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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:15AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1460. Mark Reynolds… #1461. Alfredo Griffin… #1462. Mark Koenig… #1463. BILLY MYERS… #1464. Rick Ankiel… #1465. Gene Freese… #1466. Jason Kubel… 

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
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 98 359 323 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 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 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1935 24 CIN NL 486 -11 2 0 0 -6 7 14 6 0.6 12 1.2 -0.6 $ *6
1936 25 CIN NL 359 -2 1 0 0 -6 6 11 10 1.0 16 1.6 -0.6 $ 6
1937 26 CIN NL 388 -2 -2 0 0 3 8 12 19 1.8 16 1.6 0.2 $ *6/4 MVP-19
1938 27 CIN NL 493 -3 0 0 0 4 8 15 24 2.4 20 2.1 0.3 $ *64
1939 28 CIN NL 602 6 0 0 0 18 10 18 52 5.2 34 3.5 1.7 $ *6 MVP-14
1940 29 CIN NL 323 -13 0 0 0 14 6 12 19 1.8 5 0.5 1.3 $ 6
1941 30 CHC NL 74 -3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 6/4
7 Seasons 2725 -28 1 0 0 27 46 85 131 12.8 104 10.6 2.2 $
CIN (6 yrs) 2651 -25 1 0 0 27 45 82 130 12.8 103 10.5 2.3 $
CHC (1 yr) 74 -3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $

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 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

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
1935 CIN NL 24 SS 112 602 230 335 37 77 .939 5.04 .947 5.27
1936 CIN NL 25 SS 98 564 225 304 35 73 .938 5.40 .945 5.43
1937 CIN NL 26 SS 121 580 190 360 30 67 .948 4.55 .951 5.29 MVP-19
1937 CIN NL 26 2B 6 16 8 8 0 1 1.000 2.67 .959 5.70 MVP-19
1938 CIN NL 27 SS 123 676 255 380 41 74 .939 5.16 .943 5.34
1938 CIN NL 27 2B 11 65 28 31 6 1 .908 5.36 .969 5.74
1939 CIN NL 28 SS 151 863 309 512 42 110 .951 5.44 .953 5.50 MVP-14
1940 CIN NL 29 SS 88 441 155 269 17 62 .961 4.82 .950 5.50
1941 CHC NL 30 SS 19 99 33 60 6 12 .939 4.89 .951 5.17
1941 CHC NL 30 2B 1 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 10.00 .962 5.60
7 Seasons SS 712 3825 1397 2220 208 475 .946 5.08 .948 5.38
3 Seasons 2B 18 91 40 45 6 3 .934 4.72 .966 5.72
7 Seasons TOT 730 3916 1437 2265 214 478 .945 5.07 .949 5.39
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 NL  5.2 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 NL  5.2 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 NL  1.7 (2nd)
1940 NL  1.3 (3rd)

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)

Assists† s c a p y
1939 NL  512 (2nd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1938 NL  47 (2nd)
1939 NL  42 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1939 NL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1939 NL  309 (2nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1939 NL  512 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1935 NL  37 (3rd)
1936 NL  35 (5th)
1937 NL  30 (4th)
1938 NL  41 (2nd)
1939 NL  42 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1936 NL  5.40 (4th)
1938 NL  5.16 (4th)
1939 NL  5.44 (4th)
Career  5.08 (55th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1936 NL  .938 (5th)
1938 NL  .939 (5th)
1940 NL  .961 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. U L Washington (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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