Billy Bryan

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: December 4, 1938 in Morgan, GA us

Debut: September 12, 1961 (Age 22-282d, 11,899th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 23, 1968 (Age 29-232d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: William Ronald Bryan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

968

209

.216

RBI

125

OBP

.284

SLG

.395

OPS

.678

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 41 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
KCA	33
NYY	5
WSA	3

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	21
Away	20

Outs
1	15
2	14
0	12

10 Opps
CLE	7
WSA	6
MIN	5
BOS	5
CHW	4
KCA/OAK	3
CAL/LAA	3
NYY	3
DET	3
BAL	2

33 Pitchers
Ralph Terry	3
Bill Monbouquette	2
Mudcat Grant	2
Bennie Daniels	2
Joe Horlen	2
Lee Stange	2
Earl Wilson	2
Joe Sparma	1
Larry Sherry	1
Dave Boswell	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Héctor Maestri	1
Howie Koplitz	1
Hank Fischer	1
Johnny Klippstein	1
George Lauzerique	1
Luis Tiant	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Phil Ortega	1
Don Larsen	1
Aubrey Gatewood	1
Billy Rohr	1
Bobby Tiefenauer	1
Bruce Howard	1
Eddie Fisher	1
Art Fowler	1
Barry Latman	1
Jim Duckworth	1
Pete Cimino	1
Fred Newman	1
Dick Hall	1
Phil Regan	1
Tony Pierce	1

12 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	16
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
RFK Stad (WAS)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
9	23
8	4
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	10
12-	3
1-3	3
-2-	1

64 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	24
1 on	11
2 on	6
Any on	17

Inning
1	1
2	8
3	2
4	1
5	4
6	4
7	6
8	5
9	7
Extra	3

1-3	11
4-6	9
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	10

Ahead	11
Tied	9
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	37
PH	4

OrderPos
7th	15
6th	10
8th	8
5th	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1961-09-17	KCA	@	WSA	Héctor Maestri	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	5	2	0.083	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1962-08-19	KCA		NYY	Ralph Terry	behind 5-14	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.003	1%		Home Run (LF-CF)
3	3	2	1	1962-08-24	KCA	@	MIN	Lee Stange	ahead 6-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	8	2	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Alusik Scores; W. Causey Scores
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1963-04-09	KCA		NYY	Ralph Terry	behind 0-8	b 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	1963-04-27	KCA	@	WSA	Jim Duckworth	tied 1-1	t 6	2	1--	2	8	2	0.309	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Lumpe Scores
6	6	3	1	1963-05-02	KCA		CLE	Barry Latman	behind 5-13	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1964-04-21	KCA		CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---	1	7	2	0.047	8%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	2	1	1964-05-04	KCA		LAA	Art Fowler	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	---	1	6	2	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1964-06-07 (1)	KCA		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 3-7	b 7	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.097	14%		Home Run; C. Lau Scores
10	10	4	1	1964-06-13	KCA	@	CLE	Sonny Siebert	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	2	6	2	0.229	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Gentile Scores
11	11	5	1	1964-06-16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	Phil Regan	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	2	0.183	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Gentile Scores
12	12	6	2	1964-06-16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	Larry Sherry	ahead 3-0	t 9	1	12-	3	6	2	0.023	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Charles Scores; R. Colavito Scores
13	13	7	1	1964-06-19	KCA		WSA	Bennie Daniels	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.196	53%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Gentile Scores
14	14	8	1	1964-06-25	KCA	@	LAA	Fred Newman	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.126	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	9	1	1964-07-01	KCA	@	NYY	Ralph Terry	tied 4-4	t 11	1	---	1	9	2	0.388	83%		Home Run (RF Line)
16	16	10	1	1964-07-15 (2)	KCA		CLE	Lee Stange	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.207	73%		Home Run; E. Charles Scores/unER; B. Bryan Scores/unER
17	17	11	1	1964-08-23 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	Bennie Daniels	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.118	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	12	1	1964-09-03	KCA		BOS	Earl Wilson	tied 3-3	b 5	1	---	1	5	2	0.159	69%		Home Run
19	19	13	1	1964-09-22	KCA		MIN	Johnny Klippstein	tied 9-9	b 9	1	---	1	7	PH	0.424	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1965-05-02 (2)	KCA		CAL	Aubrey Gatewood	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	12-	3	6	2	0.144	92%		Home Run; N. Mathews Scores; K. Harrelson Scores
21	21	2	1	1965-05-12 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	Eddie Fisher	behind 3-6	t 9	2	---	1	6	2	0.006	1%		Home Run
22	22	3	1	1965-05-18	KCA		CHW	Joe Horlen	behind 2-5	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.074	15%		Home Run
23	23	4	1	1965-05-19	KCA		CHW	Bruce Howard	behind 1-2	b 2	1	1--	2	7	2	0.217	65%		Home Run; E. Charles Scores
24	24	5	1	1965-05-30	KCA	@	BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.214	58%		Home Run; M. Hershberger Scores
25	25	6	1	1965-05-31 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	Howie Koplitz	behind 1-5	t 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.028	5%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	7	1	1965-07-22	KCA	@	BAL	Don Larsen	ahead 7-2	t 9	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Hershberger Scores
27	27	8	1	1965-07-24	KCA	@	WSA	Phil Ortega	behind 1-8	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.012	3%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	9	1	1965-08-03	KCA		BOS	Earl Wilson	behind 3-10	b 9	0	1--	2	7	2	0.004	1%		Home Run; M. Hershberger Scores
29	29	10	1	1965-08-11 (1)	KCA	@	DET	Joe Sparma	behind 1-6	t 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	11	1	1965-08-31 (2)	KCA		CLE	Bobby Tiefenauer	behind 1-2	b 10	1	---	1	7	2	0.473	57%		Home Run
31	31	12	1	1965-09-01	KCA		CLE	Luis Tiant	behind 0-2	b 2	0	12-	3	7	2	0.240	67%		Home Run; J. Landis Scores; S. Rosario Scores/unER
32	32	13	1	1965-09-15	KCA	@	MIN	Dave Boswell	behind 3-5	t 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.098	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	14	1	1965-10-03	KCA	@	CHW	Joe Horlen	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2	5	2	0.199	62%		Home Run; E. Charles Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1966-08-10	NYY		BAL	Dick Hall	behind 2-7	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	2	1	1966-09-02	NYY	@	MIN	Mudcat Grant	behind 4-8	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	3	1	1966-09-18	NYY		MIN	Pete Cimino	behind 2-5	b 10	0	---	1	7	2	0.041	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	4	1	1966-09-25	NYY		BOS	Hank Fischer	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.101	77%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1967-09-29 (2)	NYY		KCA	George Lauzerique	tied 0-0	b 6	2	---	1	5	2	0.221	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1968-04-14	WSA		OAK	Tony Pierce	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	1-3	3	7	2	0.053	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. McMullen Scores; R. Hansen Scores
40	40	2	1	1968-04-21	WSA	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.185	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	3	1	1968-06-02 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	Billy Rohr	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	1-3	3	7	2	0.039	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Allen Scores/unER; F. Valentine Scores

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