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Hy Myers
Henry Harrison Myers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 30, 1909
Final Game May 3, 1925
Born April 27, 1889 in East Liverpool, OH
Died May 1, 1965 in Minerva, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 20 BRO NL   6   22    1    5   1  0   0    6   1      2      .227  .292  .273   78    6   1           0    
 1911 22 BRO NL  13   43    2    7   1  0   0    0   1      2   3  .163  .200  .186   10    8   0           0    
 1914 25 BRO NL  70  227   35   65   3  9   0   17   2      7  24  .286  .316  .379  105   86   9           3    
 1915 26 BRO NL 153  605   69  150  21  7   2   46  19 22  17  51  .248  .275  .316   77  191  17           6    
 1916 27 BRO NL 113  412   54  108  12 14   3   36  17     21  35  .262  .308  .381  108  157  13           6    
 1917 28 BRO NL 120  471   37  126  15 10   1   41   5     18  25  .268  .294  .348   94  164  18           0    
 1918 29 BRO NL 107  407   36  104   9  8   4   40  17     20  26  .256  .292  .346   94  141  11           1    
 1919 30 BRO NL 133  512   62  157  23 14   5   73  13     23  34  .307  .339  .436  130  223  22           2    
 1920 31 BRO NL 154  582   83  177  36 22   4   80   9 13  35  54  .304  .345  .462  126  269  33           1    
 1921 32 BRO NL 144  549   51  158  14  4   4   68   8  6  22  51  .288  .318  .350   74  192  22           2    
 1922 33 BRO NL 153  618   82  196  20  9   6   89   9 10  13  26  .317  .331  .408   90  252  27           0    
 1923 34 STL NL  96  330   29   99  18  2   2   48   5  3  12  19  .300  .330  .385   90  127  11           3    
 1924 35 STL NL  43  124   12   26   5  1   1   15   1  2   3  10  .210  .228  .290   39   36   3           0    
 1925 36 TOT NL   5    8    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .375   58    3   0       0   0    
         STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0       0   0    
         CIN NL   3    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .167  .167  .333   25    2   0           0    
         STL NL   1    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  408    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         4910      1380    100      559     56     358  .281  .312  .378   95      187   0   0  24   0
               1310       555      179     32      107    195                            1855
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   69  171  22 12   4   69  13  7  24  44  .281  .312  .378   95  229  23   0   0   3   0
 Career High    154  618   83  196  36 22   6   89  19 22  35  54  .317  .345  .462  130  269  33   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 20 BRO NL   25   18    2   3.0    74| .227  .248| .292  .315| .273  .319| .565  .634|  78  .465  -0.5  -0.1     
 1911 22 BRO NL   45   36    2   1.5    92| .163  .263| .200  .340| .186  .363| .386  .703|  10  .142  -5.2  -0.6     
 1914 25 BRO NL  246  171   26   4.1    86| .286  .261| .316  .329| .379  .349| .695  .679| 105  .567  -0.7  -0.1     
 1915 26 BRO NL  645  494   47   2.6    82| .248  .258| .275  .321| .316  .345| .591  .667|  77  .387 -19.0  -2.2  46%
 1916 27 BRO NL  452  317   47   4.0    80| .262  .258| .308  .316| .381  .344| .689  .660| 108  .587   2.0   0.2     
 1917 28 BRO NL  507  363   48   3.6    81| .268  .260| .294  .318| .348  .343| .642  .661|  94  .530  -5.3  -0.6     
 1918 29 BRO NL  439  314   41   3.5    80| .256  .261| .292  .319| .346  .337| .638  .656|  94  .513  -4.7  -0.5     
 1919 30 BRO NL  559  377   75   5.4    83| .307  .267| .339  .321| .436  .350| .775  .671| 130  .680  16.3   1.8     
 1920 31 BRO NL  651  451   88   5.3    94| .304  .281| .345  .335| .462  .374| .807  .709| 126  .642  17.7   1.9  40%
 1921 32 BRO NL  595  419   60   3.8   110| .288  .303| .318  .354| .350  .417| .668  .771|  74  .417 -22.2  -2.2  57%
 1922 33 BRO NL  658  459   81   4.7   112| .317  .301| .331  .359| .408  .419| .739  .778|  90  .480 -12.3  -1.2  47%
 1923 34 STL NL  356  245   41   4.5   105| .300  .290| .330  .348| .385  .403| .715  .751|  90  .475  -4.6  -0.4  62%
 1924 35 STL NL  130  103    8   2.1   102| .210  .287| .228  .343| .290  .400| .518  .743|  39  .193 -10.9  -1.1  33%
 1925 36 TOT NL    8    6    1   4.4   113| .250  .299| .250  .357| .375  .427| .625  .784|  58  .437  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .303| .000  .361| .000  .432| .000  .793|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0   112| .167  .298| .167  .355| .333  .425| .500  .780|  25  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    1    0    1         116|1.000  .303|1.000  .361|1.000  .432|2.000  .793| 408         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5316 3773  567   4.0    92| .281  .276| .312  .333| .378  .371| .690  .704|  95  .516 -49.9  -5.2     

