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Irish Meusel
Emil Frederick Meusel

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 178 lb.

Debut October 1, 1914
Final Game July 22, 1927
Born June 9, 1893 in Oakland, CA
Died March 1, 1963 in Long Beach, CA

Brother of Bob Meusel

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 21 WSH AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 25 PHI NL 124  473   48  132  25  6   4   62  18     30  21  .279  .323  .383  109  181   7           1    
 1919 26 PHI NL 135  521   65  159  26  7   5   59  24     15  13  .305  .327  .411  115  214  11           2    
 1920 27 PHI NL 138  518   75  160  27  8  14   69  17 11  32  27  .309  .349  .473  131  245  13           0    
 1921 28 TOT NL 146  586   96  201  33 13  14   87  13 13  33  29  .343  .380  .515  131  302   8           2    
         PHI NL  84  343   59  121  21  7  12   51   8  4  18  17  .353  .385  .560  140  192   4           0    
         NYG NL  62  243   37   80  12  6   2   36   5  9  15  12  .329  .373  .453  117  110   4           2    
 1922 29 NYG NL 154  617  100  204  28 17  16  132  12 10  35  33  .331  .369  .509  122  314  22           2    
 1923 30 NYG NL 146  595  102  177  22 14  19  125   8  8  38  16  .297  .341  .477  115  284  15           1    
 1924 31 NYG NL 139  549   75  170  26  9   6  102  11  7  33  18  .310  .351  .423  109  232  19           2    
 1925 32 NYG NL 135  516   82  169  35  8  21  111   5  4  26  19  .328  .363  .548  133  283  12           3     MVP-12
 1926 33 NYG NL 129  449   51  131  25 10   6   65   5     16  18  .292  .322  .432  102  194  14           4    
 1927 34 BRO NL  42   74    7   18   3  1   1    7   0     11   5  .243  .341  .351   86   26   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1289 4900  701 1521 250 93 106  819 113 53 269 199  .310  .348  .464  119 2275 123   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        616   88  191  31 12  13  103  14  7  34  25  .310  .348  .464  119  286  15   0   0   2   0
 Career High    154  617  102  204  35 17  21  132  24 13  38  33  .343  .380  .548  133  314  22   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 21 WSH AL    2    2    0   0.0    85| .000  .261| .000  .335| .000  .342| .000  .677|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1918 25 PHI NL  511  348   58   4.5    85| .279  .269| .323  .328| .383  .347| .706  .675| 109  .621   4.5   0.5     
 1919 26 PHI NL  549  373   69   5.0    87| .305  .272| .327  .327| .411  .358| .738  .685| 115  .651   7.7   0.9     
 1920 27 PHI NL  563  382   84   6.0    94| .309  .281| .349  .335| .473  .374| .822  .709| 131  .691  19.0   2.0  60%
 1921 28 TOT NL  629  406  111   7.4   110| .343  .304| .380  .354| .515  .418| .895  .772| 131  .700  24.4   2.3  50%
         PHI NL  365  230   73   8.5   112| .353  .307| .385  .358| .560  .422| .945  .780| 140  .754  18.8   1.8  66%
         NYG NL  264  176   38   5.8   107| .329  .299| .373  .350| .453  .412| .826  .762| 117  .603   5.6   0.5  35%
 1922 29 NYG NL  676  445  113   6.8   114| .331  .304| .369  .362| .509  .422| .878  .784| 122  .643  17.1   1.6  54%
 1923 30 NYG NL  649  441   94   5.7   106| .297  .292| .341  .351| .477  .406| .818  .757| 115  .586   9.0   0.9  50%
 1924 31 NYG NL  603  405   80   5.3   101| .310  .286| .351  .341| .423  .399| .774  .740| 109  .568   6.5   0.6  61%
 1925 32 NYG NL  557  363  101   7.4   111| .328  .295| .363  .352| .548  .421| .911  .774| 133  .665  23.6   2.2  55%
 1926 33 NYG NL  483  332   61   4.9   102| .292  .286| .322  .346| .432  .396| .754  .742| 102  .536  -0.7  -0.1     
 1927 34 BRO NL   87   58    9   4.2   104| .243  .290| .341  .349| .351  .400| .692  .749|  86  .455  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5309 3555  780   5.9   102| .310  .288| .348  .345| .464  .395| .812  .740| 119  .631 109.4  10.7     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 21 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1 0 0 1918 25 PHI NL OF 120 296 14 9 2 .972 .962 2.58 2.13 71 45 0 2B 4 7 11 3 2 .857 .957 4.50 5.10 1919 26 PHI NL OF 128 256 14 9 4 .968 .964 2.11 2.18 59 15 54 1920 27 PHI NL OF 129 260 16 21 6 .929 .964 2.14 2.21 99 0 43 1B 3 23 1 0 2 1.000 .992 8.00 10.80 1921 28 TOT NL OF 146 275 28 17 4 .947 .965 2.08 2.24 100 1 47 PHI NL OF 84 153 18 13 4 .929 .965 2.04 2.24 38 1 46 NYG NL OF 62 122 10 4 0 .971 .965 2.13 2.24 62 0 1 1922 29 NYG NL OF 154 279 15 6 1 .980 .962 1.91 2.26 154 0 0 1923 30 NYG NL OF 145 268 10 15 2 .949 .964 1.92 2.28 145 0 0 1924 31 NYG NL OF 138 287 4 10 0 .967 .965 2.11 2.24 138 0 0 1925 32 NYG NL OF 126 244 16 11 2 .959 .967 2.06 2.33 118 0 8 1926 33 NYG NL OF 112 197 10 9 1 .958 .965 1.85 2.26 112 0 0 1927 34 BRO NL OF 17 28 2 0 1 1.000 .971 1.76 2.35 11 0 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 27 PHI NL 1B 3 23 1 0 2 1.000 .992 8.00 10.80 1918 25 PHI NL 2B 4 7 11 3 2 .857 .957 4.50 5.10 1914 21 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1 0 0 1918 25 PHI NL OF 120 296 14 9 2 .972 .962 2.58 2.13 71 45 0 1919 26 PHI NL OF 128 256 14 9 4 .968 .964 2.11 2.18 59 15 54 1920 27 PHI NL OF 129 260 16 21 6 .929 .964 2.14 2.21 99 0 43 1921 28 TOT NL OF 146 275 28 17 4 .947 .965 2.08 2.24 100 1 47 PHI NL OF 84 153 18 13 4 .929 .965 2.04 2.24 38 1 46 NYG NL OF 62 122 10 4 0 .971 .965 2.13 2.24 62 0 1 1922 29 NYG NL OF 154 279 15 6 1 .980 .962 1.91 2.26 154 0 0 1923 30 NYG NL OF 145 268 10 15 2 .949 .964 1.92 2.28 145 0 0 1924 31 NYG NL OF 138 287 4 10 0 .967 .965 2.11 2.24 138 0 0 1925 32 NYG NL OF 126 244 16 11 2 .959 .967 2.06 2.33 118 0 8 1926 33 NYG NL OF 112 197 10 9 1 .958 .965 1.85 2.26 112 0 0 1927 34 BRO NL OF 17 28 2 0 1 1.000 .971 1.76 2.35 11 0 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1216 2391 129 107 23 .959 .964 2.07 2.24 1008 61 158 2B 4 7 11 3 2 .857 .957 4.50 5.10 1B 3 23 1 0 2 1.000 .992 8.00 10.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1223 2421 141 110 27 .959 .964 2.09 2.27
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYG NYY     W   8  29   4  10  2  1  1   7   2   3  .345  .387  .586   1  2   0   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYG NYY     W   5  20   3   5  0  0  1   7   0   1  .250  .250  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  25   3   7  1  1  1   2   0   2  .280  .280  .520   0  0   0   0   0 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   4  13   0   2  0  0  0   1   2   0  .154  .250  .154   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  23  87  10  24  3  2  3  17   4   6  .276  .304  .460   1  2   0   1   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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-NL-12-0.08
Car-939-0.08 shares

