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Irish Meusel

Emil Frederick Meusel

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: June 9, 1893 in Oakland, CA
High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1914
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Robins/Senators 1914-1927

Final Game: July 22, 1927
Died: March 1, 1963 in Long Beach, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
Relatives: Brother of Bob Meusel
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1914 21 WSH AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O
1918 25 PHI NL 124 512 473 48 132 25 6 4 62 18 30 21 .279 .323 .383 .706 110 181 1 7 *O78/4
1919 26 PHI NL 135 548 521 65 159 26 7 5 59 24 15 13 .305 .327 .411 .738 115 214 2 11 *O798
1920 27 PHI NL 138 563 518 75 160 27 8 14 69 17 11 32 27 .309 .349 .473 .822 132 245 0 13 *O79/3
1921 28 TOT NL 146 629 586 96 201 33 13 14 87 13 13 33 29 .343 .380 .515 .895 130 302 2 8 *O79
1921 28 PHI NL 84 365 343 59 121 21 7 12 51 8 4 18 17 .353 .385 .560 .945 140 192 0 4 O97
1921 28 NYG NL 62 264 243 37 80 12 6 2 36 5 9 15 12 .329 .373 .453 .826 116 110 2 4 7O/9
1922 29 NYG NL 154 676 617 100 204 28 17 16 132 12 10 35 33 .331 .369 .509 .877 122 314 2 22 *7O
1923 30 NYG NL 146 648 595 102 177 22 14 19 125 8 8 38 16 .297 .341 .477 .818 114 284 1 15 *7O
1924 31 NYG NL 139 603 549 75 170 26 9 6 102 11 7 33 18 .310 .351 .423 .774 108 232 2 19 *7O
1925 32 NYG NL 135 558 516 82 169 35 8 21 111 5 4 26 19 .328 .363 .548 .912 133 283 3 12 *O7/9 MVP-12
1926 33 NYG NL 129 483 449 51 131 25 10 6 65 5 16 18 .292 .322 .432 .754 103 194 4 14 *7O
1927 34 BRO NL 42 87 74 7 18 3 1 1 7 0 11 5 .243 .341 .351 .693 86 26 0 2 O7/9
11 Yrs 1289 5309 4900 701 1521 250 93 106 819 113 53 269 199 .310 .348 .464 .813 119 2275 17 123
162 Game Avg. 162 667 616 88 191 31 12 13 103 14 34 25 .310 .348 .464 .813 119 286 2 15
NYG (6 yrs) 765 3232 2969 447 931 148 64 70 571 46 38 163 116 .314 .352 .477 .829 117 1417 14 86
PHI (4 yrs) 481 1988 1855 247 572 99 28 35 241 67 15 95 78 .308 .343 .449 .792 124 832 3 35
WSH (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 42 87 74 7 18 3 1 1 7 0 11 5 .243 .341 .351 .693 86 26 0 2
NL (10 yrs) 1288 5307 4898 701 1521 250 93 106 819 113 53 269 199 .311 .349 .464 .813 119 2275 17 123
AL (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1914 21 WSH AL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .450 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /O
1918 25 PHI NL 124 512 5 -0 0 6 -5 6 0.7 14 20 2.2 .506 .505 1.5 0.1 14 $ *O78/4
1919 26 PHI NL 135 548 9 0 0 -5 -6 -2 -0.4 15 13 1.1 .498 .498 1.8 -1.5 18 $ *O798
1920 27 PHI NL 138 563 20 1 0 -5 -7 9 0.9 16 26 2.6 .507 .506 3.2 -1.4 30 $ *O79/3
1921 28 PHI NL 84 365 19 1 0 -2 -4 14 1.4 11 25 2.4 .517 .509 2.7 -0.7 27 $ O97
1921 28 NYG NL 62 264 6 -2 0 0 -3 1 0.1 8 9 0.8 .502 .501 0.9 -0.3 9 $ 7O/9
1922 29 NYG NL 154 676 19 -0 0 1 -7 12 1.2 19 32 3.1 .508 .507 3.0 -0.5 31 $ *7O
1923 30 NYG NL 146 648 11 -0 0 -1 -7 3 0.3 18 21 2.1 .502 .502 2.2 -0.8 22 $ *7O
1924 31 NYG NL 139 603 7 1 0 1 -6 3 0.2 18 20 1.9 .502 .502 1.9 -0.6 19 $ *7O
1925 32 NYG NL 135 558 24 0 0 -2 -6 17 1.5 16 33 3.1 .512 .510 3.4 -0.8 35 $ *O7/9 MVP-12
1926 33 NYG NL 129 483 1 -0 0 -1 -5 -5 -0.6 14 9 0.8 .496 .497 0.9 -0.7 10 $ *7O
1927 34 BRO NL 42 87 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .495 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $10,000 O7/9
11 Seasons 1289 5309 119 1 0 -8 -57 55 4.9 152 207 20.1 .504 .503 21.5 -7.2 215 $10,000
NYG (6 yrs) 765 3232 68 -1 0 -2 -34 30 2.6 93 123 11.8 .504 .503 12.3 -3.7 125 $
PHI (4 yrs) 481 1988 53 2 0 -6 -22 27 2.6 56 84 8.3 .506 .505 9.2 -3.4 90 $
WSH (1 yr) 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .450 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
BRO (1 yr) 42 87 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .495 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $10,000