* 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 ------+
1909 20 BRO NL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.50 2.02 0 0 6 1911 22 BRO NL OF 13 22 2 3 0 .889 .960 1.85 2.07 0 12 1 1914 25 BRO NL OF 60 102 4 4 0 .964 .957 1.77 1.97 4 45 12 1915 26 BRO NL OF 153 352 23 14 5 .964 .959 2.45 2.01 0 153 0 1916 27 BRO NL OF 106 242 11 8 5 .969 .967 2.39 2.00 0 105 1 1917 28 BRO NL OF 66 162 6 3 1 .982 .963 2.55 2.08 0 62 4 1B 22 188 13 6 8 .971 .988 9.14 10.51 2B 19 46 52 8 5 .925 .956 5.16 4.96 3B 15 14 31 2 1 .957 .941 3.00 3.04 1918 29 BRO NL OF 107 294 17 8 7 .975 .962 2.91 2.13 0 107 0 1919 30 BRO NL OF 131 358 13 8 5 .979 .964 2.83 2.18 0 131 0 1920 31 BRO NL OF 152 386 17 9 5 .978 .964 2.65 2.21 0 152 0 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.05 1921 32 BRO NL OF 124 278 25 10 5 .968 .965 2.44 2.24 0 124 0 2B 21 40 51 4 11 .958 .962 4.33 5.45 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1922 33 BRO NL OF 152 399 16 11 2 .974 .962 2.73 2.26 0 152 0 2B 1 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.60 1923 34 STL NL OF 87 239 15 6 0 .977 .964 2.92 2.28 0 87 0 1924 35 STL NL OF 22 50 2 3 1 .945 .965 2.36 2.24 1 17 4 3B 12 8 12 3 0 .870 .957 1.67 2.81 2B 3 3 11 0 0 1.000 .959 4.67 5.60 1925 36 CIN NL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 2.33 0 3 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 28 BRO NL 1B 22 188 13 6 8 .971 .988 9.14 10.51 1917 28 BRO NL 2B 19 46 52 8 5 .925 .956 5.16 4.96 1921 32 BRO NL 2B 21 40 51 4 11 .958 .962 4.33 5.45 1922 33 BRO NL 2B 1 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.60 1924 35 STL NL 2B 3 3 11 0 0 1.000 .959 4.67 5.60 1917 28 BRO NL 3B 15 14 31 2 1 .957 .941 3.00 3.04 1920 31 BRO NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.05 1921 32 BRO NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1924 35 STL NL 3B 12 8 12 3 0 .870 .957 1.67 2.81 1909 20 BRO NL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.50 2.02 0 0 6 1911 22 BRO NL OF 13 22 2 3 0 .889 .960 1.85 2.07 0 12 1 1914 25 BRO NL OF 60 102 4 4 0 .964 .957 1.77 1.97 4 45 12 1915 26 BRO NL OF 153 352 23 14 5 .964 .959 2.45 2.01 0 153 0 1916 27 BRO NL OF 106 242 11 8 5 .969 .967 2.39 2.00 0 105 1 1917 28 BRO NL OF 66 162 6 3 1 .982 .963 2.55 2.08 0 62 4 1918 29 BRO NL OF 107 294 17 8 7 .975 .962 2.91 2.13 0 107 0 1919 30 BRO NL OF 131 358 13 8 5 .979 .964 2.83 2.18 0 131 0 1920 31 BRO NL OF 152 386 17 9 5 .978 .964 2.65 2.21 0 152 0 1921 32 BRO NL OF 124 278 25 10 5 .968 .965 2.44 2.24 0 124 0 1922 33 BRO NL OF 152 399 16 11 2 .974 .962 2.73 2.26 0 152 0 1923 34 STL NL OF 87 239 15 6 0 .977 .964 2.92 2.28 0 87 0 1924 35 STL NL OF 22 50 2 3 1 .945 .965 2.36 2.24 1 17 4 1925 36 CIN NL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 2.33 0 3 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1182 2898 151 87 36 .972 .963 2.58 2.15 5 1150 28 2B 44 89 119 13 16 .941 .959 4.73 5.25 3B 30 24 47 5 1 .934 .947 2.37 2.95 1B 22 188 13 6 8 .971 .988 9.14 10.51 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1278 3199 330 111 61 .970 .964 2.76 2.42
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   5  22   2   4  0  0  1   3   0   3  .182  .217  .318   0  0   1   0   1 
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   7  26   0   6  0  0  0   1   0   1  .231  .231  .231   0  2   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  12  48   2  10  0  0  1   4   0   4  .208  .224  .271   0  2   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Batting Average
1919 NL-.307-6
1920 NL-.304-10

