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Buddy Myer
Charles Solomon Myer
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 163 lb.

Born: March 16, 1904 in Ellisville, MS
School: Mississippi State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1925
Final Game: September 24, 1941
Died: October 31, 1974 in Baton Rouge, LA
Relatives: Greatuncle of Bob Myrick
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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
1925 21 WSH AL 4 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 2 0 0 /6
1926 22 WSH AL 132 499 434 66 132 18 6 1 62 10 11 45 19 .304 .370 .380 .750 97 165 0 20 *6/5
1927 23 TOT AL 148 601 520 66 146 23 11 2 54 12 6 56 18 .281 .355 .379 .734 92 197 4 21 *65O/4
1927 23 WSH AL 15 61 51 7 11 1 0 0 7 3 1 8 3 .216 .322 .235 .557 47 12 0 2 6
1927 23 BOS AL 133 540 469 59 135 22 11 2 47 9 5 48 15 .288 .359 .394 .753 97 185 4 19 65O/4
1928 24 BOS AL 147 619 536 78 168 26 6 1 44 30 16 53 28 .313 .379 .390 .769 106 209 4 26 *5 MVP-9
1929 25 WSH AL 141 639 563 80 169 29 10 3 82 18 7 63 33 .300 .373 .403 .776 99 227 2 11 45
1930 26 WSH AL 138 617 541 97 164 18 8 2 61 14 11 58 31 .303 .373 .377 .750 91 204 2 16 *4/O
1931 27 WSH AL 139 662 591 114 173 33 11 4 56 11 14 58 42 .293 .360 .406 .766 100 240 4 9 *4
1932 28 WSH AL 143 661 577 120 161 38 16 5 52 12 7 69 33 .279 .360 .426 .786 104 246 4 11 *4
1933 29 WSH AL 131 601 530 95 160 29 15 4 61 6 8 60 29 .302 .374 .436 .810 115 231 1 10 *4 MVP-15
1934 30 WSH AL 139 636 524 103 160 33 8 3 57 6 6 102 32 .305 .419 .416 .835 120 218 1 9 *4
1935 31 WSH AL 151 720 616 115 215 36 11 5 100 7 6 96 40 .349 .440 .468 .907 138 288 4 4 *4 AS,MVP-4
1936 32 WSH AL 51 201 156 31 42 5 2 0 15 7 2 42 11 .269 .427 .327 .754 93 51 1 2 4
1937 33 WSH AL 125 519 430 54 126 16 10 1 65 2 6 78 41 .293 .407 .384 .791 104 165 5 6 *4/O AS
1938 34 WSH AL 127 534 437 79 147 22 8 6 71 9 5 93 32 .336 .454 .465 .918 137 203 1 3 *4 MVP-24
1939 35 WSH AL 83 300 258 33 78 10 3 1 32 4 1 40 18 .302 .396 .376 .772 104 97 3 0 2 4
1940 36 WSH AL 71 245 210 28 61 14 4 0 29 6 3 34 10 .290 .389 .395 .785 109 83 6 0 1 4
1941 37 WSH AL 53 125 107 14 27 3 1 0 9 2 0 18 10 .252 .360 .299 .659 80 32 3 0 0 4
17 Seasons 1923 8187 7038 1174 2131 353 130 38 850 156 109 965 428 .303 .389 .406 .795 108 2858 12 33 151
162 Game Avg. 162 690 593 99 180 30 11 3 72 13 9 81 36 .303 .389 .406 .795 108 241 3 13
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
WSH (16 yrs) 1643 7028 6033 1037 1828 305 113 35 759 117 88 864 385 .303 .393 .408 .801 109 2464 12 25 106
BOS (2 yrs) 280 1159 1005 137 303 48 17 3 91 39 21 101 43 .301 .370 .392 .762 102 394 8 45

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
1925 21 WSH AL WS PIT L 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
1933 29 WSH AL WS NYG L 5 22 20 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .300 .364 .350 .714 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 31 28 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 .286 .355 .321 .676 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 31 28 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 .286 .355 .321 .676 9 0 0 0 0 0

