Chief Meyers
1909–1917 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, New York Giants
994G
.291AVG
.367OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
826H
14HR
363RBI
44SB
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 | 2,834 | 2,840 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 34 |
| Batting · Hits | 826 | 828 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 63 | 70 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 162 | 173 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,226 | 3,240 |
| Batting · Runs | 276 | 275 |
| Batting · RBI | 363 | 385 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 44 | 45 |
| Batting · Walks | 274 | 276 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 994 | 3,226 | 2,834 | 276 | 826 | 120 | 41 | 14 | 363 | 274 | 162 | 44 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 1,070 | .291 | .367 | .378 | .745 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1911-08-24 to 1911-09-16
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1912-06-10 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1911-06-22 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1909-06-16 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 517 | 1591 | 417 | 11 | 211 | 144 | 67 | .301 | .353 | .392 |
| Away | 477 | 1649 | 411 | 3 | 174 | 132 | 106 | .282 | .329 | .363 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 78 | 244 | 72 | 1 | 30 | 25 | 12 | .336 | .398 | .416 |
| May | 166 | 548 | 128 | 3 | 67 | 56 | 38 | .274 | .336 | .351 |
| June | 185 | 635 | 172 | 4 | 92 | 48 | 32 | .303 | .346 | .393 |
| July | 189 | 624 | 169 | 2 | 60 | 44 | 32 | .302 | .341 | .385 |
| August | 164 | 521 | 123 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 27 | .267 | .309 | .333 |
| September | 188 | 597 | 149 | 4 | 70 | 57 | 30 | .292 | .345 | .405 |
| October | 24 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | .242 | .324 | .339 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 156 | 514 | 125 | 1 | 48 | 37 | 28 | .274 | .315 | .361 |
| cincinnati-reds | 146 | 475 | 120 | 0 | 65 | 33 | 32 | .289 | .322 | .345 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 146 | 471 | 117 | 2 | 44 | 38 | 19 | .279 | .329 | .387 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 141 | 455 | 105 | 4 | 57 | 53 | 18 | .275 | .347 | .374 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 138 | 453 | 108 | 2 | 37 | 41 | 21 | .270 | .329 | .335 |
| boston-braves | 133 | 442 | 134 | 4 | 78 | 40 | 29 | .347 | .394 | .446 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 120 | 388 | 109 | 1 | 54 | 31 | 24 | .316 | .361 | .400 |
| new-york-giants | 14 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .278 | .310 | .417 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  New York Giants | 91 | 221 | 61 | 1 | 33 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Giants | 127 | 366 | 104 | 1 | 68 | 5 | .284 | – | – |
| 1911 | New York Giants | 134 | 392 | 131 | 1 | 64 | 7 | .334 | – | – |
| 1912 | New York Giants | 126 | 374 | 133 | 6 | 60 | 8 | .356 | – | – |
| 1913 | New York Giants | 120 | 378 | 118 | 3 | 48 | 7 | .312 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Giants | 134 | 380 | 109 | 1 | 49 | 4 | .287 | – | – |
| 1915 | New York Giants | 110 | 290 | 68 | 1 | 29 | 4 | .234 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 80 | 239 | 59 | – | 23 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves | 72 | 200 | 45 | – | 11 | 4 | .225 | – | – |