Tommy Byrne
Thomas Joseph Byrne
Born: December 31, 1919
Baltimore, MD USA
Deceased: 2007
Wake Forest, NC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 182
College: Wake Forest University
Career: 1943-1957
Minor League Statistics
Tommy Byrne compiled a career record of 85 wins and 69 losses in his 377-game career with the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1943 season and last took the field during the 1957 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1943 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.54 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.79 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.30 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 133.7 | 79 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 101 | 0 | 93 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 579 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.72 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 196.0 | 125 | 84 | 81 | 11 | 179 | 0 | 129 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 880 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.74 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 203.3 | 188 | 115 | 107 | 23 | 160 | 0 | 118 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 951 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.86 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 115 |
1951 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.82 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 122.7 | 104 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 114 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 577 |
1952 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 7 | 14 | .333 | 4.68 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 196.0 | 182 | 117 | 102 | 16 | 112 | 0 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 876 |
1953 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.15 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 160.0 | 137 | 69 | 56 | 12 | 87 | 3 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 689 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.36 | 37 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 109.7 | 108 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 72 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 493 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.36 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84.7 | 70 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 383 |
Totals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 4.11 | 281 | 170 | 72 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 1362.0 | 1138 | 688 | 622 | 98 | 1037 | 10 | 766 | 85 | 4 | 28 | 6181 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1943 | AL | New York Yankees | 13 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | 31 | 52 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .326 | .354 | .500 | .854 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 35 | 86 | 83 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .193 | .212 | .289 | .501 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 34 | 87 | 81 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .272 | .322 | .407 | .729 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 63 | 57 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .281 | .328 | .386 | .714 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 40 | 89 | 84 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .250 | .292 | .369 | .661 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 18 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | Washington Senators | 14 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .368 | .368 | .684 | 1.053 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 45 | 89 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .205 | .273 | .282 | .555 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 44 | 56 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .269 | .296 | .500 | .796 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 35 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .189 | .250 | .486 | .736 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 377 | 655 | 601 | 73 | 143 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 126 | .238 | .286 | .378 | .663 | 227 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1943 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | |
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .613 | |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .897 | .813 | |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.032 | |
1951 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.211 | |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | |
1952 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .862 | |
1953 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1953 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.500 | |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.800 | 1.600 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 27 | 22 | 160.0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.463 | .963 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 37 | 8 | 109.7 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .963 | 2.134 | .703 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 30 | 4 | 84.7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.594 | .500 |
Totals | 281 | 39 | 394.3 | 59 | 173 | 14 | 19 | .943 | 5.295 | .826 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.88 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Totals | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.53 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.256 | 1.000 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 6 | 3 | 21.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .844 | .333 |
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