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Bud Metheny
Arthur Beauregard Metheny

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
School College of William and Mary

Debut April 27, 1943
Final Game May 9, 1946
Born June 1, 1915 in St. Louis, MO
Died January 2, 2003 in Virginia Beach, VA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 28 NYY AL 103  360   51   94  18  2   9   36   2  3  39  34  .261  .333  .397  112  143   9           0   6
 1944 29 NYY AL 137  518   72  124  16  1  14   67   5  5  56  57  .239  .316  .355   89  184  14           2  13
 1945 30 NYY AL 133  509   64  126  18  2   8   53   5  2  54  31  .248  .325  .338   88  172  12           4   9
 1946 31 NYY AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      376 1390  187  344  52  5  31  156  12 10 149 122  .247  .323  .359   94  499  35   0   0   6  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        599   81  148  22  2  13   67   5  4  64  53  .247  .323  .359   94  215  15   0   0   3  12
 Career High    137  518   72  126  18  2  14   67   5  5  56  57  .261  .333  .397  112  184  14   0   0   4  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 28 NYY AL  408  284   47   4.5    88| .261  .257| .333  .332| .397  .355| .730  .687| 112  .579   5.2   0.6  40%
 1944 29 NYY AL  590  426   57   3.6    94| .239  .271| .316  .339| .355  .371| .671  .710|  89  .450  -8.0  -0.8  50%
 1945 30 NYY AL  579  406   55   3.6    92| .248  .267| .325  .340| .338  .363| .663  .703|  88  .471  -7.7  -0.8  71%
 1946 31 NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0    96| .000  .265| .000  .339| .000  .381| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1580 1119  159   3.8    92| .247  .266| .323  .337| .359  .364| .682  .701|  94  .491 -11.3  -1.1  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 28 NYY AL OF 91 156 1 6 0 .963 .977 1.73 2.39 0 0 91 1944 29 NYY AL OF 132 232 8 11 2 .956 .974 1.82 2.35 11 0 121 1945 30 NYY AL OF 128 227 12 4 2 .984 .978 1.87 2.27 0 0 128
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 28 NYY AL OF 91 156 1 6 0 .963 .977 1.73 2.39 0 0 91 1944 29 NYY AL OF 132 232 8 11 2 .956 .974 1.82 2.35 11 0 121 1945 30 NYY AL OF 128 227 12 4 2 .984 .978 1.87 2.27 0 0 128
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 351 615 21 21 4 .968 .976 1.81 2.33 11 0 340 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 351 615 21 21 4 .968 .976 1.81 2.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   2   8   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   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.

Home Runs
1944 AL-14-10

Strikeouts
1944 AL-57-10

Hit By Pitch
1945 AL-4-5

Sac. Hits
1944 AL-14-9

Power/Speed Number
1944 AL-7.4-6
1945 AL-6.2-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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