Elmer Myers

Elmer Glenn Myers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1894 in York Springs, PA
High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 6, 1915
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Indians 1915-1922

Final Game: April 24, 1922
Died: July 29, 1976 in Collingswood, NJ
Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, York Springs, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1913	19	RAL	D	17	16	.515		42						308.0	277	122			71							1.130	8.1		2.1			RAL · NCSL
1914	20	RAL	D	19	19	.500		48						319.0	310	152			90							1.254	8.7		2.5			RAL · NCSL
1915	21	RAL	D	29	10	.744		42						343.0	224	90			92							0.921	5.9		2.4			RAL · NCSL
1915	21	PHA	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	32		0.778	2.0	0.0	5.0	12.0	2.40
1916	22	PHA	AL	14	23	.378	3.66	44	35	8	31	2	1	315.0	280	169	*128*	7	*168*	182	14	0	13	1310	78	1.422	8.0	0.2	4.8	5.2	1.08
1917	23	PHA	AL	9	16	.360	4.42	38	23	13	13	2	3	201.2	221	122	99	2	79	88	5	0	10	865	62	1.488	9.9	0.1	3.5	3.9	1.11
1918	24	PHA	AL	4	8	.333	4.63	18	15	3	5	1	1	95.1	101	66	49	4	42	17	4	0	6	416	63	1.500	9.5	0.4	4.0	1.6	0.40
1919	25	CLE	AL	8	7	.533	3.74	23	15	4	6	1	1	134.2	134	68	56	3	43	38	10	1	1	560	90	1.314	9.0	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.88
1920	26	TOT	AL	11	5	.688	3.25	28	17	4	11	1	1	168.2	183	82	61	2	47	50	6	0	2	709	115	1.364	9.8	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.06
1920	26	CLE	AL	2	4	.333	4.77	16	7	2	2	0	1	71.2	93	52	38	1	23	16	4	0	2	321	81	1.619	11.7	0.1	2.9	2.0	0.70
1920	26	BOS	AL	9	1	.900	2.13	12	10	2	9	1	0	97.0	90	30	23	1	24	34	2	0	0	388	171	1.175	8.4	0.1	2.2	3.2	1.42
1921	27	BOS	AL	8	12	.400	4.87	30	20	6	11	0	0	172.0	217	107	93	11	53	40	10	1	1	779	87	1.570	11.4	0.6	2.8	2.1	0.75
1922	28	SLC	AA	13	17	.433	4.24	34						244.0	273	136	115		65							1.385	10.1		2.4			SLC · PCL
1922	28	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	17.47	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	11	11	1	3	1	2	0	0	32	25	2.294	15.9	1.6	4.8	1.6	0.33
1923	29	SLC	AA	11	16	.407	6.04	37						219.0	309	167	147		50							1.639	12.7		2.1			SLC · PCL
1924	30	LOS	AA	15	17	.469	4.60	43						260.0	297	166	133		61							1.377	10.3		2.1			LOS · PCL
1925	31	LOS	AA	1	0	1.000		5						23.0																		LOS · PCL
1926	32	KNX	B	26	11	.703	3.66	40						283.0	306	144	115		57							1.283	9.7		1.8			KNX · SALL
1927	33	KNX	B	23	11	.676	3.17	36						275.0	248	107	97		72							1.164	8.1		2.4			KNX · SALL
1928	34	CLB	AA	10	14	.417	4.45	32						188.0	225	124	93		43	37	7		1			1.426	10.8		2.1	1.8	0.86	CLB · AA
1929	35	CLB	AA	1	12	.077	5.25	22						96.0	120	61	56		30							1.562	11.2		2.8			CLB · AA
8 Yrs				55	72	.433	4.06	185	127	39	78	8	7	1102.0	1148	625	497	30	440	428	51	2	33	4703	80	1.441	9.4	0.2	3.6	3.5	0.97
162 Game Avg.				12	16	.433	4.06	40	28	9	17	2	2	240	250	136	108	7	96	93	11	0	7	1025	80	1.441	9.4	0.2	3.6	3.5	0.97

PHA (4 yrs)				28	47	.373	4.00	101	74	24	50	6	5	621.0	604	357	276	13	294	299	23	0	29	2623	71	1.446	8.8	0.2	4.3	4.3	1.02
BOS (3 yrs)				17	14	.548	4.16	45	31	9	20	1	0	274.2	317	148	127	13	80	75	14	1	1	1199	97	1.445	10.4	0.4	2.6	2.5	0.94
CLE (2 yrs)				10	11	.476	4.10	39	22	6	8	1	2	206.1	227	120	94	4	66	54	14	1	3	881	86	1.420	9.9	0.2	2.9	2.4	0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1915	21	PHA	AL	9.0	1	1	0	0.00	4.02	-0.22	0.00	99.0	4.20	4	0.4		-0.0	0.5	5	.898	.502	$
1916	22	PHA	AL	315.0	44	35	169	4.83	3.79	-0.38	0.00	101.0	4.21	-21	-2.4	1.0	-0.2	0.1	6	.444	.485	$
1917	23	PHA	AL	201.2	38	23	122	5.44	3.68	-0.23	0.00	102.0	3.99	-33	-3.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-15	.403	.477	$
1918	24	PHA	AL	95.0	18	15	66	6.25	3.71	0.08	0.00	103.0	3.73	-27	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-20	.344	.483	$
1919	25	CLE	AL	135.2	23	15	68	4.51	4.12	-0.01	0.00	103.2	4.26	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.6	9	.476	.497	$
1920	26	CLE	AL	71.2	16	7	52	6.53	4.84	0.18	0.00	102.2	4.76	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.416	.492	$
1920	26	BOS	AL	96.2	12	10	30	2.79	4.68	0.18	0.00	97.6	4.39	17	1.8	1.0	-0.1	2.6	28	.652	.511	$
1921	27	BOS	AL	174.0	30	20	107	5.53	5.13	0.26	0.00	99.9	4.87	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	0.1	8	.457	.492	$
1922	28	BOS	AL	5.2	3	1	11	17.47	4.58	0.00	0.00	99.8	4.58	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-7	.285	.496	$
8 Seasons				1104.1	185	127	625	5.09	4.17	-0.08	0.00	101.2	4.29	-102	-10.6	1.0	-0.8	-1.5	7	.443	.493	$

