Billy Myers

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 168lb (173cm, 76kg)

Born: August 14, 1910 in Enola, PA us

Died: April 10, 1995 in Carlisle, PA

Buried: Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, PA

High School: Enola HS (Enola, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1935 (Age 24-245d, 7,829th in major league history)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1941 (Age 31-042d)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: William Harrison Myers

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Relatives: Brother of Lynn Myers

1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

2399

616

.257

319

RBI

243

OBP

.328

SLG

.377

OPS

.706

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 22	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	11 (6)	May 4	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	20 (8)	May 13	CIN		STL	T,8-8	GF	4	1.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	27 (6)	May 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	28	May 25 (1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
9	29	May 25 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
10	30	May 26	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	31	May 27 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
12	32	May 27 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	33	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
14	34	May 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
15	35	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
16	36	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	3	4	0	7	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	37	Jun 1	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
18	38	Jun 2 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	39	Jun 2 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
20	40	Jun 3	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	41	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
22	42	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
23	43	Jun 7	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	43	11.0	2	6	0	8	2
24	44	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	W,23-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	45	Jun 9 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-9	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	46	Jun 9 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
27	47	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
28	48	Jun 12	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	78 (29)	Jul 19	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	79	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
31	80	Jul 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	81	Jul 21 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
33	82	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	5	0	8	3
34	83	Jul 23 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	84	Jul 24	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
36	85	Jul 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	86	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	87	Jul 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
39	88	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
40	89	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
41	90	Jul 30	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	25	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	91	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	92	Aug 2 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
44	97 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
45	98	Aug 7	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
46	99	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	100	Aug 9	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
48	101	Aug 10	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	102	Aug 11 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	3	3	0
50	113 (10)	Aug 21	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	114	Aug 22	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
52	115	Aug 23	CIN		BSN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	116	Aug 24	CIN		BSN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	117	Aug 25 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
55	118	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	119	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	120	Aug 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
58	121	Aug 29	CIN		BRO	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	122	Aug 30	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	123	Aug 31	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	124	Sep 1 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
62	125	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
63	126	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	127	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
65	128	Sep 3	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
66	129	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	GS	42	11.0	5	5	0	10	2
67	130	Sep 5	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	131	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
69	132	Sep 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
70	133	Sep 11 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	134	Sep 11 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
72	135	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
73	136	Sep 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	137	Sep 14	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
75	138	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
76	139	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG	41	11.0	2	3	1	6	0
77	140	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
78	141	Sep 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
79	142	Sep 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	143	Sep 19	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
81	144	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	145	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
83	146	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
84	147	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
85	148	Sep 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	153 (4)	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	154	Sep 28	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
88	155	Sep 29	CIN		PIT	W,11-3	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
							88gm		756.0	155	269	17	441	62