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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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	-min	D	17	16	.515		42						308.0	277	122			71							1.130	8.1		2.1			RAL · NCSL
1914	20	-min	D	19	19	.500		48						319.0	310	152			90							1.254	8.7		2.5			RAL · NCSL
1915	21	-min	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	-min	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	-min	AA	11	16	.407	6.04	37						219.0	309	167	147		50							1.639	12.7		2.1			SLC · PCL
1924	30	-min	AA	15	17	.469	4.60	43						260.0	297	166	133		61							1.377	10.3		2.1			LOS · PCL
1925	31	-min	AA	1	0	1.000		5						23.0																		LOS · PCL
1926	32	-min	B	26	11	.703	3.66	40						283.0	306	144	115		57							1.283	9.7		1.8			KNX · SALL
1927	33	-min	B	23	11	.676	3.17	36						275.0	248	107	97		72							1.164	8.1		2.4			KNX · SALL
1928	34	-min	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	-min	AA	1	12	.077	5.25	22						96.0	120	61	56		30							1.562	11.2		2.8			CLB · AA
8 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1915	21	PHA	AL	9.0	1	0	5	0	1.0	5	0.5	$
1916	22	PHA	AL	315.0	35	169	146	-10	1.0	-23	-1.4	$
1917	23	PHA	AL	201.2	23	122	92	-3	1.0	-30	-2.8	$
1918	24	PHA	AL	95.1	15	66	43	1	1.0	-23	-2.4	$
1919	25	CLE	AL	134.2	15	68	70	0	1.0	2	0.5	$
1920	26	CLE	AL	71.2	7	52	43	1	1.0	-9	-1.0	$
1920	26	BOS	AL	97.0	10	30	58	1	1.0	28	2.5	$
1921	27	BOS	AL	172.0	20	107	111	3	1.0	4	0.0	$
1922	28	BOS	AL	5.2	1	11	3	0	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
8 Seasons				1102.0	127	625	571	-7	1.0	-54	-4.8	$

PHA (4 yrs)				621.0	74	357	286	-12	1.0	-71	-6.1	$
BOS (3 yrs)				274.2	31	148	172	4	1.0	24	1.8	$
CLE (2 yrs)				206.1	22	120	113	1	1.0	-7	-0.5	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1913	19	-min	D	44	114	114		22	1	2	0						.193	.193	.237	.430		27			RAL · NCSL
1914	20	-min	D	52	130	130		33	1	2	3						.254	.254	.362	.615		47			RAL · NCSL
1915	21	-min	D	62	192	192		47	6	0	5						.245	.245	.354	.599		68			RAL · NCSL
1915	21	PHA	AL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	/1
1916	22	PHA	AL	53	133	126	9	27	5	1	0	9	0	0	3	26	.214	.233	.270	.502	54	34	0	4	1
1917	23	PHA	AL	38	78	73	5	18	2	0	0	5	2		3	14	.247	.276	.274	.550	69	20	0	2	1
1918	24	PHA	AL	18	35	35	1	5	0	0	0	1	2		0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-14	5	0	0	1
1919	25	CLE	AL	23	51	46	5	11	1	2	0	6	0		4	10	.239	.300	.348	.648	77	16	0	1	1
1920	26	TOT	AL	28	67	63	10	18	3	1	0	11	0	0	2	5	.286	.308	.365	.673	78	23	0	2	1
1920	26	CLE	AL	16	27	25	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.240	.240	.320	.560	45	8	0	2	1
1920	26	BOS	AL	12	40	38	8	12	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	2	.316	.350	.395	.745	100	15	0	0	1
1921	27	BOS	AL	30	67	65	7	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	.215	.227	.231	.458	18	15	0	1	1
1922	28	-min	AA	41	104	104		35	10	0	1						.337	.337	.462	.798		48			SLC · PCL
1922	28	BOS	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1923	29	-min	AA	39	88	88		21	3	1	0						.239	.239	.295	.534		26			SLC · PCL
1924	30	-min	AA	43	88	88		21	8	0	1						.239	.239	.364	.602		32			LOS · PCL
1925	31	-min	AA	5	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0			LOS · PCL
1926	32	-min	B	57	142	142		34	2	2	2						.239	.239	.324	.563		46			KNX · SALL
1927	33	-min	B	40	105	105		19	1	0	0						.181	.181	.190	.371		20			KNX · SALL
1928	34	-min	AA	33	74	72	5	23	2	0	0		0				.319	.319	.347	.667		25		2	CLB · AA
1929	35	-min	AA	22	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378		7			CLB · AA
8 Seasons				194	436	412	37	93	12	4	0	37	4	1	13	65	.226	.249	.274	.524	50	113	0	11
162 Game Avg.				162	364	344	31	78	10	3	0	31	3		11	54	.226	.249	.274	.524	50	94	0	9

