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Hy
Myers		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 27, 1889 in Usa, OH, EAST LIVERPOO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1909 20 NYA AL     4 4 5 3 2 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 10 9 9
1910 21 NYA AL     5 5 6 3 2 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
1911 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
1912 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1913 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1914 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1915 26 NYA AL $ 1,378,571   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1916 27 DET AL $ 1,621,429   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 9 10
1917 28 DET AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1918 29 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1919 30 SLA AL $ 3,760,002   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1920 31 SLA AL $ 3,760,002   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 2 10 10 10
1921 32 SLA AL $ 3,760,002   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
1922 33 SLA AL $ 1,060,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1923 34 SLA AL $ 1,060,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1924 35 SLA AL $ 940,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1925 36 SLA AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1926 37 NY1 NL $ 550,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,760,002   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1909 20 AA   90 359 43 94 18 7 10 55 10 4 29 53 .262 .317 .435 .752 49.1  
    A   40 156 21 39 5 2 5 17 3 5 20 26 .250 .335 .404 .739 20.9  
1910 21 AA   130 505 55 138 22 2 13 68 20 11 50 53 .273 .339 .402 .741 69.0  
1911 22 NYA AL 63 201 21 72 14 2 0 38 13 9 8 7 .358 .379 .448 .827 30.1 6.6
    AAA   26 104 13 36 4 0 4 14 6 3 4 4 .346 .370 .500 .870 17.6  
1912 23 NYA AL 105 374 54 106 14 5 1 24 20 10 20 21 .283 .321 .356 .676 40.6 6.9
1913 24 NYA AL 128 531 70 163 29 20 2 51 29 14 20 16 .307 .333 .448 .781 73.1 15.3
1914 25 NYA AL 141 523 49 140 19 6 3 60 25 22 24 17 .268 .299 .344 .644 48.9 6.6
1915 26 NYA AL 130 462 59 126 14 7 4 42 19 17 34 26 .273 .324 .359 .683 48.7 11.9
1916 27 NYA AL 93 350 37 86 13 8 0 18 16 16 17 16 .246 .282 .329 .610 27.3 2.3
  DET AL 46 140 14 44 5 2 1 15 7 7 5 8 .314 .336 .400 .736 16.2 3.2
  TOT   139 490 51 130 18 10 1 33 23 23 22 24 .265 .297 .349 .646 43.5 5.5
1917 28 DET AL 60 164 24 43 3 3 2 19 9 9 11 5 .262 .309 .354 .662 15.6 2.3
1918 29 DET AL 81 259 41 82 8 7 2 24 16 18 13 8 .317 .347 .425 .771 33.4 8.4
1919 30 SLA AL 72 209 26 54 11 1 2 27 3 8 8 7 .258 .283 .349 .632 17.0 1.7
1920 31 SLA AL 123 466 75 150 24 5 1 47 14 15 24 13 .322 .353 .401 .754 56.6 10.2
1921 32 SLA AL 81 175 25 50 5 4 3 23 1 5 4 3 .286 .298 .411 .710 20.5 2.6
1922 33 SLA AL 98 241 36 68 7 3 2 18 9 5 19 3 .282 .335 .361 .696 26.3 3.1
1923 34 SLA AL 75 202 36 61 11 5 1 28 3 1 14 4 .302 .342 .421 .763 28.0 4.7
1924 35 SLA AL 63 138 15 26 2 3 0 11 3 2 6 5 .188 .226 .246 .472 6.3 0.0
1925 36 SLA AL 10 22 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 .273 .304 .273 .577 1.2 0.0
15 Years Sim 1369 4457 584 1277 179 81 24 448 187 159 228 160 .287 .321 .379 .700 489.7 85.9
1 Years AAA 26 104 13 36 4 0 4 14 6 3 4 4 .346 .364 .500 .864 17.6  
2 Years AA 220 864 98 232 40 9 23 123 30 15 79 106 .269 .329 .416 .745 118.1  
1 Years A 40 156 21 39 5 2 5 17 3 5 20 26 .250 .335 .404 .739 20.9  
4 Years Minors 286 1124 132 307 49 11 32 154 39 23 103 136 .273 .333 .422 .755 156.5  
162 Game Average 527 69 151 21 9 2 53 22 18 26 18 .287 .321 .379 .700 58.0  
Career Highs 141 531 75 163 29 20 4 60 29 23 34 26 .358 .379 .448 .827 73.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2615 315 674 91 42 11 243 111 83 141 115 .258 .295 .337 .633 245.1
vs LH   1842 269 603 88 39 13 205 76 76 87 45 .327 .357 .439 .795 254.1
Home 677 2182 290 621 82 35 15 218 102 70 115 81 .285 .321 .375 .696 246.7
Away 692 2275 294 656 97 46 9 230 85 89 113 79 .288 .321 .383 .704 252.5
RISP   1058 0 296 28 24 9 398 0 0 64 46 .280 .316 .377 .693 124.2
Pinch Hitting   148 20 44 3 6 1 32 2 3 10 8 .297 .338 .419 .756 19.7
Close/Late   564 77 163 24 14 3 67 0 2 35 22 .289 .329 .397 .727 69.9
Mar/Apr 126 399 41 103 9 8 2 42 10 15 18 15 .258 .289 .336 .625 34.4
May 221 714 91 199 26 11 4 70 27 20 36 24 .279 .313 .363 .676 76.2
June 243 796 108 214 27 17 5 83 32 26 37 27 .269 .300 .364 .664 81.0
July 254 825 115 245 47 12 2 70 37 32 53 23 .297 .340 .390 .731 100.0
August 227 751 103 236 31 18 6 90 36 27 37 23 .314 .345 .427 .772 101.2
Sep/Oct 298 972 126 280 39 15 5 93 45 39 47 48 .288 .320 .374 .695 106.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1911 22 NYA AL LF 39 37 340.0 80 1 0 1 1.000 2.14   1.1
    CF 9 8 77.3 17 1 1 0 .947 2.09    
    2B 3 1 9.0 1 5 1 0 .857 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1912 23 NYA AL 2B 45 43 381.3 102 165 9 25 .967 6.30   1.9
    CF 30 30 267.7 68 1 1 0 .986 2.32   1.1
    RF 9 9 78.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    LF 7 5 47.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1913 24 NYA AL LF 58 57 522.7 98 2 1 1 .990 1.72   1.8
    2B 54 54 480.7 102 204 18 25 .944 5.73   1.6
    CF 11 11 99.0 29 0 1 0 .967 2.64    
