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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:57AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 28 NYY AL 103 408 360 51 94 18 2 9 36 2 3 39 34 .261 .333 .397 .731 112 143 6 0 9 O9
1944 29 NYY AL 137 590 518 72 124 16 1 14 67 5 5 56 57 .239 .316 .355 .671 88 184 13 2 14 *O97
1945 30 NYY AL 133 579 509 64 126 18 2 8 53 5 2 54 31 .248 .325 .338 .662 88 172 9 4 12 *O9
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
4 Seasons 376 1580 1390 187 344 52 5 31 156 12 10 149 122 .247 .323 .359 .682 94 499 28 6 35
162 Game Avg. 162 681 599 81 148 22 2 13 67 5 4 64 53 .247 .323 .359 .682 94 215 12 3 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 28 NYY AL 408 4 0 0 0 -4 -4 9 5 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $ O9
1944 29 NYY AL 590 -11 0 0 0 -5 -6 12 -10 -1.1 -5 -0.5 -0.6 $ *O97
1945 30 NYY AL 579 -8 1 0 0 -4 -6 12 -5 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ *O9
1946 31 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
4 Seasons 1580 -16 1 0 0 -13 -16 33 -11 -1.2 2 0.3 -1.5 $

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 NYY AL 28 OF 91 86 85 163 156 1 6 0 .963 1.73 .977 2.47
1943 NYY AL 28 RF 91 86 85 163 156 1 6 0 .963 1.73 .973 2.21
1944 NYY AL 29 OF 132 130 124 251 232 8 11 2 .956 1.82 .974 2.47
1944 NYY AL 29 RF 121 119 114 234 217 7 10 2 .957 1.85 .971 2.08
1944 NYY AL 29 LF 11 11 10 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.45 .972 2.35
1945 NYY AL 30 OF 128 126 126 243 227 12 4 2 .984 1.87 .978 2.40
1945 NYY AL 30 RF 128 126 126 243 227 12 4 2 .984 1.87 .974 2.15
3 Seasons OF 351 342 335 657 615 21 21 4 .968 1.81 .976 2.44
3 Seasons RF 340 331 325 640 600 20 20 4 .969 1.82 .973 2.14
1 Season LF 11 11 10 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.45 .972 2.35
4 Seasons TOT 351 342 335 657 615 21 21 4 .968 1.81 .976 2.44
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1945 AL  128 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1944 AL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  1.85 (5th)
1945 AL  1.87 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1943 AL  .963 (5th)
1944 AL  .957 (5th)
1945 AL  .984 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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