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Chief Meyers
John Tortes Meyers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: July 29, 1880 in Riverside, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1909
Final Game: October 4, 1917
Died: July 25, 1971 in San Bernardino, CA
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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
1909 28 NYG NL 90 252 220 15 61 10 5 1 30 3 22 .277 .359 .382 .741 128 84 6 4 2
1910 29 NYG NL 127 422 365 25 104 18 0 1 62 5 40 18 .285 .362 .342 .704 106 125 4 13 *2
1911 30 NYG NL 133 439 391 48 130 18 9 1 61 7 25 33 .332 .392 .432 .824 127 169 13 10 *2 MVP-10
1912 31 NYG NL 126 435 371 60 133 16 5 6 54 8 47 20 .358 .441 .477 .918 147 177 8 9 *2 MVP-3
1913 32 NYG NL 120 428 378 37 118 18 5 3 47 7 37 22 .312 .387 .410 .797 127 155 9 4 *2 MVP-5
1914 33 NYG NL 134 428 381 33 109 13 5 1 55 4 34 25 .286 .357 .354 .711 114 135 8 5 *2
1915 34 NYG NL 110 323 289 24 67 10 5 1 26 4 4 26 18 .232 .311 .311 .622 93 90 7 1 2
1916 35 BRO NL 80 274 239 21 59 10 3 0 21 2 26 15 .247 .336 .314 .650 97 75 6 3 2
1917 36 TOT NL 72 225 200 13 45 7 4 0 7 4 17 11 .225 .292 .300 .592 82 60 2 6 2
1917 36 BRO NL 47 148 132 8 28 3 0 0 3 4 13 7 .212 .283 .235 .518 57 31 0 3 2
1917 36 BSN NL 25 77 68 5 17 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 .250 .311 .426 .737 131 29 2 3 2
9 Seasons 992 3226 2834 276 826 120 41 14 363 44 4 274 162 .291 .367 .378 .744 117 1070 63 55
162 Game Avg. 162 527 463 45 135 20 7 2 59 7 45 .291 .367 .378 .744 117 175 10 9
NYG (7 yrs) 840 2727 2395 242 722 103 34 14 335 38 4 231 136 .301 .376 .390 .766 122 935 55 46
BRO (2 yrs) 127 422 371 29 87 13 3 0 24 6 39 22 .235 .317 .286 .603 83 106 6 6
BSN (1 yr) 25 77 68 5 17 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 .250 .311 .426 .737 131 29 2 3

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
1911 30 NYG NL WS PHA L 6 21 20 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 .300 .286 .400 .686 8 0 0 0 1 0
1912 31 NYG NL WS BOS L 8 32 28 2 10 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 3 .357 .419 .429 .848 12 0 1 1 0 1
1913 32 NYG NL WS PHA L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 35 BRO NL WS BOS L 3 11 10 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .400 .673 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 18 68 62 4 18 2 2 0 5 1 2 3 6 .290 .328 .387 .715 24 0 1 1 1 1
4 WS 18 68 62 4 18 2 2 0 5 1 2 3 6 .290 .328 .387 .715 24 0 1 1 1 1

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1909 NYG NL 28 C 64 464 376 71 17 4 .963 6.98 .965 5.79 8
1910 NYG NL 29 C 117 817 638 154 25 16 .969 6.77 .973 5.63 17
1911 NYG NL 30 C 128 855 729 108 18 11 .979 6.54 .965 5.56 10 MVP-10
1912 NYG NL 31 C 122 706 576 111 19 10 .973 5.63 .969 5.38 12 MVP-3
1913 NYG NL 32 C 116 747 579 143 25 12 .967 6.22 .970 5.09 6 MVP-5
1914 NYG NL 33 C 126 657 487 150 20 16 .970 5.06 .970 5.13 5
1915 NYG NL 34 C 96 562 464 90 8 15 .986 5.77 .975 5.25 13
1916 BRO NL 35 C 74 492 389 95 8 9 .984 6.54 .974 5.42 8
1917 TOT NL 36 C 68 379 299 74 6 6 .984 5.49 .975 5.16 7
1917 BRO NL 36 C 44 229 186 37 6 3 .974 5.07 .975 5.16 4
1917 BSN NL 36 C 24 150 113 37 0 3 1.000 6.25 .975 5.16 3
9 Seasons C 911 5679 4537 996 146 99 .974 6.07 .970 5.37 86
9 Seasons TOT 911 5679 4537 996 146 99 .974 6.07 .945 5.37 86

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-NL-10-17%
1912-NL-3-39%
1913-NL-5-31%
0.87 Career Shares (273rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1911 NL--.332--3rd
1912 NL--.358--2nd
1913 NL--.312--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1911 NL--.392--9th
1912 NL--.441--1st
1913 NL--.387--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1912 NL--.477--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1911 NL--.824--9th
1912 NL--.918--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1912 NL--147--2nd
1913 NL--127--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1912 NL--27--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1912 NL--2.7--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1911 NL--.694--7th
1912 NL--.769--2nd
1913 NL--.684--9th
Career--.637--245th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 NL--13--5th
1912 NL--8--5th
1913 NL--9--2nd
1914 NL--8--8th
Career--63--232nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL--20.278--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1912 NL--61.833--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1915 NL--born 1880-07-29--9th
1916 NL--born 1880-07-29--9th
1917 NL--born 1880-07-29--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 15 (1165), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (665), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1493), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

July 1, 1908: Purchased by the New York Giants from St Paul (American Association) for $6,000.

February 10, 1916: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the New York Giants.

August, 1917: Released by the Brooklyn Robins.

August 17, 1917: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

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