RF Ron Byrd #39
Chicago Traders MLB
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
09/01/1977
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RF RON BYRD #39 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
112 346 93 23 2 10 47 24 27 .269 .320 .434 1 1.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
BABIP 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 60 60 60 60
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 35 40 40
Eye 45 40 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 55
Errors: - 45 75
Arm: 20 70 80
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: 45 Center Field: 45
2nd Base: - Right Field: 75
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 40
Baserunning Inst.: 40
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/31/1977 DEN Win, 8-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/30/1977 DEN Loss, 1-5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/28/1977 CIN Win, 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/27/1977 CIN Win, 8-5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/26/1977 CIN Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/1977 SDC Loss, 0-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/24/1977 SDC Win, 2-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1977 SDC Loss, 1-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/21/1977 @ DEN Loss, 5-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/20/1977 @ DEN Loss, 8-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Loves the adoration of the fans.
Personality Class: Selfish
High: Financial Ambition
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Adaptability
Birthday:07/22/1947
Born in:Buffalo, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$190,000
Signed Through:1978 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 63 Days
Service This Yr:149 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 11th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 112 346 93 23 2 10 47 36 24 27 .269 .320 .434 .754 .331 .165 107
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 87 377 3 0 0 3 2 2 150 35 1 1 50.0 49.1 5.08 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   84 23 5 0 1 5 9 8 7 1 1 0 .274 .333 .369 .702
Versus Right   262 70 18 2 9 42 27 16 20 1 1 3 .267 .316 .454 .770
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Last Week   15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .133 .188 .200 .388
April   57 11 2 0 1 9 5 5 5 0 0 1 .193 .270 .281 .551
May   74 23 6 0 2 8 12 7 8 1 0 2 .311 .381 .473 .854
June   69 20 6 1 0 8 4 4 8 1 0 0 .290 .324 .406 .730
July   73 21 4 1 2 11 7 2 3 0 2 0 .288 .307 .452 .759
August   73 18 5 0 5 11 8 6 3 0 0 0 .247 .304 .521 .824
Spring Training   47 12 2 1 0 3 3 7 3 0 0 0 .255 .352 .340 .692
Last Year   492 134 16 3 2 44 41 38 54 6 5 6 .272 .328 .329 .658
2 Years Ago   162 35 4 0 1 19 15 12 12 5 0 0 .216 .263 .259 .522
Career   2495 654 103 19 35 307 239 172 266 28 16 21 .262 .312 .361 .673
Home   169 45 13 0 3 19 15 14 15 2 2 1 .266 .323 .396 .719
Road   177 48 10 2 7 28 21 10 12 0 0 2 .271 .317 .469 .786
Grass   337 91 23 2 10 47 35 24 24 2 2 3 .270 .322 .439 .762
Turf   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Day   195 45 11 1 5 24 22 18 17 1 2 1 .231 .298 .374 .672
Night   151 48 12 1 5 23 14 6 10 1 0 2 .318 .350 .510 .860
As Starter   323 88 20 2 9 42 32 23 24 2 2 3 .272 .325 .430 .755
As Reliever / Substitution   23 5 3 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 .217 .250 .478 .728
Pinch Hitting   23 5 3 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 .217 .250 .478 .728
Close/Late   91 24 7 0 4 9 13 3 8 0 0 1 .264 .295 .473 .767
Inning 1-3   102 28 7 2 1 13 4 5 9 1 0 1 .275 .312 .412 .724
Inning 4-6   119 34 8 0 5 20 19 13 7 1 2 1 .286 .358 .479 .837
Inning 7-9   122 30 8 0 4 14 12 6 10 0 0 1 .246 .287 .410 .697
Extra Innings   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
0 Outs   129 32 7 0 4 10 16 9 14 0 1 0 .248 .297 .395 .692
1 Outs   111 35 13 1 4 22 13 9 8 2 1 1 .315 .366 .559 .924
2 Outs   106 26 3 1 2 15 7 6 5 0 0 2 .245 .298 .349 .647
