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Henry Harrison Myers

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 27, 1889 in East Liverpool, OH(All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1909
Teams (by GP): Robins/Cardinals/Dodgers/Superbas/Reds 1909-1925

Final Game: May 7, 1925
Died: May 1, 1965 in Minerva, OH
Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Hanoverton, OH
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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
1909 20 BRO NL 6 25 22 1 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 4 .227 .292 .273 .564 78 6 0 1 /O
1911 22 BRO NL 13 45 43 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 .163 .200 .186 .386 11 8 0 0 O
1914 25 BRO NL 70 246 227 35 65 3 9 0 17 2 7 24 .286 .316 .379 .695 105 86 3 9 O
1915 26 BRO NL 153 645 605 69 150 21 7 2 46 19 22 17 51 .248 .275 .316 .591 77 191 6 17 *O
1916 27 BRO NL 113 452 412 54 108 12 14 3 36 17 0 21 35 .262 .308 .381 .689 109 157 6 13 *O
1917 28 BRO NL 120 507 471 37 126 15 10 1 41 5 18 25 .268 .294 .348 .643 95 164 0 18 O345
1918 29 BRO NL 107 439 407 36 104 9 8 4 40 17 20 26 .256 .292 .346 .638 95 141 1 11 *8O
1919 30 BRO NL 133 559 512 62 157 23 14 5 73 13 23 34 .307 .339 .436 .774 130 223 2 22 *8O
1920 31 BRO NL 154 652 582 83 177 36 22 4 80 9 13 35 54 .304 .345 .462 .807 127 269 1 33 *8O/5
1921 32 BRO NL 144 595 549 51 158 14 4 4 68 8 6 22 51 .288 .318 .350 .667 73 192 2 22 *8O4/5
1922 33 BRO NL 153 658 618 82 196 20 9 6 89 9 10 13 26 .317 .331 .408 .739 90 252 0 27 *8O/4
1923 34 STL NL 96 356 330 29 99 18 2 2 48 5 3 12 19 .300 .330 .385 .715 90 127 3 11 8O
1924 35 STL NL 43 130 124 12 26 5 1 1 15 1 2 3 10 .210 .228 .290 .519 39 36 0 3 O85/947
1925 36 TOT NL 5 8 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 58 3 0 0 /8O
1925 36 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1925 36 CIN NL 3 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500 25 2 0 0 /8O
1925 36 STL NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 408 1 0 0
14 Yrs 1310 5317 4910 555 1380 179 100 32 559 107 56 195 362 .281 .312 .378 .690 96 1855 24 187
162 Game Avg. 162 658 607 69 171 22 12 4 69 13 24 45 .281 .312 .378 .690 96 229 3 23
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
BRO (11 yrs) 1166 4823 4448 512 1253 155 97 29 496 101 51 180 333 .282 .313 .380 .692 98 1689 21 173
STL (3 yrs) 141 488 456 42 126 23 3 3 63 6 5 15 29 .276 .304 .360 .663 77 164 3 14
CIN (1 yr) 3 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500 25 2 0 0

