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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #710. Wes Parker… #711. Vic Power… #712. Lou Piniella… #713. IRISH MEUSEL… #714. Gus Bell… #715. Charlie Bennett… #716. Charley Jones… 

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
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 124 511 473 48 132 25 6 4 62 18 30 21 .279 .323 .383 .706 110 181 1 7 *O/4
1919 26 PHI NL 135 549 521 65 159 26 7 5 59 24 15 13 .305 .327 .411 .738 115 214 2 11 *O
1920 27 PHI NL 138 563 518 75 160 27 8 14 69 17 11 32 27 .309 .349 .473 .822 131 245 0 13 *O/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 *O
1923 30 NYG NL 146 649 595 102 177 22 14 19 125 8 8 38 16 .297 .341 .477 .818 114 284 1 15 *O
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 *O
1925 32 NYG NL 135 557 516 82 169 35 8 21 111 5 4 26 19 .328 .363 .548 .912 133 283 3 12 *O MVP-12
1926 33 NYG NL 129 483 449 51 131 25 10 6 65 5 16 18 .292 .322 .432 .754 102 194 4 14 *O
1927 34 BRO NL 42 87 74 7 18 3 1 1 7 0 11 5 .243 .341 .351 .693 86 26 0 2 O
11 Seasons 1289 5309 4900 701 1521 250 93 106 819 113 53 269 199 .310 .348 .464 .813 118 2275 17 123
162 Game Avg. 162 667 616 88 191 31 12 13 103 14 34 25 .310 .348 .464 .813 118 286 2 15
NYG (6 yrs) 765 3232 2969 447 931 148 64 70 571 46 38 163 116 .314 .352 .477 .829 116 1417 14 86
PHI (4 yrs) 481 1988 1855 247 572 99 28 35 241 67 15 95 78 .308 .343 .449 .792 123 832 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 .813 118 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: 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
1914 21 WSH AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
1918 25 PHI NL 511 5 -1 0 0 6 -5 14 19 2.0 13 1.5 0.5 $ *O/4
1919 26 PHI NL 549 6 1 0 0 -5 -6 15 11 1.3 16 2.0 -0.7 $ *O
1920 27 PHI NL 563 14 1 0 0 -5 -7 17 20 2.2 25 2.8 -0.6 $ *O/3
1921 28 PHI NL 365 13 2 0 0 -2 -4 10 19 2.0 21 2.2 -0.2 $ O97
1921 28 NYG NL 264 8 -1 0 0 0 -3 8 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ 7O/9
1922 29 NYG NL 676 17 1 0 0 1 -7 19 31 3.0 30 3.0 0.0 $ *O
1923 30 NYG NL 649 14 2 0 0 -1 -7 18 26 2.6 27 2.7 -0.1 $ *O
1924 31 NYG NL 603 8 1 0 0 1 -6 17 21 2.1 20 2.0 0.1 $ *O
1925 32 NYG NL 557 23 0 0 0 -2 -6 16 31 3.0 33 3.2 -0.2 $ *O MVP-12
1926 33 NYG NL 483 -1 0 0 0 -1 -5 14 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ *O
1927 34 BRO NL 87 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $10,000 O
11 Seasons 5309 105 5 0 0 -8 -57 151 196 19.9 204 21.3 -1.4 $10,000
NYG (6 yrs) 3232 69 3 0 0 -2 -34 92 128 12.6 130 12.9 -0.3 $
PHI (4 yrs) 1988 38 3 0 0 -6 -22 56 69 7.5 75 8.5 -1.0 $
WSH (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
BRO (1 yr) 87 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $10,000

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
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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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 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 120 319 296 14 9 2 .972 2.58 .962 2.26 71-45-0
1918 PHI NL 25 2B 4 21 7 11 3 2 .857 4.50 .957 5.45
1919 PHI NL 26 OF 128 279 256 14 9 4 .968 2.11 .964 2.26
1919 PHI NL 26 LF 59 58 58 140 131 6 3 0 .979 2.32 .965 2.21
1919 PHI NL 26 RF 53 53 49 96 84 8 4 0 .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 129 297 260 16 21 6 .929 2.14 .964 2.34
1920 PHI NL 27 1B 3 24 23 1 0 2 1.000 8.00 .990 11.10
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 2.09
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 OF 154 300 279 15 6 1 .980 1.91 .962 2.40
1922 NYG NL 29 LF 154 154 149 301 280 15 6 1 .980 1.92 .958 2.22
1923 NYG NL 30 OF 145 293 268 10 15 2 .949 1.92 .964 2.44
1923 NYG NL 30 LF 145 145 135 293 268 10 15 2 .949 1.92 .966 2.26
1924 NYG NL 31 OF 138 301 287 4 10 0 .967 2.11 .965 2.39
1924 NYG NL 31 LF 138 135 132 301 287 4 10 0 .967 2.11 .964 2.26
1925 NYG NL 32 OF 126 271 244 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 OF 112 216 197 10 9 1 .958 1.85 .965 2.42
1926 NYG NL 33 LF 112 108 104 216 197 10 9 1 .958 1.85 .961 2.21
1927 BRO NL 34 OF 17 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 147 141 2627 2391 129 107 23 .959 2.07 .964 2.38 1000-61-157
9 Seasons (incomplete) LF 928 918 882 1970 1801 91 78 11 .960 2.04 .964 2.25
5 Seasons RF 157 152 142 295 253 24 18 6 .939 1.76 .962 2.07
1 Season (incomplete) CF 16 16 16 43 41 0 2 0 .953 2.56 .968 2.60
1 Season 2B 4 21 7 11 3 2 .857 4.50 .957 5.45
1 Season 1B 3 24 23 1 0 2 1.000 8.00 .990 11.10
11 Seasons TOT 1223 147 141 2672 2421 141 110 27 .959 2.09 .964 2.41 1000-61-157
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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
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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)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1918 NL  0.5 (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 (10th)
1921 NL  24 (7th)
1925 NL  24 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1920 NL  2.0 (10th)
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)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  928 (67th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,801 (60th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  91 (31st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  78 (19th)

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
1920 NL  2.27 (1st)
1925 NL  2.02 (5th)
1926 NL  1.85 (5th)
Career  2.04 (58th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 NL  .980 (2nd)
1924 NL  .967 (4th)
1926 NL  .958 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1922 NL  .980 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 113 (183), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 63 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Enos Slaughter (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192734Brooklyn Robins$10,0002/17/27 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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