Billy Myers
1935–1941 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, MLS
738G
.257AVG
.328OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
616H
45HR
243RBI
23SB
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 | 2,399 | 2,400 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,725 | 2,726 |
| Batting · Runs | 319 | 318 |
| Batting · Walks | 250 | 249 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 738 | 2,725 | 2,399 | 319 | 616 | 88 | 33 | 45 | 243 | 250 | 445 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 905 | .257 | .328 | .377 | .705 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1935-05-03 to 1935-05-19
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1935-07-23 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1936-05-05 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1939-07-29 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 375 | 1314 | 295 | 20 | 127 | 127 | 190 | .257 | .321 | .381 |
| Away | 363 | 1412 | 321 | 25 | 116 | 122 | 255 | .257 | .314 | .374 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 272 | 63 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 55 | .269 | .346 | .415 |
| May | 141 | 504 | 112 | 5 | 27 | 60 | 71 | .260 | .341 | .350 |
| June | 141 | 541 | 120 | 7 | 37 | 49 | 107 | .251 | .312 | .355 |
| July | 150 | 574 | 133 | 15 | 69 | 42 | 86 | .257 | .305 | .397 |
| August | 120 | 429 | 100 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 71 | .265 | .317 | .410 |
| September | 112 | 384 | 80 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 52 | .234 | .281 | .327 |
| October | 5 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .421 | .500 | .789 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 109 | 405 | 98 | 8 | 33 | 43 | 74 | .275 | .348 | .388 |
| boston-braves | 107 | 392 | 84 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 50 | .238 | .301 | .329 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 106 | 397 | 82 | 8 | 41 | 45 | 72 | .243 | .320 | .370 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 105 | 366 | 77 | 6 | 32 | 36 | 60 | .241 | .309 | .375 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 104 | 386 | 90 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 68 | .266 | .319 | .405 |
| chicago-cubs | 102 | 376 | 93 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 61 | .278 | .330 | .376 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 99 | 382 | 89 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 54 | .259 | .298 | .408 |
| cincinnati-reds | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .176 | .227 | .176 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Cincinnati Reds | 117 | 445 | 119 | 5 | 36 | 10 | .267 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 324 | 87 | 6 | 27 | 6 | .269 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cincinnati Reds | 124 | 335 | 84 | 7 | 43 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 442 | 112 | 12 | 47 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cincinnati Reds | 151 | 509 | 143 | 9 | 56 | 4 | .281 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 282 | 57 | 5 | 30 | – | .202 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 24 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .222 | – | – |