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Billy Myers
William Harrison Myers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 168 lb.

Debut April 16, 1935
Final Game September 25, 1941
Born August 14, 1910 in Enola, PA
Died April 10, 1995 in Carlisle, PA

Brother of Lynn Myers

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 24 CIN NL 117  445   60  119  15 10   5   36  10     29  81  .267  .315  .380   88  169  10           2   6
 1936 25 CIN NL  98  323   45   87   9  6   6   27   6     28  56  .269  .328  .390   97  126   8           0   5
 1937 26 CIN NL 124  335   35   84  13  3   7   43   0     44  57  .251  .339  .370   97  124   8           1   5 MVP-19
 1938 27 CIN NL 134  442   57  112  18  6  12   47   2     41  80  .253  .317  .403   99  178  10           0   9
 1939 28 CIN NL 151  509   79  143  18  6   9   56   4     71  90  .281  .369  .393  104  200  22           0   3 MVP-14
 1940 29 CIN NL  90  282   33   57  14  2   5   30   0     30  56  .202  .283  .319   65   90   9           2   4
 1941 30 CHC NL  24   63   10   14   1  0   1    4   1      7  25  .222  .310  .286   71   18   3           1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      738 2399  319  616  88 33  45  243  23  0 250 445  .257  .328  .377   93  905  70   0   0   6  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        527   70  135  19  7  10   53   5  0  55  98  .257  .328  .377   93  199  15   0   0   1   7
 Career High    151  509   79  143  18 10  12   56  10  0  71  90  .281  .369  .403  104  200  22   0   0   2   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 24 CIN NL  486  342   53   4.1   101| .267  .282| .315  .337| .380  .402| .695  .738|  88  .444  -8.4  -0.8     
 1936 25 CIN NL  359  249   41   4.4    98| .269  .278| .328  .337| .390  .390| .718  .726|  97  .474  -1.6  -0.2     
 1937 26 CIN NL  388  264   42   4.2    97| .251  .274| .339  .335| .370  .388| .709  .723|  97  .473  -0.3   0.0     
 1938 27 CIN NL  493  349   56   4.3    96| .253  .271| .317  .335| .403  .386| .720  .720|  99  .491  -1.5  -0.2     
 1939 28 CIN NL  602  391   74   5.0   104| .281  .281| .369  .347| .393  .402| .762  .750| 104  .546   4.2   0.4     
 1940 29 CIN NL  323  238   25   2.8    99| .202  .273| .283  .338| .319  .393| .602  .730|  65  .311 -13.6  -1.4     
 1941 30 CHC NL   74   53    5   2.5    91| .222  .261| .310  .331| .286  .368| .596  .699|  71  .288  -2.2  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2725 1886  296   4.2    99| .257  .277| .328  .338| .377  .393| .705  .732|  93  .465 -23.4  -2.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1935 24 CIN NL SS 112 230 335 37 77 .939 .947 5.04 5.10 1936 25 CIN NL SS 98 225 304 35 73 .938 .945 5.40 5.10 1937 26 CIN NL SS 121 190 360 30 67 .948 .951 4.55 4.85 2B 6 8 8 0 1 1.000 .958 2.67 5.33 1938 27 CIN NL SS 123 255 380 41 74 .939 .943 5.16 4.91 2B 11 28 31 6 1 .908 .969 5.36 5.40 1939 28 CIN NL SS 151 309 512 42 110 .951 .953 5.44 5.09 1940 29 CIN NL SS 88 155 269 17 62 .961 .950 4.82 5.00 1941 30 CHC NL SS 19 33 60 6 12 .939 .951 4.89 4.82 2B 1 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 10.00 5.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 26 CIN NL 2B 6 8 8 0 1 1.000 .958 2.67 5.33 1938 27 CIN NL 2B 11 28 31 6 1 .908 .969 5.36 5.40 1941 30 CHC NL 2B 1 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 10.00 5.20 1935 24 CIN NL SS 112 230 335 37 77 .939 .947 5.04 5.10 1936 25 CIN NL SS 98 225 304 35 73 .938 .945 5.40 5.10 1937 26 CIN NL SS 121 190 360 30 67 .948 .951 4.55 4.85 1938 27 CIN NL SS 123 255 380 41 74 .939 .943 5.16 4.91 1939 28 CIN NL SS 151 309 512 42 110 .951 .953 5.44 5.09 1940 29 CIN NL SS 88 155 269 17 62 .961 .950 4.82 5.00 1941 30 CHC NL SS 19 33 60 6 12 .939 .951 4.89 4.82
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 712 1397 2220 208 475 .946 .948 5.08 5.00 2B 18 40 45 6 3 .934 .966 4.72 5.37 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 730 1437 2265 214 478 .945 .949 5.07 5.01
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   4  12   2   4  0  1  0   0   2   3  .333  .429  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   7  23   0   3  0  0  0   2   2   5  .130  .200  .130   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  11  35   2   7  0  1  0   2   4   8  .200  .282  .257   0  0   0   0   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)
1937-NL-19-0.02
1939-NL-14-0.05
Car-983-0.07 shares

Games
1939 NL-151-8

Triples
1935 NL-10-10

Bases on Balls
1939 NL-71-8

Strikeouts
1935 NL-81-3
1936 NL-56-9
1938 NL-80-3
1939 NL-90-2

Stolen Bases
1935 NL-10-7

Sac. Hits
1939 NL-22-3

At Bats per Home Run
1938 NL-36.8-9

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1639) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1059) (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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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Ron Oester (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy Martin (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pat Meares (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. D'Angelo Jimenez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Angel Berroa (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy Martin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 14, 1934: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Mark Koenig and Allyn Stout.

December 4, 1940: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Gleeson and Bobby Mattick.


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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