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Name	Team	Age
Doug Byington	Retired (1982, Age 37)	Died (2023, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2 (1963)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Albert Pujols League	0	16 years (67 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A+	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	7/26/1945
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	12
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (99.0 %)	B+ (70.1 %)	F  (3.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1963

Minors

43.00

2 / 3

5 / 5

6 / 9

3 / 6

4 / 7

8 / 9

4 / 4

32 / 43

1963

Pos (3B)

38.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 38

1964

Minors

69.00

6 / 8

7 / 10

6 / 12

2 / 9

7 / 10

9 / 10

8 / 10

45 / 69

1965

Minors

66.00

4 / 9

8 / 11

3 / 9

5 / 11

7 / 9

8 / 9

4 / 8

39 / 66

1966

Minors

64.00

7 / 11

2 / 7

4 / 9

1 / 7

6 / 9

6 / 11

7 / 10

33 / 64

1966

Majors

0.51

1

1

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1966

Pos (RF)

74.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

7 / 74

1967

Majors

64.38

162

146

0

2 / 11

4 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 12

3 / 14

0 / 4

0 / 5

10 / 64

1968

Majors

57.79

141

128

21

2 / 4

2 / 7

0 / 8

3 / 8

2 / 12

0 / 10

2 / 8

11 / 57

1969

Majors

66.62

162

146

0

4 / 11

3 / 9

0 / 8

3 / 10

2 / 8

0 / 9

7 / 11

19 / 66

1970

Majors

67.98

162

146

0

3 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 10

2 / 8

8 / 67

1971

Majors

66.80

162

146

0

1 / 11

1 / 5

2 / 12

0 / 11

2 / 9

0 / 11

3 / 7

9 / 66

1972

Majors

67.34

162

146

0

1 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 9

3 / 14

6 / 67

1973

Majors

66.54

162

146

0

0 / 3

0 / 11

1 / 17

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 5

3 / 10

4 / 66

1974

Majors

65.33

162

146

0

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 65

1975

Majors

65.33

162

146

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 11

1 / 10

1 / 65

1976

Majors

65.33

162

146

0

0 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 12

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 13

1 / 9

2 / 65

1977

Majors

65.33

162

146

0

0 / 6

0 / 15

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 9

1 / 7

1 / 65

1978

Majors

65.33

162

146

0

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 65

1979

Majors

61.59

162

146

0

-1 / 12

-1 / 9

-4 / 13

0 / 7

-3 / 7

-4 / 6

0 / 7

-13 / 61

1980

Majors

65.42

162

144

0

0 / 9

-4 / 11

-2 / 11

-1 / 11

-9 / 8

-2 / 9

0 / 6

-18 / 65

1981

Majors

63.22

162

138

0

-2 / 9

-6 / 13

-1 / 7

-1 / 14

-3 / 8

0 / 5

-3 / 7

-16 / 63

1982

Majors

51.31

162

84

0

-4 / 7

-3 / 12

-1 / 5

-5 / 6

-4 / 6

-3 / 11

1 / 4

-19 / 51

Total

2572

2247

21

25 / 162

20 / 183

17 / 198

10 / 185

16 / 184

22 / 185

44 / 163

181 / 1372

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1982-11-01	Doug Byington has retired from the Kansas City Supernaturals
1982-08-29	A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Supernaturals and the Atlanta Spacehawks. The Atlanta Spacehawks receive Draft Pick 1983 Round 3 KC (Pat Siebern) from the Kansas City Supernaturals in exchange for Doug Byington. Protest This Trade.
1981-09-21	Doug Byington hit his 500th career home run.
1981-06-23	The Atlanta Spacehawks have placed Doug Byington on the trade block.
1979-04-23	A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Supernaturals and the Atlanta Spacehawks. The Atlanta Spacehawks receive Doug Byington from the Kansas City Supernaturals in exchange for Steve Ashley, Tom Russell, Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 ATL (Larry Nomo). Protest This Trade.
1968-07-30	Doug Byington of the Kansas City Supernaturals is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1967-03-25	The Kansas City Supernaturals have promoted Doug Byington to the major league team. The Kansas City Supernaturals have promoted Joe Serum to the major league team. The Kansas City Supernaturals have promoted Barney Stinson to the major league team. The Kansas City Supernaturals have sent Jackie Taylor to the minors. The Kansas City Supernaturals have designated Charles Cornwallis for assignment. The Kansas City Supernaturals have designated Dave Cooper for assignment.
1966-04-08	The Kansas City Supernaturals have promoted John Jay to the major league team. The Kansas City Supernaturals have sent Doug Byington to the minors.
1966-04-06	The Kansas City Supernaturals have promoted Doug Byington to the major league team.
1963-04-01	The Kansas City Supernaturals have renamed David Bystrom to Doug Byington.
1960-07-02	A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Supernaturals and the Philadelphia Fatals. The Philadelphia Fatals receive Marquis De Lafayette from the Kansas City Supernaturals in exchange for Charles Cornwallis, Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 PHI (Doug Byington), Draft Pick 1963 Round 2 PHI (Tim Ollom).