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
1909 20 BRO NL 6 25 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .482 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /O
1911 22 BRO NL 13 45 -5 0 0 -2 -0 -7 -0.8 1 -6 -0.6 .442 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $ O
1914 25 BRO NL 70 246 1 -0 0 -5 -2 -7 -0.8 7 0 -0.1 .489 .495 0.5 -0.9 5 $ O
1915 26 BRO NL 153 645 -16 -2 0 -2 -4 -24 -3.1 18 -6 -1.3 .480 .481 -0.9 -0.8 -4 $ *O
1916 27 BRO NL 113 452 4 0 0 -4 -3 -3 -0.4 13 10 0.9 .497 .498 1.4 -0.9 14 $ *O
1917 28 BRO NL 120 507 -3 -0 0 -3 -2 -8 -1.0 14 6 0.4 .492 .494 0.8 -0.6 9 $ O345
1918 29 BRO NL 107 439 -2 0 0 6 -3 1 0.0 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 0.6 0.4 7 $ *8O
1919 30 BRO NL 133 559 17 -1 0 3 -4 16 1.7 15 31 3.2 .514 .511 3.0 -0.2 28 $ *8O
1920 31 BRO NL 154 652 18 -1 0 4 -4 17 1.8 19 36 3.7 .512 .512 3.3 -0.1 32 $ *8O/5
1921 32 BRO NL 144 595 -22 1 0 -2 -3 -26 -2.8 17 -8 -1.0 .482 .484 -0.7 -0.6 -6 $ *8O4/5
1922 33 BRO NL 153 658 -10 -1 0 0 -4 -15 -1.4 19 4 0.5 .491 .491 0.4 -0.3 4 $ *8O/4
1923 34 STL NL 96 356 -4 1 0 4 -2 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.4 0.2 4 $ 8O
1924 35 STL NL 43 130 -10 -0 0 -1 -0 -12 -1.3 4 -8 -0.9 .471 .492 -0.8 -0.1 -7 $ O85/947
1925 36 STL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1925 36 CIN NL 3 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .477 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /8O
14 Seasons 1310 5317 -34 -4 0 -2 -32 -72 -8.4 151 79 6.8 .494 .497 7.5 -4.1 81 $
BRO (11 yrs) 1166 4823 -19 -4 0 -5 -29 -58 -6.8 136 79 7.0 .495 .497 8.0 -4.2 84 $
STL (3 yrs) 141 488 -14 0 0 3 -2 -14 -1.5 14 0 -0.1 .490 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $
CIN (1 yr) 3 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .477 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $

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
1909 20 BRO NL 25 18 2 3.0 74 .278 .227 .248 .292 .315 .273 .319 .564 .634 78 .465 -0.5 -0.1 .529 .182 .045 .0
1911 22 BRO NL 45 36 2 1.5 91 .175 .163 .262 .200 .339 .186 .361 .386 .700 11 .142 -5.2 -0.6 .306 .093 .023 .0
1914 25 BRO NL 246 171 26 4.1 85 .320 .286 .260 .316 .328 .379 .348 .695 .676 105 .567 -0.5 -0.1 .605 .132 .093 .0
1915 26 BRO NL 645 494 47 2.6 82 .268 .248 .258 .275 .321 .316 .345 .591 .667 77 .387 -19.0 -2.2 .442 .091 .068 3.6
1916 27 BRO NL 452 317 50 4.3 80 .281 .262 .256 .308 .315 .381 .342 .689 .657 109 .603 2.4 0.3 .661 .211 .119 5.1
1917 28 BRO NL 507 363 48 3.6 80 .281 .268 .259 .294 .316 .348 .342 .643 .658 95 .530 -4.9 -0.6 .542 .130 .081 1.7
1918 29 BRO NL 439 314 41 3.5 79 .265 .256 .260 .292 .318 .346 .336 .638 .653 95 .513 -4.3 -0.5 .591 .182 .091 6.5
1919 30 BRO NL 559 377 75 5.4 83 .321 .307 .267 .339 .321 .436 .350 .774 .671 130 .680 16.3 1.8 .735 .199 .129 7.2
1920 31 BRO NL 652 451 88 5.3 93 .330 .304 .280 .345 .334 .462 .372 .807 .706 127 .642 18.3 2.0 .720 .211 .158 5.5
1921 32 BRO NL 595 419 60 3.8 111 .312 .288 .304 .318 .355 .350 .419 .667 .774 73 .417 -22.9 -2.3 .549 .106 .062 5.3
1922 33 BRO NL 658 459 81 4.7 112 .324 .317 .301 .331 .359 .408 .419 .739 .778 90 .480 -12.3 -1.2 .611 .110 .091 7.2
1923 34 STL NL 356 245 41 4.5 105 .314 .300 .290 .330 .348 .385 .403 .715 .751 90 .475 -4.6 -0.4 .615 .127 .085 2.9
1924 35 STL NL 130 103 8 2.1 102 .221 .210 .287 .228 .343 .290 .400 .519 .743 39 .194 -10.9 -1.1 .380 .097 .081 1.0
1925 36 TOT NL 8 6 1 4.4 113 .250 .250 .299 .250 .357 .375 .427 .625 .784 58 .437 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .125 .125
1925 36 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .303 .000 .361 .000 .432 .000 .793 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1925 36 CIN NL 6 5 0 0.0 112 .167 .167 .298 .167 .355 .333 .425 .500 .780 25 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
1925 36 STL NL 1 0 1 116 1.000 1.000 .303 1.000 .361 1.000 .432 2.000 .793 408 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
14 Yrs 5317 3773 570 4.1 92 .298 .281 .275 .312 .333 .378 .371 .690 .703 96 .518 -48.4 -4.9 .593 .147 .097 49.3
162 Game Avg. 658 467 70 4.1 92 .298 .281 .275 .312 .333 .378 .371 .690 .703 96 .518 -48.4 -4.9 .593 .147 .097 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BRO (11 yrs) 4823 3419 520 4.1 91 .300 .282 .274 .313 .331 .380 .367 .692 .699 98 .531 -32.4 -3.4 .598 .150 .098 45.1
STL (3 yrs) 488 349 50 3.9 104 .290 .276 .289 .304 .347 .360 .402 .663 .749 77 .410 -15.3 -1.5 .546 .118 .083 4.0
CIN (1 yr) 6 5 0 0.0 112 .167 .167 .298 .167 .355 .333 .425 .500 .780 25 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .167

