Billy Meyer
1913–1917 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics
115G
.236AVG
.274OBP
.289SLG
More career statistics
71H
1HR
21RBI
3SB
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 | 301 | 302 |
| Batting · Hits | 71 | 72 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 25 | 26 |
| Batting · RBI | 21 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 15 | 14 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 325 | 301 | 15 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | .236 | .274 | .289 | .563 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1916-04-26 to 1916-04-29
5longest on-base streak
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 67 | 199 | 47 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 17 | .255 | .291 | .304 |
| Away | 48 | 126 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | .212 | .222 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .148 | .161 | .167 |
| May | 20 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .260 | .259 | .320 |
| June | 21 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .254 | .266 | .286 |
| July | 29 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | .239 | .295 | .313 |
| August | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .292 | .318 |
| September | 16 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .283 | .327 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .141 | .152 | .203 |
| new-york-yankees | 25 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .262 | .262 | .361 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | .283 | .345 | .340 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .194 | .270 | .194 |
| chicago-white-sox | 11 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .289 | .275 | .316 |
| cleveland-guardians | 11 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .259 |
| detroit-tigers | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .344 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 139 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .237 | – | – |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Athletics | 63 | 162 | 38 | – | 12 | – | .235 | – | – |