Bill Byrd

William Byrd

Born: July 15, 1907 in Canton, GA
Died: January 4, 1991 in Philadelphia, PA
(83 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 210

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Notes:

• Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, PA)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	3	8	.273	13	11		8	0	1	95.0	59	45	104	2	12	33	0	0	1	412	4.26	105
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	49	89	3	15	24	0	0	2	286	7.52	66
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	2	4	.333	9	5		3	0	0	39.1	39	31	53	4	9	18	0	0	1	182	7.09	74
1936	EAS/WEG	EWA/NN2	28	SP	9	5	.643	21	11		5	2	1	110.2	62	47	117	5	27	46	1	0	3	494	3.82	126
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	29	PH	4	3	.571	9	7		4	0	0	53.2	37	32	61	2	16	28	0	0	0	237	5.37	97
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	7	2	.778	14	9		7	0	2	84.2	42	36	85	3	21	30	0	0	1	357	3.83	137
1939	BEG/EAS	MULT	31	SP	11	5	.688	19	15		12	0	1	131.2	65	60	152	8	23	65	0	0	1	553	4.10	113
1941	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	33	SP	9	3	.750	16	12		10	2	2	102.0	34	25	80	2	18	62	0	0	2	413	2.21	198
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	8	3	.727	17	11		7	1	2	94.1	44	37	90	5	26	48	2	0	4	404	3.53	110
1943	MULT	NLA/NN2	35	SP	11	5	.688	20	13		12	2	0	140.1	56	44	137	2	38	95	0	0	4	582	2.82	174
1944	MULT	EWA/NN2	36	SP	6	5	.545	13	9		7	2	0	80.0	32	24	78	1	17	58	0	0	3	332	2.70	168
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	11	6	.647	19	15		13	1	1	132.1	54	46	136	2	28	91	0	0	1	558	3.13	134
1946	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	38	SP	5	8	.385	17	11		6	0	2	84.1	55	43	96	7	14	43	0	0	2	359	4.59	97
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	8	5	.615	16	14		11	0	0	120.1	51	37	112	2	24	59	0	0	2	496	2.77	147
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	11	4	.733	19	13		12	0	0	137.2	44	29	112	2	23	88	1	0	2	541	1.90	176
15	7			SP	107	74	.591	233	165		122	10	12	1465.0	727	585	1502	50	311	788	4	0	29	6206	3.59	125
162 Game Average					18	13	.591	40	28		21	2	2	250.1	124	100	257	9	53	135	1	0	5	1060	3.59	125

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				107	73	.594	232	165		122	10	12	1463.1	726	584	1499	50	311	788	4	0	29	6199	3.59	126
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	1.2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5.40	37

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	3	8	.273	13	11		8	0	1	95.0	59	45	104	2	12	33	0	0	1	412	4.26	105
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	49	89	3	15	24	0	0	2	286	7.52	66
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	98	56	.636	197	142		108	9	11	1274.1	606	485	1280	45	275	710	4	0	26	5362	3.43	131
5	East All Stars			RP	2	1	.667	7	2		0	0	0	17.0	7	4	18	0	6	10	0	0	0	74	2.12	131
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	0.00	0
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	1	0	1.000	3	1		1	1	0	12.1	1	1	5	0	3	10	0	0	0	44	0.73	692
1	Negro All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	1.2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5.40	37

