Elmer Myers
1915–1928 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, MLS, Philadelphia Athletics
194G
.226AVG
.249OBP
.274SLG
More career statistics
93H
0HR
37RBI
4SB
55–72W–L
1,102.0IP
428K
4.06ERA
127GS
7SV
8Rare feats
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 · Games | 194 | 193 |
| Batting · At bats | 412 | 411 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 436 | 435 |
| Batting · RBI | 37 | 39 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 13 | 12 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,703 | 4,833 |
| Pitching · p er | 497 | 487 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,148 | 1,150 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,306 | 3,314 |
| Pitching · p k | 428 | 423 |
| Pitching · p r | 625 | 628 |
| Pitching · p w | 440 | 448 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 436 | 412 | 37 | 93 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | .226 | .249 | .274 | .523 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,102.0 | 185 | 127 | 78 | 55 | 72 | 7 | 1,148 | 625 | 497 | 30 | 440 | 428 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 1.441 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1916-05-13 to 1916-06-04
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1916-05-11 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1916-09-22 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1916-09-27 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 98 | 220 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 32 | .212 | .232 | .264 |
| Away | 95 | 215 | 49 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 33 | .241 | .251 | .286 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .148 | .179 | .185 |
| May | 33 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | .219 | .218 | .260 |
| June | 29 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .232 | .237 | .268 |
| July | 34 | 76 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | .274 | .263 | .356 |
| August | 37 | 96 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | .228 | .260 | .272 |
| September | 36 | 88 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | .220 | .250 | .268 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .200 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .195 | .227 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .231 | .265 | .231 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | .208 | .232 | .264 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 65 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | .298 | .354 | .404 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | .183 | .177 | .200 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .176 | .194 | .206 |
| cleveland-guardians | 19 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .243 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 12 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .290 | .265 | .419 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 12 |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 125 | 27 | – | 9 | – | .216 | 315 | 182 |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 73 | 18 | – | 5 | – | .247 | 201 | 87 |
| 1918 | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 35 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | .143 | 95 | 17 |
| 1919 |  Cleveland Guardians | 23 | 46 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .239 | 135 | 36 |
| 1920 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 28 | 63 | 18 | – | 12 | – | .286 | 168 | 49 |
| 1921 |  Boston Red Sox | 30 | 65 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .215 | 174 | 39 |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 1 |