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Tommy Byrne

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Full Name: Thomas Joseph Byrne Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/182 First Game: April 27, 1943
Birthdate: December 31, 1919 Final Game: September 21, 1957
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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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
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland, Tommy Byrne (Thomas Joseph Byrne) played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Byrne broke into the bigs on April 27, 1943 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 133.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tommy Byrne's best season was 1955, when he posted a 3.15 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 76 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1943 NY A 11 2 2 1 6.54 22 26 23 0 0 0 31.2 28 1 35 0 3 3
1946 NY A 4 1 0 1 5.79 5 8 6 0 0 0 9.1 7 1 8 0 0 1
1947 NY A 4 1 0 0 4.15 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.1 5 0 6 0 0 0
1948 NY A 31 11 8 5 3.30 93 55 49 5 1 2 133.2 79 8 101 0 3 9
1949 NY A 32 30 15 7 3.72 129 84 81 12 3 0 196 125 11 179 0 4 13
1950 NY A 31 31 15 9 4.74 118 115 107 10 2 0 203.1 188 23 160 0 3 17
1951 STL A 19 17 4 10 3.82 57 56 52 7 2 0 122.2 104 5 114 0 2 12
1951 NY A 9 3 2 1 6.86 14 17 16 0 0 0 21 16 0 36 0 2 3
1951 TOT A 28 20 6 11 4.26 71 73 68 7 2 0 143.2 120 5 150 0 4 15
1952 STL A 29 24 7 14 4.68 91 117 102 14 0 0 196 182 16 112 0 5 10
1953 WAS A 6 5 0 5 4.28 22 17 16 2 0 0 33.2 35 3 22 0 0 1
1953 CHI A 6 6 2 0 1.12 4 18 18 0 0 0 16 18 0 26 0 0 0
1953 TOT A 12 11 2 5 6.16 26 35 34 2 0 0 49.2 53 3 48 0 0 1
1954 NY A 5 5 3 2 2.70 24 13 12 4 1 0 40 36 1 19 0 0 0
1955 NY A 27 22 16 5 3.15 76 69 56 9 3 2 160 137 12 87 3 3 7
1956 NY A 37 8 7 3 3.36 52 50 41 1 0 6 109.2 108 9 72 5 0 2
1957 NY A 30 4 4 6 4.36 57 41 41 1 0 2 84.2 70 8 60 2 3 7
Total 281 170 85 69 4.11 766 688 622 65 12 12 1362 1138 98 1037 10 28 85

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1943 NY A P 11 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1946 NY A P 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 NY A P 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 NY A P 31 0 0 2 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 NY A P 32 0 0 7 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .897
1950 NY A P 31 0 0 9 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL A P 19 0 0 5 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1951 NY A P 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 TOT A P 28 0 0 6 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1952 STL A P 29 0 0 10 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1953 WAS A P 6 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .818
1953 CHI A P 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT A P 12 0 0 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1954 NY A P 5 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1955 NY A P 27 0 0 4 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1956 NY A P 37 0 0 8 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1957 NY A P 30 4 84.2 6 9 1 0 0 0 7 3 0 .938
Total P 281 4 84.2 59 173 14 19 0 0 7 3 0 .943

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1943 NY A 13 11 0 1 0 0 .091 .231 .091 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1
1946 NY A 14 9 2 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NY A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NY A 31 46 8 15 1 7 .326 .354 .500 3 1 1 7 1 4 0 0 0
1949 NY A 35 83 8 16 0 13 .193 .212 .289 4 2 2 20 0 1 0 0 2
1950 NY A 34 81 14 22 2 16 .272 .322 .407 3 1 4 15 2 0 1 0 0
1951 STL A 34 57 7 16 1 12 .281 .328 .386 3 0 4 8 0 2 0 0 3
1951 NY A 9 9 2 2 1 3 .222 .222 .556 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1951 TOT A 43 66 9 18 2 15 .273 .314 .409 3 0 4 10 0 2 0 0 3
1952 STL A 40 84 9 21 1 12 .250 .292 .369 5 1 5 18 0 0 0 0 1
1953 WAS A 14 17 0 1 0 0 .059 .200 .059 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHI A 18 18 2 3 1 5 .167 .250 .333 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
1953 TOT A 32 35 2 4 1 5 .114 .225 .200 0 0 5 13 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NY A 7 19 2 7 0 6 .368 .368 .684 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NY A 45 78 6 16 1 6 .205 .273 .282 1 1 8 15 0 1 0 0 3
1956 NY A 44 52 8 14 3 10 .269 .296 .500 1 1 2 11 0 2 0 1 1
1957 NY A 35 37 5 7 3 8 .189 .250 .486 2 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0
Total 377 601 73 143 14 98 .238 .286 .378 26 8 38 126 3 11 1 1 11

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1940).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with $25000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Stubby Overmire (June 15, 1951).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Joe DeMaestri to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Hank Edwards and Willie Miranda (October 16, 1952).
  • Sold by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators (June 11, 1953).
  • Released by Washington Senators (August 2, 1953).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 2, 1953).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Gordon Goldsberry (December 9, 1953).
  • Sold by Seattle (PCL) to New York Yankees (September 3, 1954).

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