PHA (4 yrs)				110	250	237	15	50	7	1	0	15	4	1	6	44	.211	.230	.249	.479	47	59	0	7
BOS (3 yrs)				45	108	104	15	26	2	1	0	12	0	0	3	8	.250	.271	.288	.559	47	30	0	1
CLE (2 yrs)				39	78	71	7	17	3	2	0	10	0	0	4	13	.239	.280	.338	.618	66	24	0	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
1915	21	PHA	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1916	22	PHA	AL	133	-9	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	1
1917	23	PHA	AL	78	-3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	1
1918	24	PHA	AL	35	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1919	25	CLE	AL	51	-2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1920	26	CLE	AL	27	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1920	26	BOS	AL	40	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	1
1921	27	BOS	AL	67	-8	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	1
1922	28	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
8 Seasons				436	-29	1	0	0	0	19	15	6	0.3	6	0.6	-0.3	$

PHA (4 yrs)				250	-17	0	0	0	0	10	9	2	-0.2	2	0.2	-0.4	$
BOS (3 yrs)				108	-8	1	0	0	0	6	3	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				78	-4	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$

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
1915	PHA	AL	21	P	1			9.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00	1.00	.935	3.00	3.00
1916	PHA	AL	22	P	44			315.0	127	16	106	5	4	.961	3.49	2.77	.945	2.95	2.96
1917	PHA	AL	23	P	38			201.2	79	15	60	4	0	.949	3.35	1.97	.947	3.04	3.05
1918	PHA	AL	24	P	18			95.1	41	4	35	2	4	.951	3.68	2.17	.952	2.82	2.84
1919	CLE	AL	25	P	23	15	6	134.2	51	12	38	1	2	.980	3.34	2.17	.948	2.83	2.83
1920	TOT	AL	26	P	28	17	11	168.2	53	10	39	4	0	.925	2.61	1.75	.949	2.70	2.68
1920	CLE	AL	26	P	16	7	2	71.2	26	4	20	2	0	.923	3.01	1.50	.949	2.70	2.68
1920	BOS	AL	26	P	12	10	9	97.0	27	6	19	2	0	.926	2.32	2.08	.949	2.70	2.68
1921	BOS	AL	27	P	30	20	11	172.0	53	7	45	1	4	.981	2.72	1.73	.956	2.70	2.68
1922	BOS	AL	28	P	3	1	0	5.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.18	0.67	.965	2.54	2.60
	8 Seasons			P	185	53	28	1102.0	408	65	325	18	14	.956	3.19	2.11	.948	2.86	2.86
	8 Seasons			TOT	185	53	28	1102.0	408	65	325	18	14	.956	3.19	2.11	.948	2.86	2.86

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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)	Assists as P s c a p y 1916 AL 106 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1916 AL 2.77 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1104), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 1, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Larry Gardner and Charlie Jamieson to the Cleveland Indians for Braggo Roth.
June, 1920: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

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