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Bob Meusel
Robert William Meusel (Long Bob)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 14, 1920
Final Game September 26, 1930
Born July 19, 1896 in San Jose, CA
Died November 28, 1977 in Downey, CA
Brother of Irish Meusel

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 23 NYY AL 119  460   75  151  40  7  11   83   4  4  20  72  .328  .359  .517  126  238  12           2    
 1921 24 NYY AL 149  598  104  190  40 16  24  136  17  6  34  88  .318  .356  .559  128  334  12           2    
 1922 25 NYY AL 121  473   61  151  26 11  16   84  13  8  40  58  .319  .376  .522  130  247  11           3     MVP-15
 1923 26 NYY AL 132  460   59  144  29 10   9   91  13 15  31  52  .313  .359  .478  117  220  10           2    
 1924 27 NYY AL 143  579   93  188  40 11  12  120  26 14  32  43  .325  .365  .494  120  286  14           5    
 1925 28 NYY AL 156  624  101  181  34 12  33  138  13 14  54  55  .290  .348  .542  125  338  17           1     MVP-18
 1926 29 NYY AL 108  413   73  130  22  3  12   81  16 17  37  32  .315  .373  .470  119  194  23           1     MVP-21
 1927 30 NYY AL 135  516   75  174  47  9   8  103  24 10  45  58  .337  .393  .510  136  263  21           2    
 1928 31 NYY AL 131  518   77  154  45  5  11  113   6  9  39  56  .297  .349  .467  115  242  18           2    
 1929 32 NYY AL 100  391   46  102  15  3  10   57   1  5  17  42  .261  .292  .391   79  153   5           0    
 1930 33 CIN NL 113  443   62  128  30  8  10   62   9     26  63  .289  .330  .460   92  204  14           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         5475      1693     95     1068    102     619  .309  .356  .497  118      157   0   0  21   0
               1407       826      368    156      142    375                            2719
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        630   95  195  42 11  18  123  16 12  43  71  .309  .356  .497  118  313  18   0   0   2   0
 Career High    156  624  104  190  47 16  33  138  26 17  54  88  .337  .393  .559  136  338  23   0   0   5   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 23 NYY AL  494  325   84   6.9   110| .328  .296| .359  .361| .517  .407| .876  .768| 126  .680  15.3   1.5  50%
 1921 24 NYY AL  646  426  118   7.4   116| .318  .302| .356  .368| .559  .424| .915  .792| 128  .666  20.6   1.9  73%
 1922 25 NYY AL  527  341   91   7.2   111| .319  .295| .376  .361| .522  .415| .898  .776| 130  .679  18.9   1.8  61%
 1923 26 NYY AL  503  341   74   5.8   109| .313  .293| .359  .363| .478  .404| .837  .767| 117  .597   9.0   0.9  46%
 1924 27 NYY AL  630  419  101   6.4   112| .325  .298| .365  .368| .494  .409| .859  .777| 120  .623  14.0   1.3  65%
 1925 28 NYY AL  696  474  113   6.4   114| .290  .297| .348  .367| .542  .416| .890  .784| 125  .599  17.6   1.6  48%
 1926 29 NYY AL  474  323   68   5.6   109| .315  .289| .373  .360| .470  .405| .843  .765| 119  .581  10.8   1.0  48%
 1927 30 NYY AL  584  373  103   7.4   108| .337  .289| .393  .357| .510  .406| .903  .763| 136  .682  27.2   2.6  70%
 1928 31 NYY AL  577  391   81   5.5   106| .297  .285| .349  .349| .467  .405| .816  .754| 115  .570  11.2   1.1  40%
 1929 32 NYY AL  413  299   43   3.8   107| .261  .284| .292  .350| .391  .410| .683  .760|  79  .385 -13.8  -1.3  16%
 1930 33 CIN NL  484  329   67   5.4   122| .289  .305| .330  .363| .460  .454| .790  .817|  92  .463  -6.0  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     6028 4041  943   6.2   111| .309  .294| .356  .361| .497  .414| .853  .775| 118  .606 124.7  11.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1920 23 NYY AL  OF   64    116   10    7    3  .947  .962  1.97  2.16               16    0   48
                 3B   45     34   75   13    3  .893  .946  2.42  3.45            
                 1B    2     12    0    0    3 1.000  .992  6.00 10.40            
 1921 24 NYY AL  OF  147    253   28   20    8  .934  .960  1.91  2.21               10    0  137
 1922 25 NYY AL  OF  121    202   24   12    0  .950  .964  1.87  2.22               47    1   74
 1923 26 NYY AL  OF  121    206   17   11    2  .953  .965  1.84  2.26               78    0   43
 1924 27 NYY AL  OF  143    252   17   14    4  .951  .970  1.88  2.27               93    2   49
                 3B    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  3.00            
 1925 28 NYY AL  OF  131    249    9    4    6  .985  .965  1.97  2.27               86    0   46
                 3B   27     22   42    2    2  .970  .947  2.37  3.02            
 1926 29 NYY AL  OF  107    211    4    9    1  .960  .966  2.01  2.23               68    1   38
 1927 30 NYY AL  OF  131    249   15   14    1  .950  .964  2.02  2.22               83    0   48
 1928 31 NYY AL  OF  131    259   16    7    6  .975  .973  2.10  2.22               87    0   44
 1929 32 NYY AL  OF   96    206    9    7    2  .968  .966  2.24  2.28               56    0   40
 1930 33 CIN NL  OF  112    223    8    9    3  .963  .968  2.06  2.28               70   39    4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1920 23 NYY AL  1B    2     12    0    0    3 1.000  .992  6.00 10.40            

