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Chief Meyers
John Tortes Meyers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 194 lb.

Debut April 16, 1909
Final Game October 4, 1917
Born July 29, 1880 in Riverside, CA
Died July 25, 1971 in San Bernardino, CA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 28 NYG NL  90  220   15   61  10  5   1   30   3     22      .277  .359  .382  128   84   4           6    
 1910 29 NYG NL 127  365   25  104  18  0   1   62   5     40  18  .285  .362  .342  106  125  13           4    
 1911 30 NYG NL 133  391   48  130  18  9   1   61   7     25  33  .332  .392  .432  127  169  10          13     MVP-10
 1912 31 NYG NL 126  371   60  133  16  5   6   54   8     47  20  .358  .441  .477  147  177   9           8     MVP-3
 1913 32 NYG NL 120  378   37  118  18  5   3   47   7     37  22  .312  .387  .410  127  155   4           9     MVP-5
 1914 33 NYG NL 134  381   33  109  13  5   1   55   4     34  25  .286  .357  .354  114  135   5           8    
 1915 34 NYG NL 110  289   24   67  10  5   1   26   4  4  26  18  .232  .311  .311   93   90   1           7    
 1916 35 BRO NL  80  239   21   59  10  3   0   21   2     26  15  .247  .336  .314   97   75   3           6    
 1917 36 TOT NL  72  200   13   45   7  4   0    7   4     17  11  .225  .292  .300   82   60   6           2    
         BRO NL  47  132    8   28   3  0   0    3   4     13   7  .212  .283  .235   57   31   3           0    
         BSN NL  25   68    5   17   4  4   0    4   0      4   4  .250  .311  .426  131   29   3           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      992 2834  276  826 120 41  14  363  44  4 274 162  .291  .367  .378  117 1070  55   0   0  63   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   45  135  20  7   2   59   7  1  45  26  .291  .367  .378  117  175   9   0   0  10   0
 Career High    134  391   60  133  18  9   6   62   8  4  47  33  .358  .441  .477  147  177  13   0   0  13   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 28 NYG NL  252  163   29   4.8    78| .277  .254| .359  .322| .382  .328| .741  .650| 128  .672   7.6   0.9     
 1910 29 NYG NL  422  274   44   4.3    88| .285  .263| .362  .337| .342  .348| .704  .686| 106  .573   4.4   0.5     
 1911 30 NYG NL  439  271   63   6.2    98| .332  .272| .392  .350| .432  .374| .824  .724| 127  .694  14.3   1.5     
 1912 31 NYG NL  435  247   76   8.2   103| .358  .285| .441  .356| .477  .388| .918  .744| 147  .769  26.8   2.7     
 1913 32 NYG NL  428  264   58   5.9    92| .312  .271| .387  .336| .410  .368| .797  .704| 127  .684  14.7   1.6     
 1914 33 NYG NL  428  277   47   4.6    82| .286  .255| .357  .323| .354  .342| .711  .664| 114  .617   7.6   0.9     
 1915 34 NYG NL  323  227   26   3.1    76| .232  .249| .311  .311| .311  .333| .622  .644|  93  .470  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 1916 35 BRO NL  274  183   24   3.6    80| .247  .258| .336  .316| .314  .344| .650  .660|  97  .532   0.7   0.1     
 1917 36 TOT NL  225  161   17   2.9    78| .225  .256| .292  .314| .300  .338| .592  .652|  82  .428  -4.2  -0.5     
         BRO NL  148  107    9   2.3    81| .212  .260| .283  .318| .235  .343| .518  .661|  57  .331  -6.3  -0.7     
         BSN NL   77   54    8   4.0    74| .250  .250| .311  .306| .426  .329| .737  .636| 131  .582   2.1   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3226 2067  384   5.0    88| .291  .264| .367  .332| .378  .355| .745  .687| 117  .637  70.2   7.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1909 28 NYG NL   C   64    376   71   17    4  .963  .965  6.98  5.79               8             
 1910 29 NYG NL   C  117    638  154   25   16  .969  .973  6.77  5.63              17             
 1911 30 NYG NL   C  128    729  108   18   11  .979  .966  6.54  5.56              10             
 1912 31 NYG NL   C  122    576  111   19   10  .973  .969  5.63  5.38              12             
 1913 32 NYG NL   C  116    579  143   25   12  .967  .970  6.22  5.09               6             
 1914 33 NYG NL   C  126    487  150   20   16  .970  .970  5.06  5.13               5             
 1915 34 NYG NL   C   96    464   90    8   15  .986  .975  5.77  5.25              13             
 1916 35 BRO NL   C   74    389   95    8    9  .984  .974  6.54  5.42               8             
 1917 36 TOT NL   C   68    299   74    6    6  .984  .975  5.49  5.16               7             
         BRO NL   C   44    186   37    6    3  .974  .975  5.07  5.16               4             
         BSN NL   C   24    113   37    0    3 1.000  .975  6.25  5.16               3             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1909 28 NYG NL   C   64    376   71   17    4  .963  .965  6.98  5.79               8             
 1910 29 NYG NL   C  117    638  154   25   16  .969  .973  6.77  5.63              17             
 1911 30 NYG NL   C  128    729  108   18   11  .979  .966  6.54  5.56              10             
 1912 31 NYG NL   C  122    576  111   19   10  .973  .969  5.63  5.38              12             
 1913 32 NYG NL   C  116    579  143   25   12  .967  .970  6.22  5.09               6             
 1914 33 NYG NL   C  126    487  150   20   16  .970  .970  5.06  5.13               5             
 1915 34 NYG NL   C   96    464   90    8   15  .986  .975  5.77  5.25              13             
 1916 35 BRO NL   C   74    389   95    8    9  .984  .974  6.54  5.42               8             
 1917 36 TOT NL   C   68    299   74    6    6  .984  .975  5.49  5.16               7             
         BRO NL   C   44    186   37    6    3  .974  .975  5.07  5.16               4             
         BSN NL   C   24    113   37    0    3 1.000  .975  6.25  5.16               3             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C  911   4537  996  146   99  .974  .970  6.07  5.37              86             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       911   4537  996  146   99  .974  .970  6.07  5.37

