Billy Bryan (baseball)
Billy Bryan | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Morgan, Georgia | December 4, 1938|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
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 | |
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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 eight 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] While Bryan hit for some power in the majors, especially when he was the regular or semi-regular catcher for the Athletics in 1964–1965, his batting average was .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[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- 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
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- 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