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Al Myers

James Albert Myers (Cod)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 22, 1863 in Danville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1884 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Phillies/Quakers/Cowboys/Brewers 1884-1891

Final Game: October 3, 1891 (Age 27)
Died: December 24, 1927 in Marshall, IL
Buried: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
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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
1884 20 MIL UA 12 46 46 6 15 6 0 0 0 .326 .326 .457 .783 221 21 4
1885 21 PHI NL 93 368 357 25 73 13 2 1 28 11 41 .204 .228 .261 .489 60 93 *4
1886 22 KCN NL 118 495 473 69 131 22 9 4 51 3 22 42 .277 .309 .387 .696 105 183 *4
1887 23 WHS NL 105 404 362 45 84 9 5 2 36 18 40 26 .232 .312 .301 .613 74 109 2 46
1888 24 WHS NL 132 545 502 46 104 12 7 2 46 20 37 46 .207 .270 .271 .541 77 136 6 *4
1889 25 TOT NL 121 544 481 76 128 17 2 0 48 18 58 16 .266 .351 .310 .661 83 149 5 *4
1889 25 WHS NL 46 199 176 24 46 3 0 0 20 10 22 7 .261 .347 .278 .625 81 49 1 4
1889 25 PHI NL 75 345 305 52 82 14 2 0 28 8 36 9 .269 .354 .328 .681 85 100 4 4
1890 26 PHI NL 117 554 487 95 135 29 7 2 81 44 57 46 .277 .365 .378 .742 114 184 10 *4
1891 27 PHI NL 135 592 514 67 118 27 2 2 69 8 69 46 .230 .331 .302 .633 84 155 9 *4
8 Yrs 833 3548 3222 429 788 135 34 13 359 111 294 263 .245 .314 .320 .634 89 1030 32
162 Game Avg. 162 690 627 83 153 26 7 3 70 57 .245 .314 .320 .634 89 200
PHI (4 yrs) 420 1859 1663 239 408 83 13 5 206 60 173 142 .245 .325 .320 .645 89 532 23
WHS (3 yrs) 283 1148 1040 115 234 24 12 4 102 48 99 79 .225 .298 .283 .581 77 294 9
MIL (1 yr) 12 46 46 6 15 6 0 0 0 .326 .326 .457 .783 221 21
KCN (1 yr) 118 495 473 69 131 22 9 4 51 3 22 42 .277 .309 .387 .696 105 183
NL (7 yrs) 821 3502 3176 423 773 129 34 13 359 111 294 263 .243 .314 .318 .632 87 1009 32
UA (1 yr) 12 46 46 6 15 6 0 0 0 .326 .326 .457 .783 221 21

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1884 20 MIL UA 12 46 7 0 0 1 0 8 0.8 0 8 0.8 .562 .505 0.6 0.1 8 4
1885 21 PHI NL 93 368 -15 0 0 2 2 -12 -1.2 13 1 0.2 .488 .493 0.1 0.3 -1 *4
1886 22 KCN NL 118 495 3 -1 0 -10 2 -6 -0.6 17 11 1.2 .496 .497 2.4 -0.8 21 *4
1887 23 WHS NL 105 404 -10 -2 0 -4 3 -12 -1.3 14 1 0.1 .490 .494 0.6 -0.2 5 46
1888 24 WHS NL 132 545 -9 -2 0 -2 3 -11 -1.2 19 8 0.8 .491 .493 1.2 -0.0 10 *4
1889 25 WHS NL 46 199 -2 -1 0 -2 1 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.4 .493 .498 0.6 -0.1 5 4
1889 25 PHI NL 75 345 -5 -1 0 -12 1 -16 -1.4 11 -5 -0.3 .481 .491 0.8 -0.9 7 4
1890 26 PHI NL 117 554 9 3 0 3 2 17 1.2 18 35 3.0 .513 .509 3.0 0.3 32 *4
1891 27 PHI NL 135 592 -10 -2 0 4 3 -5 -0.5 20 16 1.5 .497 .497 1.4 0.4 12 *4
8 Seasons 833 3548 -31 -5 0 -20 17 -39 -4.5 118 78 7.7 .496 .498 10.7 -0.9 99
PHI (4 yrs) 420 1859 -20 -0 0 -3 8 -15 -1.9 62 46 4.5 .497 .498 5.3 0.1 49
WHS (3 yrs) 283 1148 -21 -4 0 -8 7 -27 -2.8 39 12 1.3 .491 .495 2.4 -0.4 20
MIL (1 yr) 12 46 7 0 0 1 0 8 0.8 0 8 0.8 .562 .505 0.6 0.1 8
KCN (1 yr) 118 495 3 -1 0 -10 2 -6 -0.6 17 11 1.2 .496 .497 2.4 -0.8 21

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1884 MIL UA 20 2B 12 66 26 30 10 1 .848 4.67 .869 5.47
1885 PHI NL 21 2B 93 552 201 287 64 31 .884 5.25 .899 5.76
1886 KCN NL 22 2B 118 747 298 384 65 50 .913 5.78 .908 5.54
1887 WHS NL 23 2B 78 485 193 248 44 23 .909 5.65 .911 5.87
1887 WHS NL 23 SS 27 177 51 93 33 6 .814 5.33 .890 5.01
1888 WHS NL 24 2B 132 730 271 399 60 37 .918 5.08 .920 5.67
1889 TOT NL 25 2B 121 844 339 409 96 59 .886 6.18 .925 6.15
1889 WHS NL 25 2B 46 313 147 148 18 26 .942 6.41 .925 6.15
1889 PHI NL 25 2B 75 531 192 261 78 33 .853 6.04 .925 6.15
1890 PHI NL 26 2B 117 737 347 352 38 62 .948 5.97 .925 5.48
1891 PHI NL 27 2B 135 845 354 438 53 67 .937 5.87 .929 5.91
8 Seasons 2B 806 5006 2029 2547 430 330 .914 5.68 .917 5.76
1 Season SS 27 177 51 93 33 6 .814 5.33 .890 5.01
8 Seasons TOT 833 5183 2080 2640 463 336 .911 5.67 .917 5.74
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1890 NL  29 (4th)
1891 NL  27 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1890 NL  81 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 NL  10 (5th)
1891 NL  9 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1889 NL  30.1 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1888 NL  398 (6th)

Assists† s c a p y
1886 NL  384 (3rd)
1888 NL  399 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1887 NL  77 (2nd)
1889 NL  96 (1st)
Career  463 (91st)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  93 (4th)
1886 NL  118 (3rd)
1887 NL  78 (5th)
1888 NL  132 (3rd)
1889 NL  121 (5th)
1890 NL  117 (4th)
1891 NL  135 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  201 (4th)
1886 NL  298 (4th)
1888 NL  271 (3rd)
1889 NL  339 (4th)
1890 NL  347 (2nd)
1891 NL  354 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  287 (4th)
1886 NL  384 (2nd)
1887 NL  248 (5th)
1888 NL  399 (4th)
1889 NL  409 (5th)
1890 NL  352 (4th)
1891 NL  438 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  64 (3rd)
1886 NL  65 (2nd)
1887 NL  44 (5th)
1888 NL  60 (2nd)
1889 NL  96 (1st)
1890 NL  38 (5th)
1891 NL  53 (4th)
Career  430 (16th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  31 (4th)
1886 NL  50 (3rd)
1888 NL  37 (5th)
1889 NL  59 (5th)
1890 NL  62 (1st)
1891 NL  67 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  5.25 (5th)
1886 NL  5.78 (4th)
1888 NL  5.08 (5th)
1889 NL  6.18 (4th)
1890 NL  5.97 (3rd)
1891 NL  5.87 (5th)
Career  5.68 (35th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1885 NL  .884 (4th)
1886 NL  .913 (4th)
1888 NL  .918 (4th)
1890 NL  .948 (2nd)
1891 NL  .937 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2757), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (206th), 7.8 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/7.8 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill McClellan (963)
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  3. Pete Coscarart (951)
  4. Billy Clingman (950)
  5. Denny Doyle (948)
  6. Dick Egan (946)
  7. Ed Abbaticchio (946)
  8. Johnny Rawlings (944)
  9. Charley Bassett (940)
  10. Jack Farrell (939)
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  1. Glenn Hubbard (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Glenn Hubbard (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Knight (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Derrel Thomas (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Wambsganss (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Wambsganss (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Name and misspellings: James Al Cod alphonse allen allan alberto Albert alan meyers Myers

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