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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1914	WSH	AL	21	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.00	1-0-0
1918	PHI	NL	25	OF	120	120	120		319	296	14	9	2	.972		2.58	.962		2.26	71-45-0
1918	PHI	NL	25	LF	87	87	87		217	200	12	5	2	.977		2.44	.965		2.22
1918	PHI	NL	25	CF	33	33	33		102	96	2	4	0	.961		2.97	.960		2.71
1918	PHI	NL	25	2B	4	4	4		21	7	11	3	2	.857		4.50	.957		5.45
1919	PHI	NL	26	OF	128	127	123		279	256	14	9	4	.968		2.11	.964		2.26
1919	PHI	NL	26	LF	59	58	58		140	131	6	3	2	.979		2.32	.966		2.21
1919	PHI	NL	26	RF	53	53	49		96	84	8	4	2	.958		1.74	.959		1.99
1919	PHI	NL	26	CF	16	16	16		43	41	0	2	0	.953		2.56	.968		2.60
1920	PHI	NL	27	OF	129	129	120		297	260	16	21	6	.929		2.14	.964		2.34
1920	PHI	NL	27	LF	90	88	82		220	195	9	16	2	.927		2.27	.967		2.18
1920	PHI	NL	27	RF	43	41	38		77	65	7	5	4	.935		1.67	.961		2.08
1920	PHI	NL	27	1B	3	2	2		24	23	1	0	2	1.000		8.00	.990		11.10
1921	TOT	NL	28	OF	146	147	141		320	275	28	17	4	.947		2.08	.965		2.40
1921	TOT	NL	28	LF	101	101	97		225	197	20	8	2	.964		2.15	.963		2.35
1921	TOT	NL	28	RF	47	46	44		95	78	8	9	2	.905		1.83	.964		2.08
1921	PHI	NL	28	OF	84	85	81		184	153	18	13	4	.929		2.04	.965		2.40
1921	PHI	NL	28	RF	46	46	44		94	77	8	9	2	.904		1.85	.964		2.08
1921	PHI	NL	28	LF	39	39	37		90	76	10	4	2	.956		2.21	.963		2.35
1921	NYG	NL	28	LF	62	62	60		135	121	10	4	0	.970		2.11	.963		2.35
1921	NYG	NL	28	OF	62	62	60		136	122	10	4	0	.971		2.13	.965		2.40
1921	NYG	NL	28	RF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.10
1922	NYG	NL	29	LF	154	154	149		301	280	15	6	1	.980		1.92	.958		2.22
1922	NYG	NL	29	OF	154	154	149		300	279	15	6	1	.980		1.91	.962		2.40
1923	NYG	NL	30	LF	145	145	135		293	268	10	15	2	.949		1.92	.966		2.26
1923	NYG	NL	30	OF	145	145	135		293	268	10	15	2	.949		1.92	.964		2.44
1924	NYG	NL	31	LF	138	135	132		301	287	4	10	0	.967		2.11	.964		2.26
1924	NYG	NL	31	OF	138	135	132		301	287	4	10	0	.967		2.11	.965		2.39
1925	NYG	NL	32	OF	126	126	123		271	244	16	11	2	.959		2.06	.967		2.48		MVP-12
1925	NYG	NL	32	LF	118	118	115		249	223	15	11	2	.956		2.02	.967		2.26		MVP-12
1925	NYG	NL	32	RF	8	8	8		22	21	1	0	0	1.000		2.75	.967		2.28		MVP-12
1926	NYG	NL	33	LF	112	108	104		216	197	10	9	1	.958		1.85	.961		2.21
1926	NYG	NL	33	OF	112	108	104		216	197	10	9	1	.958		1.85	.965		2.42
1927	BRO	NL	34	OF	17	15	13		30	28	2	0	1	1.000		1.76	.970		2.49
1927	BRO	NL	34	LF	11	11	10		25	23	2	0	1	1.000		2.27	.970		2.25
1927	BRO	NL	34	RF	6	4	3		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		0.83	.968		2.27
	11 Seasons			OF	1216	1206	1160		2627	2391	129	107	23	.959		2.07	.964		2.38	1087-94-157
	10 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	1015	1005	969		2187	2001	103	83	15	.962		2.07	.964		2.24
	5 Seasons			RF	157	152	142		295	253	24	18	8	.939		1.76	.962		2.07
	2 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	49	49	49		145	137	2	6	0	.959		2.84	.962		2.67
	1 Season			2B	4	4	4		21	7	11	3	2	.857		4.50	.957		5.45
	1 Season			1B	3	2	2		24	23	1	0	2	1.000		8.00	.990		11.10
	11 Seasons			TOT	1223	1212	1166		2672	2421	141	110	27	.959		2.09	.964		2.41	1087-94-157
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1914	WSH	AL	21	1		1		0	0	1	0	0	1
1918	PHI	NL	25	124		124		0	4	71	45	0	120
1919	PHI	NL	26	135	127	135	128	0	0	59	16	53	128	7	0
1920	PHI	NL	27	138	131	138	131	3	0	90	0	43	129	7	0
1921	PHI	NL	28	85	85	85	85	0	0	39	0	46	85	0	0
1921	NYG	NL	28	62	62	62	62	0	0	62	0	1	62	0	0
1922	NYG	NL	29	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	154	0	0
1923	NYG	NL	30	146	145	146	145	0	0	145	0	0	145	1	0
1924	NYG	NL	31	139	135	139	138	0	0	138	0	0	138	1	0
1925	NYG	NL	32	135	126	135	126	0	0	118	0	8	126	9	0
1926	NYG	NL	33	129	108	129	112	0	0	112	0	0	112	17	0
1927	BRO	NL	34	42	15	42	17	0	0	11	0	6	17	25	0
	11 Seasons			1290	1088	1290	1098	3	4	1000	61	157	1217	67	0

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 87 (3rd) 1921 NL 101 (5th) 1922 NL 154 (1st) 1923 NL 145 (1st) 1924 NL 138 (2nd) 1925 NL 118 (3rd) 1926 NL 112 (1st) Career 1,015 (60th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 200 (3rd) 1922 NL 280 (4th) 1923 NL 268 (4th) 1924 NL 287 (2nd) 1925 NL 223 (4th) 1926 NL 197 (3rd) Career 2,001 (52nd)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 12 (4th) 1921 NL 20 (2nd) 1922 NL 15 (3rd) 1925 NL 15 (1st) 1926 NL 10 (1st) Career 103 (24th)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 5 (5th) 1920 NL 16 (1st) 1923 NL 15 (1st) 1924 NL 10 (4th) 1925 NL 11 (3rd) 1926 NL 9 (2nd) Career 83 (14th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1921 NL 9 (1st)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1918 NL 120 (5th) 1921 NL 146 (5th) 1922 NL 154 (3rd) 1924 NL 138 (5th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1918 NL 296 (3rd)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1921 NL 28 (2nd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1920 NL 21 (2nd) 1921 NL 17 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 2.44 (2nd) 1920 NL 2.27 (1st) 1925 NL 2.02 (5th) 1926 NL 1.85 (5th) Career 2.07 (50th)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL .977 (3rd) 1922 NL .980 (2nd) 1924 NL .967 (4th) 1926 NL .958 (4th)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1922 NL .980 (4th)

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