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	46	104	2	12	33	0		1	412	4.36	102
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	45	89	3	15	24	0		2	286	6.90	69
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	2	3	.400	7	4		3	0	0	35.0	27	22	40	4	6	15	0		1	153	5.66	94
1936	WEG	NN2	28	SP	9	4	.692	16	10		5	2	1	96.0	51	36	102	3	23	41	1		2	425	3.38	139
1936	EAS	EWA	28	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	3.0	1	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	0.00
1937	WEG	NN2	29	SP	4	3	.571	9	7		4	0	0	53.2	37	32	61	2	16	28	0		0	237	5.37	97
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	7	2	.778	13	9		7	0	1	83.1	42	34	85	3	21	30	0		1	353	3.67	133
1939	BEG	NN2	31	SP	7	2	.778	11	8		7	0	0	76.0	35	28	78		14	24			0		3.32	145
1939	BEG	NLP	31	SP	1	0	1.000	2	1		1	0	0	11.2	4	4	16		1	6			0		3.09	131
1939	BEG	NLC	31	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		2	0	0	17.0	7	6	25		7	8			0		3.18	88
1939	EAS	EWA	31	SP	1	0	1.000	2	2		0	0	0	7.0	1	1	7	0	2	4	0	0	0	28	1.29	259
1941	BEG	NN2	33	SP	9	3	.750	15	12		10	2	2	101.0	34	25	79	2	18	62	0	0	2	410	2.23	198
1941	EAS	EWA	33	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	10	3	.769	17	11		7	1	1	99.0	42	32	87		23	53	2		5		2.91	132
1943	BEG	NN2	35	RF	10	5	.667	17	13		12	2	0	129.2	55	43	132	2	35	91	0		3	544	2.98	168
1943	PS	NN2	35	RP	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	5.1	1	1	2	0	1	3	0		0	19	1.69	301
1943	SAS	NSA	35	RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0		0	21	0.00
1944	BEG	NN2	36	SP	5	5	.500	11	8		6	1	0	72.0	32	24	73	1	15	51	0	0	3	300	3.00	149
1944	PS	NN2	36	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1		1	1	0	7.0	0	0	3	0	2	7	0	0	0	25	0.00
1944	EAS	EWA	36	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.00
1945	BEG	NN2	37	SP	11	5	.688	18	15		13	1	1	130.2	53	46	133	2	28	91	0	0	1	551	3.17	133
1945	NST	NvM	37	RP	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	7	4.50	34
1946	BEG	NN2	38	SP	4	7	.364	15	11		6	0	2	80.1	51	40	91	7	11	39	0	0	2	339	4.48	100
1946	EAS	EWA	38	RP	1	1	.500	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	3	5	0	3	4	0	0	0	20	6.75	39
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	145
1948	BEG	NN2	40	SP	10	4	.714	17	12		11	0	0	123.1	40	26	104	2	22	79	0	0	1	487	1.90	179
1948	BEG	NLC	40	SP	1	0	1.000	2	1		1	0	0	14.1	4	3	8	0	1	9	1	0	1	54	1.88	166
15	7			SP	108	70	.607	224	161		120	10	9	1434.1	685	535	1449	35	301	764	4	0	27	5192	3.36	131
162 Game Average					19	12	.607	40	28		21	2	2	253.1	121	94	256	7	53	135	1	0	5	1067	3.36	131

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				108	69	.610	223	161		120	10	9	1432.1	684	534	1446	35	301	764	4	0	27	5185	3.36	131
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	7	4.50	34

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	46	104	2	12	33	0		1	412	4.36	102
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	2	8	.200	11	9		5	0	0	58.2	53	45	89	3	15	24	0		2	286	6.90	69
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	99	52	.656	188	138		106	9	8	1243.1	565	438	1226	30	265	686	4	0	24	4349	3.17	139
5	East All Stars			RP	2	1	.667	7	2		0	0	0	17.0	6	4	19	0	6	10	0	0	0	73	2.12	130
1	South All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3	0	0	1	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	695
1	Negro All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	7	4.50	34

