Chief Meyers

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Full Name: John Tortes Meyers	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/194	First Game: April 16, 1909
Birthdate: July 29, 1880	Final Game: October 4, 1917
Birthplace: Riverside, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: July 25, 1971
Deathplace: San Bernardino, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Chief Meyers (John Tortes Meyers) was born on July 29, 1880 in Riverside, California. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1909 for the New York Giants. In 1909, his rookie year, he hit .277 with 1 home run and 30 RBI. Meyers played for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Superbas and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Chief Meyers's best season was 1912, when he hit for a .358 average and knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1909	NY	N	90	220	15	61	1	30	.277	.359	.382	10	5	22	0	6	4	3	0	0
1910	NY	N	127	365	25	104	1	62	.285	.362	.342	18	0	40	18	4	13	5	0	0
1911	NY	N	133	391	48	130	1	61	.332	.392	.432	18	9	25	33	13	10	7	2	8
1912	NY	N	126	371	60	133	6	54	.358	.441	.477	16	5	47	20	8	9	8	0	0
1913	NY	N	120	378	37	118	3	47	.312	.387	.410	18	5	37	22	9	4	7	0	0
1914	NY	N	134	381	33	109	1	55	.286	.357	.354	13	5	34	25	8	5	4	0	0
1915	NY	N	110	289	24	67	1	26	.232	.311	.311	10	5	26	18	7	1	4	0	0
1916	BRO	N	80	239	21	59	0	21	.247	.336	.314	10	3	26	15	6	3	2	0	0
1917	BRO	N	47	132	8	28	0	3	.212	.283	.235	3	0	13	7	0	3	4	0	0
1917	BOS	N	25	68	5	17	0	4	.250	.311	.426	4	4	4	4	2	3	0	0	0
1917	TOT	N	72	200	13	45	0	7	.225	.292	.300	7	4	17	11	2	6	4	0	0
Total			992	2834	276	826	14	363	.291	.367	.378	120	41	274	162	63	55	44	2	8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1909	NY	N	C	64	0	0	376	71	17	4	0	8	0	0	0	.963
1910	NY	N	C	117	0	0	638	154	25	16	0	17	0	0	0	.969
1911	NY	N	C	128	128	986.1	729	108	18	11	0	10	100	70	1	.979
1912	NY	N	C	122	0	0	576	111	19	10	0	12	0	0	0	.973
1913	NY	N	C	116	0	0	579	143	25	12	0	6	0	0	0	.967
1914	NY	N	C	126	0	0	487	150	20	16	0	5	0	0	0	.970
1915	NY	N	C	96	0	0	464	90	8	15	0	13	0	0	0	.986
1916	BRO	N	C	74	0	0	389	95	8	9	0	8	0	0	0	.984
1917	BRO	N	C	44	0	0	186	37	6	3	0	4	0	0	0	.974
1917	BOS	N	C	24	0	0	113	37	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.000
1917	TOT	N	C	68	0	0	299	74	6	6	0	7	0	0	0	.984
Total			C	911	128	986.1	4537	996	146	99	0	86	100	70	1	.974

[edit] Transactions

Sold by St Paul (American Association) to New York Giants for $6000 (July 1, 1908).
Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from New York Giants (February 10, 1916).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from Brooklyn Robins (August 16, 1917).

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