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Lou Whitaker League
4-1-2080
Willy Byrd Second Base
Retired (1970, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .782 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 2532 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 11-11-1933
HR 294 Drafted Round 3, Pick 40
(1952)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(76 games)
RBI 1091
SB 325
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed A- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 3
1B C  (38.6%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 5
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 9
3B D- (8.2%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 19 61.00 9 / 9 10 / 10 12 / 12 5 / 6 1 / 8 8 / 9 3 / 7 48 / 61
1953 Minors 20 64.00 5 / 5 15 / 16 9 / 11 5 / 8 5 / 11 7 / 9 3 / 4 49 / 64
1954 Minors 21 76.00 8 / 10 8 / 9 9 / 11 13 / 16 4 / 12 3 / 7 7 / 11 52 / 76
1955 Minors 22 17.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 0 8 / 17
1955 Majors 22 55.52 2 / 8 3 / 11 6 / 12 4 / 5 1 / 9 4 / 6 1 / 4 21 / 55
1956 Majors 23 64.75 4 / 5 8 / 12 4 / 8 8 / 14 0 / 5 6 / 15 3 / 5 33 / 64
1957 Majors 24 60.29 4 / 9 4 / 7 6 / 12 4 / 10 0 / 8 3 / 6 4 / 8 25 / 60
1958 Majors 25 67.71 3 / 6 2 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 10 2 / 12 11 / 67
1959 Majors 26 73.83 0 / 1 4 / 12 2 / 15 2 / 9 1 / 11 2 / 18 1 / 7 12 / 73
1960 Majors 27 74.11 3 / 13 1 / 13 0 / 9 2 / 11 0 / 7 2 / 8 1 / 13 9 / 74
1961 Majors 28 73.25 2 / 13 1 / 6 1 / 8 2 / 15 0 / 12 1 / 13 0 / 6 7 / 73
1962 Majors 29 71.40 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 71
1963 Majors 30 71.59 0 / 7 0 / 16 1 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 8 2 / 9 3 / 71
1964 Majors 31 65.21 137 126 0 0 / 8 2 / 14 0 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 6 3 / 65
1965 Majors 32 64.30 162 149 0 1 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 14 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 64
1966 Majors 33 64.73 162 149 0 1 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 64
1967 Majors 34 64.73 162 149 0 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 64
1968 Majors 35 64.73 162 149 0 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 19 0 / 64
1969 Majors 36 55.17 162 82 0 -1 / 10 -3 / 9 -1 / 9 0 / 6 -2 / 8 -1 / 4 -2 / 9 -10 / 55
1970 Majors 37 40.23 162 49 0 -3 / 8 -6 / 2 -2 / 7 -5 / 9 -3 / 5 -3 / 4 -2 / 5 -24 / 40
Total 1109 853 0 39 / 158 50 / 193 50 / 191 45 / 183 11 / 187 35 / 172 23 / 158 253 / 1242
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Willy Byrd has retired from the Brooklyn Royal Giants
1958-05-09Willy Byrd of the Brooklyn Royal Giants is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1957-08-21Willy Byrd of the Brooklyn Royal Giants is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1955-05-10A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Blue Notes and the Brooklyn Royal Giants. The Brooklyn Royal Giants receive Willy Byrd, David Gower, Brian Booker, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 1 (KC), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Blue Notes in exchange for Riccardo Brillheart, Gaylord Nelson, Walt Shuma, Dave Thomas.