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Byron Houck

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Full Name: Byron Simon Houck Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175 First Game: May 15, 1912
Birthdate: August 28, 1891 Final Game: August 27, 1918
Birthplace: Prosper, Minnesota MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: June 17, 1969
Deathplace: Santa Cruz, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 28, 1891 in Prosper, Minnesota, Byron Houck (Byron Simon Houck) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 4 year career. Houck broke into the bigs on May 15, 1912 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 180.2 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Byron Houck's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1913, when he posted a 4.14 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 71 batters. However, others believe that it was 1912, when he posted a 2.94 ERA and struck out 75 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1912 PHI A 30 17 8 8 2.94 75 79 59 10 0 1 180.2 148 1 74 0 7 12
1913 PHI A 41 19 14 6 4.14 71 89 81 4 1 0 176 147 3 122 0 11 6
1914 PHI A 3 3 0 0 3.27 4 9 4 0 0 0 11 14 0 6 0 0 0
1914 BRO F 17 9 2 6 3.13 45 48 32 3 0 0 92 95 4 43 0 3 2
1914 Total 20 12 2 6 3.15 49 57 36 3 0 0 103 109 4 49 0 3 2
1918 STL A 27 2 2 4 2.39 29 24 19 0 0 2 71.2 58 0 29 0 1 0
Total FL 17 9 2 6 3.13 45 48 32 3 0 0 92 95 4 43 0 3 2
Total AL 101 41 24 18 3.34 179 201 163 14 1 3 439.1 367 4 231 0 19 18
Total 118 50 26 24 3.30 224 249 195 17 1 3 531.1 462 8 274 0 22 20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1912 PHI A P 30 0 0 7 50 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .934
1913 PHI A P 41 0 0 12 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1914 PHI A P 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1914 BRO F P 17 0 0 1 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1914 Total P 20 0 0 1 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .826
1918 STL A P 27 0 0 5 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .840
Total P 118 0 0 25 124 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 .920

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1912 PHI A 30 62 1 4 0 4 .065 .094 .081 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
1913 PHI A 41 60 1 5 0 3 .083 .127 .100 1 0 3 19 0 5 0 0 0
1914 PHI A 3 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1914 BRO F 17 30 3 7 1 1 .233 .281 .433 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
1914 Total 20 33 3 8 1 1 .242 .286 .424 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
1918 STL A 27 20 1 3 0 2 .150 .190 .200 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total FL 17 30 3 7 1 1 .233 .281 .433 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 101 145 3 13 0 9 .090 .126 .110 3 0 5 22 1 9 0 0 0
Total 118 175 6 20 1 10 .114 .153 .166 4 1 7 22 1 10 0 0 0

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