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Buddy Myer
Charles Solomon Myer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 163 lb.
School Mississippi State University

Debut September 26, 1925
Final Game September 24, 1941
Born March 16, 1904 in Ellisville, MS
Died October 31, 1974 in Baton Rouge, LA

Greatuncle of Bob Myrick

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        DO THE NUMBERS....WHY THIS GUYS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME IS A MYSTERY....HE HAS BETTER NUMBERS THAN HALF OF THE MID INFIELDERS THAT ARE IN AND HE PLAYED ON SOME REALLY CRAPPY TEAMS. I GUESS HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD PR AGENT OR FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES?????

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 21 WSH AL   4    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   28    2   0           0    
 1926 22 WSH AL 132  434   66  132  18  6   1   62  10 11  45  19  .304  .370  .380   97  165  20           0    
 1927 23 TOT AL 148  520   66  146  23 11   2   54  12  6  56  18  .281  .355  .379   92  197  21           4    
         WSH AL  15   51    7   11   1  0   0    7   3  1   8   3  .216  .322  .235   47   12   2           0    
         BOS AL 133  469   59  135  22 11   2   47   9  5  48  15  .288  .359  .394   97  185  19           4    
 1928 24 BOS AL 147  536   78  168  26  6   1   44  30 16  53  28  .313  .379  .390  106  209  26           4     MVP-9
 1929 25 WSH AL 141  563   80  169  29 10   3   82  18  7  63  33  .300  .373  .403   99  227  11           2    
 1930 26 WSH AL 138  541   97  164  18  8   2   61  14 11  58  31  .303  .373  .377   91  204  16           2    
 1931 27 WSH AL 139  591  114  173  33 11   4   56  11 14  58  42  .293  .360  .406  100  240   9           4    
 1932 28 WSH AL 143  577  120  161  38 16   5   52  12  7  69  33  .279  .360  .426  104  246  11           4    
 1933 29 WSH AL 131  530   95  160  29 15   4   61   6  8  60  29  .302  .374  .436  115  231  10           1     MVP-15
 1934 30 WSH AL 139  524  103  160  33  8   3   57   6  6 102  32  .305  .419  .416  120  218   9           1    
 1935 31 WSH AL 151  616  115  215  36 11   5  100   7  6  96  40  .349  .440  .468  138  288   4           4     MVP-4,AS
 1936 32 WSH AL  51  156   31   42   5  2   0   15   7  2  42  11  .269  .427  .327   93   51   2           1    
 1937 33 WSH AL 125  430   54  126  16 10   1   65   2  6  78  41  .293  .407  .384  104  165   6           5     AS
 1938 34 WSH AL 127  437   79  147  22  8   6   71   9  5  93  32  .336  .454  .465  137  203   3           1     MVP-24
 1939 35 WSH AL  83  258   33   78  10  3   1   32   4  1  40  18  .302  .396  .376  104   97   2           0   3
 1940 36 WSH AL  71  210   28   61  14  4   0   29   6  3  34  10  .290  .389  .395  109   83   1           0   6
 1941 37 WSH AL  53  107   14   27   3  1   0    9   2  0  18  10  .252  .360  .299   80   32   0           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7038      2131    130      850    109     428  .303  .389  .406  108      151   0   0  33  12
               1923      1174      353     38      156    965                            2858
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   99  180  30 11   3   72  13  9  81  36  .303  .389  .406  108  241  13   0   0   3   1
 Career High    151  616  120  215  38 16   6  100  30 16 102  42  .349  .454  .468  138  288  26   0   0   5   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 21 WSH AL    8    6    1   4.4   114| .250  .297| .250  .367| .250  .416| .500  .784|  28  .437  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1926 22 WSH AL  499  333   59   4.7   108| .304  .288| .370  .359| .380  .403| .750  .762|  97  .503  -1.0  -0.1  47%
 1927 23 TOT AL  601  401   69   4.6   109| .281  .291| .355  .358| .379  .408| .734  .766|  92  .475  -5.8  -0.6  66%
         WSH AL   61   43    4   2.5   110| .216  .292| .322  .360| .235  .409| .557  .769|  47  .227  -3.8  -0.4  75%
         BOS AL  540  358   65   4.8   109| .288  .290| .359  .358| .394  .408| .753  .766|  97  .499  -2.0  -0.2  64%
 1928 24 BOS AL  619  410   78   5.1   105| .313  .284| .379  .348| .390  .403| .769  .751| 106  .532   6.9   0.7  65%
 1929 25 WSH AL  639  412   85   5.5   113| .300  .293| .373  .360| .403  .423| .776  .783|  99  .548   0.1   0.0  72%
 1930 26 WSH AL  617  404   75   4.9   116| .303  .295| .373  .359| .377  .434| .750  .793|  91  .471  -6.4  -0.6  56%
 1931 27 WSH AL  662  441   82   5.0   109| .293  .288| .360  .355| .406  .411| .766  .766| 100  .506   0.2   0.0  44%
 1932 28 WSH AL  661  434   87   5.4   110| .279  .284| .360  .355| .426  .417| .786  .772| 104  .532   3.6   0.3  63%
 1933 29 WSH AL  601  388   84   5.8   105| .302  .280| .374  .351| .436  .403| .810  .754| 115  .591  11.4   1.1  42%
 1934 30 WSH AL  636  379   90   6.3   108| .305  .283| .419  .356| .416  .408| .835  .764| 120  .604  22.0   2.0  50%
 1935 31 WSH AL  720  411  125   8.2   109| .349  .284| .440  .356| .468  .410| .908  .766| 138  .707  40.3   3.7  53%
 1936 32 WSH AL  201  118   23   5.2   117| .269  .292| .427  .367| .327  .429| .754  .796|  93  .469   1.6   0.1  77%
 1937 33 WSH AL  519  316   65   5.4   113| .293  .285| .407  .359| .384  .424| .791  .784| 104  .515   6.9   0.6  25%
 1938 34 WSH AL  534  298   92   8.1   112| .336  .281| .454  .359| .465  .419| .919  .778| 137  .688  32.2   2.9  64%
 1939 35 WSH AL  300  186   39   5.6   107| .302  .277| .396  .351| .376  .410| .772  .762| 104  .542   4.1   0.4  80%
 1940 36 WSH AL  245  159   33   5.5   106| .290  .272| .389  .344| .395  .412| .784  .756| 109  .548   4.8   0.5  66%
 1941 37 WSH AL  125   83   12   3.9   102| .252  .269| .360  .345| .299  .397| .659  .742|  80  .408  -2.2  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8187 5179 1099   5.7   110| .303  .285| .389  .356| .406  .413| .795  .769| 108  .557 117.5  10.7  58%

