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Elmer Myers
Elmer Glenn Myers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut October 6, 1915
Final Game April 19, 1922
Born March 2, 1894 in York Springs, PA
Died July 29, 1976 in Collingswood, NJ

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1915 21 PHA AL   1   0   1   1   1   1   0  0    9.0    2    0    0   0    5   12   0   0    32       0  0.00  2.90  inf 0.778
 1916 22 PHA AL  14  23  44  35  31   2   8  1  315.0  280  169  128   7  168  182  14  13  1310       0  3.66  2.85   78 1.422
 1917 23 PHA AL   9  16  38  23  13   2  12  3  201.7  221  122   99   2   79   88   5  10   895       0  4.42  2.74   62 1.488
 1918 24 PHA AL   4   8  18  15   5   1   3  1   95.3  101   66   49   4   42   17   4   6   416       0  4.63  2.91   63 1.500
 1919 25 CLE AL   8   7  23  15   6   1   4  1  134.7  134   68   56   3   43   38  10   1   560       1  3.74  3.35   89 1.314
 1920 26 TOT AL  11   5  28  17  11   1   4  1  168.7  183   82   61   2   47   50   6   2   723       0  3.25  3.70  114 1.364
         CLE AL   2   4  16   7   2   0   2  1   71.7   93   52   38   1   23   16   4   2   321       0  4.77  3.79   79 1.619
         BOS AL   9   1  12  10   9   1   2  0   97.0   90   30   23   1   24   34   2   0   402       0  2.13  3.64  170 1.175
 1921 27 BOS AL   8  12  30  20  11   0   6  0  172.0  217  107   93  11   53   40  10   1   779       1  4.87  4.24   87 1.570
 1922 28 BOS AL   0   1   3   1   0   0   1  0    5.7   10   11   11   1    3    1   2   0    32       0 17.47  4.11   24 2.294
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .433  55  72 185 127  78   8  38  7 1102.0 1148  625  497  30  440  428  51  33  4747       2  4.06  3.25   80 1.441
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  15  40  27  17   1   8  1  240.0  250  136  108   6   95   93  11   7  1034   0   0  4.06  3.25   80 1.441
 Career High     14  23  44  35  31   2  12  3  315.0  280  169  128  11  168  182  14  13  1310   0   1  3.25  4.24  114 1.314

