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Name Team Age
Jim Byrd Retired (1996, Age 37) Died (2042, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10
(1982)
SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mark Fidrych League 0 10 years (152 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 10/15/1959
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 2
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (1B)
(67.2 %) (61.1 %) D- (4.3 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1986 SS KC 152 152 1360.66 676 235 401 40 69 -15 4.21 .941
1987 SS KC 124 124 1093.66 593 203 367 23 73 -12 4.69 .961
1988 SS KC 152 152 1340.66 640 236 381 23 62 -19 4.14 .964
1989 SS KC 152 152 1354.0 606 203 379 24 69 -20 3.87 .960
1990 SS KC 152 152 1340.66 691 241 427 23 67 -12 4.48 .967
1991 1B KC 7 7 60.33 58 55 2 1 0 0 8.50 .983
2B KC 9 9 78.0 47 21 26 0 5 -2 5.42 1.000
3B KC 52 52 452.33 157 42 105 10 7 -4 2.92 .936
SS KC 50 41 368.0 194 63 121 10 24 -3 4.50 .948
1992 1B KC 2 2 18.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 8.50 1.000
2B KC 5 0 12.0 4 2 2 0 1 -1 3.00 1.000
3B KC 60 36 355.33 124 30 90 4 3 -1 3.04 .968
SS KC 22 22 194.33 120 36 78 6 16 +2 5.28 .950
1993 C KC 3 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1B KC 1 1 8.0 9 9 0 0 2 0 10.12 1.000
2B KC 3 1 10.0 5 3 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
3B KC 122 113 1022.33 318 64 235 19 7 -11 2.63 .940
SS KC 3 3 27.0 12 2 8 2 2 -1 3.33 .833
1994 1B KC 6 5 44.0 56 56 0 0 0 0 11.45 1.000
2B KC 10 10 87.0 44 14 29 1 6 -4 4.45 .977
3B KC 98 98 872.66 265 53 199 13 20 -3 2.60 .951
SS KC 3 3 26.0 13 6 7 0 2 0 4.50 1.000
1995 2B KC-CHN 26 24 214.66 122 52 66 4 17 -8 4.95 .967
3B KC-CHN 20 11 106.0 41 8 31 2 3 +2 3.31 .951
SS KC-CHN 5 5 43.66 20 7 11 2 1 0 3.71 .900
RF KC-CHN 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1996 C PHI 1 1 9.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 8.00 1.000
1B PHI 4 4 36.0 36 35 0 1 2 -2 8.75 .972
2B PHI 8 8 71.0 37 21 15 1 8 -2 4.56 .973
3B PHI 7 7 76.0 25 3 19 3 1 +1 2.61 .880
Pos Total C 4 1 12.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 8.25 1.000
1B 20 19 166.33 176 172 2 2 4 -2 9.42 .989
2B 61 52 472.66 259 113 140 6 37 -17 4.82 .977
3B 359 317 2884.65 930 200 679 51 41 -16 2.74 .945
SS 815 806 7148.63 3565 1232 2180 153 385 -80 4.30 .957
RF 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
Total 1261 1197 10702.27 4947 1734 3001 212 467 0 0 0 NaN% -115 3.98 .957
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Jim Byrd has retired from the Philadelphia Force
1996-06-04Jim Byrd of the Philadelphia Force is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1996-04-08The Philadelphia Force have acquired Jim Byrd from the waiver wire.
1996-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Steve Pedrique to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Jim Byrd for assignment.
1995-07-05The Chicago Cubs have acquired Jim Byrd from the waiver wire.
1995-06-28The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Bob Westerberg to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Jim Byrd for assignment.
1987-07-05Jim Byrd of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1986-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted B.J. Neale to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Fred Harper to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Jim Byrd to the major league team.