Marlon Byrd
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Byrd with the Mets in 2013
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: August 30, 1977 Boynton Beach, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 2002, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 31, 2016, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .275 | ||
| Home runs | 159 | ||
| Runs batted in | 710 | ||
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Marlon Jerrard Byrd (born August 30, 1977) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He previously played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. He was suspended twice for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Byrd is a 1995 graduate of Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia, and won All-State honors in baseball and football. He played on the 1993 state runner-up team as a sophomore, and was part of the 1995 state championship team.
Byrd played baseball at Georgia Tech. After a major injury, he transferred to Georgia Perimeter Junior College where he earned an AS Degree in Business in May 1999, while rededicating himself to baseball. The injury was to his right leg in which he sustained muscular damage and an infection which cut off the circulation to his nerves. He had to undergo three operations to correct the problem. Many doctors had wanted to amputate his right leg, but Byrd refused and underwent a two-year rehab process. During the rehab process, Byrd reached up to 300 pounds.
Byrd reached the big leagues in 2003. He came in fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting, batting .303 with 86 runs scored, 28 doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 11 stolen bases in 135 games and 495 at-bats. In 2004, he did not keep his high level of performance.
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