Harry Byrd
1950–1957 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
187G
.160AVG
.188OBP
.168SLG
More career statistics
42H
0HR
14RBI
1SB
46–54W–L
827.2IP
381K
4.35ERA
108GS
9SV
4Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 60 | 61 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,675 | 3,677 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | 291 | 262 | 16 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | .160 | .188 | .168 | .356 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827.7 | 187 | 108 | 33 | 46 | 54 | 9 | 890 | 442 | 400 | 71 | 355 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 1.504 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1954-06-05 to 1954-07-22
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1953-04-22 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1952-09-03 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1955-06-29 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 83 | 118 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | .151 | .161 | .160 |
| Away | 104 | 173 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 36 | .167 | .185 | .173 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .059 | .053 | .059 |
| May | 26 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .154 | .174 | .154 |
| June | 30 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .236 | .259 | .236 |
| July | 41 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .140 | .131 | .160 |
| August | 46 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .159 | .200 | .174 |
| September | 29 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | .163 | .193 | .163 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .245 | .292 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .037 | .094 | .037 |
| chicago-white-sox | 23 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .259 | .250 | .259 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 | .136 | .150 |
| new-york-yankees | 18 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .074 | .069 | .074 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
| st-louis-browns | 10 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .148 | .143 | .148 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 2 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 75 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .133 | 228 | 116 |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 81 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .222 | 236 | 122 |
| 1954 |  New York Yankees | 25 | 46 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .196 | 132 | 52 |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 39 | 49 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .102 | 156 | 69 |
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | – |
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 37 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 59 | 20 |