Billy Bryan (baseball)
Billy Bryan | |||
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Catcher | |||
Born: Morgan, Georgia |
December 4, 1938 |||
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MLB debut | |||
September 12, 1961, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 23, 1968, for the Washington Senators | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .216 | ||
Home runs | 41 | ||
Runs batted in | 125 | ||
Teams | |||
William Ronald Bryan (born December 4, 1938, in Morgan, Georgia) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the Kansas City Athletics in 1960. Bryan played 8 seasons in the majors: Kansas City Athletics, 1961–1965; New York Yankees, 1966–1967; and the Washington Senators, 1968. Bryan stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, weighed 200 pounds (91 kg), batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Bryan had some success at the minor league level, making the All-Star team for the 1961 Class B Northwest League[1] and hitting 25 home runs, knocking in 85 runs, and batting .295 in the Double-A Texas League in 1962.[2] But although he hit for some power in the Majors, especially when he was the regular or semi-regular catcher for the Athletics in 1964–1965, he hit only .216 at the Major League level, with 209 career hits, 968 at bats, and 283 strikeouts.
References
- ↑ Baseball Digest, March 1962, page 85
- ↑ Baseball Reference
External links
- Baseball Reference
- Baseball Reference (Minor league)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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- 1938 births
- Albuquerque Dukes players
- Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Industriales de Valencia players
- Kansas City Athletics players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Lewiston Broncs players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- New York Yankees players
- Living people
- People from Calhoun County, Georgia
- Portland Beavers players
- Sanford Greyhounds players
- Spartanburg Phillies players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
- American baseball catcher stubs