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   6  20   2   6  2  0  0   2   0   3  .300  .286  .400   0  1   0   1   0 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   8  28   2  10  0  1  0   3   2   3  .357  .419  .429   1  1   1   0   1 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   3  10   0   2  0  1  0   0   1   0  .200  .273  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        0-4  18  62   4  18  2  2  0   5   3   6  .290  .328  .387   1  2   1   1   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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-10-0.17
1912-NL-3-0.39
1913-NL-5-0.31
Car-272-0.87 shares

Batting Average
1911 NL-.332-3
1912 NL-.358-2
1913 NL-.312-7

On-base %
1911 NL-.392-9
1912 NL-.441-1
1913 NL-.387-7

Slugging %
1912 NL-.477-4

OPS
1911 NL-.824-9
1912 NL-.918-2

Adjusted OPS+
1912 NL-147-2
1913 NL-127-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1912 NL-27-6

Batting Wins
1912 NL-2.7-6

Offensive Win%
1911 NL-.694-7
1912 NL-.769-2
1913 NL-.684-9

Hit By Pitch
1911 NL-13-5
1912 NL-8-5
1913 NL-9-2
1914 NL-8-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1910 NL-20.3-6
1915 NL-16.1-10

At Bats per Home Run
1912 NL-61.8-10

Oldest Player
1915 NL-34-9
1916 NL-35-9
1917 NL-36-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1155) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.0 (659) (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.

Transactions
July 1, 1908: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St Paul (American Association) for $6,000.
February 10, 1916: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the New York Giants.
August 16, 1917: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Robins.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Chief Meyers's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1911-NL-10-0.17 1912-NL-3-0.39 1913-NL-5-0.31 Car-272-0.87 shares	Batting Average 1911 NL-.332-3 1912 NL-.358-2 1913 NL-.312-7	On-base % 1911 NL-.392-9 1912 NL-.441-1 1913 NL-.387-7	Slugging % 1912 NL-.477-4	OPS 1911 NL-.824-9 1912 NL-.918-2	Adjusted OPS+ 1912 NL-147-2 1913 NL-127-10
Adjusted Batting Runs 1912 NL-27-6	Batting Wins 1912 NL-2.7-6	Offensive Win% 1911 NL-.694-7 1912 NL-.769-2 1913 NL-.684-9	Hit By Pitch 1911 NL-13-5 1912 NL-8-5 1913 NL-9-2 1914 NL-8-8	At Bats per Strikeout 1910 NL-20.3-6 1915 NL-16.1-10	At Bats per Home Run 1912 NL-61.8-10
Oldest Player 1915 NL-34-9 1916 NL-35-9 1917 NL-36-6