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1925 WSH AL 21 SS 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 4.68
1926 WSH AL 22 SS 118 552 215 297 40 47 .928 4.34 .945 4.64
1926 WSH AL 22 3B 8 20 11 7 2 0 .900 2.25 .955 3.14
1927 TOT AL 23 SS 116 659 267 352 40 73 .939 5.34 .945 4.86
1927 WSH AL 23 SS 15 75 29 41 5 9 .933 4.67 .945 4.86
1927 BOS AL 23 SS 101 584 238 311 35 64 .940 5.44 .945 4.86
1927 BOS AL 23 3B 14 46 17 26 3 3 .935 3.07 .952 3.07
1927 BOS AL 23 OF 10 23 20 2 1 0 .957 2.20 .965 2.22 10-0-0
1927 BOS AL 23 2B 1 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 5.00 .960 5.30
1928 BOS AL 24 3B 144 458 137 306 15 35 .967 3.08 .950 3.05 MVP-9
1929 WSH AL 25 2B 88 497 205 271 21 51 .958 5.41 .968 5.48
1929 WSH AL 25 3B 53 171 69 91 11 13 .936 3.02 .953 2.90
1930 WSH AL 26 2B 134 762 330 405 27 89 .965 5.49 .969 5.66
1930 WSH AL 26 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 1-0-1
1931 WSH AL 27 2B 137 743 333 398 12 87 .984 5.34 .964 5.48
1932 WSH AL 28 2B 139 798 352 426 20 97 .975 5.60 .968 5.67
1933 WSH AL 29 2B 129 790 356 417 17 92 .978 5.99 .971 5.63 MVP-15
1934 WSH AL 30 2B 135 807 367 420 20 101 .975 5.83 .969 5.67
1935 WSH AL 31 2B 151 953 460 473 20 138 .979 6.18 .969 5.61 AS,MVP-4
1936 WSH AL 32 2B 43 267 120 143 4 31 .985 6.12 .972 5.58
1937 WSH AL 33 2B 119 669 308 338 23 90 .966 5.43 .972 5.28 AS
1937 WSH AL 33 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1-0-0 AS
1938 WSH AL 34 2B 121 675 308 355 12 91 .982 5.48 .967 5.32 MVP-24
1939 WSH AL 35 2B 65 375 175 188 12 48 .968 5.58 .965 5.14
1940 WSH AL 36 2B 54 305 119 176 10 34 .967 5.46 .969 5.22
1941 WSH AL 37 2B 24 109 53 54 2 12 .982 4.46 .966 5.18
14 Seasons 2B 1340 7755 3487 4068 200 963 .974 5.64 .968 5.50
3 Seasons SS 238 1215 483 652 80 120 .934 4.77 .945 4.75
4 Seasons 3B 219 695 234 430 31 51 .955 3.03 .951 3.02
3 Seasons OF 13 23 20 2 1 0 .957 1.69 .965 2.22 12-0-1
17 Seasons TOT 1810 9688 4224 5152 312 1134 .968 5.18 .932 5.08 12-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (335th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 AL  .349 (1st)
1938 AL  .336 (4th)
Career  .303 (174th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1934 AL  .419 (6th)
1935 AL  .440 (4th)
1937 AL  .407 (9th)
1938 AL  .454 (2nd)
Career  .389 (104th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1935 AL  .907 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1927 AL  148 (8th)
1935 AL  151 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1931 AL  591 (10th)
1935 AL  616 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1935 AL  720 (2nd)
Career  8187 (222nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1931 AL  114 (8th)
1932 AL  120 (6th)
1935 AL  115 (7th)
Career  1174 (187th)

Hits s c a p y
1935 AL  215 (2nd)
Career  2131 (197th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1935 AL  288 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 AL  38 (10th)
1935 AL  36 (10th)
Career  353 (249th)

Triples s c a p y
1927 AL  11 (7th)
1931 AL  11 (10th)
1932 AL  16 (2nd)
1933 AL  15 (4th)
1935 AL  11 (8th)
Career  130 (81st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  102 (4th)
1935 AL  96 (4th)
1938 AL  93 (7th)
Career  965 (126th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1928 AL  30 (1st)
1929 AL  18 (8th)
1932 AL  12 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL  135 (7th)
1930 AL  136 (6th)
1935 AL  163 (2nd)
Career  1610 (141st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 AL  138 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1935 AL  125 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  40 (4th)
1938 AL  32 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1935 AL  3.8 (4th)
1938 AL  2.9 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1934 AL  263 (8th)
1935 AL  315 (1st)
Career  3129 (159th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1935 AL  .708 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 AL  4 (7th)
1935 AL  4 (7th)
1937 AL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  26 (5th)
1932 AL  11 (9th)
Career  151 (166th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1926 AL  11 (5th)
1928 AL  16 (2nd)
1930 AL  11 (5th)
1931 AL  14 (4th)
Career  109 (79th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  16.4 (194th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 AL  441 (5th)
1932 AL  434 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1904-03-16 (10th)
1941 AL  born 1904-03-16 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (546), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (198), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (148), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Billy Herman (913) *
  2. Joe Sewell (897) *
  3. Del Pratt (886)
  4. Arky Vaughan (883) *
  5. Stan Hack (881)
  6. Larry Doyle (874)
  7. Jack Glasscock (863)
  8. Deacon White (863)
  9. Jimmy Collins (852) *
  10. Alvin Dark (851)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Charlie Hollocher (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy Herman (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Knoblauch (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chuck Knoblauch (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Hallman (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Woody English (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Woody English (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Red Schoendienst (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Doyle (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Doyle (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Larry Doyle (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Billy Herman (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Herman (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Billy Herman (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Billy Herman (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1925: Sent from New Orleans (Southern Association) to the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction.

May 2, 1927: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Topper Rigney.

December 15, 1928: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Elliot Bigelow, Milt Gaston, Grant Gillis, Hod Lisenbee and Bobby Reeves.

October 7, 1941: Released by the Washington Senators.

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