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	95.0	1.22	1.38	8.0%	12.7%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.80	0.5%	1.1%
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	58.2	1.77	1.47	8.4%	12.4%	5.2%	8.1%	1.60	1.54	1.0%	0.9%
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	39.1	1.58	1.56	9.9%	11.3%	4.9%	8.7%	2.00	1.29	2.2%	1.4%
1936	EAS/WEG	EWA/NN2	28	SP	110.2	1.30	1.46	9.3%	13.0%	5.5%	7.9%	1.70	1.40	1.0%	0.8%
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	29	PH	53.2	1.43	1.51	11.8%	11.9%	6.8%	8.3%	1.75	1.43	0.8%	1.5%
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	84.2	1.25	1.50	8.4%	11.4%	5.9%	9.2%	1.43	1.23	0.8%	1.4%
1939	BEG/EAS	MULT	31	SP	131.2	1.33	1.45	11.8%	15.2%	4.2%	10.9%	2.83	1.34	1.4%	1.9%
1941	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	33	SP	102.0	0.96	1.41	15.0%	13.4%	4.4%	5.9%	3.44	1.47	0.5%	1.3%
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	94.1	1.23	1.34	11.9%	12.6%	6.4%	9.0%	1.85	1.40	1.2%	1.0%
1943	MULT	NLA/NN2	35	SP	140.1	1.25	1.54	16.3%	10.6%	6.5%	8.6%	2.50	1.21	0.3%	0.5%
1944	MULT	EWA/NN2	36	SP	80.0	1.19	1.47	17.5%	10.1%	5.1%	7.3%	3.41	1.40	0.3%	1.0%
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	132.1	1.24	1.42	16.3%	12.8%	5.0%	8.2%	3.25	1.62	0.4%	0.4%
1946	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	38	SP	84.1	1.30	1.43	12.0%	13.5%	3.9%	8.1%	3.07	1.33	1.9%	0.5%
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	120.1	1.13	1.38	11.9%	13.6%	4.8%	8.7%	2.46	1.56	0.4%	1.0%
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	137.2	0.98	1.30	16.3%	16.1%	4.3%	10.4%	3.83	1.64	0.4%	0.6%
15	7			SP	1465.0	1.24	1.43	12.7%	12.6%	5.0%	8.7%	2.53	1.46	0.8%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1463.1	1.24	1.43	12.7%	12.6%	5.0%	8.7%	2.53	1.46	0.8%	1.1%
1	vs Major Leagues				1.2	1.80	1.05	0.0%	11.9%	0.0%	7.9%	0.00	1.51	0.0%	0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	95.0	1.22	1.38	8.0%	12.7%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.80	0.5%	1.1%
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	58.2	1.77	1.47	8.4%	12.4%	5.2%	8.1%	1.60	1.54	1.0%	0.9%
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	1274.1	1.22	1.44	13.2%	12.5%	5.1%	8.9%	2.58	1.42	0.8%	1.1%
5	East All Stars			RP	17.0	1.41	1.18	13.5%	14.9%	8.1%	8.9%	1.67	1.82	0.0%	0.9%
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	6.0	0.50	1.45	4.8%	9.0%	0.0%	6.6%	0.00	1.37	0.0%	0.0%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	12.1	0.65	1.50	22.7%	11.0%	6.8%	8.4%	3.33	1.32	0.0%	0.8%
1	Negro All Stars			-	1.2	1.80	1.05	0.0%	11.9%	0.0%	7.9%	0.00	1.51	0.0%	0.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1933	CBB	NN2	25	SP	13	412	383	59	104	19	6	2	9		12	33		1	16		5	.272	.295	.368	.664
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	11	286	262	53	89	15	6	3	6		15	24		2	7		3	.340	.380	.477	.857
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	9	182	169	39	53	12	3	4	5		9	18		1	3		3	.314	.352	.491	.843
1936	EAS/WEG	EWA/NN2	28	SP	21	494	449	62	117	14	8	5	3	0	27	46	0	3	15		10	.261	.307	.361	.668
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	29	PH	9	237	213	37	61	8	4	2	1		16	28		0	8		3	.286	.336	.390	.726
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	14	357	326	42	85	10	3	3	3		21	30		1	9		10	.261	.307	.337	.645
1939	BEG/EAS	MULT	31	SP	19	553	523	65	152	18	6	8	7	1	23	65	0	1	7	0	6	.291	.322	.394	.716
1941	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	33	SP	16	413	390	34	80	14	4	2	2	1	18	62	0	2	3		5	.205	.244	.277	.521
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	17	404	370	44	90	11	5	5	2		26	48		4	4		6	.243	.300	.341	.641
1943	MULT	NLA/NN2	35	SP	20	582	532	56	137	15	8	2	3		38	95		4	8		2	.258	.312	.327	.639
1944	MULT	EWA/NN2	36	SP	13	332	310	32	78	9	5	1	0		17	58	0	3	2	0	3	.252	.297	.323	.620
1945	MULT	MULT	37	SP	19	558	519	54	136	14	4	2	3		28	91	0	1	10	0	10	.262	.301	.316	.617
1946	BEG/EAS	EWA/NN2	38	SP	17	359	336	55	96	12	6	7	10	1	14	43	1	2	7		5	.286	.318	.420	.738
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	16	496	464	51	112	19	4	2	6		24	59		2	6		11	.241	.282	.313	.594
1948	BEG	NLC/NN2	40	SP	19	541	506	44	112	13	4	2	5		23	88	0	2	10		15	.221	.258	.275	.533
15	7			SP	233	6206	5752	727	1502	203	76	50	65	3	311	788	1	29	115	0	97	.261	.302	.349	.651

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				232	6199	5746	726	1499	203	76	50	65	3	311	788	1	29	114	0	97	.261	.302	.349	.651
1	vs Major Leagues				1	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	13	412	383	59	104	19	6	2	9		12	33		1	16		5	.272	.295	.368	.664
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	11	286	262	53	89	15	6	3	6		15	24		2	7		3	.340	.380	.477	.857
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	197	5362	4974	606	1280	168	64	45	47		275	710	0	26	88		88	.257	.300	.344	.644
5	East All Stars			RP	7	74	65	7	18	1	0	0	3	3	6	10	1	0	3	0	1	.277	.338	.292	.630
1	NNL South All Stars			RP	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0			0	1		0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	44	41	1	5	0	0	0	0		3	10		0	0		0	.122	.182	.122	.304
1	Negro All Stars			-	1	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

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