Scoring Position   101 26 8 2 3 38 9 5 10 2 2 1 .257 .294 .465 .759
Bases Empty   180 50 13 0 5 5 22 15 11 0 0 1 .278 .337 .433 .770
Runner on 1st   65 17 2 0 2 4 5 4 6 0 0 1 .262 .314 .385 .699
Runner on 2nd   31 9 2 2 1 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .290 .312 .581 .893
Runner on 3rd   11 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 .182 .167 .273 .439
Runner on 1st & 2nd   23 6 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 .261 .320 .435 .755
Runner on 1st & 3rd   13 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 .308 .357 .385 .742
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 1 1 0 .231 .214 .385 .599
Bases Loaded   10 2 1 0 1 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .600 .933
Two Strikes   155 43 9 1 5 23 15 12 27 1 0 3 .277 .339 .445 .784
First Pitch   59 12 0 0 4 9 6 0 0 1 2 0 .203 .200 .407 .607
Count 0-1   37 8 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .216 .378 .595
Count 0-2   26 8 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 .308 .308 .654 .962
Count 1-0   23 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .391 .391 .565 .957
Count 1-1   31 10 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .323 .323 .516 .839
Count 1-2   49 14 4 0 0 3 4 0 9 1 0 1 .286 .294 .367 .661
Count 2-0   6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Count 2-1   20 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .350 .600
Count 2-2   36 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 5 0 0 1 .222 .243 .333 .577
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   15 4 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 .267 .450 .267 .717
Full Count   44 13 3 0 2 11 6 12 9 0 0 1 .295 .456 .500 .956
Behind in Count   112 30 6 2 3 12 10 0 13 1 0 1 .268 .272 .438 .709
Ahead in Count   64 20 7 0 0 8 8 12 0 0 0 0 .312 .421 .422 .843
Batting 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Batting 4th   7 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .857 1.232
Batting 5th   50 12 3 0 1 4 7 4 3 0 0 0 .240 .296 .360 .656
Batting 6th   159 48 13 0 3 22 15 12 13 1 1 2 .302 .356 .440 .797
Batting 7th   107 29 4 2 5 20 10 6 7 1 1 1 .271 .313 .486 .799
Batting 8th   5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Batting 9th   12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .083 .083 .167 .250
Low Leverage   137 42 10 1 3 11 13 10 8 0 0 0 .307 .354 .460 .814
Medium Leverage   145 37 9 1 5 16 13 9 13 1 2 1 .255 .301 .434 .736
High Leverage   62 13 4 0 2 20 10 5 6 1 0 2 .210 .286 .371 .657
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 San Diego - MLB 22 51 162 38 6 0 2 21 16 9 3 1 28 0 1 .235 .286 .309 .594 66 64 -0.2
1971 San Diego - MLB 23 132 385 92 16 2 3 48 31 26 1 5 45 0 1 .239 .285 .314 .600 75 74 1.5
1972 San Diego - MLB 24 128 440 126 19 6 6 64 49 26 1 4 54 0 1 .286 .325 .398 .723 114 112 1.3
1973 San Diego - MLB 25 107 328 85 10 4 6 33 32 20 1 2 25 0 0 .259 .302 .369 .671 89 88 0.4
1974 San Diego - MLB 26 105 180 51 9 2 5 31 19 17 6 3 21 0 3 .283 .359 .439 .798 131 131 1.3
1975 San Diego - MLB 27 93 162 35 4 0 1 19 15 12 0 5 12 0 0 .216 .263 .259 .522 48 50 -0.8
1976 Chicago - MLB 28 146 492 134 16 3 2 44 41 38 6 6 54 0 2 .272 .328 .329 .658 94 92 1.3
1977 Chicago - MLB 29 112 346 93 23 2 10 47 36 24 3 2 27 1 1 .269 .320 .434 .754 96 107 1.6
Total MLB 874 2495 654 103 19 35 307 239 172 21 28 266 1 9 .262 .312 .361 .673 92 93 6.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Total - 21 71 322 102 16 5 9 61 80 26 3 1 18 3 3 .317 .372 .481 .854 100 100 2.4
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 San Diego - MLB 22 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 37 0.1
1971 San Diego - MLB 23 12 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 .111 .182 .111 .293 -12 -12 1.4
1972 San Diego - MLB 24 9 15 5 3 0 0 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .444 .533 .978 190 188 -0.2
1973 San Diego - MLB 25 9 26 5 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 .192 .192 .346 .538 50 49 0.1
