Buddy Myer stats
Bio
- Age
- 122 yearsMar 16, 1904
Buddy Myer played 17 MLB seasons, 1925 to 1941.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,923
- AB
- 7,038
- R
- 1,174
- H
- 2,131
- HR
- 38
- RBI
- 850
- SB
- 156
- AVG
- .303
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | MIN | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1926 | MIN | 132 | 434 | 66 | 132 | 1 | 62 | 10 | .304 |
| 1927 |  MIN/BOS | 148 | 520 | 66 | 146 | 2 | 54 | 12 | .281 |
| 1928 | BOS | 147 | 536 | 78 | 168 | 1 | 44 | 30 | .313 |
| 1929 | MIN | 141 | 563 | 80 | 169 | 3 | 82 | 18 | .300 |
| 1930 | MIN | 138 | 541 | 97 | 164 | 2 | 61 | 14 | .303 |
| 1931 | MIN | 139 | 591 | 114 | 173 | 4 | 56 | 11 | .293 |
| 1932 | MIN | 143 | 577 | 120 | 161 | 5 | 52 | 12 | .279 |
| 1933 | MIN | 131 | 530 | 95 | 160 | 4 | 61 | 6 | .302 |
| 1934 | MIN | 139 | 524 | 103 | 160 | 3 | 57 | 6 | .305 |
| 1935 | MIN | 151 | 616 | 115 | 215 | 5 | 100 | 7 | .349 |
| 1936 | MIN | 51 | 156 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .269 |
| 1937 | MIN | 125 | 430 | 54 | 126 | 1 | 65 | 2 | .293 |
| 1938 | MIN | 127 | 437 | 79 | 147 | 6 | 71 | 9 | .336 |
| 1939 | MIN | 83 | 258 | 33 | 78 | 1 | 32 | 4 | .302 |
| 1940 | MIN | 71 | 210 | 28 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 6 | .290 |
| 1941 | MIN | 53 | 107 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .252 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- AB
- 28
- R
- 2
- H
- 8
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .286
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,187
- TB
- 2,858
- XBH
- 521
- HBP
- 33
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | MIN | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | MIN | 499 | 165 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | MIN/BOS | 601 | 197 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | BOS | 619 | 209 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | MIN | 639 | 227 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | MIN | 617 | 204 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | MIN | 662 | 240 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | MIN | 661 | 246 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 601 | 231 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | MIN | 636 | 218 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | MIN | 720 | 288 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | MIN | 201 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 519 | 165 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | 534 | 203 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | MIN | 300 | 97 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | MIN | 245 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | MIN | 125 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 40.0
- RC
- 1,198.5
- RC/27
- 6.30
- ISOP
- .103
- SECA
- .247
- BB/K
- 2.25
- AB/HR
- 185.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | MIN | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | MIN | 0.7 | 64.1 | 5.2 | .076 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 434 | 0 |
| 1927 | MIN/BOS | 1.9 | 76.7 | 5.2 | .098 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 260 | 0 |
| 1928 | BOS | 0.0 | 85.6 | 5.6 | .076 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 536 | 0 |
| 1929 | MIN | 2.3 | 91.4 | 6 | .103 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 187.7 | 0 |
| 1930 | MIN | 2.2 | 81.3 | 5.4 | .074 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 270.5 | 0 |
| 1931 | MIN | 3.0 | 88.5 | 5.4 | .113 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 147.8 | 0 |
| 1932 | MIN | 3.2 | 94.2 | 5.9 | .147 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 115.4 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 4.2 | 89 | 6.2 | .134 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 132.5 | 0 |
| 1934 | MIN | 3.9 | 100.7 | 7.2 | .111 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 174.7 | 0 |
| 1935 | MIN | 5.8 | 131.4 | 8.6 | .119 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 123.2 | 0 |
| 1936 | MIN | 1.2 | 28.6 | 6.6 | .058 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 2.5 | 74.6 | 6.4 | .091 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 430 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | 5.4 | 99.1 | 9 | .128 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 72.8 | 0 |
| 1939 | MIN | 1.9 | 43.2 | 6.4 | .074 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 258 | 0 |
| 1940 | MIN | 1.5 | 35.7 | 6.3 | .105 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | MIN | 0.3 | 14 | 4.7 | .047 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 122 yearsMar 16, 1904
- Debut
- 1925
What were Buddy Myer's career stats?
Buddy Myer played 17 seasons for the Twins and the Red Sox. He was a career .303 hitter with 2,131 hits, 38 home runs and 850 RBI. His best season was 1935: a .349 batting average, 5 home runs and 100 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1925 to 1941
All-time career rank
- 223rd in hits (2,131)
Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.