 1920 23 NYY AL  3B   45     34   75   13    3  .893  .946  2.42  3.45            
 1924 27 NYY AL  3B    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  3.00            
 1925 28 NYY AL  3B   27     22   42    2    2  .970  .947  2.37  3.02            

 1920 23 NYY AL  OF   64    116   10    7    3  .947  .962  1.97  2.16               16    0   48
 1921 24 NYY AL  OF  147    253   28   20    8  .934  .960  1.91  2.21               10    0  137
 1922 25 NYY AL  OF  121    202   24   12    0  .950  .964  1.87  2.22               47    1   74
 1923 26 NYY AL  OF  121    206   17   11    2  .953  .965  1.84  2.26               78    0   43
 1924 27 NYY AL  OF  143    252   17   14    4  .951  .970  1.88  2.27               93    2   49
 1925 28 NYY AL  OF  131    249    9    4    6  .985  .965  1.97  2.27               86    0   46
 1926 29 NYY AL  OF  107    211    4    9    1  .960  .966  2.01  2.23               68    1   38
 1927 30 NYY AL  OF  131    249   15   14    1  .950  .964  2.02  2.22               83    0   48
 1928 31 NYY AL  OF  131    259   16    7    6  .975  .973  2.10  2.22               87    0   44
 1929 32 NYY AL  OF   96    206    9    7    2  .968  .966  2.24  2.28               56    0   40
 1930 33 CIN NL  OF  112    223    8    9    3  .963  .968  2.06  2.28               70   39    4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1304   2426  157  114   36  .958  .966  1.98  2.24              694   43  571
                 3B   74     58  117   15    5  .921  .946  2.36  3.28            
                 1B    2     12    0    0    3 1.000  .992  6.00 10.40            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1380   2496  274  129   44  .956  .965  2.01  2.31

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   8  30   3   6  2  0  0   3   2   5  .200  .250  .267   1  2   0   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   5  20   2   6  1  0  0   2   1   3  .300  .333  .350   1  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  26   1   7  1  2  0   8   0   3  .269  .269  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
 1926   WS    NYY STL     L   7  21   3   5  1  1  0   0   6   1  .238  .393  .381   0  0   2   1   0 
 1927   WS    NYY PIT     W   4  17   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   7  .118  .167  .118   1  0   0   0   0 
 1928   WS    NYY STL     W   4  15   5   3  1  0  1   3   2   5  .200  .294  .467   2  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        3-3  34 129  15  29  6  3  1  17  12  24  .225  .289  .341   5  2   2   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-15-0.09
1925-AL-18-0.09
1926-AL-21-0.05
Car-675-0.23 shares

Batting Average
1927 AL-.337-9

Slugging %
1920 AL-.517-7
1921 AL-.559-6
1922 AL-.522-9
1923 AL-.478-9
1924 AL-.494-10
1925 AL-.542-9
1927 AL-.510-9

OPS
1921 AL-.915-8
1922 AL-.898-9

Games
1925 AL-156-1

At Bats
1921 AL-598-10
1925 AL-624-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1925 AL-696-5

Runs
1921 AL-104-10

Hits
1921 AL-190-9
1924 AL-188-9

Total Bases
1921 AL-334-3
1924 AL-286-6
1925 AL-338-2
1927 AL-263-9

Doubles
1920 AL-40-4
1921 AL-40-5
1924 AL-40-5
1927 AL-47-5
1928 AL-45-3

Triples
1921 AL-16-4
1922 AL-11-10
1924 AL-11-6
1925 AL-12-7

Home Runs
1920 AL-11-7
1921 AL-24-2
1922 AL-16-6
1924 AL-12-6
1925 AL-33-1
1926 AL-12-8

RBI
1921 AL-136-3
1923 AL-91-9
1924 AL-120-3
1925 AL-138-1
1927 AL-103-7
1928 AL-113-3

Strikeouts
1920 AL-72-4
1921 AL-88-1
1922 AL-58-6
1923 AL-52-8
1924 AL-43-10
1925 AL-55-6
1927 AL-58-4
1928 AL-56-5
1930 NL-63-7

