Irish Meusel stats
Last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1927
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,289
- AB
- 4,900
- R
- 701
- H
- 1,521
- HR
- 106
- RBI
- 698
- SB
- 113
- AVG
- .310
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1918 | PHI | 124 | 473 | 48 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .279 |
| 1919 | PHI | 135 | 521 | 65 | 159 | 5 | 0 | 24 | .305 |
| 1920 | PHI | 138 | 518 | 75 | 160 | 14 | 69 | 17 | .309 |
| 1921 |  PHI/SF | 146 | 586 | 96 | 201 | 14 | 87 | 13 | .343 |
| 1922 | SF | 154 | 617 | 100 | 204 | 16 | 132 | 12 | .331 |
| 1923 | SF | 146 | 595 | 102 | 177 | 19 | 125 | 8 | .297 |
| 1924 | SF | 139 | 549 | 75 | 170 | 6 | 102 | 11 | .310 |
| 1925 | SF | 135 | 516 | 82 | 169 | 21 | 111 | 5 | .328 |
| 1926 | SF | 129 | 449 | 51 | 131 | 6 | 65 | 5 | .292 |
| 1927 | LAD | 42 | 74 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .243 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 23
- AB
- 87
- R
- 10
- H
- 24
- HR
- 3
- RBI
- 17
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .276
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,309
- TB
- 2,275
- XBH
- 449
- HBP
- 17
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | PHI | 511 | 181 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PHI | 549 | 214 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PHI | 563 | 245 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PHI/SF | 629 | 302 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | SF | 676 | 314 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | SF | 649 | 284 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | SF | 603 | 232 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | SF | 557 | 283 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | SF | 483 | 194 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | LAD | 87 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 20.1
- RC
- 806.4
- RC/27
- 6.10
- ISOP
- .154
- SECA
- .221
- BB/K
- 1.35
- AB/HR
- 46.2
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | MIN | 0.0 | -0.2 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | PHI | 2.2 | 64.8 | 5 | .104 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 118.3 | 0 |
| 1919 | PHI | 1.1 | 76.1 | 5.5 | .106 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 104.2 | 0 |
| 1920 | PHI | 2.6 | 85.8 | 6.1 | .164 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 37 | 0 |
| 1921 | PHI/SF | 3.2 | 110.2 | 7.3 | .172 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 41.9 | 0 |
| 1922 | SF | 3.1 | 113.6 | 6.9 | .178 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 38.6 | 0 |
| 1923 | SF | 2.1 | 97.2 | 5.9 | .180 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 31.3 | 0 |
| 1924 | SF | 1.9 | 83.8 | 5.6 | .113 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 91.5 | 0 |
| 1925 | SF | 3.1 | 100.4 | 7.5 | .221 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 1926 | SF | 0.8 | 65.1 | 5.3 | .140 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 74.8 | 0 |
| 1927 | LAD | 0.0 | 10 | 4.7 | .108 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 74 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Irish Meusel's career stats?
Irish Meusel played 11 seasons for the Twins, the Phillies, the Giants and the Dodgers. He was a career .310 hitter with 1,521 hits, 106 home runs and 698 RBI. His best season was 1921: a .343 batting average, 14 home runs and 87 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1914 to 1927
Championships ×2
- 1921 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
- 1922 World Series with the San Francisco Giants