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Al Myers
James Albert Myers (Cod)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 27, 1884
Final Game October 3, 1891
Born October 22, 1863 in Danville, IL
Died December 24, 1927 in Marshall, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 20 MIL UA  12   46    6   15   6  0   0        0      0      .326  .326  .457  226   21                    
 1885 21 PHI NL  93  357   25   73  13  2   1   28         11  41  .204  .228  .261   60   93                    
 1886 22 KCN NL 118  473   69  131  22  9   4   51   3     22  42  .277  .309  .387  105  183                    
 1887 23 WHS NL 105  362   45   84   9  5   2   36  18     40  26  .232  .312  .301   74  109               2    
 1888 24 WHS NL 132  502   46  104  12  7   2   46  20     37  46  .207  .270  .271   77  136               6    
 1889 25 TOT NL 121  481   76  128  17  2   0   48  18     58  16  .266  .351  .310   83  149               5    
         WHS NL  46  176   24   46   3  0   0   20  10     22   7  .261  .347  .278   80   49               1    
         PHI NL  75  305   52   82  14  2   0   28   8     36   9  .269  .354  .328   84  100               4    
 1890 26 PHI NL 117  487   95  135  29  7   2   81  44     57  46  .277  .365  .378  114  184              10    
 1891 27 PHI NL 135  514   67  118  27  2   2   69   8     69  46  .230  .331  .302   82  155               9    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      833 3222  429  788 135 34  13  359 111  0 294 263  .245  .314  .320   88 1030   0   0   0  32   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        627   83  153  26  7   3   70  22  0  57  51  .245  .314  .320   88  200   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    135  514   95  135  29  9   4   81  44  0  69  46  .277  .365  .387  114  184   0   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 20 MIL UA   46   31    7   5.8    30| .326  .198| .326  .221| .457  .256| .783  .477| 226  .745   6.1   0.7     
 1885 21 PHI NL  368  284   21   1.9    67| .204  .244| .228  .287| .261  .326| .489  .612|  60  .268 -15.8  -1.8     
 1886 22 KCN NL  495  342   57   4.3    84| .277  .264| .309  .314| .387  .362| .696  .676| 105  .570   2.0   0.2     
 1887 23 WHS NL  404  278   34   3.2    93| .232  .269| .312  .326| .301  .382| .613  .708|  74  .354 -11.0  -1.1     
 1888 24 WHS NL  545  398   36   2.4    67| .207  .239| .270  .286| .271  .328| .541  .614|  77  .361 -11.8  -1.4     
 1889 25 TOT NL  544  353   52   3.9    98| .266  .277| .351  .348| .310  .378| .661  .726|  83  .452  -8.8  -0.8     
         WHS NL  199  130   17   3.4    91| .261  .265| .347  .335| .278  .362| .625  .698|  80  .399  -3.4  -0.3     
         PHI NL  345  223   35   4.1   103| .269  .283| .354  .356| .328  .387| .682  .742|  84  .482  -5.4  -0.5     
 1890 26 PHI NL  554  352   65   4.9    90| .277  .263| .365  .340| .378  .355| .743  .695| 114  .596  10.4   1.1     
 1891 27 PHI NL  592  396   50   3.4    90| .230  .263| .331  .338| .302  .358| .633  .696|  82  .425  -8.6  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3548 2434  322   3.5    84| .245  .259| .314  .320| .320  .354| .634  .674|  88  .454 -37.5  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 20 MIL UA 2B 12 26 30 10 1 .848 .870 4.67 5.39 1885 21 PHI NL 2B 93 201 287 64 31 .884 .900 5.25 5.70 1886 22 KCN NL 2B 118 298 384 65 50 .913 .908 5.78 5.50 1887 23 WHS NL 2B 78 193 248 44 23 .909 .911 5.65 5.79 SS 27 51 93 33 6 .814 .890 5.33 4.94 1888 24 WHS NL 2B 132 271 399 60 37 .918 .920 5.08 5.66 1889 25 TOT NL 2B 121 339 409 96 59 .886 .925 6.18 6.08 WHS NL 2B 46 147 148 18 26 .942 .925 6.41 6.08 PHI NL 2B 75 192 261 78 33 .853 .925 6.04 6.08 1890 26 PHI NL 2B 117 347 352 38 62 .948 .925 5.97 5.45 1891 27 PHI NL 2B 135 354 438 53 67 .937 .929 5.87 5.88
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 20 MIL UA 2B 12 26 30 10 1 .848 .870 4.67 5.39 1885 21 PHI NL 2B 93 201 287 64 31 .884 .900 5.25 5.70 1886 22 KCN NL 2B 118 298 384 65 50 .913 .908 5.78 5.50 1887 23 WHS NL 2B 78 193 248 44 23 .909 .911 5.65 5.79 1888 24 WHS NL 2B 132 271 399 60 37 .918 .920 5.08 5.66 1889 25 TOT NL 2B 121 339 409 96 59 .886 .925 6.18 6.08 WHS NL 2B 46 147 148 18 26 .942 .925 6.41 6.08 PHI NL 2B 75 192 261 78 33 .853 .925 6.04 6.08 1890 26 PHI NL 2B 117 347 352 38 62 .948 .925 5.97 5.45 1891 27 PHI NL 2B 135 354 438 53 67 .937 .929 5.87 5.88 1887 23 WHS NL SS 27 51 93 33 6 .814 .890 5.33 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 806 2029 2547 430 330 .914 .918 5.68 5.72 SS 27 51 93 33 6 .814 .890 5.33 4.94 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 833 2080 2640 463 336 .911 .917 5.67 5.69
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Doubles
1890 NL-29-4
1891 NL-27-8

RBI
1890 NL-81-9

Hit By Pitch
1890 NL-10-5
1891 NL-9-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 NL-30.1-7

Outs
1888 NL-398-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1886 Season: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Philadelphia Quakers.

March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.

March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals for $2,500.

July 1, 1889: Purchased by the Philadelphia Quakers from the Washington Nationals for $4,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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