* 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 ------+

 1925 21 WSH AL  SS    4      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  4.67            
 1926 22 WSH AL  SS  118    215  297   40   47  .928  .944  4.34  4.64            
                 3B    8     11    7    2    0  .900  .952  2.25  3.14            
 1927 23 TOT AL  SS  116    267  352   40   73  .939  .945  5.34  4.86            
         WSH AL  SS   15     29   41    5    9  .933  .945  4.67  4.86            
         BOS AL  SS  101    238  311   35   64  .940  .945  5.44  4.86            
                 3B   14     17   26    3    3  .935  .951  3.07  3.07            
                 OF   10     20    2    1    0  .957  .965  2.20  2.22               10    0    0
                 2B    1      1    4    0    2 1.000  .962  5.00  5.30            
 1928 24 BOS AL  3B  144    137  306   15   35  .967  .951  3.08  3.05            
 1929 25 WSH AL  2B   88    205  271   21   51  .958  .968  5.41  5.48            
                 3B   53     69   91   11   13  .936  .952  3.02  2.90            
 1930 26 WSH AL  2B  134    330  405   27   89  .965  .969  5.49  5.66            
                 OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.15                1    0    1
 1931 27 WSH AL  2B  137    333  398   12   87  .984  .965  5.34  5.48            
 1932 28 WSH AL  2B  139    352  426   20   97  .975  .968  5.60  5.67            
 1933 29 WSH AL  2B  129    356  417   17   92  .978  .971  5.99  5.63            
 1934 30 WSH AL  2B  135    367  420   20  101  .975  .969  5.83  5.67            
 1935 31 WSH AL  2B  151    460  473   20  138  .979  .969  6.18  5.61             AS
 1936 32 WSH AL  2B   43    120  143    4   31  .985  .972  6.12  5.58            
 1937 33 WSH AL  2B  119    308  338   23   90  .966  .972  5.43  5.28             AS
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                1    0    0 AS
 1938 34 WSH AL  2B  121    308  355   12   91  .982  .967  5.48  5.32            
 1939 35 WSH AL  2B   65    175  188   12   48  .968  .965  5.58  5.14            
 1940 36 WSH AL  2B   54    119  176   10   34  .967  .969  5.46  5.22            
 1941 37 WSH AL  2B   24     53   54    2   12  .982  .967  4.46  5.18            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1927 23 BOS AL  2B    1      1    4    0    2 1.000  .962  5.00  5.30            
 1929 25 WSH AL  2B   88    205  271   21   51  .958  .968  5.41  5.48            
 1930 26 WSH AL  2B  134    330  405   27   89  .965  .969  5.49  5.66            
 1931 27 WSH AL  2B  137    333  398   12   87  .984  .965  5.34  5.48            
 1932 28 WSH AL  2B  139    352  426   20   97  .975  .968  5.60  5.67            
 1933 29 WSH AL  2B  129    356  417   17   92  .978  .971  5.99  5.63            
 1934 30 WSH AL  2B  135    367  420   20  101  .975  .969  5.83  5.67            
 1935 31 WSH AL  2B  151    460  473   20  138  .979  .969  6.18  5.61            
 1936 32 WSH AL  2B   43    120  143    4   31  .985  .972  6.12  5.58            
 1937 33 WSH AL  2B  119    308  338   23   90  .966  .972  5.43  5.28            
 1938 34 WSH AL  2B  121    308  355   12   91  .982  .967  5.48  5.32            
 1939 35 WSH AL  2B   65    175  188   12   48  .968  .965  5.58  5.14            
 1940 36 WSH AL  2B   54    119  176   10   34  .967  .969  5.46  5.22            
 1941 37 WSH AL  2B   24     53   54    2   12  .982  .967  4.46  5.18            