Batting Average
1919 NL-.305-7
1920 NL-.309-7
1921 NL-.343-6

Slugging %
1919 NL-.411-9
1920 NL-.473-4
1921 NL-.515-4
1922 NL-.509-7
1925 NL-.548-7

OPS
1920 NL-.822-6
1921 NL-.895-6
1925 NL-.912-9

Games
1922 NL-154-7

At Bats
1919 NL-521-6
1922 NL-617-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1922 NL-676-9

Runs
1921 NL-96-10
1923 NL-102-7

Hits
1919 NL-159-5
1921 NL-201-5
1922 NL-204-6

Total Bases
1918 NL-181-7
1919 NL-214-6
1920 NL-245-8
1921 NL-302-4
1922 NL-314-2
1923 NL-284-6
1925 NL-283-7

Doubles
1918 NL-25-4
1919 NL-26-5
1921 NL-33-7
1925 NL-35-10

Triples
1922 NL-17-2
1923 NL-14-5

Home Runs
1918 NL-4-8
1919 NL-5-8
1920 NL-14-2
1921 NL-14-6
1922 NL-16-5
1923 NL-19-4
1925 NL-21-4

RBI
1918 NL-62-6
1919 NL-59-9
1921 NL-87-6
1922 NL-132-2
1923 NL-125-1
1924 NL-102-5
1925 NL-111-6

Stolen Bases
1919 NL-24-9

Singles
1919 NL-121-8
1921 NL-141-10

Adjusted OPS+
1920 NL-131-8
1921 NL-131-6
1925 NL-133-8

Runs Created
1919 NL-69-9
1920 NL-84-8
1921 NL-111-3
1922 NL-113-7
1925 NL-101-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1920 NL-19-10
1921 NL-24-7
1925 NL-24-8

Batting Wins
1920 NL-2.0-10
1921 NL-2.3-7
1925 NL-2.2-8

Extra-Base Hits
1918 NL-35-3
1919 NL-38-7
1920 NL-49-7
1921 NL-60-4
1922 NL-61-5
1923 NL-55-7
1925 NL-64-5

Offensive Win%
1920 NL-.691-6
1921 NL-.700-3

Sac. Hits
1922 NL-22-10
1924 NL-19-3

Power/Speed Number
1918 NL-6.5-6
1919 NL-8.3-7
1920 NL-15.4-2
1921 NL-13.5-4
1922 NL-13.7-5
1923 NL-11.3-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1919 NL-40.1-2
1923 NL-37.2-4
1924 NL-30.5-6
Car-24.6-51

At Bats per Home Run
1920 NL-37.0-1
1921 NL-41.9-10
1922 NL-38.6-10
1923 NL-31.3-5
1925 NL-24.6-4

Outs
1922 NL-445-8
1923 NL-441-8

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 113 (181) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.0 (377) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 61.0 (303) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 25, 1921: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for Curt Walker, Butch Henline, and $30,000.


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