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Jim Pyburn

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 1, 1932 in Fairfield, AL us

Died: May 21, 2011 in Jasper, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

High School: Ensley HS (Birmingham, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: April 17, 1955 (Age 22-167d, 11,225th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 16, 1957 (Age 24-227d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: James Edward Pyburn

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

294

.191

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.272

OPS

.547

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	6	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	8 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	9	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	10	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
6	11	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
7	12	Apr 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	13	Apr 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	16 (1)	May 4	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	21 (4)	May 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
12	23 (1)	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	26 (2)	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	28 (1)	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
15	29	May 18	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	35 (5)	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	36	May 28	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	37	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	38	May 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	42 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-12	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	44 (1)	Jun 4	BAL		CHW	L,4-13	GF	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	47 (2)	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	48	Jun 8	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	49	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	50	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
26	53 (2)	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
27	56 (2)	Jun 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
28	57	Jun 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
29	59 (1)	Jun 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	60	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	48	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
31	61	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	62	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR LF CF
33	63	Jun 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	64	Jun 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	66 (1)	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GF	19	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	67	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,6-7	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	68	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	70 (1)	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	71	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	19	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
40	72	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	GS	32	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
41	77 (4)	Jul 12	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	78	Jul 13	BAL		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
43	79	Jul 14	BAL		KCA	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	80	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		DET	W,7-2	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	81	Jul 15 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	84 (2)	Jul 18	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	86 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	87	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
49	88	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	90 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,11-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
51	92 (1)	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	W,11-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
52	94 (1)	Jul 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	97 (2)	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
54	98	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	100 (1)	Aug 2	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	101	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
57	102	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-15	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	103	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
59	104	Aug 5 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	107 (2)	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
61	108	Aug 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-5	GF	23	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
62	110 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
63	111	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	116 (4)	Aug 19	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	124 (7)	Aug 28	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	125	Aug 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	126	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	128 (1)	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	131 (2)	Sep 5	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	132	Sep 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	133	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	135 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
73	136	Sep 9	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	137	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	145 (7)	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	150 (4)	Sep 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-11	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
77	151	Sep 26	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
							78gm		393.2	114	5	3	122	3