Benny Meyer
1913–1925 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Terrapins, Brooklyn Dodgers, Buffalo Blues, Philadelphia Phillies
312G
.265AVG
.365OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
276H
7HR
84RBI
46SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,041 | 1,043 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 29 | 30 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 117 | 114 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,236 | 1,237 |
| Batting · Runs | 146 | 147 |
| Batting · RBI | 84 | 78 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 49 |
| Batting · Triples | 17 | 16 |
| Batting · Walks | 158 | 157 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | 1,236 | 1,041 | 146 | 276 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 84 | 158 | 117 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 360 | .265 | .365 | .346 | .711 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1914-07-18 to 1914-08-03
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1914-09-26 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1914-07-28 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1913-07-27 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 169 | 647 | 149 | 6 | 51 | 91 | 62 | .275 | .371 | .372 |
| Away | 143 | 590 | 127 | 1 | 27 | 66 | 52 | .253 | .327 | .315 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 148 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 15 | .248 | .385 | .316 |
| May | 37 | 141 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 16 | .269 | .390 | .333 |
| June | 55 | 233 | 54 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 22 | .270 | .348 | .335 |
| July | 68 | 276 | 63 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 23 | .263 | .326 | .367 |
| August | 60 | 223 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 18 | .246 | .314 | .344 |
| September | 51 | 188 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 18 | .308 | .394 | .365 |
| October | 8 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .214 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-whales | 41 | 174 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 19 | .253 | .316 | .329 |
| st-louis-terriers | 39 | 161 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 13 | .285 | .354 | .401 |
| brooklyn-tip-tops | 37 | 146 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 10 | .248 | .377 | .248 |
| kansas-city-packers | 37 | 147 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 16 | .267 | .327 | .359 |
| buffalo-blues | 30 | 127 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 13 | .262 | .386 | .359 |
| pittsburgh-rebels | 27 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 7 | .274 | .367 | .337 |
| IND | 24 | 107 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | .356 | .449 | .506 |
| NEW | 23 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 5 | .221 | .333 | .233 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 87 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .195 | – | – |
| 1914 | BTBaltimore Terrapins | 143 | 502 | 152 | 5 | 39 | 25 | .303 | – | – |
| 1915 | Baltimore Terrapins, Buffalo Blues | 128 | 453 | 106 | 1 | 29 | 16 | .234 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | – | – |