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Steve Mesner
Stephan Mathias Mesner

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 23, 1938
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born January 13, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA
Died April 6, 1981 in San Diego, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 20 CHC NL   2    4    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .250  .400  .250   80    1   0           0   0
 1939 21 CHC NL  17   43    7   12   4  0   0    6   0      3   4  .279  .340  .372   90   16   1           1   1
 1941 23 STL NL  24   69    8   10   1  0   0   10   0      5   6  .145  .203  .159    0   11   2           0   1
 1943 25 CIN NL 137  504   53  137  26  1   0   52   6     26  20  .272  .309  .327   85  165  17           1  14
 1944 26 CIN NL 121  414   31  100  17  4   1   47   1     34  20  .242  .301  .309   75  128   5           1  10
 1945 27 CIN NL 150  540   52  137  19  1   1   52   4     52  18  .254  .322  .298   74  161  17           2  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      451 1574  153  397  67  6   2  167  11  0 121  69  .252  .308  .306   75  482  42   0   0   5  43
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565   55  143  24  2   1   60   4  0  43  25  .252  .308  .306   75  173  15   0   0   2  15
 Career High    150  540   53  137  26  4   1   52   6  0  52  20  .272  .322  .327   85  165  17   0   0   2  17
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 20 CHC NL    5    3    0   0.0   101| .250  .278| .400  .343| .250  .396| .650  .739|  80  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1939 21 CHC NL   48   33    5   4.0   105| .279  .283| .340  .349| .372  .404| .712  .753|  90  .445  -0.5   0.0     
 1941 23 STL NL   76   62    2   0.9   100| .145  .274| .203  .345| .159  .386| .362  .731|   0  .053  -9.6  -1.0     
 1943 25 CIN NL  548  398   51   3.5    89| .272  .264| .309  .332| .327  .358| .636  .690|  85  .440 -10.5  -1.1     
 1944 26 CIN NL  454  329   38   3.1    91| .242  .263| .301  .330| .309  .370| .610  .699|  75  .365 -13.6  -1.4     
 1945 27 CIN NL  611  437   51   3.1    95| .254  .271| .322  .340| .298  .374| .620  .714|  74  .361 -17.5  -1.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1742 1262  147   3.1    92| .252  .267| .308  .335| .306  .369| .614  .704|  75  .373 -51.7  -5.3     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 20 CHC NL SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 4.90 1939 21 CHC NL SS 12 12 39 4 7 .927 .953 4.25 5.09 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 5.40 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1941 23 STL NL 3B 22 23 45 3 8 .958 .948 3.09 3.16 1943 25 CIN NL 3B 130 132 274 24 29 .944 .948 3.12 2.97 1944 26 CIN NL 3B 120 120 246 19 21 .951 .948 3.05 3.00 1945 27 CIN NL 3B 148 170 326 15 35 .971 .941 3.35 2.97 2B 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 .968 2.00 5.07
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 21 CHC NL 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 5.40 1945 27 CIN NL 2B 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 .968 2.00 5.07 1939 21 CHC NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1941 23 STL NL 3B 22 23 45 3 8 .958 .948 3.09 3.16 1943 25 CIN NL 3B 130 132 274 24 29 .944 .948 3.12 2.97 1944 26 CIN NL 3B 120 120 246 19 21 .951 .948 3.05 3.00 1945 27 CIN NL 3B 148 170 326 15 35 .971 .941 3.35 2.97 1938 20 CHC NL SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 4.90 1939 21 CHC NL SS 12 12 39 4 7 .927 .953 4.25 5.09
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 421 446 891 61 93 .956 .945 3.18 2.99 SS 13 12 41 5 7 .914 .953 4.08 5.08 2B 4 6 7 0 2 1.000 .970 3.25 5.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 438 464 939 66 102 .955 .946 3.20 3.07
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.

Sac. Hits
1943 NL-17-3
1945 NL-17-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 NL-14-10
1945 NL-17-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 NL-25.2-7
1945 NL-30.0-6

Outs
1945 NL-437-7

Youngest Player
1938 NL-20-3
1939 NL-21-10

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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Transactions 

December 27, 1939: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Gene Lillard and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Raffensberger.

November 2, 1942: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

February 1, 1943: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.

February 2, 1943: Previous waiver selection by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds voided and player returned.


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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