Bud Metheny

Arthur Beauregard Metheny

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 1, 1915 in St. Louis, MO
School: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1943
Team: Yankees 1943-1946

Final Game: May 9, 1946
Died: January 2, 2003 in Virginia Beach, VA
Buried: Colonial Grove Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, VA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	23	NYY-min	B	89	340	340		115	20	6	21						.338	.338	.618	.956		210					NFK · PIED
1939	24	NYY-min	AA	96	300	300		96	24	4	10						.320	.320	.527	.847		158					KCY,NWK · AA,IL
1940	25	NYY-min	AA	151	543	543		167	27	6	13						.308	.308	.451	.759		245					NWK · IL
1941	26	NYY-min	AA	136	519	466	50	112	18	2	3	59	6		42	68	.240	.310	.307	.617		143		5	6		KCY · AA
1942	27	NYY-min	AA	148	609	548	79	162	30	3	18	94	7	12	53	53	.296	.363	.460	.823		252	9	5	3		NWK · IL
1943	28	NYY	AL	103	409	360	51	94	18	2	9	36	2	3	39	34	.261	.333	.397	.731	112	143	6	0	9	O9
1944	29	NYY	AL	137	592	518	72	124	16	1	14	67	5	5	56	57	.239	.316	.355	.671	89	184	13	2	14	*O97
1945	30	NYY	AL	133	580	509	64	126	18	2	8	53	5	2	54	31	.248	.325	.338	.662	89	172	9	4	12	*O9
1946	31	NYY-min	AAA	101	413	367	48	92	14	5	6	42	5		40	37	.251	.326	.365	.691		134	10	1	5		KCY · AA
1946	31	NYY	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1947	32	NYY-OAK-min	AAA,AA	114	404	368	36	97	9	8	15	33	2		31	13	.264	.324	.454	.778		167		2	3		NWK,BIR · IL,SOUA
1948	33	BOS-min	D,AA	87	292	292		92	20	3	7						.315	.315	.476	.791		139					BAX,BIR · GASL,SOUA
1949	34	PTH	B	127	447	447		150	24	1	9						.336	.336	.454	.790		203					PTH · PIED
1950	35	LAD-min	B	85	283	283		62	10	2	1						.219	.219	.279	.498		79					PTH,NNW · PIED
4 Yrs				376	1584	1390	187	344	52	5	31	156	12	10	149	122	.247	.323	.359	.682	95	499	28	6	35
162 Game Avg.				162	682	599	81	148	22	2	13	67	5	4	64	53	.247	.323	.359	.682	95	215	12	3	15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	28	NYY	AL	103	409	6	-0	-4	-4	-3	-0.4	8	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.9	-0.9	9	$	O9
1944	29	NYY	AL	137	592	-7	-1	-5	-6	-19	-2.1	12	-6	-0.9	.485	.487	-0.3	-1.3	-2	$	*O97
1945	30	NYY	AL	133	580	-6	1	-4	-6	-15	-1.8	12	-3	-0.6	.487	.489	-0.1	-1.2	1	$	*O9
1946	31	NYY	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
4 Seasons				376	1584	-8	-0	-13	-16	-38	-4.4	33	-4	-1.1	.489	.493	0.4	-3.4	8	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	28	NYY	AL	409	284	47	4.5	88	.268	.261	.257	.333	.332	.397	.355	.731	.687	112	.579	5.2	0.6	.658	.242	.136	3.3
1944	29	NYY	AL	592	426	57	3.6	94	.246	.239	.271	.316	.339	.355	.371	.671	.710	89	.450	-8.0	-0.8	.587	.224	.116	7.4
1945	30	NYY	AL	580	406	55	3.6	92	.251	.248	.266	.325	.339	.338	.362	.662	.701	89	.472	-7.1	-0.8	.591	.202	.090	6.2
1946	31	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.265	.000	.339	.000	.381	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				1584	1119	159	3.8	91	.253	.247	.266	.323	.337	.359	.363	.682	.700	95	.491	-10.8	-1.2	.605	.220	.112	17.3
162 Game Avg.				682	482	69	3.8	91	.253	.247	.266	.323	.337	.359	.363	.682	.700	95	.491	-10.8	-1.2	.605	.220	.112	7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1943	28	NYY	AL	WS	STL	W	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	28	NYY	AL	409	2.2%	8.3%	9.5%	7.1%	31%	0.87	10.6	40.0	10.0	78%
1944	29	NYY	AL	592	2.4%	9.6%	9.5%	5.2%	25%	1.02	9.1	37.0	7.7	76%
1945	30	NYY	AL	580	1.4%	5.3%	9.3%	4.8%	22%	0.57	16.4	63.6	9.6	81%
1946	31	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
4 Yrs				1584	2.0%	7.7%	9.4%	5.6%	26%	0.82	11.4	44.8	8.9	78%
MLB Averages					1.1%	9.1%	8.8%	5.6%	25%	1.03	9.8	81.5	9.1	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	28	103	409	360	51	94	18	2	9	36	2	3	39	34	.261	.333	.397	.731	112	143	6	0	9
1944	29	240	1001	878	123	218	34	3	23	103	7	8	95	91	.248	.323	.372	.696	98	327	19	2	23
1945	30	373	1581	1387	187	344	52	5	31	156	12	10	149	122	.248	.324	.360	.683	95	499	28	6	35
1946	31	376	1584	1390	187	344	52	5	31	156	12	10	149	122	.247	.323	.359	.682	95	499	28	6	35

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	28	108	440	387	61	107	20	2	10	43	2	44	36	.276	.350	.416	.766	57	103
1944	29	143	624	546	80	134	17	1	15	74	5	61	60	.245	.323	.363	.686	64	137
1945	30	141	624	547	74	141	20	2	9	61	6	60	33	.258	.336	.351	.687	64	133
1946	31	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
4 Yrs		395	1691	1483	215	382	57	5	34	178	13	165	129	.258	.334	.372	.706	185	376
162 Game Avg.		162	694	608	88	157	23	2	14	73	5	68	53	.258	.334	.372	.706	76	376

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1944 AL 14 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1944 AL 57 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 AL 4 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1944 AL 14 (9th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1944 AL 7.4 (6th) 1945 AL 6.2 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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