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
1914 21 WSH AL 2 2 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .261 .000 .335 .000 .342 .000 .677 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1918 25 PHI NL 512 348 58 4.5 84 .286 .279 .268 .323 .326 .383 .346 .706 .672 110 .621 4.9 0.6 .674 .205 .104 6.5
1919 26 PHI NL 548 373 69 5.0 87 .306 .305 .272 .327 .327 .411 .358 .738 .685 115 .651 7.8 0.9 .704 .180 .106 8.3
1920 27 PHI NL 563 382 84 6.0 93 .306 .309 .280 .349 .334 .473 .372 .822 .706 132 .690 19.6 2.1 .767 .237 .164 15.4
1921 28 TOT NL 629 406 111 7.4 110 .344 .343 .304 .380 .354 .515 .418 .895 .773 130 .700 24.4 2.4 .847 .229 .172 13.5
1921 28 PHI NL 365 230 73 8.5 112 .347 .353 .307 .385 .358 .560 .422 .945 .780 140 .754 18.8 1.8 .947 .271 .207 9.6
1921 28 NYG NL 264 176 38 5.8 107 .341 .329 .299 .373 .350 .453 .412 .826 .762 116 .603 5.6 0.6 .715 .169 .123 2.9
1922 29 NYG NL 676 445 113 6.8 114 .331 .331 .304 .369 .362 .509 .422 .877 .784 122 .643 17.1 1.6 .835 .238 .178 13.7
1923 30 NYG NL 648 441 94 5.7 107 .282 .297 .293 .341 .352 .477 .408 .818 .760 114 .585 8.2 0.8 .758 .244 .180 11.3
1924 31 NYG NL 603 405 80 5.3 102 .312 .310 .287 .351 .342 .423 .400 .774 .743 108 .569 5.7 0.6 .702 .180 .113 7.8
1925 32 NYG NL 558 363 101 7.4 111 .311 .328 .295 .363 .352 .548 .421 .912 .774 133 .665 23.6 2.2 .892 .273 .221 8.1
1926 33 NYG NL 483 332 61 4.9 101 .294 .292 .284 .322 .344 .432 .394 .754 .739 103 .536 -0.1 -0.0 .689 .187 .140 5.5
1927 34 BRO NL 87 58 9 4.2 104 .250 .243 .290 .341 .349 .351 .400 .693 .749 86 .455 -1.3 -0.1 .661 .257 .108 .0
11 Yrs 5309 3555 780 5.9 102 .308 .310 .288 .348 .345 .464 .395 .813 .740 119 .631 109.3 10.9 .764 .221 .154 109.4
162 Game Avg. 667 447 98 5.9 102 .308 .310 .288 .348 .345 .464 .395 .813 .740 119 .631 14 1 .764 .221 .154 14
NYG (6 yrs) 3232 2162 487 6.0 107 .309 .314 .294 .352 .351 .477 .410 .829 .761 117 .606 60.0 5.7 .772 .221 .164 55.5
PHI (4 yrs) 1988 1333 284 5.8 93 .308 .308 .280 .343 .335 .449 .371 .792 .705 124 .681 51.1 5.4 .757 .219 .140 46.0
WSH (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .261 .000 .335 .000 .342 .000 .677 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
BRO (1 yr) 87 58 9 4.2 104 .250 .243 .290 .341 .349 .351 .400 .693 .749 86 .455 -1.3 -0.1 .661 .257 .108 .0
NL (10 yrs) 5307 3553 780 5.9 102 .308 .311 .288 .349 .345 .464 .395 .813 .740 119 .631 109.8 10.9 .764 .221 .154 109.4
AL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .261 .000 .335 .000 .342 .000 .677 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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 28 NYG NL WS NYY W 8 31 29 4 10 2 1 1 7 1 2 2 3 .345 .387 .586 .973 17 0 0 0 0 0
1922 29 NYG NL WS NYY W 5 20 20 3 5 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .400 .650 8 0 0 0 0 0
1923 30 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 25 25 3 7 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 .280 .280 .520 .800 13 0 0 0 0 0
1924 31 NYG NL WS WSH L 4 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .154 .250 .154 .404 2 1 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 23 92 87 10 24 3 2 3 17 1 2 4 6 .276 .304 .460 .764 40 1 0 0 1 0
4 WS 23 92 87 10 24 3 2 3 17 1 2 4 6 .276 .304 .460 .764 40 1 0 0 1 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 25 PHI NL 512 0.8% 4.1% 5.9% 6.8% 27% 0.70 22.5 118.3 7.6 88%
1919 26 PHI NL 548 0.9% 2.4% 2.7% 6.9% 24% 0.87 40.1 104.2 8.8 92%
1920 27 PHI NL 563 2.5% 4.8% 5.7% 8.7% 31% 0.84 19.2 37.0 7.5 85%
1921 28 TOT NL 629 2.2% 4.6% 5.3% 9.5% 30% 0.88 20.2 41.9 6.7 86%
1921 28 PHI NL 365 3.3% 4.7% 4.9% 11.0% 33% 0.94 20.2 28.6 6.7 86%
1921 28 NYG NL 264 0.8% 4.6% 5.7% 7.6% 25% 0.80 20.3 121.5 6.8 87%
1922 29 NYG NL 676 2.4% 4.9% 5.2% 9.0% 30% 0.94 18.7 38.6 4.7 84%
1923 30 NYG NL 648 2.9% 2.5% 5.9% 8.5% 31% 0.42 37.2 31.3 4.8 86%
1924 31 NYG NL 603 1.0% 3.0% 5.5% 6.8% 24% 0.55 30.5 91.5 5.4 87%
1925 32 NYG NL 558 3.8% 3.4% 4.7% 11.5% 38% 0.73 27.2 24.6 4.6 85%
1926 33 NYG NL 483 1.2% 3.7% 3.3% 8.5% 31% 1.13 24.9 74.8 6.9 88%
1927 34 BRO NL 87 1.2% 5.8% 12.6% 5.8% 28% 0.45 14.8 74.0 10.6 78%
11 Yrs 5307 2.0% 3.8% 5.1% 8.5% 30% 0.74 24.6 46.2 6.0 87%
MLB Averages 1.1% 12.4% 11.5% 8.7% 24% 1.08 10.7 120.5 8.9 119%

