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Bob Meusel
Robert William Meusel (Long Bob)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 19, 1896 in San Jose, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1920
Final Game: September 26, 1930
Died: November 28, 1977 in Downey, CA
Relatives: Brother of Irish Meusel
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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
1920 23 NYY AL 119 494 460 75 151 40 7 11 83 4 4 20 72 .328 .359 .517 .876 126 238 2 12 O5/3
1921 24 NYY AL 149 646 598 104 190 40 16 24 136 17 6 34 88 .318 .356 .559 .915 128 334 2 12 *O
1922 25 NYY AL 121 527 473 61 151 26 11 16 84 13 8 40 58 .319 .376 .522 .898 130 247 3 11 *O MVP-15
1923 26 NYY AL 132 503 460 59 144 29 10 9 91 13 15 31 52 .313 .359 .478 .837 117 220 2 10 *O
1924 27 NYY AL 143 630 579 93 188 40 11 12 120 26 14 32 43 .325 .365 .494 .859 120 286 5 14 *O/5
1925 28 NYY AL 156 696 624 101 181 34 12 33 138 13 14 54 55 .290 .348 .542 .889 125 338 1 17 *O5 MVP-18
1926 29 NYY AL 108 474 413 73 130 22 3 12 81 16 17 37 32 .315 .373 .470 .842 119 194 1 23 *O MVP-21
1927 30 NYY AL 135 584 516 75 174 47 9 8 103 24 10 45 58 .337 .393 .510 .902 136 263 2 21 *O
1928 31 NYY AL 131 577 518 77 154 45 5 11 113 6 9 39 56 .297 .349 .467 .816 115 242 2 18 *O
1929 32 NYY AL 100 413 391 46 102 15 3 10 57 1 5 17 42 .261 .292 .391 .683 79 153 0 5 O
1930 33 CIN NL 113 484 443 62 128 30 8 10 62 9 26 63 .289 .330 .460 .790 92 204 1 14 *O
11 Seasons 1407 6028 5475 826 1693 368 95 156 1068 142 102 375 619 .309 .356 .497 .852 118 2719 21 157
162 Game Avg. 162 694 630 95 195 42 11 18 123 16 43 71 .309 .356 .497 .852 118 313 2 18
NYY (10 yrs) 1294 5544 5032 764 1565 338 87 146 1006 133 102 349 556 .311 .358 .500 .858 121 2515 20 143
CIN (1 yr) 113 484 443 62 128 30 8 10 62 9 26 63 .289 .330 .460 .790 92 204 1 14
AL (10 yrs) 1294 5544 5032 764 1565 338 87 146 1006 133 102 349 556 .311 .358 .500 .858 121 2515 20 143
NL (1 yr) 113 484 443 62 128 30 8 10 62 9 26 63 .289 .330 .460 .790 92 204 1 14

Postseason Batting

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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
1921 24 NYY AL WS NYG L 8 32 30 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 5 .200 .250 .267 .517 8 1 0 0 0 0
1922 25 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 21 20 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 .300 .333 .350 .683 7 0 0 0 0 0
1923 26 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 26 26 1 7 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 3 .269 .269 .462 .731 12 2 0 0 0 0
1926 29 NYY AL WS STL L 7 30 21 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 .238 .393 .381 .774 8 0 0 2 1 0
1927 30 NYY AL WS PIT W 4 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 0 0 0 0
1928 31 NYY AL WS STL W 4 17 15 5 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 5 .200 .294 .467 .761 7 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 34 144 129 15 29 6 3 1 17 5 2 12 24 .225 .289 .341 .630 44 3 0 2 1 0
6 WS 34 144 129 15 29 6 3 1 17 5 2 12 24 .225 .289 .341 .630 44 3 0 2 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1920 NYY AL 23 OF 64 133 116 10 7 3 .947 1.97 .962 2.16 16-0-48
1920 NYY AL 23 3B 45 122 34 75 13 3 .893 2.42 .949 3.45
1920 NYY AL 23 1B 2 12 12 0 0 3 1.000 6.00 .992 10.40
1921 NYY AL 24 OF 147 301 253 28 20 8 .934 1.91 .961 2.21 10-0-137
1922 NYY AL 25 OF 121 238 202 24 12 0 .950 1.87 .965 2.22 47-1-74 MVP-15
1923 NYY AL 26 OF 121 234 206 17 11 2 .953 1.84 .965 2.26 78-0-43
1924 NYY AL 27 OF 143 283 252 17 14 4 .951 1.88 .971 2.27 93-2-49
1924 NYY AL 27 3B 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.00
1925 NYY AL 28 OF 131 262 249 9 4 6 .985 1.97 .964 2.27 86-0-46 MVP-18
1925 NYY AL 28 3B 27 66 22 42 2 2 .970 2.37 .945 3.02 MVP-18
1926 NYY AL 29 OF 107 224 211 4 9 1 .960 2.01 .966 2.23 68-1-38 MVP-21
1927 NYY AL 30 OF 131 278 249 15 14 1 .950 2.02 .964 2.22 83-0-48
1928 NYY AL 31 OF 131 282 259 16 7 6 .975 2.10 .973 2.22 87-0-44
1929 NYY AL 32 OF 96 222 206 9 7 2 .968 2.24 .966 2.28 56-0-40
1930 CIN NL 33 OF 112 240 223 8 9 3 .963 2.06 .968 2.28 70-39-4
11 Seasons OF 1304 2697 2426 157 114 36 .958 1.98 .966 2.24 694-43-571
3 Seasons 3B 74 190 58 117 15 5 .921 2.36 .948 3.28
1 Season 1B 2 12 12 0 0 3 1.000 6.00 .992 10.40
11 Seasons TOT 1380 2899 2496 274 129 44 .956 2.01 .921 2.31 694-43-571

