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Buddy
Myer		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 173
 
Born: March 16, 1904 in Usa, MS, ELLISVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1938   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934    1937   
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
1930 26 CIN NL $ 4,107,143   80 80 71 13 13 13 68 82 78 56 70 66 92 96 95
1931 27 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 6 8 7 10 10 10
1932 28 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 8 7 10 10 10
1933 29 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 8 7 10 10 10
1934 30 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 8 7 10 10 10
1935 31 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 9 8 6 8 7 10 10 10
1936 32 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 6 8 7 9 10 10
1937 33 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 6 8 7 9 10 10
1938 34 CIN NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 6 8 7 9 9 9
1939 35 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 8 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1940 36 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1941 37 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1942 38 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1943 39 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   80 80 71 13 13 13 68 82 78 56 70 66 92 96 95
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
1930 26 CIN NL 149 563 98 187 24 9 4 67 1 1 68 11 .332 .403 .428 .831 93.2 19.9
1931 27 CIN NL 126 504 86 164 31 5 3 70 0 0 69 9 .325 .404 .425 .829 84.8 19.6
1932 28 CIN NL 150 549 75 167 26 5 6 59 0 0 62 14 .304 .374 .403 .777 78.8 14.1
1933 29 CIN NL 147 562 74 170 24 3 3 63 7 6 71 23 .302 .380 .372 .752 78.8 13.0
1934 30 CIN NL 150 589 90 199 39 3 6 67 14 5 83 17 .338 .419 .445 .864 104.8 20.4
1935 31 CIN NL 157 571 101 188 29 6 7 88 4 8 80 15 .329 .412 .438 .849 91.6 17.7
1936 32 CIN NL 104 402 69 120 18 8 3 39 0 1 39 16 .299 .360 .405 .766 56.3 10.8
1937 33 CIN NL 147 548 86 177 32 7 2 50 0 0 81 21 .323 .410 .418 .827 88.1 20.1
1938 34 CIN NL 155 606 94 181 31 9 4 72 1 0 70 37 .299 .370 .399 .770 89.5 17.4
1939 35 OAK AL 106 296 42 96 19 6 1 37 4 3 33 11 .324 .389 .439 .828 48.1 10.7
1940 36 OAK AL 108 253 41 74 9 2 0 23 3 1 25 15 .292 .357 .344 .701 28.8 4.7
1941 37 OAK AL 121 288 46 93 15 3 1 36 11 4 42 12 .323 .407 .406 .813 46.6 8.7
1942 38 OAK AL 104 242 32 71 9 2 0 32 9 4 26 16 .293 .361 .347 .708 30.0 4.7
1943 39 OAK AL 113 230 27 74 9 1 0 30 3 2 34 17 .322 .408 .370 .777 34.9 6.1
14 Years Sim 1837 6203 961 1961 315 69 40 733 57 35 783 234 .316 .392 .409 .800 954.3 187.9
162 Game Average 547 84 172 27 6 3 64 5 3 69 20 .316 .392 .409 .800 84.2  
Career Highs 157 606 101 199 39 9 7 88 14 8 83 37 .338 .419 .445 .864 104.8  
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   4672 751 1545 243 48 29 560 45 28 609 150 .331 .407 .422 .829 785.1
vs LH   1531 210 416 72 21 11 173 12 7 174 84 .272 .345 .368 .713 197.6
Home 921 3005 486 934 131 36 23 336 30 16 380 112 .311 .387 .401 .789 467.5
Away 916 3198 475 1027 184 33 17 397 27 19 403 122 .321 .396 .415 .811 515.2
RISP   1513 0 488 69 16 7 621 0 0 249 50 .323 .411 .403 .814 260.7
Pinch Hitting   248 43 70 12 2 1 44 4 3 36 16 .282 .371 .359 .730 34.6
Close/Late   830 129 281 43 8 5 109 0 0 112 28 .339 .414 .428 .842 144.4
Mar/Apr 308 1048 175 330 48 15 5 123 6 4 117 49 .315 .383 .404 .787 159.0
May 324 1095 167 344 51 12 7 120 13 7 151 45 .314 .396 .402 .798 175.6
June 307 1010 148 316 57 8 7 114 9 5 132 30 .313 .389 .406 .795 159.7
July 291 986 160 284 45 9 9 121 6 6 137 43 .288 .375 .379 .754 143.6
August 316 1079 161 375 67 12 9 154 11 5 124 35 .348 .414 .457 .871 192.1
Sep/Oct 291 985 150 312 47 13 3 101 12 8 122 32 .317 .392 .400 .792 152.7
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
1930 26 CIN NL SS 139 138 1237.3 199 515 29 96 .961 5.19   6.0
    3B 6 0 13.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.54   0.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1931 27 CIN NL 2B 123 123 1113.7 273 522 17 102 .979 6.42   5.9
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1932 28 CIN NL SS 144 140 1241.3 192 537 31 94 .959 5.29   5.8
    3B 3 0 11.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1933 29 CIN NL SS 139 137 1225.3 198 503 33 111 .955 5.15   5.4
    3B 4 0 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1934 30 CIN NL 2B 97 95 859.0 228 369 7 78 .988 6.25   3.5
    SS 44 41 378.7 62 165 14 25 .942 5.40   1.2