Stolen Bases
1921 AL-17-8
1924 AL-26-2
1926 AL-16-6
1927 AL-24-2

Adjusted OPS+
1921 AL-128-8
1922 AL-130-9
1927 AL-136-8

Runs Created
1921 AL-118-8
1925 AL-113-5
1927 AL-103-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1921 AL-21-9
1927 AL-27-9

Batting Wins
1921 AL-1.9-9
1922 AL-1.8-9
1927 AL-2.6-8

Extra-Base Hits
1920 AL-58-8
1921 AL-80-2
1924 AL-63-5
1925 AL-79-1
1927 AL-64-6
1928 AL-61-6

Offensive Win%
1920 AL-.680-10
1921 AL-.666-8
1922 AL-.679-8
1927 AL-.682-10

Caught Stealing
1923 AL-15-8
1924 AL-14-4
1925 AL-14-5
1926 AL-17-2
1927 AL-10-9
1928 AL-9-8

Power/Speed Number
1921 AL-19.9-3
1922 AL-14.3-2
1923 AL-10.6-7
1924 AL-16.4-2
1925 AL-18.7-2
1926 AL-13.7-4
1927 AL-12.0-6

At Bats per Home Run
1920 AL-41.8-6
1921 AL-24.9-4
1922 AL-29.6-6
1924 AL-48.3-9
1925 AL-18.9-2
1926 AL-34.4-6

Outs
1925 AL-474-2

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 107 (199) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.2 (245) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 75.5 (237) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
October 17, 1929: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Bob Meusel's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1922-AL-15-0.09 1925-AL-18-0.09 1926-AL-21-0.05 Car-675-0.23 shares	Batting Average 1927 AL-.337-9	Slugging % 1920 AL-.517-7 1921 AL-.559-6 1922 AL-.522-9 1923 AL-.478-9 1924 AL-.494-10 1925 AL-.542-9 1927 AL-.510-9	OPS 1921 AL-.915-8 1922 AL-.898-9	Games 1925 AL-156-1	At Bats 1921 AL-598-10 1925 AL-624-4
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1925 AL-696-5	Runs 1921 AL-104-10	Hits 1921 AL-190-9 1924 AL-188-9	Total Bases 1921 AL-334-3 1924 AL-286-6 1925 AL-338-2 1927 AL-263-9	Doubles 1920 AL-40-4 1921 AL-40-5 1924 AL-40-5 1927 AL-47-5 1928 AL-45-3	Triples 1921 AL-16-4 1922 AL-11-10 1924 AL-11-6 1925 AL-12-7
Home Runs 1920 AL-11-7 1921 AL-24-2 1922 AL-16-6 1924 AL-12-6 1925 AL-33-1 1926 AL-12-8	RBI 1921 AL-136-3 1923 AL-91-9 1924 AL-120-3 1925 AL-138-1 1927 AL-103-7 1928 AL-113-3	Strikeouts 1920 AL-72-4 1921 AL-88-1 1922 AL-58-6 1923 AL-52-8 1924 AL-43-10 1925 AL-55-6 1927 AL-58-4 1928 AL-56-5 1930 NL-63-7	Stolen Bases 1921 AL-17-8 1924 AL-26-2 1926 AL-16-6 1927 AL-24-2	Adjusted OPS+ 1921 AL-128-8 1922 AL-130-9 1927 AL-136-8	Runs Created 1921 AL-118-8 1925 AL-113-5 1927 AL-103-9
Adjusted Batting Runs 1921 AL-21-9 1927 AL-27-9	Batting Wins 1921 AL-1.9-9 1922 AL-1.8-9 1927 AL-2.6-8	Extra-Base Hits 1920 AL-58-8 1921 AL-80-2 1924 AL-63-5 1925 AL-79-1 1927 AL-64-6 1928 AL-61-6	Offensive Win% 1920 AL-.680-10 1921 AL-.666-8 1922 AL-.679-8 1927 AL-.682-10	Caught Stealing 1923 AL-15-8 1924 AL-14-4 1925 AL-14-5 1926 AL-17-2 1927 AL-10-9 1928 AL-9-8	Power/Speed Number 1921 AL-19.9-3 1922 AL-14.3-2 1923 AL-10.6-7 1924 AL-16.4-2 1925 AL-18.7-2 1926 AL-13.7-4 1927 AL-12.0-6
At Bats per Home Run 1920 AL-41.8-6 1921 AL-24.9-4 1922 AL-29.6-6 1924 AL-48.3-9 1925 AL-18.9-2 1926 AL-34.4-6	Outs 1925 AL-474-2