Jack Meyers

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Meyers in some sources

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 194lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: July 29, 1880 in Riverside, CA us

Died: July 25, 1971 in San Bernardino, CA

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Park, Bloomington, CA

High School: Riverside HS (Riverside, CA)

School: Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)

Debut: April 15, 1909 (Age 28-260d, 3,138th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1917 (Age 37-067d)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: John Tortes Meyers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.2

2834

826

.292

276

RBI

369

OBP

.367

SLG

.378

OPS

.744

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BRO		PHI	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 14	BRO		PHI	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	BRO		NYG	L,0-5	GS	27	6.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	8 (4)	Apr 21	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
5	9	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
6	10	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	T,6-6	GS	28	6.0	5	2	0	7	0
7	11	Apr 28	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	13 (1)	May 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	14	May 4	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	16 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
11	19 (2)	May 11	BRO		CHC	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
12	20	May 12	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
13	21	May 14	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	33 (11)	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	36 (2)	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	37	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	38	Jun 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
18	39	Jun 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	42 (2)	Jun 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
20	44 (1)	Jun 15	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	46 (1)	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	47	Jun 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
23	54 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	56 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
25	58 (1)	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
26	59	Jun 28 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
27	62 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,9-8	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	63	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	65 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	68 (2)	Jul 6	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
31	70 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	72 (1)	Jul 12	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	74 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	76 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
35	77	Jul 16	BRO		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	80 (2)	Jul 20	BRO		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
37	81	Jul 21 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	85 (3)	Jul 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	86	Jul 26 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
40	91 (4)	Jul 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	92	Jul 31	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	95 (2)	Aug 3	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
43	98 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	100 (1)	Aug 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Robins to Boston Braves
45	107	Aug 21	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	22	6.0	7	3	0	10	0
46	108	Aug 22	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	109	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	GS	16	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	119 (9)	Sep 3 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	121 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
50	122	Sep 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	124 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
52	125	Sep 8 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	126	Sep 8 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
54	128 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
55	130 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
56	132 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	133	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
58	134	Sep 14	BSN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
59	136 (1)	Sep 17	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	57	15.0	11	3	0	14	1
60	138 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS	17	4.2	5	0	0	5	0
61	143 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	144	Sep 24	BSN	@	CIN	T,2-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	146 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	T,3-3	CG	39	11.0	8	2	0	10	0
64	147	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	149 (1)	Sep 27	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	151 (1)	Sep 30	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	155 (3)	Oct 3 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	156	Oct 4 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
							68gm		531.0	299	74	6	379	6