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Billy Myers
William Harrison Myers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: August 14, 1910 in Enola, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1935
Final Game: September 25, 1941
Died: April 10, 1995 in Carlisle, PA
Relatives: Brother of Lynn Myers
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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
1935 24 CIN NL 117 486 445 60 119 15 10 5 36 10 29 81 .267 .315 .380 .695 88 169 6 2 10 *6
1936 25 CIN NL 98 359 323 45 87 9 6 6 27 6 28 56 .269 .328 .390 .718 97 126 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 99 178 9 0 10 *64
1939 28 CIN NL 151 602 509 79 143 18 6 9 56 4 71 90 .281 .369 .393 .762 104 200 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 Seasons 738 2725 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 2651 2336 309 602 87 33 44 239 22 243 420 .258 .329 .380 .709 94 887 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

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
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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1935 CIN NL 24 SS 112 602 230 335 37 77 .939 5.04 .948 5.10
1936 CIN NL 25 SS 98 564 225 304 35 73 .938 5.40 .945 5.10
1937 CIN NL 26 SS 121 580 190 360 30 67 .948 4.55 .951 4.85 MVP-19
1937 CIN NL 26 2B 6 16 8 8 0 1 1.000 2.67 .956 5.33 MVP-19
1938 CIN NL 27 SS 123 676 255 380 41 74 .939 5.16 .943 4.91
1938 CIN NL 27 2B 11 65 28 31 6 1 .908 5.36 .971 5.40
1939 CIN NL 28 SS 151 863 309 512 42 110 .951 5.44 .953 5.09 MVP-14
1940 CIN NL 29 SS 88 441 155 269 17 62 .961 4.82 .949 5.00
1941 CHC NL 30 SS 19 99 33 60 6 12 .939 4.89 .952 4.82
1941 CHC NL 30 2B 1 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 10.00 .960 5.20
7 Seasons SS 712 3825 1397 2220 208 475 .946 5.08 .949 5.00
3 Seasons 2B 18 91 40 45 6 3 .934 4.72 .967 5.37
7 Seasons TOT 730 3916 1437 2265 214 478 .945 5.07 .894 5.01

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 (993rd)

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--36.833--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1079), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Angel Berroa (971)
  2. Ernest Riles (968)
  3. Andre Rodgers (963)
  4. D'Angelo Jimenez (963)
  5. Luis Rivas (962)
  6. Bill Rigney (960)
  7. Ken O'Dea (960)
  8. Nelson Liriano (959)
  9. Gene Baker (957)
  10. Alex Kampouris (957)
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  1. Ron Oester (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy Martin (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pat Meares (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. D'Angelo Jimenez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Angel Berroa (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy Martin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

December 14, 1934: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Mark Koenig and Allyn Stout.

December 4, 1940: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Gleeson and Bobby Mattick.

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