 1926 22 WSH AL  3B    8     11    7    2    0  .900  .952  2.25  3.14            
 1927 23 BOS AL  3B   14     17   26    3    3  .935  .951  3.07  3.07            
 1928 24 BOS AL  3B  144    137  306   15   35  .967  .951  3.08  3.05            
 1929 25 WSH AL  3B   53     69   91   11   13  .936  .952  3.02  2.90            

 1927 23 BOS AL  OF   10     20    2    1    0  .957  .965  2.20  2.22               10    0    0
 1930 26 WSH AL  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.15                1    0    1
 1937 33 WSH AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                1    0    0

 1925 21 WSH AL  SS    4      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  4.67            
 1926 22 WSH AL  SS  118    215  297   40   47  .928  .944  4.34  4.64            
 1927 23 TOT AL  SS  116    267  352   40   73  .939  .945  5.34  4.86            
         WSH AL  SS   15     29   41    5    9  .933  .945  4.67  4.86            
         BOS AL  SS  101    238  311   35   64  .940  .945  5.44  4.86            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  2B 1340   3487 4068  200  963  .974  .969  5.64  5.50            
                 SS  238    483  652   80  120  .934  .944  4.77  4.75            
                 3B  219    234  430   31   51  .955  .951  3.03  3.02            
                 OF   13     20    2    1    0  .957  .965  1.69  2.22               12    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1810   4224 5152  312 1134  .968  .964  5.18  5.08
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   3   8   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .250  .333  .250   0  1   0   0   0 
 1933   WS    WSH NYG     L   5  20   2   6  1  0  0   2   2   3  .300  .364  .350   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   8  28   2   8  1  0  0   2   3   5  .286  .355  .321   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1935   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1935
1937

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-AL-9-0.17
1933-AL-15-0.06
1935-AL-4-0.45
1938-AL-24-0.01
Car-326-0.69 shares

Batting Average
1935 AL-.349-1
1938 AL-.336-4

On-base %
1934 AL-.419-6
1935 AL-.440-4
1937 AL-.407-9
1938 AL-.454-2

OPS
1935 AL-.907-6

Games
1927 AL-148-8
1935 AL-151-5

At Bats
1931 AL-591-10
1935 AL-616-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 AL-720-2

Runs
1931 AL-114-8
1932 AL-120-6
1935 AL-115-7

Hits
1935 AL-215-2

Total Bases
1935 AL-288-9

Doubles
1932 AL-38-10
1935 AL-36-10

Triples
1927 AL-11-7
1931 AL-11-10
1932 AL-16-2
1933 AL-15-4
1935 AL-11-8
Car-130-81

Bases on Balls
1934 AL-102-4
1935 AL-96-4
1938 AL-93-7

Stolen Bases
1928 AL-30-1
1929 AL-18-8
1932 AL-12-10

Singles
1928 AL-135-7
1930 AL-136-6
1935 AL-163-2

Adjusted OPS+
1935 AL-138-5

Runs Created
1935 AL-125-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1935 AL-40-4
1938 AL-32-9

Batting Wins
1935 AL-3.7-4
1938 AL-2.9-7

Times on Base
1934 AL-263-8
1935 AL-315-1

Offensive Win%
1935 AL-.707-5

Hit By Pitch
1932 AL-4-7
1935 AL-4-7
1937 AL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1928 AL-26-5
1932 AL-11-9

Caught Stealing
1926 AL-11-5
1928 AL-16-2
1930 AL-11-5
1931 AL-14-4
Car-109-78

Outs
1931 AL-441-5
1932 AL-434-10

Oldest Player
1940 AL-36-10
1941 AL-37-9

      

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (332) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (542) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 39.9 (148) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 86.0 (192) (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 

June 2, 1925: Sent from the New Orleans (Southern Association) to the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction.

May 2, 1927: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Topper Rigney.

December 15, 1928: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Milt Gaston, Hod Lisenbee, Bobby Reeves, Grant Gillis, and Elliot Bigelow.

October 7, 1941: Released by the Washington Senators.

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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