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1922-AL-15-9%
1925-AL-18-9%
1926-AL-21-5%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 AL--.337--9th
Career--.309--114th

Slugging % s c a p y
1920 AL--.517--7th
1921 AL--.559--6th
1922 AL--.522--9th
1923 AL--.478--9th
1924 AL--.494--10th
1925 AL--.542--9th
1927 AL--.510--9th
Career--.497--116th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1921 AL--.915--8th
1922 AL--.898--9th
Career--.852--158th

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL--156--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1921 AL--598--10th
1925 AL--624--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 AL--696--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1921 AL--104--10th

Hits s c a p y
1921 AL--190--9th
1924 AL--188--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1921 AL--334--3rd
1924 AL--286--6th
1925 AL--338--2nd
1927 AL--263--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1920 AL--40--4th
1921 AL--40--5th
1924 AL--40--5th
1927 AL--47--5th
1928 AL--45--3rd
Career--368--215th

Triples s c a p y
1921 AL--16--4th
1922 AL--11--10th
1924 AL--11--6th
1925 AL--12--7th
Career--95--179th

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 AL--11--7th
1921 AL--24--2nd
1922 AL--16--6th
1924 AL--12--6th
1925 AL--33--1st
1926 AL--12--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1921 AL--136--3rd
1923 AL--91--9th
1924 AL--120--3rd
1925 AL--138--1st
1927 AL--103--7th
1928 AL--113--3rd
Career--1068--214th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 AL--72--4th
1921 AL--88--1st
1922 AL--58--6th
1923 AL--52--8th
1924 AL--43--10th
1925 AL--55--6th
1927 AL--58--4th
1928 AL--56--5th
1930 NL--63--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1921 AL--17--8th
1924 AL--26--2nd
1926 AL--16--6th
1927 AL--24--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1921 AL--128--8th
1922 AL--130--9th
1927 AL--136--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 AL--118--8th
1925 AL--113--5th
1927 AL--103--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1921 AL--21--9th
1927 AL--27--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1921 AL--1.9--9th
1922 AL--1.8--9th
1927 AL--2.6--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1920 AL--58--8th
1921 AL--80--2nd
1924 AL--63--5th
1925 AL--79--1st
1927 AL--64--6th
1928 AL--61--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1920 AL--.680--10th
1921 AL--.666--8th
1922 AL--.679--8th
1927 AL--.682--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career--157--150th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1923 AL--15--8th
1924 AL--14--4th
1925 AL--14--5th
1926 AL--17--2nd
1927 AL--10--9th
1928 AL--9--8th
Career--102--105th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1921 AL--19.9--3rd
1922 AL--14.3--2nd
1923 AL--10.6--7th
1924 AL--16.4--2nd
1925 AL--18.7--2nd
1926 AL--13.7--4th
1927 AL--12.0--6th
Career--148.7--173rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1920 AL--41.818--6th
1921 AL--24.917--4th
1922 AL--29.563--6th
1924 AL--48.250--9th
1925 AL--18.909--2nd
1926 AL--34.417--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 AL--474--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 107 (199), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 76 (241), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ken Williams (882)
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  2. Chick Hafey (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Parker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Dave Parker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Parker (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Parker (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chick Hafey (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Parker (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Parker (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

October 17, 1929: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.

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