Samuel Dewey Byrd (October 5, 1906 - May 11, 1981) was an American professional  baseball player and  professional golfer.

Known as "Sammy" or "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. He was called " 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. 

He is the only person to have played in a  World Series and competed in golf's  Masters Tournament. He made one appearance in the  1932 World Series (game 4) while playing for the New York Yankees - as a defensive replacement for Babe Ruth - in the bottom of the 9th inning. 

He finished twice in the top 10 at the Masters: third in  1941 and fourth in  1942. During his last appearance in 1948 he tallied the highest score ever at the second hole recording a 10. He finished the round with a 12-over-par 84.[ citation needed]

Byrd was inducted into the  Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1974