    3B 6 5 42.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.1
1935 31 CIN NL SS 148 145 1280.7 232 614 34 129 .961 5.95   8.9
    2B 6 1 20.0 3 11 0 4 1.000 6.30   0.1
    3B 3 0 6.7 1 0 1 0 .500 1.35   0.0
1936 32 CIN NL SS 100 96 856.0 129 368 21 65 .959 5.23   3.8
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1937 33 CIN NL SS 94 93 825.7 146 377 23 69 .958 5.70   3.0
    2B 49 46 403.7 121 191 6 46 .981 6.96   2.2
1938 34 CIN NL 2B 148 145 1297.3 324 590 20 120 .979 6.34   5.5
    SS 6 0 16.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 7.31   0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1939 35 OAK AL SS 57 38 375.3 73 176 11 31 .958 5.97   2.3
    3B 34 22 214.3 16 66 6 4 .932 3.44   1.2
    2B 6 5 41.0 11 27 0 4 1.000 8.34   0.3
    1B 3 3 27.0 29 2 0 7 1.000 10.33   0.0
1940 36 OAK AL SS 63 39 386.0 56 183 9 38 .964 5.57   1.9
    3B 21 4 63.3 2 11 1 3 .929 1.85   0.1
    2B 8 6 56.0 15 30 0 5 1.000 7.23   0.3
1941 37 OAK AL 3B 65 48 479.7 36 122 5 7 .969 2.96   1.9
    2B 10 10 81.0 21 43 2 8 .970 7.11   0.3
    SS 21 4 68.7 14 32 3 10 .939 6.03   0.3
1942 38 OAK AL SS 57 36 366.3 62 182 6 26 .976 5.99   2.6
    3B 26 6 84.0 6 21 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.4
    2B 10 9 72.0 13 38 2 7 .962 6.38   0.3
    1B 3 2 20.0 24 2 3 3 .897 11.70   0.0
1943 39 OAK AL SS 59 20 266.7 45 119 7 26 .959 5.54   1.0
    3B 21 10 102.0 7 31 3 2 .927 3.35   0.4
    2B 12 10 96.7 12 47 1 7 .983 5.49   0.5
    1B 3 3 26.0 31 1 0 2 1.000 11.08   0.1
  SS 1072 927 8526.0 1412 3780 221 720 .959 5.48   42.5
  2B 475 450 4050.3 1023 1876 55 381 .981 6.44   19.0
  3B 194 95 1035.0 74 273 16 16 .956 3.02   4.4
  1B 9 8 73.0 84 5 3 12 .967 10.97   0.1
Career Totals   1750 1480 13684.2 2593 5934 295 1129 .967 5.61   66.0
Career Highs   157 146 1314.3 329 625 35 133 .979 6.38    
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
1930 26 CIN NL 6 26 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .269 .296 .346 .642
1931 27 CIN NL 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
1938 34 CIN NL 11 46 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .196 .269 .196 .465
1940 36 OAK AL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1942 38 OAK AL 10 31 8 12 3 0 0 9 2 0 4 1 .387 .457 .484 .941
Career Post-Season Batting 32 120 15 32 5 0 0 14 2 0 11 4 .267 .326 .308 .634
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
1930-10-.332
1934-3-.338
1935-8-.329
1937-7-.323
CAR-26-.316
 On-Base Pct
1931-9-.404
1934-2-.419
1935-4-.412
1937-3-.410
CAR-34-.392
 OPS
1934-7-.864
1937-10-.827
 XR
1934-4-104.8
1937-7-88.1
 Games
1932-3-150
1934-4-150
1935-3-157
 At-Bats
1934-5-589
1935-9-571
1938-3-606
Runs
1934-10-90
1935-10-101
1937-8-86
1938-7-94
 Hits
1934-3-199
1935-6-188
1937-5-177
1938-10-181
 Total Bases
1934-10-262
 Singles
1930-9-150
1932-9-130
1933-5-140
1934-2-151
1935-3-146
1937-4-136
1938-6-137
 Doubles
1934-4-39
 Triples
1930-4-9
1936-8-8
1937-7-7
1938-3-9
Stolen Bases
1934-4-14
1941-9-11
 Caught Stealing
1933-8-6
1934-10-5
1935-1-8
 Walks
1932-5-62
1933-4-71
1934-1-83
1935-5-80
1937-4-81
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Cecil Travis (895)
  5. Billy Herman (892)
  6. Phil Rizzuto (877)
  7. Pete Runnels (874)
  8. Wayne Causey (873)
  9. Ken Oberkfell (868)
  10. Pinky Higgins (864)
History
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1930, off Jim Weaver (TAM)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/6/1930
Injured on 9/20/1930 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
10/30/1930: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $9,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 5/12/1931 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 7/9/1931
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 6/25/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 9/24/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1935, hitting .652 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
10/12/1935: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 5/6/1936
Injured on 7/31/1936 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1937, hitting .682 with 0 HR, 1 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
10/13/1938: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1938
Traded from Cincinnati to Oakland on 2/13/1939 (Going to CIN: P Pete Sivess. Going to OAK: 2B Buddy Myer)
Injured on 6/29/1939 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1941, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
 
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