Tommy Byrne
1943–1957 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
377G
.238AVG
.286OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
143H
14HR
98RBI
1SB
85–69W–L
1,362.0IP
766K
4.11ERA
170GS
12SV
12Rare 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 | 126 | 127 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,181 | 6,178 |
| Pitching · p er | 622 | 625 |
| Pitching · p k | 766 | 768 |
| Pitching · p r | 688 | 689 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 377 | 655 | 601 | 73 | 143 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 98 | 38 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 227 | .238 | .286 | .378 | .664 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,362.0 | 281 | 170 | 65 | 85 | 69 | 12 | 1,138 | 688 | 622 | 98 | 1,037 | 766 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 | 1.597 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1948-09-12 to 1948-09-26
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1950-07-05 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1948-07-18 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1950-06-27 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 181 | 331 | 71 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 67 | .231 | .266 | .332 |
| Away | 196 | 324 | 72 | 9 | 57 | 21 | 60 | .245 | .287 | .425 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | .182 | .250 | .386 |
| May | 51 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 21 | .244 | .274 | .346 |
| June | 71 | 112 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 30 | .172 | .241 | .333 |
| July | 84 | 156 | 38 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 24 | .266 | .301 | .406 |
| August | 70 | 129 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 24 | .224 | .240 | .296 |
| September | 69 | 123 | 33 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 18 | .303 | .333 | .505 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 61 | 117 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 26 | .271 | .299 | .411 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 108 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | .192 | .213 | .240 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 118 | 25 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 30 | .231 | .263 | .472 |
| chicago-white-sox | 56 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .200 | .275 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 45 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | .167 | .233 | .278 |
| st-louis-browns | 27 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .227 | .265 | .318 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 53 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | .373 | .396 | .569 |
| new-york-yankees | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .179 | .233 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  New York Yankees | 13 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 31 | 22 |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 14 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | .222 | 9 | 5 |
| 1947 | New York Yankees | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 |
| 1948 | New York Yankees | 31 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 7 | – | .326 | 133 | 93 |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | 35 | 83 | 16 | – | 13 | – | .193 | 196 | 129 |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 34 | 81 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .272 | 203 | 118 |
| 1951 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 43 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 15 | – | .273 | 143 | 71 |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Browns | 40 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 12 | – | .250 | 196 | 91 |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | .114 | 49 | 26 |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 7 | 19 | 7 | – | 6 | – | .368 | 40 | 24 |
| 1955 | New York Yankees | 45 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 6 | – | .205 | 160 | 76 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 44 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 10 | – | .269 | 109 | 54 |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 35 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 8 | – | .189 | 84 | 57 |