1974 San Diego - MLB 26 10 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125 -64 -70 -0.0
Total MLB 52 74 14 4 0 1 8 10 4 0 1 10 1 0 .189 .228 .284 .512 49 47
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 San Diego - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1970 San Diego - MLB RF 49 47 75 7 0 83 1 .988 401.0 1.84 +1.6 1.034
1971 San Diego - MLB 1B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 0.0 .000
1971 San Diego - MLB LF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 +0.7 1.303
1971 San Diego - MLB CF 16 14 23 5 1 28 0 1.000 121.0 2.08 -3.0 .901
1971 San Diego - MLB RF 108 78 158 14 1 172 0 1.000 742.2 2.08 +11.5 1.126
1972 San Diego - MLB LF 6 6 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 50.2 1.07 +0.2 .982
1972 San Diego - MLB CF 40 25 60 4 0 64 0 1.000 252.0 2.29 -3.9 .903
1972 San Diego - MLB RF 86 83 155 9 0 167 3 .982 720.1 2.05 +1.4 1.028
1973 San Diego - MLB CF 15 7 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 84.2 2.02 -1.6 .916
1973 San Diego - MLB RF 84 77 128 15 0 145 2 .986 703.1 1.83 +2.9 1.033
1974 San Diego - MLB 1B 2 0 14 1 2 15 0 1.000 12.0 11.25 +0.1 1.039
1974 San Diego - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 San Diego - MLB CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.0 0.82 -0.3 1.004
1974 San Diego - MLB RF 67 33 95 2 0 97 0 1.000 375.1 2.33 +4.2 1.030
1975 San Diego - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 San Diego - MLB LF 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 +0.0 1.032
1975 San Diego - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 San Diego - MLB RF 69 26 70 1 0 72 1 .986 324.0 1.97 -0.4 1.012
1976 Chicago - MLB 1B 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.1 1.049
1976 Chicago - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1976 Chicago - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1976 Chicago - MLB RF 136 128 279 19 0 302 4 .987 1149.2 2.33 -0.3 1.002
1977 Chicago - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 0.0 .000
1977 Chicago - MLB RF 89 87 149 17 1 169 3 .982 747.2 2.00 +1.5 1.046
TOTAL 1B 7 0 18 1 2 19 0 1.000 19.0 9.00 +0.2 1.042
TOTAL LF 8 7 11 1 0 13 1 .923 66.2 1.62 +0.9 1.083
TOTAL CF 76 47 103 9 1 112 0 1.000 470.2 2.14 -8.9 .906
TOTAL RF 688 559 1109 84 2 1207 14 .988 5164.0 2.08 +22.5 1.036
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 11, 11th overall pick) by the San Diego Captains, out of college Butler
10/29/1969 Named the #90 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (70); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
04/07/1970 Named the #82 prospect in the MLB
07/02/1970 Named the #55 prospect in the MLB
10/28/1970 Wins the 1970 World Series with the San Diego Captains.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (70); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
03/08/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the San Diego Captains development complex.
05/03/1971 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 1 day.
05/05/1971 Injured (strained calf),day-to-day for 2 days.
10/24/1971 Wins the 1971 World Series with the San Diego Captains.
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
03/11/1973 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the San Diego Captains development complex.
03/30/1973 Injured (concussion),day-to-day for one week.
05/01/1973 Injured (strained calf),day-to-day for one week.
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $34,000.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $80,000.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/16/1975 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
02/02/1976 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $570,000 with the Chicago Traders organization.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
08/08/1977 Hits three home runs against the Kansas City Bulls, going 3-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored!
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1974 6 7
1976 6 5
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