PHA (4 yrs)				620.2	101	74	357	5.18	3.74	-0.26	0.00	101.6	4.06	-77	-8.5	1.0	-0.5	-3.4	-23	.415	.487	$
BOS (3 yrs)				276.1	45	31	148	4.82	4.96	0.23	0.00	99.1	4.69	-6	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.1	28	.497	.500	$
CLE (2 yrs)				207.1	39	22	120	5.21	4.37	0.06	0.00	102.8	4.43	-20	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	-0.2	2	.451	.494	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	24	PHA	AL	431	0.9%	3.9%	9.7%	2.3%	10%	78%
1919	25	CLE	AL	575	0.5%	6.6%	7.5%	1.7%	8%	81%
1920	26	TOT	AL	727	0.3%	6.9%	6.5%	2.8%	11%	83%
1920	26	CLE	AL	330	0.3%	4.9%	7.0%	0.6%	2%	84%
1920	26	BOS	AL	397	0.3%	8.6%	6.1%	4.5%	20%	83%
1921	27	BOS	AL	778	1.4%	5.1%	6.8%	5.5%	20%	82%
1922	28	BOS	AL	32	3.1%	3.1%	9.4%			78%
5 Yrs				2543	0.8%	5.7%	7.4%	3.3%	13%	81%
MLB Averages					0.7%	7.6%	7.3%	2.6%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1915	21	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	32		0.778	2.0	0.0	5.0	12.0	2.40
1916	22	15	23	.395	3.56	45	36	8	32	3	1	324.0	282	169	128	7	173	194	14	0	13	1342	81	1.404	7.8	0.2	4.8	5.4	1.12	81
1917	23	24	39	.381	3.89	83	59	21	45	5	4	525.2	503	291	227	9	252	282	19	0	23	2207	72	1.436	8.6	0.2	4.3	4.8	1.12	72
1918	24	28	47	.373	4.00	101	74	24	50	6	5	621.0	604	357	276	13	294	299	23	0	29	2623	71	1.446	8.8	0.2	4.3	4.3	1.02	71
1919	25	36	54	.400	3.95	124	89	28	56	7	6	755.2	738	425	332	16	337	337	33	1	30	3183	74	1.423	8.8	0.2	4.0	4.0	1.00	74
1920	26	47	59	.443	3.83	152	106	32	67	8	7	924.1	921	507	393	18	384	387	39	1	32	3892	80	1.412	9.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	1.01	80
1921	27	55	71	.437	3.99	182	126	38	78	8	7	1096.1	1138	614	486	29	437	427	49	2	33	4671	82	1.437	9.3	0.2	3.6	3.5	0.98	82
1922	28	55	72	.433	4.06	185	127	39	78	8	7	1102.0	1148	625	497	30	440	428	51	2	33	4703	80	1.441	9.4	0.2	3.6	3.5	0.97	80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1915	21	0	0		0.00	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	10	0	1.571	3.9	10.3	12.9	1.25	0.0	1
1916	22	12	19	.387	5.10	279.0	317	176	158	8	190	161	16	1.817	10.2	6.1	5.2	0.85	0.3	44
1917	23	6	14	.300	5.97	184.0	250	136	122	2	89	80	6	1.842	12.2	4.4	3.9	0.90	0.1	38
1918	24	4	8	.333	5.89	110.0	138	80	72	5	57	20	5	1.773	11.3	4.7	1.6	0.35	0.4	18
1919	25	7	8	.467	4.25	142.0	158	74	67	4	51	40	12	1.472	10.0	3.2	2.5	0.78	0.3	23
1920	26	11	7	.611	3.27	168.0	187	68	61	2	48	50	6	1.399	10.0	2.6	2.7	1.04	0.1	28
1921	27	9	11	.450	4.28	181.0	214	96	86	11	52	42	10	1.470	10.6	2.6	2.1	0.81	0.5	30
1922	28	0	0		16.50	6.0	10	12	11	1	3	1	2	2.167	15.0	4.5	1.5	0.33	1.5	3
8 Yrs		49	67	.422	4.82	1077.0	1277	642	577	33	498	404	57	1.648	10.7		3.4	0.81	0.3	185

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1920 AL .688 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1916 AL 5.200 (5th) 1917 AL 3.927 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1917 AL 3 (9th) 1919 AL 1 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1916 AL 315.0 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1916 AL 182 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1916 AL 35 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1916 AL 31 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1916 AL 7 (2nd) 1918 AL 4 (4th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1916 AL 168 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1916 AL 280 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1920 AL 0.107 (1st) Career 0.245 (226th)	Losses s c a p y 1916 AL 23 (2nd) 1917 AL 16 (6th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1916 AL 128 (1st) 1917 AL 99 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1916 AL 13 (2nd) 1917 AL 10 (2nd) 1918 AL 6 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1916 AL 14 (2nd) 1919 AL 10 (2nd) 1921 AL 10 (4th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1916 AL 1,310 (2nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1917 AL 13 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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