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%	12.6%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.81	0.5%	1.0%
1934	CRS	NN2	26	SP	58.2	1.77	1.49	8.4%	12.7%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.55	1.0%	0.9%
1935	CEG	NN2	27	RF	35.0	1.31	1.57	9.8%	11.1%	3.9%	8.7%	2.50	1.27	2.6%	1.4%
1936	WEG	NN2	28	SP	96.0	1.30	1.48	9.6%	11.7%	5.4%	8.8%	1.78	1.34	0.7%	1.6%
1936	EAS	EWA	28	RP	3.0	1.67	1.20	14.3%	15.5%	7.1%	7.2%	2.00	2.16	0.0%	0.0%
1937	WEG	NN2	29	SP	53.2	1.43	1.50	11.8%	11.6%	6.8%	8.3%	1.75	1.40	0.8%	1.5%
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	83.1	1.27	1.48	8.5%	11.5%	5.9%	9.2%	1.43	1.24	0.8%	1.5%
1939	BEG	NN2	31	SP	76.0	1.21	1.44	7.7%	10.7%	4.5%	8.2%	1.71	1.30
1939	BEG	NLP	31	SP	11.2	1.46	1.49	11.8%	16.7%	2.0%	10.5%	6.00	1.58
1939	BEG	NLC	31	SP	17.0	1.88	1.37	9.8%	10.1%	8.5%	9.9%	1.14	1.03
1939	EAS	EWA	31	SP	7.0	1.29	1.18	14.3%	17.7%	7.1%	12.6%	2.00	1.40	0.0%	1.8%
1941	BEG	NN2	33	SP	101.0	0.96	1.42	15.1%	12.0%	4.4%	8.5%	3.44	1.41	0.5%	1.2%
1941	EAS	EWA	33	RP	1.0	1.00	1.09	0.0%	14.6%	0.0%	3.6%		4.10	0.0%	1.3%
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	99.0	1.11	1.32	13.1%	12.3%	5.7%	8.9%	2.30	1.38
1943	BEG	NN2	35	RF	129.2	1.29	1.54	16.7%	11.8%	6.4%	9.6%	2.60	1.23	0.4%	0.7%
1943	PS	NN2	35	RP	5.1	0.56	1.55	15.8%	11.2%	5.3%	9.1%	3.00	1.23	0.0%	0.7%
1943	SAS	NSA	35	RP	6.0	0.50	1.26	4.8%	14.4%	0.0%	4.0%		3.63	0.0%	0.0%
1944	BEG	NN2	36	SP	72.0	1.22	1.45	17.0%	11.3%	5.0%	7.9%	3.40	1.42	0.3%	0.8%
1944	PS	NN2	36	SP	7.0	0.71	1.45	28.0%	11.0%	8.0%	7.7%	3.50	1.42	0.0%	0.8%
1944	EAS	EWA	36	RP	2.0	1.00	1.80	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	6.3%		1.33	0.0%	1.4%
1945	BEG	NN2	37	SP	130.2	1.23	1.45	16.5%	13.5%	5.1%	8.6%	3.25	1.57	0.4%	0.8%
1945	NST	NvM	37	RP	2.0	1.50	0.95	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	7.3%		1.67	0.0%	0.0%
1946	BEG	NN2	38	SP	80.1	1.27	1.44	11.5%	11.8%	3.2%	9.0%	3.55	1.31	2.1%	0.9%
1946	EAS	EWA	38	RP	4.0	2.00	0.97	20.0%	15.2%	15.0%	7.2%	1.33	2.12	0.0%	0.0%
1947	BEG	NN2	39	SP	120.1	1.13	1.38	11.9%	13.6%	4.8%	8.7%	2.46	1.57	0.4%	1.0%
1948	BEG	NN2	40	SP	123.1	1.02	1.31	16.2%	14.1%	4.5%	8.5%	3.59	1.65	0.4%	0.8%
1948	BEG	NLC	40	SP	14.1	0.63	1.35	16.7%	18.1%	1.9%	12.3%	9.00	1.46	0.0%	0.4%
15	7			SP	1434.1	1.22	1.43	12.6%	12.4%	5.0%	8.6%	2.54	1.46	0.7%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1432.1	1.22	1.43	12.7%	12.4%	5.0%	8.6%	2.54	1.46	0.7%	1.0%
1	vs Major Leagues				2.0	1.50	0.95	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	7.3%	0.00	1.67	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%	12.6%	2.9%	7.0%	2.75	1.81	0.5%	1.0%
1	Cleveland Red Sox			RP	58.2	1.77	1.49	8.4%	12.7%	5.2%	8.2%	1.60	1.55	1.0%	0.9%
13	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	1243.1	1.20	1.43	13.2%	12.3%	5.1%	8.8%	2.59	1.41	0.7%	1.0%
5	East All Stars			RP	17.0	1.47	1.20	13.7%	15.5%	8.2%	9.0%	1.67	1.85	0.0%	0.9%
1	South All Stars			RP	6.0	0.50	1.26	4.8%	14.4%	0.0%	4.0%	0.00	3.63	0.0%	0.0%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	12.1	0.65	1.49	22.7%	11.1%	6.8%	8.3%	3.33	1.34	0.0%	0.8%
