Dutch Meyer
1937–1946 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
286G
.264AVG
.322OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
262H
10HR
93RBI
5SB
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 · Caught stealing | 7 | 8 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | 1,085 | 994 | 113 | 262 | 49 | 12 | 10 | 93 | 82 | 75 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 365 | .264 | .322 | .367 | .689 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1945-08-26 to 1945-09-09
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1945-06-19 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1941-09-11 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1941-09-01 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 150 | 555 | 138 | 7 | 61 | 44 | 33 | .273 | .328 | .399 |
| Away | 136 | 530 | 124 | 3 | 32 | 38 | 42 | .254 | .306 | .334 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
| May | 45 | 178 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 13 | .252 | .320 | .340 |
| June | 48 | 177 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | .277 | .345 | .371 |
| July | 48 | 186 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 17 | .224 | .269 | .270 |
| August | 66 | 259 | 68 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 17 | .280 | .317 | .436 |
| September | 77 | 283 | 71 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 18 | .275 | .329 | .384 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 48 | 190 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | .226 | .274 | .299 |
| boston-red-sox | 44 | 183 | 43 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 9 | .261 | .333 | .394 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 43 | 156 | 44 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 11 | .308 | .346 | .434 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 164 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 15 | .290 | .323 | .387 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 126 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 11 | .223 | .294 | .348 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 104 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .273 | .308 | .394 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 91 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | .278 | .374 | .342 |
| cleveland-guardians | 17 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .250 | .296 | .312 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 23 | 58 | 15 | – | 6 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 46 | 153 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .190 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 9 | – | .327 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Cleveland Guardians | 130 | 524 | 153 | 7 | 48 | 2 | .292 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 72 | 207 | 48 | – | 16 | – | .232 | – | – |