Buddy Myer

Charles Solomon Myer

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: March 16, 1904 in Ellisville, MS
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1925
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1925-1941

Final Game: September 24, 1941
Died: October 31, 1974 in Baton Rouge, LA
Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, LA
Relatives: Greatuncle of Bob Myrick
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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	Awards
1925	WSH	AL	21	SS	4	1	1		4	1	3	0	0	1.000		1.00	.945		5.20
1926	WSH	AL	22	SS	118	102	100		552	215	297	40	47	.928		4.34	.944		5.01
1926	WSH	AL	22	3B	8	7	5		20	11	7	2	0	.900		2.25	.951		3.38
1927	TOT	AL	23	SS	116	116	111		659	267	352	40	73	.939		5.34	.945		5.28
1927	WSH	AL	23	SS	15	15	14		75	29	41	5	9	.933		4.67	.945		5.28
1927	BOS	AL	23	SS	101	101	97		584	238	311	35	64	.940		5.44	.945		5.28
1927	BOS	AL	23	3B	14	12	11		46	17	26	3	3	.935		3.07	.952		3.33
1927	BOS	AL	23	LF	10	9	8		23	20	2	1	0	.957		2.20	.967		2.38
1927	BOS	AL	23	OF	10	9	8		23	20	2	1	0	.957		2.20	.964		2.35
1927	BOS	AL	23	2B	1	0	0		5	1	4	0	2	1.000		5.00	.960		5.70
1928	BOS	AL	24	3B	144	141	133		458	137	306	15	35	.967		3.08	.951		3.27	MVP-9
1929	WSH	AL	25	2B	88	87	85		497	205	271	21	51	.958		5.41	.968		5.91
1929	WSH	AL	25	3B	53	51	50		171	69	91	11	13	.936		3.02	.952		3.10
1930	WSH	AL	26	2B	134	133	129		762	330	405	27	89	.965		5.49	.969		5.95
1930	WSH	AL	26	OF	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1930	WSH	AL	26	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10
1930	WSH	AL	26	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
1931	WSH	AL	27	2B	137	137	137		743	333	398	12	87	.984		5.34	.965		5.84
1932	WSH	AL	28	2B	139	139	137		798	352	426	20	97	.975		5.60	.968		5.92
1933	WSH	AL	29	2B	129	129	113		790	356	417	17	92	.978		5.99	.971		5.99	MVP-15
1934	WSH	AL	30	2B	135	134	130		807	367	420	20	101	.975		5.83	.969		5.87
1935	WSH	AL	31	2B	151	151	148		953	460	473	20	138	.979		6.18	.969		5.86	AS,MVP-4
1936	WSH	AL	32	2B	43	42	40		267	120	143	4	31	.985		6.12	.972		5.78
1937	WSH	AL	33	2B	119	118	115		669	308	338	23	90	.966		5.43	.972		5.64	AS
1937	WSH	AL	33	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20	AS
1937	WSH	AL	33	OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40	AS
1938	WSH	AL	34	2B	121	117	114		675	308	355	12	91	.982		5.48	.967		5.52	MVP-24
1939	WSH	AL	35	2B	65	65	64		375	175	188	12	48	.968		5.58	.965		5.56
1940	WSH	AL	36	2B	54	54	52		305	119	176	10	34	.967		5.46	.969		5.39
1941	WSH	AL	37	2B	24	21	21		109	53	54	2	12	.982		4.46	.967		5.47
	14 Seasons			2B	1340	1327	1285		7755	3487	4068	200	963	.974		5.64	.969		5.80
	3 Seasons			SS	238	219	212		1215	483	652	80	120	.934		4.77	.945		5.14
	4 Seasons			3B	219	211	199		695	234	430	31	51	.955		3.03	.951		3.24
	3 Seasons			OF	13	9	8		23	20	2	1	0	.957		1.69	.964		2.35
	3 Seasons			LF	12	9	8		23	20	2	1	0	.957		1.83	.967		2.34
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
	17 Seasons			TOT	1810	1766	1704		9688	4224	5152	312	1134	.968		5.18	.964		5.38
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	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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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1925	WSH	AL	21	4	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1926	WSH	AL	22	132	109	132	125	0	0	0	0	8	118	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
1927	BOS	AL	23	133	122	133	125	0	0	0	1	14	101	10	0	0	10	0	8	0
1927	WSH	AL	23	15	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	BOS	AL	24	147	141	147	144	0	0	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1929	WSH	AL	25	141	138	141	140	0	0	0	89	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1930	WSH	AL	26	138	133	138	136	0	0	0	134	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0
1931	WSH	AL	27	139	137	139	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1932	WSH	AL	28	143	139	143	139	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1933	WSH	AL	29	131	129	131	129	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1934	WSH	AL	30	139	134	139	135	0	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1935	WSH	AL	31	151	151	151	151	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936	WSH	AL	32	51	42	51	43	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1937	WSH	AL	33	125	118	125	119	0	0	0	119	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
1938	WSH	AL	34	127	117	127	121	0	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1939	WSH	AL	35	83	65	83	65	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1940	WSH	AL	36	71	54	71	54	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
1941	WSH	AL	37	53	21	53	24	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
	17 Seasons			1923	1766	1923	1806	0	0	0	1341	218	238	12	0	1	13	0	115	4
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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

Hall of Fame 1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)	All-Star Games 1935 1937	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1928 AL (9, 17%) 1933 AL (15, 6%) 1935 AL (4, 45%) 1938 AL (24, 1%) 0.69 Career Shares (346th)	Assists† s c a p y 1935 AL 473 (5th) Career 5,152 (81st)
Errors Committed† s c a p y 1926 AL 42 (2nd) 1927 AL 44 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1930 AL 134 (4th) 1931 AL 137 (2nd) 1932 AL 139 (3rd) 1933 AL 129 (5th) 1934 AL 135 (4th) 1935 AL 151 (1st) 1937 AL 119 (4th) Career 1,340 (50th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1930 AL 330 (4th) 1931 AL 333 (2nd) 1932 AL 352 (4th) 1933 AL 356 (3rd) 1934 AL 367 (3rd) 1935 AL 460 (1st) 1937 AL 308 (3rd) 1938 AL 308 (4th) Career 3,487 (32nd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1931 AL 398 (4th) 1932 AL 426 (4th) 1933 AL 417 (4th) 1934 AL 420 (4th) 1935 AL 473 (3rd) 1937 AL 338 (4th) 1938 AL 355 (5th) Career 4,068 (44th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1929 AL 21 (5th) 1930 AL 27 (4th) 1932 AL 20 (4th) 1933 AL 17 (5th) 1934 AL 20 (4th) 1935 AL 20 (4th) 1937 AL 23 (1st) Career 200 (64th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1928 AL 144 (2nd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1928 AL 137 (4th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1928 AL 306 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1928 AL 15 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1927 AL 116 (4th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1927 AL 267 (3rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1927 AL 352 (5th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1926 AL 40 (3rd) 1927 AL 40 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1929 AL 5.41 (5th) 1933 AL 5.99 (4th) 1934 AL 5.83 (4th) 1935 AL 6.18 (1st) 1937 AL 5.43 (3rd) 1938 AL 5.48 (3rd) Career 5.64 (37th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1931 AL .984 (1st) 1932 AL .975 (4th) 1933 AL .978 (4th) 1934 AL .975 (4th) 1935 AL .979 (2nd) 1938 AL .982 (1st)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1928 AL .967 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1927 AL 5.34 (3rd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1927 AL .939 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1940 AL born 1904-03-16 (10th) 1941 AL born 1904-03-16 (9th)

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