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Benny Meyer
Bernhard Meyer (Earache)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 9, 1913
Final Game September 22, 1925
Born January 21, 1885 in Hematite, MO
Died February 6, 1974 in Festus, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 28 BRO NL  38   87   12   17   0  1   1   10   8     10  14  .195  .278  .253   50   22   5           0    
 1914 29 BAL FL 143  500   76  152  18 10   5   40  23     71  53  .304  .395  .410  126  205  18           4    
 1915 30 TOT FL 128  453   57  106  10  6   1   34  15     77  50  .234  .348  .289   86  131   8           2    
         BAL FL  35  120   20   29   2  0   0    5   6     37  13  .242  .424  .258  100   31   4           1    
         BUF FL  93  333   37   77   8  6   1   29   9     40  37  .231  .316  .300   80  100   4           1    
 1925 40 PHI NL   1    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  622    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      310 1041  146  276  29 17   7   84  46  0 158 117  .265  .365  .346  103  360  31   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   76  144  15  9   4   44  24  0  83  61  .265  .365  .346  103  188  16   0   0   3   0
 Career High    143  500   76  152  18 10   5   40  23  0  77  53  .304  .395  .410  126  205  18   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 28 BRO NL  102   75    6   2.2    94| .195  .273| .278  .338| .253  .372| .531  .710|  50  .253  -5.8  -0.6     
 1914 29 BAL FL  593  366   80   5.8    95| .304  .275| .395  .341| .410  .372| .805  .713| 126  .676  23.0   2.4     
 1915 30 TOT FL  540  355   44   3.3    88| .234  .264| .348  .332| .289  .355| .637  .687|  86  .461  -1.6  -0.2     
         BAL FL  162   95   13   3.7    88| .242  .265| .424  .333| .258  .356| .682  .689| 100  .505   4.3   0.5     
         BUF FL  378  260   31   3.2    88| .231  .264| .316  .332| .300  .354| .616  .686|  80  .442  -6.0  -0.7     
 1925 40 PHI NL    1    0    2         121|1.000  .310|1.000  .369|2.000  .443|3.000  .812| 622         0.8   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1236  796  132   4.4    92| .265  .270| .365  .337| .346  .364| .711  .701| 103  .573  16.4   1.7     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 28 BRO NL OF 26 47 3 3 0 .943 .960 1.92 2.08 2 17 7 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 0 1914 29 BAL FL OF 132 172 14 17 6 .916 .951 1.41 1.87 12 2 118 SS 4 7 8 1 0 .938 .932 3.75 5.00 1915 30 TOT FL OF 122 187 10 12 1 .943 .963 1.61 1.99 73 0 49 BAL FL OF 34 53 1 4 0 .931 .963 1.59 1.99 0 0 34 BUF FL OF 88 134 9 8 1 .947 .963 1.62 1.99 73 0 15 1925 40 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 40 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1913 28 BRO NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 0 1913 28 BRO NL OF 26 47 3 3 0 .943 .960 1.92 2.08 2 17 7 1914 29 BAL FL OF 132 172 14 17 6 .916 .951 1.41 1.87 12 2 118 1915 30 TOT FL OF 122 187 10 12 1 .943 .963 1.61 1.99 73 0 49 BAL FL OF 34 53 1 4 0 .931 .963 1.59 1.99 0 0 34 BUF FL OF 88 134 9 8 1 .947 .963 1.62 1.99 73 0 15 1914 29 BAL FL SS 4 7 8 1 0 .938 .932 3.75 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 280 406 27 32 7 .931 .957 1.55 1.94 87 19 174 SS 4 7 8 1 0 .938 .932 3.75 5.00 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 286 413 35 33 7 .931 .956 1.57 2.01
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.

On-base %
1914 FL-.395-8

Bases on Balls
1914 FL-71-4
1915 FL-77-5

Runs Created
1914 FL-80-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1914 FL-23-10

Batting Wins
1914 FL-2.4-10

Times on Base
1914 FL-227-8

Oldest Player
1925 NL-40-2

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

December, 1912: Traded by the Toronto (International) to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Hub Northen.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Robins to the Baltimore Terrapins.


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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