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 SF IBB
1914 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1915 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1916 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1917 24 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1918 25 125 514 475 48 132 25 6 4 62 18 0 30 21 .278 .322 .381 .703 109 181 1 7
1919 26 260 1062 996 113 291 51 13 9 121 42 0 45 34 .292 .325 .397 .721 112 395 3 18
1920 27 398 1625 1514 188 451 78 21 23 190 59 11 77 61 .298 .333 .423 .756 119 640 3 31
1921 28 544 2254 2100 284 652 111 34 37 277 72 24 110 90 .310 .346 .449 .795 122 942 5 39
1922 29 698 2930 2717 384 856 139 51 53 409 84 34 145 123 .315 .351 .462 .814 122 1256 7 61
1923 30 844 3578 3312 486 1033 161 65 72 534 92 42 183 139 .312 .349 .465 .814 121 1540 8 76
1924 31 983 4181 3861 561 1203 187 74 78 636 103 49 216 157 .312 .350 .459 .809 119 1772 10 95
1925 32 1118 4739 4377 643 1372 222 82 99 747 108 53 242 176 .313 .351 .469 .821 121 2055 13 107
1926 33 1247 5222 4826 694 1503 247 92 105 812 113 53 258 194 .311 .349 .466 .815 119 2249 17 121
1927 34 1289 5309 4900 701 1521 250 93 106 819 113 53 269 199 .310 .348 .464 .813 119 2275 17 123