1	Negro All Stars			-	2.0	1.50	0.95	0.0%	12.2%	0.0%	7.3%	0.00	1.67	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	7	153	143	27	40	9	2	4	5		6	15		1	3		3	.280	.313	.455	.768
1936	WEG	NN2	28	SP	16	425	386	51	102	10	8	3	3		23	41		2	14		10	.264	.309	.355	.664
1936	EAS	EWA	28	RP	1	14	13	1	4	1	0	0	0		1	2		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742
1937	WEG	NN2	29	SP	9	237	213	37	61	8	4	2	1		16	28		0	8		3	.286	.336	.390	.726
1938	BEG	NN2	30	SP	13	353	322	42	85	10	3	3	3		21	30		1	9		10	.264	.311	.342	.653
1939	BEG	NN2	31	SP	11			35	78						14	24		0
1939	BEG	NLP	31	SP	2			4	16						1	6		0
1939	BEG	NLC	31	SP	2			7	25						7	8		0
1939	EAS	EWA	31	SP	2	28	25	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.333	.280	.613
1941	BEG	NN2	33	SP	15	410	387	34	79	14	4	2	2		18	62	0	2	3		5	.204	.243	.276	.520
1941	EAS	EWA	33	RP	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1942	BEG	NN2	34	SP	17			42	87						23	53		5
1943	BEG	NN2	35	RF	17	544	500	55	132	16	8	2	3		35	91		3	6			.264	.316	.340	.656
1943	PS	NN2	35	RP	2	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	3		0	0			.111	.158	.111	.269
1943	SAS	NSA	35	RP	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286
1944	BEG	NN2	36	SP	11	300	281	32	73	9	5	1	0	0	15	51	0	3	1		3	.260	.304	.338	.642
1944	PS	NN2	36	SP	1	25	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0		0	.130	.200	.130	.330
1944	EAS	EWA	36	RP	1	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	.286	.286	.286	.571
1945	BEG	NN2	37	SP	18	551	512	53	133	14	4	2	3		28	91		1	10		10	.260	.299	.314	.614
1945	NST	NvM	37	RP	1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1		0	.429	.429	.429	.857
1946	BEG	NN2	38	SP	15	339	320	51	91	12	6	7	7		11	39	1	2	6		4	.284	.312	.425	.737
1946	EAS	EWA	38	RP	2	20	16	4	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	4	1	0	1		1	.313	.421	.313	.734
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	NN2	40	SP	17	487	454	40	104	11	4	2	5		22	79	1	1	10		14	.229	.266	.284	.550
1948	BEG	NLC	40	SP	2	54	52	4	8	2	0	0	0		1	9	0	1	0		1	.154	.185	.192	.377
15	7			SP	224	5192	4812	685	1449	169	64	35	56	4	301	764	3	27	103	0	83	.258	.299	.342	.641

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				223	5185	4805	684	1446	169	64	35	56	4	301	764	3	27	102	0	83	.258	.299	.342	.640
1	vs Major Leagues				1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1		0	.429	.429	.429	.857

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	188	4349	4034	565	1226	134	52	30	38	0	265	686	2	24	76		74	.253	.295	.334	.629
5	East All Stars			RP	7	73	64	6	19	1	0	0	3	4	6	10	1	0	3	0	1	.297	.357	.313	.670
1	South All Stars			RP	1	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	44	41	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	0	0		0	.122	.182	.122	.304
1	Negro All Stars			-	1	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1		0	.429	.429	.429	.857

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Notes:

Multi-Stint Seasons: