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Billy Myers

William Harrison Myers

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: August 14, 1910 in Enola, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1935
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs 1935-1941

Final Game: September 25, 1941
Died: April 10, 1995 in Carlisle, PA
Buried: Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, PA
Relatives: Brother of Lynn Myers
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Standard Batting

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
1935 24 CIN NL 117 486 445 60 119 15 10 5 36 10 29 81 .267 .315 .380 .695 89 169 6 2 10 *6
1936 25 CIN NL 98 360 323 45 87 9 6 6 27 6 28 56 .269 .328 .390 .718 98 126 5 0 8 6
1937 26 CIN NL 124 388 335 35 84 13 3 7 43 0 44 57 .251 .339 .370 .710 97 124 5 1 8 *6/4 MVP-19
1938 27 CIN NL 134 493 442 57 112 18 6 12 47 2 41 80 .253 .317 .403 .719 98 178 9 0 10 *64
1939 28 CIN NL 151 602 509 79 143 18 6 9 56 4 71 90 .281 .369 .393 .762 103 200 3 0 22 *6 MVP-14
1940 29 CIN NL 90 323 282 33 57 14 2 5 30 0 30 56 .202 .283 .319 .603 65 90 4 2 9 6
1941 30 CHC NL 24 74 63 10 14 1 0 1 4 1 7 25 .222 .310 .286 .596 71 18 1 1 3 6/4
7 Yrs 738 2726 2399 319 616 88 33 45 243 23 250 445 .257 .328 .377 .706 93 905 33 6 70
162 Game Avg. 162 598 527 70 135 19 7 10 53 5 55 98 .257 .328 .377 .706 93 199 7 1 15
CIN (6 yrs) 714 2652 2336 309 602 87 33 44 239 22 243 420 .258 .329 .380 .709 93 887 32 5 67
CHC (1 yr) 24 74 63 10 14 1 0 1 4 1 7 25 .222 .310 .286 .596 71 18 1 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1935 24 CIN NL 117 486 -8 -0 0 -6 8 -7 -0.7 14 7 0.7 .494 .496 1.3 0.2 13 $ *6
1936 25 CIN NL 98 360 -2 -0 0 -6 6 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 1.3 -0.0 14 $ 6
1937 26 CIN NL 124 388 -1 1 0 3 7 10 0.9 11 21 2.1 .508 .506 1.8 1.0 18 $ *6/4 MVP-19
1938 27 CIN NL 134 493 -3 0 0 4 9 10 0.9 14 24 2.4 .508 .506 2.0 1.2 20 $ *64
1939 28 CIN NL 151 602 2 -0 0 18 10 30 3.0 17 47 4.8 .521 .519 2.9 2.8 29 $ *6 MVP-14
1940 29 CIN NL 90 323 -14 0 0 14 5 6 0.6 11 17 1.7 .507 .504 0.2 2.0 3 $ 6
1941 30 CHC NL 24 74 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 6/4
7 Seasons 738 2726 -28 -0 0 27 46 45 4.3 81 125 12.6 .506 .504 9.6 7.4 98 $
CIN (6 yrs) 714 2652 -25 -0 0 27 44 46 4.5 78 124 12.5 .507 .505 9.5 7.3 97 $
CHC (1 yr) 24 74 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1935 24 CIN NL 486 342 53 4.1 100 .318 .267 .280 .315 .335 .380 .400 .695 .735 89 .444 -7.8 -0.8 .633 .200 .112 6.7
1936 25 CIN NL 360 249 41 4.4 97 .310 .269 .277 .328 .335 .390 .388 .718 .723 98 .474 -1.1 -0.1 .664 .226 .121 6.0
1937 26 CIN NL 388 264 42 4.2 97 .284 .251 .274 .339 .335 .370 .388 .710 .723 97 .473 -0.3 -0.0 .660 .251 .119 .0
1938 27 CIN NL 493 349 56 4.3 97 .286 .253 .272 .317 .336 .403 .388 .719 .723 98 .490 -2.2 -0.2 .652 .247 .149 3.4
1939 28 CIN NL 602 391 74 5.0 105 .327 .281 .283 .369 .349 .393 .404 .762 .753 103 .547 3.5 0.3 .745 .259 .112 5.5
1940 29 CIN NL 323 238 25 2.8 99 .235 .202 .273 .283 .338 .319 .393 .603 .730 65 .311 -13.6 -1.4 .533 .223 .117 .0
1941 30 CHC NL 74 53 5 2.5 91 .351 .222 .261 .310 .331 .286 .368 .596 .699 71 .288 -2.2 -0.2 .540 .190 .063 1.0
7 Yrs 2726 1886 296 4.2 99 .299 .257 .277 .328 .338 .377 .394 .706 .732 93 .466 -23.7 -2.4 .652 .234 .120 30.4
162 Game Avg. 598 414 65 4.2 99 .299 .257 .277 .328 .338 .377 .394 .706 .732 93 .466 -23.7 -2.4 .652 .234 .120 7
CIN (6 yrs) 2652 1833 291 4.2 100 .298 .258 .277 .329 .339 .380 .394 .709 .733 93 .470 -21.5 -2.2 .655 .235 .122 29.3
CHC (1 yr) 74 53 5 2.5 91 .351 .222 .261 .310 .331 .286 .368 .596 .699 71 .288 -2.2 -0.2 .540 .190 .063 1.0

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
1939 28 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 14 12 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .500 .929 6 1 0 0 0 0
1940 29 CIN NL WS DET W 7 25 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .130 .200 .130 .330 3 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (2 Series) 11 39 35 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 8 .200 .282 .257 .539 9 1 0 0 0 1
2 WS 11 39 35 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 8 .200 .282 .257 .539 9 1 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1935 24 CIN NL 486 1.0% 16.7% 6.0% 6.2% 25% 2.79 5.5 89.0 12.4 74%
1936 25 CIN NL 360 1.7% 15.6% 7.8% 5.8% 24% 2.00 5.8 53.8 12.0 73%
1937 26 CIN NL 388 1.8% 14.7% 11.3% 5.9% 27% 1.30 5.9 47.9 7.8 70%
1938 27 CIN NL 493 2.4% 16.2% 8.3% 7.3% 32% 1.95 5.5 36.8 9.4 71%
1939 28 CIN NL 602 1.5% 15.0% 11.8% 5.5% 23% 1.27 5.7 56.6 9.1 68%
1940 29 CIN NL 323 1.6% 17.3% 9.3% 6.5% 37% 1.87 5.0 56.4 9.4 68%
1941 30 CHC NL 74 1.4% 33.8% 9.5% 2.7% 14% 3.57 2.5 63.0 15.8 50%
7 Yrs 2726 1.7% 16.3% 9.2% 6.1% 27% 1.78 5.4 53.3 9.9 70%
MLB Averages 1.5% 8.9% 8.8% 6.8% 28% 1.02 10.0 60.5 7.8 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 24 117 486 445 60 119 15 10 5 36 10 29 81 .267 .315 .380 .695 89 169 6 2 10
1936 25 215 846 768 105 206 24 16 11 63 16 57 137 .268 .320 .384 .705 93 295 11 2 18
1937 26 339 1234 1103 140 290 37 19 18 106 16 101 194 .263 .326 .380 .706 94 419 16 3 26
1938 27 473 1727 1545 197 402 55 25 30 153 18 142 274 .260 .324 .386 .710 95 597 25 3 36
1939 28 624 2329 2054 276 545 73 31 39 209 22 213 364 .265 .335 .388 .723 97 797 28 3 58
1940 29 714 2652 2336 309 602 87 33 44 239 22 243 420 .258 .329 .380 .709 93 887 32 5 67
1941 30 738 2726 2399 319 616 88 33 45 243 23 250 445 .257 .328 .377 .706 93 905 33 6 70

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1935 24 123 510 467 62 124 16 10 5 37 10 30 85 .266 .313 .375 .687 55 117
1936 25 102 377 339 48 92 10 6 6 29 6 30 59 .271 .331 .389 .720 44 98
1937 26 130 410 354 38 90 14 3 8 46 0 47 60 .254 .343 .379 .722 45 124
1938 27 142 525 470 62 121 19 6 13 51 2 44 85 .257 .321 .406 .727 61 134
1939 28 159 629 533 81 148 19 6 9 57 4 73 95 .278 .365 .386 .751 76 151
1940 29 95 340 297 35 60 15 2 5 31 0 32 59 .202 .284 .316 .600 26 90
1941 30 25 78 66 12 15 1 0 1 5 1 8 26 .227 .320 .288 .608 6 24
7 Yrs 776 2869 2526 338 650 94 33 47 256 23 264 469 .257 .329 .376 .706 313 738
162 Game Avg. 162 599 527 71 136 20 7 10 53 5 55 98 .257 .329 .376 .706 65 738

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 NL (19, 2%)
1939 NL (14, 5%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 NL  4.8 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1937 NL  1.0 (6th)
1938 NL  1.2 (5th)
1939 NL  2.8 (1st)
1940 NL  2.0 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 NL  151 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1935 NL  10 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL  71 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1935 NL  81 (3rd)
1936 NL  56 (9th)
1938 NL  80 (3rd)
1939 NL  90 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1935 NL  10 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  22 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1938 NL  36.8 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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