Slugging %
1919 NL-.436-1
1920 NL-.462-6

OPS
1919 NL-.774-8
1920 NL-.807-9

Games
1920 NL-154-4
1922 NL-153-10

At Bats
1915 NL-605-2
1919 NL-512-9
1922 NL-618-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 NL-645-8
1920 NL-651-10

Hits
1919 NL-157-7
1920 NL-177-10

Total Bases
1919 NL-223-1
1920 NL-269-5

Doubles
1919 NL-23-7
1920 NL-36-2

Triples
1916 NL-14-5
1919 NL-14-1
1920 NL-22-1

Home Runs
1918 NL-4-8
1919 NL-5-8

RBI
1919 NL-73-1
1920 NL-80-5
1922 NL-89-9

Strikeouts
1920 NL-54-6
1921 NL-51-5

Singles
1915 NL-120-10
1922 NL-161-2

Adjusted OPS+
1919 NL-130-8
1920 NL-126-10

Runs Created
1919 NL-75-5
1920 NL-88-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1919 NL-16-9

Batting Wins
1919 NL-1.8-9

Extra-Base Hits
1919 NL-42-2
1920 NL-62-2

Offensive Win%
1919 NL-.680-9
1920 NL-.642-8

Sac. Hits
1919 NL-22-7
1920 NL-33-3
1922 NL-27-5
Car-187-95

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-22-4

Power/Speed Number
1918 NL-6.5-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1917 NL-18.8-10

At Bats per Home Run
1918 NL-101.8-9

Outs
1915 NL-494-1
1920 NL-451-8
1922 NL-459-4

Oldest Player
1925 NL-36-9

Youngest Player
1909 NL-20-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 52 (477) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.3 (1767) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.5 (884) (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.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 15, 1909: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Anderson (Carolina Association).

February 15, 1923: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins with Ray Schmandt to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Fournier.

April 22, 1925: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 4, 1925: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.


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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