Bill Bayne Notable

b. April 18, 1899 · St. Louis Browns 1919–1924, Cleveland Indians 1928, Boston Red Sox 1929–1930

Bill Bayne played for three clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Browns in 1919 and closing with the Boston Red Sox in 1930.

He went 31 and 32 with a 4.84 earned run average, pitching 662 innings in 199 games. He struck out 259, completed 21 of his 55 starts and threw 2 shutouts. Across 199 games he batted .290, with 62 hits and 24 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 8 doubles.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on April 18, 1899, and died on May 22, 1981. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1919	SLB	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400
1920	SLB	18	35	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	11	.171
1921	SLB	47	60	11	18	1	1	1	5	6	8	.300
1922	SLB	26	30	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	10	.233
1923	SLB	19	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231
1924	SLB	22	14	3	6	2	0	0	3	2	1	.429
1928	CLE	37	30	3	11	2	0	0	0	1	4	.367
1929	BOS	27	25	2	8	1	1	0	1	1	3	.320
1930	BOS	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Career	—	199	214	24	62	8	2	1	13	10	42	.290

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1919	SLB	1	1	2	2	0	12.0	16	7	6	0	5.25
1920	SLB	5	6	18	13	0	99.2	102	41	41	38	3.70
1921	SLB	11	5	47	14	3	164.0	167	86	80	82	4.72
1922	SLB	4	5	26	9	2	92.2	86	47	37	38	4.56
1923	SLB	2	2	19	2	0	46.0	49	23	31	15	4.50
1924	SLB	1	3	22	3	0	50.2	47	25	29	20	4.44
1928	CLE	2	5	37	6	3	108.2	128	62	43	39	5.13
1929	BOS	5	5	27	6	0	84.1	111	63	29	26	6.72
1930	BOS	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	5	2	1	1	4.50
Career	—	31	32	199	55	8	662.0	711	356	297	259	4.84

On this day & linked events

1899

Born April 18, 1899

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1981

Died May 22, 1981

1919

Major-league debut: Bill Bayne

Bill Bayne made a major-league debut on September 20, 1919.

1930

Final major-league game: Bill Bayne

Bill Bayne played a final major-league game on April 26, 1930.

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