Billy Bryan (baseball): Difference between revisions

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1938)}}

|birth_place=[[Morgan, Georgia|Morgan]], [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]]

|debutteam=[[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]]

*[[Kansas City Athletics]] ({{baseball year|1961}}–{{baseball year|1966}})

'''William Ronald Bryan''' (born December 4, 1938, in [[Morgan, Georgia]]) is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] [[catcher]]. who Heappeared wasin signed374 bygames theover [[Kansasall Cityor Athletics]]portions in 1960. Bryan playedof eight seasons infor the majors: [[Kansas City Athletics]] ({{mlby|1961}}–{{mlby|1966}}), 1961–1965; [[New York Yankees]], 1966–1967;(1966–{{mlby|1967}}) and the [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|Washington Senators]], ({{mlby|1968}}). Born in [[Morgan, Georgia]], Bryan stood {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall, weighed {{convert|200|lb}}, batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

BryanHe hadwas somesigned by the Athletics in 1960 and enjoyed early success at the [[minor league baseball|minor -league]] level, making the All-Star team forin the 1961 Class B [[Northwest League]]<ref>''Baseball Digest'', March 1962, page 85</ref> and hitting 25 [[home runs]], [[runs batted in|knocking in]] 85 [[run (baseball)|runs]], and [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] .295 in the Double-A [[Texas League]] in 1962.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bryanbi01.shtml Baseball Reference]</ref> 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, hishe battingcompiled averagea wasbatting .216mark atof theonly Major League level.216, with 209 career [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (including 32 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], nine [[triple (baseball)|triples]] and 41 homers), 968 [[at bats]], and 283 [[strikeout]]s.

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