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Milt
Byrnes		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 15, 1916 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1949   
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
1943 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 8 10 10 6 8 8 7 7 7
1944 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 8 10 10 6 8 8 7 7 7
1945 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 8 10 10 6 8 8 6 7 7
1946 29 SDP NL $ 3,207,143   7 7 6 3 3 3 8 10 10 5 7 7 5 6 6
1947 30 SDP NL $ 3,207,143   7 7 6 3 3 3 9 10 10 5 7 7 5 6 6
1948 31 SDP NL $ 3,207,143   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 10 10 5 6 6 5 6 6
1949 32 NYA AL $ 2,750,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 8 10 10 4 6 5 5 6 5
1950 33 NYA AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 8 10 9 4 6 5 4 5 5
1951 34 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 3 3 8 10 9 4 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 3 3 8 10 9 4 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,207,143   8 8 7 3 3 3 9 10 10 6 8 8 7 7 7
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
1943 26 MON NL 129 414 71 129 28 10 5 57 2 0 68 42 .312 .408 .464 .872 74.5 17.5
1944 27 MON NL 123 286 38 67 20 1 5 42 0 0 69 40 .234 .379 .364 .742 43.4 6.8
1945 28 SDP NL 140 441 72 129 39 4 14 72 0 0 62 52 .293 .377 .494 .872 76.3 14.9
1946 29 SDP NL 143 439 52 110 20 5 4 38 0 0 65 82 .251 .346 .346 .692 54.0 7.4
1947 30 SDP NL 135 392 44 93 38 0 6 50 1 2 48 75 .237 .319 .380 .699 44.9 7.1
1948 31 SDP NL 106 268 38 68 24 2 6 31 0 0 36 61 .254 .341 .425 .766 36.2 5.9
1949 32 NYA AL 135 439 71 139 46 6 11 75 0 1 61 66 .317 .400 .524 .924 83.0 15.7
1950 33 NYA AL 151 519 71 128 40 2 4 47 1 0 61 109 .247 .325 .355 .679 59.3 6.9
8 Years Sim 1062 3198 457 863 255 30 55 412 4 3 470 527 .270 .362 .420 .782 471.5 82.2
162 Game Average 487 69 131 38 4 8 62 0 0 71 80 .270 .362 .420 .782 71.9  
Career Highs 151 519 72 139 46 10 14 75 2 2 69 109 .317 .408 .524 .924 83.0  
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   2419 378 694 208 23 50 353 3 3 390 346 .287 .384 .454 .838 418.8
vs LH   779 79 169 47 7 5 59 1 0 80 181 .217 .289 .315 .604 72.1
Home 529 1594 220 446 131 18 27 233 2 2 245 253 .280 .374 .435 .809 259.7
Away 533 1604 237 417 124 12 28 179 2 1 225 274 .260 .350 .405 .754 231.2
RISP   765 0 199 64 7 9 310 0 0 139 131 .260 .367 .397 .764 118.7
Pinch Hitting   170 24 45 17 1 3 39 0 0 34 31 .265 .385 .429 .815 29.2
Close/Late   391 50 119 36 3 6 60 0 0 70 57 .304 .409 .458 .867 72.4
Mar/Apr 168 505 69 151 46 3 10 54 0 1 78 69 .299 .391 .461 .853 88.9
May 181 536 80 153 38 5 9 65 0 0 79 72 .285 .377 .425 .803 86.1
June 179 518 83 133 34 8 13 68 1 1 85 85 .257 .360 .429 .788 82.3
July 168 512 72 140 41 6 11 81 0 1 68 90 .273 .357 .441 .798 79.7
August 192 593 82 160 51 3 6 77 1 0 95 118 .270 .369 .396 .766 89.4
Sep/Oct 174 534 71 126 45 5 6 67 2 0 65 93 .236 .316 .373 .689 64.5
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
1943 26 MON NL CF 115 112 978.7 283 5 9 2 .970 2.65   2.3
    RF 8 4 42.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.98    
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1944 27 MON NL CF 81 77 661.3 191 3 4 2 .980 2.64   2.5
    LF 16 0 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    RF 8 0 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32    
1945 28 SDP NL LF 74 71 582.0 149 2 2 2 .987 2.34   3.0
    CF 45 36 342.7 101 1 0 1 1.000 2.68    
    RF 12 0 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1946 29 SDP NL CF 97 92 818.0 235 4 1 2 .996 2.63   3.0
    LF 21 14 133.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    RF 11 4 48.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.77    
1947 30 SDP NL LF 77 72 602.3 144 5 1 3 .993 2.23   2.8
    CF 41 34 291.3 88 3 1 2 .989 2.81    
    RF 15 4 47.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87    
1948 31 SDP NL CF 46 37 328.3 100 2 0 1 1.000 2.80   1.3
    LF 31 24 220.0 60 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    RF 8 6 47.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
1949 32 NYA AL CF 93 86 780.3 208 3 1 3 .995 2.43   2.5
    RF 19 10 112.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    LF 7 7 59.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.44    
1950 33 NYA AL CF 113 110 954.0 259 3 1 1 .996 2.47   2.9
    RF 30 21 198.0 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 3 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
  CF 631 584 5154.6 1465 24 17 14 .989 2.60   14.6
  LF 231 190 1645.3 408 8 3 5 .993 2.28   5.7
  RF 111 49 532.3 136 1 1 0 .993 2.32    
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   974 823 7333.3 2010 34 21 19 .990 2.51   20.3
Career Highs   146 133 1171.0 304 8 9 5 1.000 2.67    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1943-8-.394*
 Slugging Pct
1945-7-.494
1949-9-.524
 OPS
1943-9-.839*
1945-6-.872
1949-10-.924
 Doubles
1945-4-39
1947-4-38
1949-3-46
1950-5-40
 Triples
1943-2-10
1946-10-5
 Strikeouts
1946-3-82
1947-5-75
1950-3-109
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Gleeson (950)
  2. Steve Henderson (949)
  3. Andy Van Slyke (942)
  4. Sam West (934)
  5. Dave Harris (933)
  6. Sam Jethroe (930)
  7. R.J. Reynolds (928)
  8. Wally Moses (927)
  9. Jerry Lynch (926)
  10. Ival Goodman (924)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Montreal in 1943
Had first career hit on 4/3/1943, off Frank Barrett (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1943, off Van Mungo (BRK)
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1945 (Going to MON: CF Ernie Sulik. Going to SDP: P Vito Tamulis, P Marius Russo, CF Milt Byrnes, SS Joe Cronin)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1945, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/3/1948 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/21/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1950
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 9/22/1951 to a minor league deal
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
 
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