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Al Myers
James Albert Myers (Cod)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 27, 1884
Final Game October 3, 1891
Born October 22, 1863 in Danville, IL
Died December 24, 1927 in Marshall, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 20 MIL UA  12   46    6   15   6  0   0        0      0      .326  .326  .457  226   21                    
 1885 21 PHI NL  93  357   25   73  13  2   1   28         11  41  .204  .228  .261   60   93                    
 1886 22 KCN NL 118  473   69  131  22  9   4   51   3     22  42  .277  .309  .387  105  183                    
 1887 23 WHS NL 105  362   45   84   9  5   2   36  18     40  26  .232  .312  .301   74  109               2    
 1888 24 WHS NL 132  502   46  104  12  7   2   46  20     37  46  .207  .270  .271   77  136               6    
 1889 25 TOT NL 121  481   76  128  17  2   0   48  18     58  16  .266  .351  .310   83  149               5    
         WHS NL  46  176   24   46   3  0   0   20  10     22   7  .261  .347  .278   80   49               1    
         PHI NL  75  305   52   82  14  2   0   28   8     36   9  .269  .354  .328   84  100               4    
 1890 26 PHI NL 117  487   95  135  29  7   2   81  44     57  46  .277  .365  .378  114  184              10    
 1891 27 PHI NL 135  514   67  118  27  2   2   69   8     69  46  .230  .331  .302   82  155               9    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      833 3222  429  788 135 34  13  359 111  0 294 263  .245  .314  .320   88 1030   0   0   0  32   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        627   83  153  26  7   3   70  22  0  57  51  .245  .314  .320   88  200   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    135  514   95  135  29  9   4   81  44  0  69  46  .277  .365  .387  114  184   0   0   0  10   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 20 MIL UA   46   31    7   5.8    30| .326  .198| .326  .221| .457  .256| .783  .477| 226  .745   6.1   0.7     
 1885 21 PHI NL  368  284   21   1.9    67| .204  .244| .228  .287| .261  .326| .489  .612|  60  .268 -15.8  -1.8     
 1886 22 KCN NL  495  342   57   4.3    84| .277  .264| .309  .314| .387  .362| .696  .676| 105  .570   2.0   0.2     
 1887 23 WHS NL  404  278   34   3.2    93| .232  .269| .312  .326| .301  .382| .613  .708|  74  .354 -11.0  -1.1     
 1888 24 WHS NL  545  398   36   2.4    67| .207  .239| .270  .286| .271  .328| .541  .614|  77  .361 -11.8  -1.4     
 1889 25 TOT NL  544  353   52   3.9    98| .266  .277| .351  .348| .310  .378| .661  .726|  83  .452  -8.8  -0.8     
         WHS NL  199  130   17   3.4    91| .261  .265| .347  .335| .278  .362| .625  .698|  80  .399  -3.4  -0.3     
         PHI NL  345  223   35   4.1   103| .269  .283| .354  .356| .328  .387| .682  .742|  84  .482  -5.4  -0.5     
 1890 26 PHI NL  554  352   65   4.9    90| .277  .263| .365  .340| .378  .355| .743  .695| 114  .596  10.4   1.1     
 1891 27 PHI NL  592  396   50   3.4    90| .230  .263| .331  .338| .302  .358| .633  .696|  82  .425  -8.6  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3548 2434  322   3.5    84| .245  .259| .314  .320| .320  .354| .634  .674|  88  .454 -37.5  -4.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1884 20 MIL UA  2B   12     26   30   10    1  .848  .870  4.67  5.39            
 1885 21 PHI NL  2B   93    201  287   64   31  .884  .900  5.25  5.70            
 1886 22 KCN NL  2B  118    298  384   65   50  .913  .908  5.78  5.50            
 1887 23 WHS NL  2B   78    193  248   44   23  .909  .911  5.65  5.79            
                 SS   27     51   93   33    6  .814  .890  5.33  4.94            
 1888 24 WHS NL  2B  132    271  399   60   37  .918  .920  5.08  5.66            
 1889 25 TOT NL  2B  121    339  409   96   59  .886  .925  6.18  6.08            
         WHS NL  2B   46    147  148   18   26  .942  .925  6.41  6.08            
         PHI NL  2B   75    192  261   78   33  .853  .925  6.04  6.08            
 1890 26 PHI NL  2B  117    347  352   38   62  .948  .925  5.97  5.45            
 1891 27 PHI NL  2B  135    354  438   53   67  .937  .929  5.87  5.88            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1884 20 MIL UA  2B   12     26   30   10    1  .848  .870  4.67  5.39            
 1885 21 PHI NL  2B   93    201  287   64   31  .884  .900  5.25  5.70            
 1886 22 KCN NL  2B  118    298  384   65   50  .913  .908  5.78  5.50            
 1887 23 WHS NL  2B   78    193  248   44   23  .909  .911  5.65  5.79            
 1888 24 WHS NL  2B  132    271  399   60   37  .918  .920  5.08  5.66            
 1889 25 TOT NL  2B  121    339  409   96   59  .886  .925  6.18  6.08            
         WHS NL  2B   46    147  148   18   26  .942  .925  6.41  6.08            
         PHI NL  2B   75    192  261   78   33  .853  .925  6.04  6.08            
 1890 26 PHI NL  2B  117    347  352   38   62  .948  .925  5.97  5.45            
 1891 27 PHI NL  2B  135    354  438   53   67  .937  .929  5.87  5.88            

 1887 23 WHS NL  SS   27     51   93   33    6  .814  .890  5.33  4.94            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B  806   2029 2547  430  330  .914  .918  5.68  5.72            
                 SS   27     51   93   33    6  .814  .890  5.33  4.94            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       833   2080 2640  463  336  .911  .917  5.67  5.69

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.

Doubles
1890 NL-29-4
1891 NL-27-8

RBI
1890 NL-81-9

Hit By Pitch
1890 NL-10-5
1891 NL-9-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 NL-30.1-7

Outs
1888 NL-398-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1485) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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
Before 1886 Season: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Philadelphia Quakers.
March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.
March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals for $2,500.
July 1, 1889: Purchased by the Philadelphia Quakers from the Washington Nationals for $4,000.
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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