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1914 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1918 25 158 670 618 70 183 35 8 6 91 25 42 27 .296 .342 .408 .750 85 124
1919 26 156 653 618 86 199 33 9 6 78 30 19 15 .322 .345 .434 .779 91 135
1920 27 145 603 554 86 177 30 9 15 79 19 35 28 .319 .360 .487 .847 98 138
1921 28 155 653 610 93 202 33 13 14 85 13 33 31 .331 .367 .497 .864 111 146
1922 29 161 687 628 91 196 27 16 15 120 12 34 34 .312 .349 .478 .827 105 154
1923 30 154 671 616 98 176 22 14 19 120 8 38 17 .286 .328 .459 .788 93 146
1924 31 146 634 577 78 178 27 9 6 106 12 35 19 .308 .350 .418 .768 84 139
1925 32 143 578 536 79 169 35 8 21 107 5 26 20 .315 .350 .528 .878 98 135
1926 33 135 504 468 53 136 26 10 6 68 5 17 19 .291 .321 .427 .748 64 129
1927 34 44 92 78 7 19 3 1 1 7 0 12 5 .244 .344 .346 .691 9 42
11 Yrs 1398 5747 5305 741 1635 271 97 109 861 129 291 215 .308 .346 .457 .804 838 1289
162 Game Avg. 162 666 615 86 189 31 11 13 100 15 34 25 .308 .346 .457 .804 97 1289

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 NL (12, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1921 NL  3.6 (8th)
1925 NL  3.4 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1919 NL  .305 (7th)
1920 NL  .309 (7th)
1921 NL  .343 (6th)
Career  .310 (107th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1919 NL  .411 (9th)
1920 NL  .473 (4th)
1921 NL  .515 (4th)
1922 NL  .509 (7th)
1925 NL  .548 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1920 NL  .822 (6th)
1921 NL  .895 (6th)
1925 NL  .912 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1922 NL  154 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1919 NL  521 (6th)
1922 NL  617 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1922 NL  676 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1921 NL  96 (10th)
1923 NL  102 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1919 NL  159 (5th)
1921 NL  201 (5th)
1922 NL  204 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1918 NL  181 (7th)
1919 NL  214 (6th)
1920 NL  245 (8th)
1921 NL  302 (4th)
1922 NL  314 (2nd)
1923 NL  284 (6th)
1925 NL  283 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1918 NL  25 (4th)
1919 NL  26 (5th)
1921 NL  33 (7th)
1925 NL  35 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1922 NL  17 (2nd)
1923 NL  14 (5th)
Career  93 (194th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  4 (8th)
1919 NL  5 (8th)
1920 NL  14 (2nd)
1921 NL  14 (6th)
1922 NL  16 (5th)
1923 NL  19 (4th)
1925 NL  21 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1918 NL  62 (6th)
1919 NL  59 (9th)
1921 NL  87 (6th)
1922 NL  132 (2nd)
1923 NL  125 (1st)
1924 NL  102 (5th)
1925 NL  111 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1919 NL  24 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1919 NL  121 (8th)
1921 NL  141 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1920 NL  131 (8th)
1921 NL  130 (6th)
1925 NL  133 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1919 NL  69 (9th)
1920 NL  84 (8th)
1921 NL  111 (3rd)
1922 NL  113 (7th)
1925 NL  101 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1920 NL  19 (9th)
1921 NL  24 (7th)
1925 NL  24 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1920 NL  2.0 (9th)
1921 NL  2.4 (7th)
1925 NL  2.2 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1918 NL  35 (3rd)
1919 NL  38 (7th)
1920 NL  49 (7th)
1921 NL  60 (4th)
1922 NL  61 (5th)
1923 NL  55 (7th)
1925 NL  64 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1920 NL  .691 (6th)
1921 NL  .701 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1922 NL  22 (10th)
1924 NL  19 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1918 NL  6.5 (6th)
1919 NL  8.3 (7th)
1920 NL  15.4 (2nd)
1921 NL  13.5 (4th)
1922 NL  13.7 (5th)
1923 NL  11.3 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1919 NL  40.1 (2nd)
1923 NL  37.2 (4th)
1924 NL  30.5 (6th)
Career  24.6 (58th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1920 NL  37.0 (1st)
1921 NL  41.9 (10th)
1922 NL  38.6 (10th)
1923 NL  31.3 (5th)
1925 NL  24.6 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1922 NL  445 (8th)
1923 NL  441 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 113 (184), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 61 (317), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (463), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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