Postseason Batting

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
1916 27 BRO NL WS BOS L 5 24 22 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .182 .217 .318 .536 7 2 1 1 0 0
1920 31 BRO NL WS CLE L 7 26 26 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 12 50 48 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 4 .208 .224 .271 .495 13 2 1 1 0 0
2 WS 12 50 48 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 4 .208 .224 .271 .495 13 2 1 1 0 0

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
1918 29 BRO NL 439 0.9% 5.9% 4.6% 4.8% 20% 1.30 15.7 101.8 10.2 86%
1919 30 BRO NL 559 0.9% 6.1% 4.1% 7.5% 27% 1.48 15.1 102.4 7.0 85%
1920 31 BRO NL 652 0.6% 8.3% 5.4% 9.5% 35% 1.54 10.8 145.5 7.3 80%
1921 32 BRO NL 595 0.7% 8.6% 3.7% 3.7% 14% 2.32 10.8 137.3 8.1 83%
1922 33 BRO NL 658 0.9% 4.0% 2.0% 5.3% 18% 2.00 23.8 103.0 6.9 89%
1923 34 STL NL 356 0.6% 5.3% 3.4% 6.2% 22% 1.58 17.4 165.0 6.9 87%
1924 35 STL NL 130 0.8% 7.7% 2.3% 5.4% 27% 3.33 12.4 124.0 8.3 87%
1925 36 TOT NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 100%
1925 36 STL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1925 36 CIN NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 100%
14 Yrs 3397 0.9% 10.7% 5.7% 9.2% 23% 1.86 13.6 153.4 8.8 133%
MLB Averages 1.4% 20.3% 17.5% 12.4% 23% 1.16 9.8 140.4 9.3 178%

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
1909 20 6 25 22 1 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 4 .227 .292 .273 .564 78 6 0 1
1910 21 6 25 22 1 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 4 .227 .292 .273 .564 78 6 0 1
1911 22 19 70 65 3 12 2 0 0 6 2 4 7 .185 .232 .215 .447 32 14 0 1
1912 23 19 70 65 3 12 2 0 0 6 2 4 7 .185 .232 .215 .447 32 14 0 1
1913 24 19 70 65 3 12 2 0 0 6 2 4 7 .185 .232 .215 .447 32 14 0 1
1914 25 89 316 292 38 77 5 9 0 23 4 11 31 .264 .297 .342 .640 89 100 3 10
1915 26 242 961 897 107 227 26 16 2 69 23 22 28 82 .253 .283 .324 .607 81 291 9 27
1916 27 355 1413 1309 161 335 38 30 5 105 40 22 49 117 .256 .291 .342 .633 90 448 15 40
1917 28 475 1920 1780 198 461 53 40 6 146 45 22 67 142 .259 .292 .344 .635 91 612 15 58
1918 29 582 2359 2187 234 565 62 48 10 186 62 22 87 168 .258 .292 .344 .636 92 753 16 69
1919 30 715 2918 2699 296 722 85 62 15 259 75 22 110 202 .268 .301 .362 .662 99 976 18 91
1920 31 869 3570 3281 379 899 121 84 19 339 84 35 145 256 .274 .309 .379 .688 104 1245 19 124
1921 32 1013 4165 3830 430 1057 135 88 23 407 92 41 167 307 .276 .310 .375 .685 99 1437 21 146
1922 33 1166 4823 4448 512 1253 155 97 29 496 101 51 180 333 .282 .313 .380 .692 98 1689 21 173
1923 34 1262 5179 4778 541 1352 173 99 31 544 106 54 192 352 .283 .314 .380 .694 97 1816 24 184
1924 35 1305 5309 4902 553 1378 178 100 32 559 107 56 195 362 .281 .312 .378 .690 96 1852 24 187
1925 36 1310 5317 4910 555 1380 179 100 32 559 107 56 195 362 .281 .312 .378 .690 96 1855 24 187