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1914 25 NYA AL 2B 137 136 1209.7 256 465 37 80 .951 5.36   2.9
1915 26 NYA AL LF 75 74 659.0 130 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   2.3
    CF 47 44 394.7 79 5 6 2 .933 1.92    
    2B 2 2 18.0 5 7 2 3 .857 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1916 27 NYA AL LF 60 58 561.4 115 2 1 1 .992 1.88   2.8
    CF 12 12 118.3 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
    2B 12 11 106.1 27 38 4 6 .942 5.51   0.3
    RF 3 3 24.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
    SS 2 2 17.9 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.1
    1B 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  DET AL LF 30 28 221.6 45 1 1 1 .979 1.87   1.0
    CF 6 6 46.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.0
    2B 6 5 41.9 11 15 1 2 .963 5.58   0.2
    RF 1 1 9.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.94   0.0
    SS 1 1 7.1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.80   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 90 86 783.0 160 3 2 2 .988 1.87   3.9
      CF 18 18 165.0 49 3 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.0
      2B 18 16 148.0 38 53 5 8 .948 5.53   0.5
      RF 4 4 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.0
      SS 3 3 25.0 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
      1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1917 28 DET AL 2B 21 16 154.3 38 73 5 9 .957 6.47   0.8
    CF 12 11 100.3 19 1 1 0 .952 1.79   0.7
    RF 9 8 74.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.58    
    LF 6 4 37.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1918 29 DET AL LF 43 43 386.7 86 1 1 0 .989 2.03   1.4
    CF 9 9 79.7 25 0 1 0 .962 2.82    
    RF 4 4 35.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.06    
    2B 7 2 26.3 12 9 0 1 1.000 7.18   0.2
1919 30 SLA AL CF 21 21 184.7 62 3 1 0 .985 3.17   1.1
    LF 18 15 138.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    2B 22 13 126.7 26 47 2 3 .973 5.19   0.2
    RF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
1920 31 SLA AL 2B 52 47 424.7 123 196 13 45 .961 6.76   0.8
    CF 34 33 293.7 72 4 1 0 .987 2.33   1.6
    LF 32 31 265.3 56 0 0 0 1.000 1.90    
    RF 5 3 28.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.21    
1921 32 SLA AL CF 22 11 116.3 30 2 5 1 .865 2.48   0.6
    LF 17 10 83.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    2B 12 9 80.0 32 28 4 11 .938 6.75   0.2
    RF 22 5 70.0 17 1 2 0 .900 2.31    
1922 33 SLA AL 2B 38 33 272.7 91 126 4 26 .982 7.16   1.4
    LF 22 19 158.0 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.34   1.3
    CF 21 7 87.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.10    
    RF 6 1 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20    
1923 34 SLA AL 2B 29 19 186.0 48 87 7 16 .951 6.53   1.0
    CF 24 19 170.0 57 0 2 0 .966 3.02   1.6
    LF 11 8 68.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    RF 4 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1924 35 SLA AL LF 33 31 245.0 51 2 1 0 .981 1.95   0.9
    2B 12 8 71.7 23 40 1 8 .984 7.91   0.4
    CF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    RF 2 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 36 SLA AL CF 3 3 21.0 9 0 1 0 .900 3.86   0.2
    2B 4 2 16.0 3 7 1 1 .909 5.63   0.0
    LF 3 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1926 37 NY1 NL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 454 422 3749.0 794 12 5 4 .994 1.93   12.7
  2B 457 401 3606.0 900 1512 109 261 .957 6.02   11.9
  CF 265 226 2068.3 550 20 21 3 .964 2.48   7.0
  RF 70 42 405.0 93 2 4 1 .960 2.11   0.0
  SS 5 4 36.0 3 13 1 0 .941 4.00   0.2
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1252 1095 9865.2 2341 1559 140 269 .965 3.56   31.7
Career Highs   137 136 1209.7 261 465 37 80 .987 5.36    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 28 DET AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1913-6-.307
1920-7-.322
 Slugging Pct
1913-6-.448
 Hits
1913-9-163
 Total Bases
1913-6-238
 Doubles
1913-7-29
 Triples
1913-1-20
Caught Stealing
1914-6-22
1916-5-23
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 74th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1908
Injured on 5/5/1908 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Released by New York (N) on 7/13/1908
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1909
Had first career hit on 5/13/1911, off Charlie Shields (CLE)
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1916 (Going to DET: LF Hy Myers. Going to NYA: RF Cards Bait)
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
4/11/1917: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (A) on 2/17/1919 to a 3-year deal worth $3,760,002 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/1920, hitting .700 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
10/5/1921: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $1,060,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $940,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1925: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $1,260,000 per year, for 1 years
Released by St. Louis (A) on 7/17/1925
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/19/1926 to a 2-year deal worth $550,000 per year
 
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