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Billy
Myers		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 173
 
Born: August 14, 1910 in Usa, PA, ENOLA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1936 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1937 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1938 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1939 28 MIN AL $ 2,564,286   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1940 29 MIN AL $ 2,564,286   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1941 30 MIN AL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1942 31 MIN AL $ 2,564,286   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1943 32 MIN AL $ 2,650,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1944 33 MIN AL $ 2,650,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1945 34 MIN AL $ 2,650,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1946 35 SEM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1947 36 SEM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1948 37 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1949 38 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,650,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 24 MIN AL 27 87 8 22 2 2 1 9 1 0 4 17 .253 .286 .356 .642 9.1 0.9
    AAA   133 548 74 171 30 5 9 65 18 3 51 64 .312 .371 .434 .805 86.7  
1936 25 MIN AL 131 489 65 129 25 4 1 54 5 5 23 88 .264 .296 .337 .633 44.4 2.7
    AAA   26 111 18 42 5 2 3 26 3 5 9 13 .378 .425 .541 .966 21.4  
1937 26 MIN AL 151 582 78 148 29 4 6 49 8 1 44 103 .254 .306 .349 .655 59.8 6.4
1938 27 MIN AL 155 601 87 185 26 5 13 56 3 3 33 77 .308 .342 .433 .774 85.2 15.1
1939 28 MIN AL 159 530 60 140 18 6 4 64 3 3 49 76 .264 .324 .343 .668 58.6 7.1
1940 29 MIN AL 50 62 6 18 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 15 .290 .353 .371 .724 7.7 1.5
    AAA   80 315 42 104 25 3 7 58 1 3 30 50 .330 .388 .495 .884 54.9  
1941 30 MIN AL 115 227 25 63 11 1 0 21 0 0 21 45 .278 .336 .335 .671 23.6 2.6
1942 31 MIN AL 133 349 37 101 16 2 4 37 1 0 22 66 .289 .329 .381 .710 42.4 5.1
1943 32 MIN AL 155 513 55 152 28 3 7 62 2 0 37 81 .296 .343 .404 .747 63.6 8.2
1944 33 MIN AL 123 253 35 62 14 1 3 28 0 0 27 47 .245 .323 .344 .667 28.4 3.0
1945 34 MIN AL 102 181 25 42 8 1 3 23 0 0 29 41 .232 .336 .337 .674 21.2 2.3
1946 35 SEM AL 25 40 4 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 7 6 .350 .447 .425 .872 7.3 1.4
    AAA   56 194 24 60 5 1 5 38 3 6 33 29 .309 .410 .423 .832 33.3  
1947 36 SEM AL 124 170 27 41 11 3 1 29 0 0 23 37 .241 .328 .359 .687 19.4 1.9
1948 37 STL NL 60 164 21 43 7 0 0 12 0 1 17 34 .262 .330 .305 .635 16.3 1.1
1949 38 STL NL 79 200 26 57 11 1 2 14 0 0 16 31 .285 .338 .380 .718 23.6 2.9
15 Years Sim 1589 4448 559 1217 214 33 45 468 23 13 358 764 .274 .327 .367 .693 510.5 62.2
4 Years AAA 295 1168 158 377 65 11 24 187 25 17 123 156 .323 .384 .459 .843 196.2  
162 Game Average 453 56 124 21 3 4 47 2 1 36 77 .274 .327 .367 .693 52.0  
Career Highs 159 601 87 185 29 6 13 64 8 5 49 103 .350 .447 .433 .872 85.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2897 349 770 124 20 28 278 17 8 218 530 .266 .316 .351 .667 319.8
vs LH   1551 210 447 90 13 17 190 6 5 140 234 .288 .346 .396 .742 207.4
Home 800 2227 268 611 106 12 18 212 11 7 154 393 .274 .320 .357 .677 249.2
Away 789 2221 291 606 108 21 27 256 12 6 204 371 .273 .333 .377 .710 278.0
RISP   1105 0 308 59 11 14 404 0 0 101 204 .279 .333 .390 .723 143.9
Pinch Hitting   368 44 100 25 3 1 60 0 0 37 64 .272 .337 .364 .701 44.9
Close/Late   541 50 140 20 3 2 45 0 0 56 89 .259 .327 .318 .645 58.4
Mar/Apr 241 670 65 174 33 4 6 71 3 2 46 126 .260 .306 .348 .654 70.0
May 271 727 100 214 33 4 6 87 2 2 69 125 .294 .355 .376 .731 96.0
June 250 676 90 194 36 2 9 77 4 2 71 106 .287 .354 .386 .740 92.4
July 240 690 91 183 30 9 8 74 4 2 51 116 .265 .315 .370 .684 79.2
August 288 814 115 229 42 7 8 80 6 2 68 128 .281 .334 .380 .714 102.4
Sep/Oct 299 871 98 223 40 7 8 79 4 3 53 163 .256 .298 .346 .644 87.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1935 24 MIN AL SS 26 26 212.3 26 66 6 17 .939 3.90   0.3
1936 25 MIN AL SS 128 121 1062.3 203 463 20 89 .971 5.64   4.4
1937 26 MIN AL SS 148 143 1246.0 208 498 29 111 .961 5.10   5.9
1938 27 MIN AL SS 153 146 1251.7 195 546 23 114 .970 5.33   5.2
1939 28 MIN AL SS 155 143 1233.3 201 518 33 97 .956 5.25   4.3
1940 29 MIN AL 2B 15 9 86.7 25 28 0 8 1.000 5.50   0.2
    SS 6 1 16.7 6 7 0 3 1.000 7.02   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 30 MIN AL SS 53 36 361.7 68 154 12 31 .949 5.52   2.1
    2B 17 8 81.7 19 36 0 7 1.000 6.06   0.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 31 MIN AL SS 91 74 641.0 133 268 19 62 .955 5.63   2.7
    2B 12 7 72.3 22 31 1 8 .981 6.59   0.2
1943 32 MIN AL SS 153 150 1247.3 235 583 50 109 .942 5.90   4.2
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 33 MIN AL SS 69 31 329.3 55 150 12 29 .945 5.60   2.0
    2B 25 20 175.0 39 81 3 16 .976 6.17   0.5
1945 34 MIN AL SS 54 15 223.3 33 97 2 16 .985 5.24   1.2
    2B 19 15 139.0 40 49 2 12 .978 5.76   0.4
1946 35 SEM AL 2B 8 5 53.0 7 31 1 3 .974 6.45   0.3
    SS 8 0 16.0 3 11 0 5 1.000 7.88   0.1
1947 36 SEM AL SS 21 16 142.0 29 69 1 17 .990 6.21   0.9
    2B 39 9 122.0 35 64 1 19 .990 7.30   0.4
1948 37 STL NL 2B 35 30 257.3 66 106 3 29 .983 6.02   1.4
    SS 20 18 145.0 18 78 1 9 .990 5.96   0.7
1949 38 STL NL 2B 50 49 369.0 96 155 3 38 .988 6.12   2.0
    SS 23 12 118.7 18 50 1 11 .986 5.16   0.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1108 932 8246.6 1431 3558 209 720 .960 5.44   34.6
  2B 222 152 1360.0 351 583 14 142 .985 6.18   5.8
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1333 1084 9612.6 1782 4141 223 862 .964 5.55   40.4
Career Highs   155 150 1251.7 237 585 50 114 1.000 6.78    
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.
Games
1939-1-159
 At-Bats
1938-5-601
 Hits
1938-10-185
 Singles
1938-2-141
 Stolen Bases
1936-10-5
1937-8-8
 Caught Stealing
1936-4-5
Strikeouts
1936-3-88
1937-2-103
1938-9-77
1943-9-81
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bobby Reeves (955)
  2. Felix Millan (943)
  3. Tom Upton (940)
  4. Dutch Meyer (939)
  5. Kiko Garcia (939)
  6. Joel Youngblood (938)
  7. Tito Fuentes (938)
  8. Doc Gautreau (937)
  9. Roy Hartsfield (927)
  10. Terry Harmon (926)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1935
Had first career hit on 9/2/1935, off Tony Kaufmann (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/12/1935, off Ted Lyons (DET)
Injured on 9/1/1937 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/12/1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/30/1939
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,650,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/23/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 8/27/1946 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/25/1948 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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