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 21 PHA AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1916 22 PHA AL  53  126    9   27   5  1   0    9   0      3  26  .214  .233  .270   54   34   4           0    
 1917 23 PHA AL  38   73    5   18   2  0   0    5   2      3  14  .247  .276  .274   69   20   2           0    
 1918 24 PHA AL  18   35    1    5   0  0   0    1   2      0   4  .143  .143  .143  -14    5   0           0    
 1919 25 CLE AL  23   46    5   11   1  2   0    6   0      4  10  .239  .300  .348   77   16   1           0    
 1920 26 TOT AL  28   63   10   18   3  1   0   11   0  0   2   5  .286  .308  .365   79   23   2           0    
         CLE AL  16   25    2    6   2  0   0    4   0  0   0   3  .240  .240  .320   46    8   2           0    
         BOS AL  12   38    8   12   1  1   0    7   0  0   2   2  .316  .350  .395  100   15   0           0    
 1921 27 BOS AL  30   65    7   14   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   6  .215  .227  .231   19   15   1           0    
 1922 28 BOS AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      194  412   37   93  12  4   0   37   4  1  13  65  .226  .249  .274   50  113  11   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        344   31   78  10  3   0   31   3  1  11  54  .226  .249  .274   50   94   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     53  126   10   27   5  2   0   11   2  1   4  26                          34   4   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 21 PHA AL    4    5    0   0.0    80| .000  .251| .000  .328| .000  .329| .000  .657|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1916 22 PHA AL  133  103    8   2.1    79| .214  .251| .233  .324| .270  .328| .503  .652|  54  .287  -7.6  -0.9     
 1917 23 PHA AL   78   57    6   2.8    78| .247  .253| .276  .323| .274  .327| .550  .650|  69  .421  -2.9  -0.3     
 1918 24 PHA AL   35   30    1   0.9    83| .143  .262| .143  .333| .143  .334| .286  .666| -14  .078  -5.0  -0.6     
 1919 25 CLE AL   51   36    5   3.7   100| .239  .283| .300  .350| .348  .381| .648  .731|  77  .461  -1.8  -0.2     
 1920 26 TOT AL   67   47    7   4.0   105| .286  .290| .308  .354| .365  .398| .673  .752|  79  .437  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL   27   21    2   2.6   109| .240  .295| .240  .360| .320  .405| .560  .765|  46  .256  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL   40   26    5   5.2   103| .316  .286| .350  .350| .395  .393| .745  .743| 100  .553  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1921 27 BOS AL   67   52    3   1.6   112| .215  .296| .227  .361| .231  .415| .458  .776|  19  .102  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1922 28 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .292| .000  .357| .000  .410| .000  .767|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       436  331   30   2.4    91| .226  .269| .249  .338| .274  .359| .523  .697|  50  .294 -28.6  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 21 PHA AL P 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 1.00 3.00 1 9.0 1916 22 PHA AL P 44 16 106 5 4 .961 .945 2.77 1.69 3.49 2.95 35 315.0 1917 23 PHA AL P 38 15 60 4 0 .949 .947 1.97 1.83 3.35 3.04 23 201.7 1918 24 PHA AL P 18 4 35 2 3 .951 .951 2.17 1.85 3.68 2.82 15 95.3 1919 25 CLE AL P 23 12 38 1 1 .980 .949 2.17 1.76 3.34 2.83 15 134.7 1920 26 TOT AL P 28 10 39 4 0 .925 .950 1.75 1.66 2.61 2.70 17 168.7 CLE AL P 16 4 20 2 0 .923 .949 1.50 1.66 3.01 2.70 7 71.7 BOS AL P 12 6 19 2 0 .926 .951 2.08 1.66 2.32 2.70 10 97.0 1921 27 BOS AL P 30 7 45 1 4 .981 .956 1.73 1.56 2.72 2.70 20 172.0 1922 28 BOS AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.47 3.16 2.53 1 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 21 PHA AL P 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 1.00 3.00 1 9.0 1916 22 PHA AL P 44 16 106 5 4 .961 .945 2.77 1.69 3.49 2.95 35 315.0 1917 23 PHA AL P 38 15 60 4 0 .949 .947 1.97 1.83 3.35 3.04 23 201.7 1918 24 PHA AL P 18 4 35 2 3 .951 .951 2.17 1.85 3.68 2.82 15 95.3 1919 25 CLE AL P 23 12 38 1 1 .980 .949 2.17 1.76 3.34 2.83 15 134.7 1920 26 TOT AL P 28 10 39 4 0 .925 .950 1.75 1.66 2.61 2.70 17 168.7 CLE AL P 16 4 20 2 0 .923 .949 1.50 1.66 3.01 2.70 7 71.7 BOS AL P 12 6 19 2 0 .926 .951 2.08 1.66 2.32 2.70 10 97.0 1921 27 BOS AL P 30 7 45 1 4 .981 .956 1.73 1.56 2.72 2.70 20 172.0 1922 28 BOS AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.47 3.16 2.53 1 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 185 65 325 18 12 .956 .948 2.11 1.71 3.19 2.86 127 1102.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 185 65 325 18 12 .956 .948 2.11 1.71 3.19 2.86 127 1102
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.

Won-Loss %
1920 AL-.688-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1916 AL-5.20-5
1917 AL-3.93-9

Saves
1917 AL-3-9
1919 AL-1-10

Innings
1916 AL-315.0-4

Strikeouts
1916 AL-182-2

Games Started
1916 AL-35-4

Comp. Games
1916 AL-31-2

Home Runs Allow.
1916 AL-7-2
1918 AL-4-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1916 AL-168-1

Hits Allowed
1916 AL-280-2

Losses
1916 AL-23-2
1917 AL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1916 AL-128-1
1917 AL-99-1

Wild Pitches
1916 AL-13-2
1917 AL-10-2
1918 AL-6-6

Hit Batsmen
1916 AL-14-2
1919 AL-10-2
1921 AL-10-4

Batters Faced
1916 AL-1310-2

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 1, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Larry Gardner and Charlie Jamieson to the Cleveland Indians for Braggo Roth.

June, 1920: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.


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