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Tommy Byrne

Tommy Byrne

1943–1957  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  6'1", 182 lb  ·  b. 1919 Baltimore, MD

Career 85–69 · 4.11 ERA · 766 SO · 1362.0 IP · 377 G · 143 H · 14 HR · 98 RBI · .238 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
2 best in baseball
4 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1949 Best season

Spanning 1949–1950, peaking at 1 titles in 1949.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,187th League titles 2
  • 1,227th Best in baseball 2
  • 4,208th Top-5 finishes 4

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1950 1.000
Strikeouts / 9 1 1st — 1949 5.92

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1950 1 P FPCT 1.000
1949 1 K/9 5.92

Pitching

13 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1943 NYA AL 2 1 6.54 11 2 0 31.2 28 23 1 35 22 1.99
1946 NYA AL 0 1 5.79 4 1 0 9.1 7 6 1 8 5 1.61
1947 NYA AL 0 0 4.15 4 1 0 4.1 5 2 0 6 2 2.54
1948 NYA AL 8 5 3.30 31 11 2 133.2 79 49 8 101 93 1.35
1949 NYA AL 15 7 3.72 32 30 0 196.0 125 81 11 179 129 1.55
1950 NYA AL 15 9 4.74 31 31 0 203.1 188 107 23 160 118 1.71
1951 SLA +1 AL 6 11 4.26 28 20 0 143.2 120 68 5 150 71 1.88
1952 SLA AL 7 14 4.68 29 24 0 196.0 182 102 16 112 91 1.50
1953 CHA +1 AL 2 5 6.16 12 11 0 49.2 53 34 3 48 26 2.03
1954 NYA AL 3 2 2.70 5 5 0 40.0 36 12 1 19 24 1.38
1955 NYA AL 16 5 3.15 27 22 2 160.0 137 56 12 87 76 1.40
1956 NYA AL 7 3 3.36 37 8 6 109.2 108 41 9 72 52 1.64
1957 NYA AL 4 6 4.36 30 4 2 84.2 70 41 8 60 57 1.54
Career — — 85 69 4.11 281 170 12 1362.0 1,138 622 98 1,037 766 1.60

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 NYA AL 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .091 .231 .091 .322
1946 NYA AL 14 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
1947 NYA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 1.000 — —
1948 NYA AL 31 46 8 15 3 1 1 7 1 7 0 .326 .354 .500 .854
1949 NYA AL 35 83 8 16 4 2 0 13 2 20 0 .193 .212 .289 .501
1950 NYA AL 34 81 14 22 3 1 2 16 4 15 1 .272 .322 .407 .729
1951 SLA +1 AL 43 66 9 18 3 0 2 15 4 10 0 .273 .314 .409 .723
1952 SLA AL 40 84 9 21 5 1 1 12 5 18 0 .250 .292 .369 .661
1953 CHA +1 AL 32 35 2 4 0 0 1 5 5 13 0 .114 .225 .200 .425
1954 NYA AL 7 19 2 7 4 1 0 6 0 3 0 .368 .368 .684 1.053
1955 NYA AL 45 78 6 16 1 1 1 6 8 15 0 .205 .273 .282 .555
1956 NYA AL 44 52 8 14 1 1 3 10 2 11 0 .269 .296 .500 .796
1957 NYA AL 35 37 5 7 2 0 3 8 3 11 0 .189 .250 .486 .736
Career — — 377 601 73 143 26 8 14 98 38 126 1 .238 .286 .378 .663

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1943 NYA AL P 11 — — 2 8 1 0 11 .909 0.91
1946 NYA AL P 4 — — 1 2 0 0 3 1.000 0.75
1947 NYA AL P 4 — — 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.25
1948 NYA AL P 31 — — 2 17 0 2 19 1.000 0.61
1949 NYA AL P 32 — — 7 19 3 4 29 .897 0.81
1950 NYA AL P 31 — — 9 23 0 2 32 1.000 1.03
1951 SLA AL P 28 — — 6 20 1 2 27 .963 0.93
1952 SLA AL P 29 — — 10 15 2 1 27 .926 0.86
1953 CHA AL P 12 — — 4 11 2 0 17 .882 1.25
1954 NYA AL P 5 5 40.0 0 8 1 1 9 .889 1.60
1955 NYA AL P 27 22 160.0 4 22 2 3 28 .929 0.96
1956 NYA AL P 37 8 109.2 8 18 1 4 27 .963 0.70
1957 NYA AL P 30 4 84.2 6 9 1 0 16 .938 0.50
Career — — P 281 39 394.1 59 173 14 19 246 .943 0.83