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Byron Houck
Byron Simon Houck (Duke)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Oregon

Debut May 15, 1912
Final Game August 27, 1918
Born August 28, 1891 in Prosper, MN
Died June 17, 1969 in Santa Cruz, CA

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 20 PHA AL   8   8  30  17  10   0  10  1  180.7  148   79   59   1   74   75  12   7   718       0  2.94  3.10  106 1.229
 1913 21 PHA AL  14   6  41  19   4   1  11  0  176.0  147   89   81   3  122   71   6  11   816       0  4.14  2.75   66 1.528
 1914 22 TOT      2   6  20  12   3   0   5  0  103.0  109   57   36   4   49   49   2   3   444       0  3.15  3.14  100 1.534
         PHA AL   0   0   3   3   0   0   0  0   11.0   14    9    4   0    6    4   0   0    50       0  3.27  2.60   79 1.818
         BTT FL   2   6  17   9   3   0   5  0   92.0   95   48   32   4   43   45   2   3   394       0  3.13  3.20  102 1.500
 1918 26 SLB AL   2   4  27   2   0   0  22  2   71.7   58   24   19   0   29   29   0   1   291       0  2.39  2.74  115 1.214
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .520  26  24 118  50  17   1  48  3  531.3  462  249  195   8  274  224  20  22  2269       0  3.30  2.95   89 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  47  20   6   0  19  1  215.0  187  100   78   3  110   90   8   8   918   0   0  3.30  2.95   89 1.385
 Career High     14   8  41  19  10   1  22  2  180.7  148   89   81   4  122   75  12  11   816   0   0  2.39  3.14  115 1.214

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 20 PHA AL  30   62    1    4   1  0   0    4   0      1      .065  .094  .081  -49    5   4           1    
 1913 21 PHA AL  41   60    1    5   1  0   0    3   0      3  19  .083  .127  .100  -33    6   5           0    
 1914 22 TOT     20   33    3    8   1  1   1    1   0      2   0  .242  .286  .424  103   14   1           0    
         PHA AL   3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333  104    1   0           0    
         BTT FL  17   30    3    7   1  1   1    1   0      2   0  .233  .281  .433  102   13   1           0    
 1918 26 SLB AL  27   20    1    3   1  0   0    2   0      1   3  .150  .190  .200   19    4   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      118  175    6   20   4  1   1   10   0  0   7  22  .114  .153  .166   -7   29  10   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        240    8   27   5  1   1   14   0  0  10  30  .114  .153  .166   -7   40  14   0   0   1   0
 Career High     41   62    3    8   1  1   1    4   0  0   3  19                          14   5   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 20 PHA AL   68   62    0   0.0    89| .065  .269| .094  .337| .081  .354| .175  .691| -49  .000 -12.0  -1.3     
 1913 21 PHA AL   68   60    1   0.4    86| .083  .262| .127  .333| .100  .344| .227  .678| -33  .021 -10.1  -1.1     
 1914 22 TOT      36   26    4   4.1    90| .242  .268| .286  .335| .424  .362| .710  .697| 103  .530   0.0   0.0     
         PHA AL    3    2    0   0.0    79| .333  .252| .333  .325| .333  .330| .666  .654| 104  .000  -0.0   0.0     
         BTT FL   33   24    4   4.4    92| .233  .270| .281  .336| .433  .365| .714  .701| 102  .560   0.0   0.0     
 1918 26 SLB AL   21   17    1   1.6    80| .150  .257| .190  .328| .200  .328| .390  .655|  19  .193  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       193  165    6   1.0    87| .114  .265| .153  .334| .166  .349| .319  .683|  -7  .078 -24.2  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1912 20 PHA AL   P   30      7   50    4    2  .934  .941  1.90  1.95  2.84  2.96   17  180.7
 1913 21 PHA AL   P   41     12   40    1    1  .981  .937  1.27  1.83  2.66  3.01   19  176.0
 1914 22 TOT      P   20      1   18    4    0  .826  .945  0.95  1.92  1.66  3.03   12  103.0
         PHA AL   P    3      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  1.00  1.73  2.45  2.95    3   11.0
         BTT FL   P   17      1   15    4    0  .800  .947  0.94  1.95  1.57  3.04    9   92.0
 1918 26 SLB AL   P   27      5   16    4    1  .840  .950  0.78  1.85  2.64  2.82    2   71.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1912 20 PHA AL   P   30      7   50    4    2  .934  .941  1.90  1.95  2.84  2.96   17  180.7
 1913 21 PHA AL   P   41     12   40    1    1  .981  .937  1.27  1.83  2.66  3.01   19  176.0
 1914 22 TOT      P   20      1   18    4    0  .826  .945  0.95  1.92  1.66  3.03   12  103.0
         PHA AL   P    3      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  1.00  1.73  2.45  2.95    3   11.0
         BTT FL   P   17      1   15    4    0  .800  .947  0.94  1.95  1.57  3.04    9   92.0
 1918 26 SLB AL   P   27      5   16    4    1  .840  .950  0.78  1.85  2.64  2.82    2   71.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 118     25  124   13    4  .920  .941  1.26  1.88  2.52  2.97   50  531.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       118     25  124   13    4  .920  .941  1.26  1.88  2.53  2.97   50    531

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1913 AL-.700-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1912 AL-7.37-3
1913 AL-7.52-8

Games
1913 AL-41-10

Saves
1918 AL-2-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1913 AL-122-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1913 AL-81-8

Wild Pitches
1913 AL-11-2

Hit Batsmen
1912 AL-12-4

Games Finished
1913 AL-11-9
1918 AL-22-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1391) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Athletics to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.
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Uniforms
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Won-Loss % 1913 AL-.700-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1912 AL-7.37-3 1913 AL-7.52-8	Games 1913 AL-41-10	Saves 1918 AL-2-9	Bases On Balls Allow. 1913 AL-122-2	Earned Runs Allow. 1913 AL-81-8
Wild Pitches 1913 AL-11-2	Hit Batsmen 1912 AL-12-4	Games Finished 1913 AL-11-9 1918 AL-22-2