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
1909 20 6 27 24 1 6 1 0 0 7 1 2 4 .250 .308 .292 .599 2 6
1911 22 14 47 45 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 .178 .213 .200 .413 2 13
1914 25 73 261 241 41 73 3 10 0 20 2 8 25 .303 .333 .398 .732 31 70
1915 26 159 688 644 85 172 24 8 2 57 22 19 53 .267 .296 .339 .634 63 153
1916 27 117 491 445 71 129 14 17 4 47 20 25 36 .290 .338 .425 .762 61 113
1917 28 125 545 505 47 147 18 12 1 52 6 21 26 .291 .319 .380 .700 61 120
1918 29 136 580 536 56 149 13 11 6 62 24 29 33 .278 .316 .377 .693 64 107
1919 30 154 669 612 85 201 29 18 6 100 17 29 39 .328 .362 .464 .826 103 133
1920 31 162 696 621 94 195 40 24 4 91 10 39 57 .314 .356 .475 .831 105 154
1921 32 152 619 572 49 158 14 4 4 65 8 22 54 .276 .305 .336 .641 58 144
1922 33 160 673 632 76 191 19 9 6 82 9 13 27 .302 .316 .389 .706 77 153
1923 34 101 371 344 29 101 18 2 2 48 5 12 20 .294 .323 .375 .698 41 96
1924 35 45 136 130 12 27 5 1 1 15 1 3 11 .208 .226 .285 .510 8 43
1925 36 5 8 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 1 5
14 Yrs 1409 5811 5359 651 1559 200 116 36 646 126 224 388 .291 .323 .392 .714 677 1310
162 Game Avg. 162 668 616 75 179 23 13 4 74 14 26 45 .291 .323 .392 .714 78 1310

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1920 NL  3.7 (9th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1919 NL  3.0 (10th)
1920 NL  3.3 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1919 NL  .307 (6th)
1920 NL  .304 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1919 NL  .436 (1st)
1920 NL  .462 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1919 NL  .774 (8th)
1920 NL  .807 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1920 NL  154 (4th)
1922 NL  153 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1915 NL  605 (2nd)
1919 NL  512 (9th)
1922 NL  618 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 NL  645 (8th)
1920 NL  652 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1919 NL  157 (7th)
1920 NL  177 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1919 NL  223 (1st)
1920 NL  269 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1919 NL  23 (7th)
1920 NL  36 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1916 NL  14 (5th)
1919 NL  14 (1st)
1920 NL  22 (1st)
Career  100 (160th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  4 (8th)
1919 NL  5 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1919 NL  73 (1st)
1920 NL  80 (5th)
1922 NL  89 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 NL  54 (6th)
1921 NL  51 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1915 NL  120 (10th)
1922 NL  161 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1919 NL  130 (8th)
1920 NL  126 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1919 NL  75 (5th)
1920 NL  88 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1919 NL  16 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1919 NL  1.8 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1919 NL  42 (2nd)
1920 NL  62 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1919 NL  .680 (9th)
1920 NL  .642 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1919 NL  22 (7th)
1920 NL  33 (3rd)
1922 NL  27 (5th)
Career  187 (95th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 NL  22 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1918 NL  6.5 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1917 NL  18.8 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1918 NL  101.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1915 NL  494 (1st)
1920 NL  451 (8th)
1922 NL  459 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1925 NL  born 1889-04-27 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1909 NL  born 1889-04-27 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (922), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1670), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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