Billy Myers

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American baseball player (1910–1995)

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::summary American baseball player (1910–1995) ::

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Field	Value
name	Billy Myers
image	Billy Myers 1939.jpg
width	220px
caption	Myers, circa 1939
position	Shortstop
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Enola, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	April 16
debutyear	1935
debutteam	Cincinnati Reds
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 25
finalyear	1941
finalteam	Chicago Cubs
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Batting average
stat1value	.257
stat2label	Home runs
stat2value	45
stat3label	Runs batted in
stat3value	243
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Cincinnati Reds (–)
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Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame William Harrison Myers (August 14, 1910 – April 10, 1995) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds (1935–1940) and Chicago Cubs (1941). Listed at 5' 8", 168 lb., Myers batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Enola, Pennsylvania. His younger brother, Lynn, was also a major leaguer.

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Major league player

Myers hit .313 for Triple-A Columbus in 1934 before joining Cincinnati in 1935, to become the Reds' starting shortstop for the next six seasons and served as their team captain. A valuable defensive player, he was recognized as a master of reading baserunners' intents and picking up hit-and-run and stolen base signs from opposing teams.

In his rookie season, Myers hit .267 with 30 extra base hits and a .315 on-base percentage in 117 games. In 1937 was considered in the National League MVP vote, after hitting .251 and slugging .370 with a .328 OBP in 124 games. His most productive season came in 1939, when he posted career-numbers in games (130), runs (79), home runs (12) and RBI (56), while hitting .281, also a career-high. He was included in the MVP vote for the second time and also appeared in the World Series against the Yankees. But Myers is best remembered for his game-winning sacrifice fly in Game 7 of the 1940 World Series against Detroit. During the 1939 and 1940 pennant-winning seasons, he was also a part of the Reds' "Jungle Club" infield and was nicknamed "Jaguar" by teammate Billy Werber.

In a seven-season career, Myers was a .257 hitter with 45 home runs and 243 RBI in 738 games, including 319 runs, 88 doubles, 33 triples, 23 stolen bases and a .328 OBP. He collected a .946 fielding percentage in 712 games at shortstop and hit .200 (7-for-35) in 11 World Series games.

Post-career

Following his playing retirement, Myers scouted for various teams for several years. In 1966, he gained induction into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

Myers died at the age of 84 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

References

Neyer, Rob (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3vYKjyXmt0YC&dq=%22billy+myers%22+%22jungle+club%22&pg=PA68 Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups]''. Simon and Schuster. p. 68.

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