Elmer Myers

Full Name: Elmer Glenn Myers	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: October 6, 1915
Birthdate: March 2, 1894	Final Game: April 19, 1922
Birthplace: York Springs, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: July 29, 1976
Deathplace: Collingswood, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 2, 1894 in York Springs, Pennsylvania, Elmer Myers (Elmer Glenn Myers) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career. Myers broke into the bigs on October 6, 1915 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.66 ERA in 315 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Elmer Myers's best season was 1916, when he posted a 3.66 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 182 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1915	PHI	A	1	1	1	0	.00	12	0	0	1	1	0	9	2	0	5	0	0
1916	PHI	A	44	35	14	23	3.66	182	169	128	31	2	1	315	280	7	168	13	14
1917	PHI	A	38	23	9	16	4.42	88	122	99	13	2	3	201.2	221	2	79	10	5
1918	PHI	A	18	15	4	8	4.63	17	66	49	5	1	1	95.1	101	4	42	6	4
1919	CLE	A	23	15	8	7	3.74	38	68	56	6	1	1	134.2	134	3	43	1	10
1920	CLE	A	16	7	2	4	4.77	16	52	38	2	0	1	71.2	93	1	23	2	4
1920	BOS	A	12	10	9	1	2.13	34	30	23	9	1	0	97	90	1	24	0	2
1920	TOT	A	28	17	11	5	3.25	50	82	61	11	1	1	168.2	183	2	47	2	6
1921	BOS	A	30	20	8	12	4.87	40	107	93	11	0	0	172	217	11	53	1	10
1922	BOS	A	3	1	0	1	17.47	1	11	11	0	0	0	5.2	10	1	3	0	2
Total			185	127	55	72	4.06	428	625	497	78	8	7	1102	1148	30	440	33	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1915	PHI	A	P	1	1	0	1	0	.500
1916	PHI	A	P	44	16	106	5	4	.961
1917	PHI	A	P	38	15	60	4	0	.949
1918	PHI	A	P	18	4	35	2	3	.951
1919	CLE	A	P	23	12	38	1	1	.980
1920	CLE	A	P	16	4	20	2	0	.923
1920	BOS	A	P	12	6	19	2	0	.926
1920	TOT	A	P	28	10	39	4	0	.925
1921	BOS	A	P	30	7	45	1	4	.981
1922	BOS	A	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	185	65	325	18	12	.956

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB
1915	PHI	A	1	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1916	PHI	A	53	126	9	27	9	.214	.233	.270	5	1	3	26	4	0
1917	PHI	A	38	73	5	18	5	.247	.276	.274	2	0	3	14	2	2
1918	PHI	A	18	35	1	5	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	2
1919	CLE	A	23	46	5	11	6	.239	.300	.348	1	2	4	10	1	0
1920	CLE	A	16	25	2	6	4	.240	.240	.320	2	0	0	3	2	0
1920	BOS	A	12	38	8	12	7	.316	.350	.395	1	1	2	2	0	0
1920	TOT	A	28	63	10	18	11	.286	.308	.365	3	1	2	5	2	0
1921	BOS	A	30	65	7	14	5	.215	.227	.231	1	0	1	6	1	0
1922	BOS	A	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			194	412	37	93	37	.226	.249	.274	12	4	13	65	11	4

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Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Larry Gardner and Charlie Jamieson to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Braggo Roth (March 1, 1919).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Cleveland Indians (June, 1920).

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