Tommy Byrne
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[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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