Milt Byrnes
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb
BornNovember 15, 1916 · St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debutApril 21, 1943
Final gameSeptember 30, 1945
Seasons3 (1943–1945)
St. Louis Browns 1943–1945
Percentile snapshot
1945 season — qualified batters
of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 129 | 492 | 429 | 58 | 120 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 53 | 49 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .362 | .406 | .767 | 124.9 | 122.7 | .367 | 2.9 |
| 1944 | 128 | 487 | 407 | 63 | 120 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 68 | 50 | 1 | 7 | .295 | .396 | .393 | .789 | 128.5 | 121.7 | .381 | 2.9 |
| 1945 | 133 | 540 | 442 | 53 | 110 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 78 | 84 | 1 | 3 | .249 | .363 | .387 | .750 | 118.7 | 114.0 | .365 | 2.6 |
Career totals
G
390
PA
1,519
AB
1,278
R
174
H
350
2B
77
3B
15
HR
16
RBI
154
BB
199
SO
183
SB
3
BA
.2739
OBP
.3730
SLG
.3951
OPS
.7681
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-08-10 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1943-09-12 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1943-10-02 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1944-08-16 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1945-04-17 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-04-21 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-24 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-28 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-29 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.