Samuel Byrd
1929–1936 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees
746G
.274AVG
.350OBP
.412SLG
More career statistics
465H
38HR
220RBI
17SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 10 | 15 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 178 | 177 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,933 | 1,931 |
| Batting · Runs | 304 | 305 |
| Batting · RBI | 220 | 218 |
| Batting · Walks | 198 | 196 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 746 | 1,933 | 1,700 | 304 | 465 | 101 | 10 | 38 | 220 | 198 | 178 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 700 | .274 | .350 | .412 | .762 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1933-09-23 to 1933-10-01
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1932-04-16 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1932-09-08 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1931-07-26 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 374 | 915 | 212 | 13 | 105 | 94 | 75 | .264 | .334 | .381 |
| Away | 372 | 1016 | 253 | 25 | 113 | 102 | 102 | .282 | .349 | .439 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 187 | 40 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 26 | .248 | .332 | .478 |
| May | 116 | 240 | 51 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 16 | .244 | .312 | .354 |
| June | 142 | 306 | 80 | 5 | 38 | 36 | 26 | .303 | .379 | .428 |
| July | 167 | 450 | 124 | 6 | 55 | 39 | 33 | .307 | .362 | .431 |
| August | 160 | 394 | 85 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 41 | .238 | .299 | .359 |
| September | 110 | 350 | 84 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 35 | .279 | .360 | .439 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 87 | 207 | 59 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 16 | .326 | .396 | .508 |
| st-louis-browns | 87 | 191 | 48 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 17 | .282 | .340 | .424 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 84 | 185 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 16 | .216 | .297 | .364 |
| detroit-tigers | 80 | 222 | 58 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 15 | .310 | .405 | .492 |
| cleveland-guardians | 77 | 137 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | .290 | .328 | .363 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 76 | 174 | 45 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 25 | .300 | .362 | .447 |
| boston-red-sox | 75 | 202 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 17 | .237 | .342 | .325 |
| new-york-giants | 32 | 108 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 9 | .180 | .231 | .230 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  New York Yankees | 62 | 170 | 53 | 5 | 28 | 1 | .312 | – | – |
| 1930 | New York Yankees | 92 | 219 | 62 | 6 | 31 | 5 | .283 | – | – |
| 1931 | New York Yankees | 115 | 248 | 67 | 3 | 30 | 5 | .270 | – | – |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | 105 | 209 | 62 | 8 | 30 | 1 | .297 | – | – |
| 1933 | New York Yankees | 86 | 106 | 30 | 2 | 11 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Yankees | 106 | 191 | 47 | 3 | 25 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Cincinnati Reds | 121 | 416 | 109 | 9 | 50 | 4 | .262 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 141 | 35 | 2 | 13 | – | .248 | – | – |