Sammy Byrd
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Samuel Dewey Byrd (October 15, 1906 – May 11, 1981) was an American professional baseball player and professional golfer. He went by both "Sammy" and "Sam".
Byrd was born in Bremen, Georgia but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. He played Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1936 for the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds. Byrd's nickname was "Babe Ruth's Legs", a reference to the fact that he often would appear as a pinch runner at the end of games toward the latter part of Ruth's career.
In 1936, Byrd quit baseball to pursue a career in professional golf. He won six events on the PGA Tour between 1942 and 1946. He lost the final of the 1945 PGA Championship to Byron Nelson, 4&3, in match play.
Byrd was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. He died in Mesa, Arizona in 1981 at the age of 74.
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[edit] PGA Tour wins (6)
- 1942 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
- 1943 (1) Chicago Victory National Open
- 1944 (2) New Orleans Open, Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational
- 1945 (2) Texas Open, Azalea Open
[edit] Other wins (4)
this list is probably incomplete
- 1942 Pennsylvania Open Championship
- 1944 Michigan Open, Michigan PGA Championship
- 1945 Michigan PGA Championship
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Diamond Heroes On The Links
- Baseball and Golf
- Baseball-Golf Connection
- Profile at Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
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