .519 .871 14.0
May 66 114 11 23 6 0 3 15 0 0 10 18 .202 .264 .333 .597 10.3
June 63 113 18 33 10 1 4 18 0 0 12 16 .292 .360 .504 .864 19.4
July 51 68 8 20 4 1 2 9 0 0 8 9 .294 .364 .471 .834 11.4
August 46 70 9 17 3 1 2 12 0 0 4 9 .243 .284 .400 .684 7.9
Sep/Oct 48 58 5 14 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 9 .241 .343 .310 .654 6.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1933 25 TAM AL LF 13 13 112.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.17   1.0
    CF 13 12 86.0 32 0 1 0 .970 3.35    
    RF 2 2 15.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.40    
1934 26 TAM AL RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1937 29 MIN AL LF 19 15 132.0 25 0 1 0 .962 1.70   0.7
    CF 17 10 94.3 27 0 1 0 .964 2.58    
    RF 32 4 88.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.24    
1938 30 MIN AL RF 19 17 147.0 34 1 1 1 .972 2.14   0.5
    LF 8 0 18.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50    
    CF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1939 31 MIN AL RF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    LF 2 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 42 29 270.0 55 1 2 1 .966 1.87   1.8
  RF 57 24 268.3 62 2 1 2 .985 2.15   0.6
  CF 37 23 200.3 68 0 2 0 .971 3.05    
Career Totals   136 76 738.7 185 3 5 3 .974 2.29   2.4
Career Highs   68 29 314.7 74 2 2 2 1.000 3.50    
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  1. Daryl Boston (978)
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  3. Gibby Brack (975)
  4. Bobby Darwin (974)
  5. Dwight Smith (969)
  6. Geronimo Berroa (969)
  7. Devon White (965)
  8. Mel Mazzera (965)
  9. Brian Dayett (962)
  10. Maurice Van Robays (959)
History
Traded from New York (M) to Chicago (N) on 1/31/1932 (Going to CHN: 1B Joe Stripp, 2B Eddie Delker, 2B Bill Hunnefield, 2B Jay Partridge, RF Sammy Byrd. Going to NYM: RF Frank Welch)
Traded from Chicago (N) to New York (M) on 1/31/1932 (Going to CHN: 2B Gordon Slade, 3B Bill Dreesen, 3B Pinky Higgins, SS Joe Sewell, SS Pee-wee Wanninger. Going to NYM: RF Sammy Byrd)
Traded from New York (M) to Houston on 1/31/1932 (Going to HOU: C Bill Dickey, CF Art Ruble, RF Sammy Byrd, RF Frank Welch. Going to NYM: C Rick Ferrell)
Injured on 3/3/1932 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
4/6/1932: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/25/1932, off Ad Liska (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1932, off Ed Durham (DET)
4/6/1933: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 7/16/1934 (Going to MIN: P Cy Blanton, CF Sammy Byrd, SS Charlie Hollocher, P Walter Beall, P Hugh Canavan. Going to TAM: SS Joe Cronin, P Dave Keefe)
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/25/1940 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/3/1940 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
 
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