Bill Byrd
1933–1949 · bats B / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, CB2, CV8, NAS, NNL, NNS, NSH
366G
.259AVG
.323OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
215H
17HR
139RBI
3SB
101–72W–L
1,411.0IP
755K
3.64ERA
161GS
12SV
13Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 366 | 383 |
| Batting · At bats | 831 | 824 |
| Batting · Doubles | 39 | 34 |
| Batting · Hits | 215 | 221 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 930 | 909 |
| Batting · Runs | 118 | 112 |
| Batting · RBI | 139 | 82 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 5 |
| Batting · Triples | 10 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 78 | 73 |
| Pitching · Games | 220 | 256 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,980 | 6,100 |
| Pitching · p cg | 119 | 141 |
| Pitching · p er | 571 | 281 |
| Pitching · p gs | 161 | 185 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,445 | 1,596 |
| Pitching · p hr | 49 | 55 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,233 | 4,902 |
| Pitching · p k | 755 | 533 |
| Pitching · p r | 712 | 817 |
| Pitching · p w | 299 | 277 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | 930 | 831 | 118 | 215 | 39 | 10 | 17 | 139 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 325 | .259 | .323 | .391 | .714 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,411.0 | 220 | 161 | 119 | 101 | 72 | 12 | 1,445 | 712 | 571 | 49 | 299 | 755 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 | 1.236 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1935-06-29 to 1935-07-21
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1943-06-20 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1937-07-05 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1936-06-05 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 210 | 468 | 118 | 4 | 40 | 38 | 6 | .280 | .333 | .375 |
| Away | 173 | 441 | 103 | 13 | 42 | 35 | 6 | .256 | .313 | .402 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| May | 93 | 189 | 52 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 2 | .306 | .354 | .424 |
| June | 98 | 258 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 3 | .244 | .314 | .351 |
| July | 95 | 231 | 58 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 4 | .272 | .325 | .408 |
| August | 63 | 150 | 40 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | .288 | .340 | .417 |
| September | 32 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .217 | .260 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 86 | 224 | 48 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 0 | .227 | .268 | .389 |
| homestead-grays | 62 | 123 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .207 | .236 | .241 |
| newark-eagles | 59 | 143 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .248 | .301 | .271 |
| new-york-cubans | 52 | 116 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .255 | .328 | .402 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 33 | 85 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | .380 | .447 | .563 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 29 | 61 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .418 | .475 | .709 |
| NW1 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .345 | .455 | .621 |
| chicago-american-giants | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .231 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | CB2 | 19 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .154 | 96 | 22 |
| 1934 | CV8 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .349 | 62 | 17 |
| 1935 | NSH | 21 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 3 | – | .326 | 53 | 17 |
| 1936 | WEG | 32 | 75 | 22 | – | 3 | – | .293 | 120 | 30 |
| 1937 | WEG | 28 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 11 | – | .367 | 71 | 5 |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 23 | 59 | 17 | 2 | 8 | – | .288 | 97 | 6 |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 18 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 13 | – | .349 | 100 | 20 |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 18 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .326 | 93 | 36 |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 25 | 49 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .367 | 101 | 28 |
| 1943 | Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 26 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .216 | 99 | 60 |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 24 | 46 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .174 | 124 | 45 |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 26 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .180 | 142 | 56 |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 21 | 37 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .135 | 85 | 31 |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 22 | 44 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 124 | 51 |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 34 | 62 | 20 | – | 5 | – | .323 | 135 | 64 |
| 1949 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 27 | 44 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | .273 | 128 | 45 |