Chief Meyers
John Tortes Meyers
 
 
Born: July 29, 1880 in Riverside, CA
Died: July 25, 1971 - 90 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'11" Wt: 194
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Purchased by the New York Giants from St Paul in 1908
- High School: Riverside (Riverside, CA)
- College/Univ: Dartmouth College (1906)

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Wally Schang
1913 - 1931
C
45.0
 
47.4
3.5
0.0
6.0
2 Roger Bresnahan
1897 - 1915
C
41.8
Pl
 
42.8
4.9
0.9
6.8
3 Deacon McGuire
1884 - 1912
C
31.1
 
32.3
8.6
-0.2
9.6
4 Ray Schalk
1912 - 1929
C
28.6
Pl
WW2
 
23.8
13.7
0.0
8.9
5 Johnny Kling
1900 - 1913
C
25.1
 
24.0
9.7
0.0
8.6
6 Steve O'Neill
1911 - 1928
C
24.2
 
22.9
9.2
0.0
7.9
7 Chief Meyers
1909 - 1917
C
24.1
 
23.8
6.6
0.0
6.3
8 Hank Severeid
1911 - 1926
C
20.0
WW1
 
19.9
5.9
0.0
5.8
9 Johnny Bassler
1913 - 1927
C
19.6
 
18.8
3.4
0.0
2.6
10 Heinie Peitz
1892 - 1913
C
18.8
 
17.8
7.4
-0.3
6.1
11 Bubbles Hargrave
1913 - 1930
C
18.6
 
18.7
2.5
0.0
2.6
12 Hank Gowdy
1910 - 1930
C
18.2
WWB
 
17.5
5.2
0.0
4.4
13 Frank Snyder
1912 - 1927
C
15.3
 
13.9
7.4
0.0
6.0
14 George Gibson
1905 - 1918
C
14.9
 
13.1
10.3
0.0
8.5
15 Art Wilson
1908 - 1921
C
14.3
 
14.5
4.3
0.0
4.5
16 Ivey Wingo
1911 - 1929
C
14.3
 
15.8
5.3
0.0
6.8
17 Tommy Clarke
1909 - 1918
C
13.1
 
12.7
4.2
0.0
3.9
18 Ted Easterly
1909 - 1915
C
12.4
 
13.0
2.3
0.0
2.9
19 Jack Lapp
1908 - 1916
C
12.1
 
11.4
4.0
0.0
3.3
20 Bill Carrigan
1906 - 1916
C
12.0
 
12.0
4.3
0.0
4.3
21 Les Nunamaker
1911 - 1922
C
11.4
 
11.3
4.0
0.0
3.9
22 Larry McLean
1901 - 1915
C
11.2
 
10.3
6.2
0.0
5.3
23 Lou Criger
1896 - 1912
C
10.7
 
8.8
8.2
0.0
6.3
24 Nig Clarke
1905 - 1920
C
8.9
WW1
 
10.1
2.1
0.0
3.2
25 Bill Rariden
1909 - 1920
C
8.9
 
8.7
6.3
0.0
6.1
26 Joe Sugden
1893 - 1912
C
8.5
 
8.2
4.4
0.1
4.2
27 Ed Phelps
1902 - 1913
C
8.0
 
8.2
3.8
0.0
4.0
28 Lew McCarty
1913 - 1921
C
7.5
 
7.8
2.5
0.0
2.9
29 Mike Gonzalez
1912 - 1932
C
7.2
Y
  
6.7
4.4
0.0
3.9
30 William Fischer
1913 - 1917
C
7.1
 
7.3
2.2
0.0
2.4
31 Fred Jacklitsch
1900 - 1917
C
6.8
 
6.6
3.0
0.0
2.8
32 Pat Moran
1901 - 1914
C
6.8
 
6.5
5.7
0.0
5.3
33 Ira Thomas
1906 - 1915
C
6.1
 
5.4
3.5
0.0
2.8
34 Oscar Stanage
1906 - 1925
C
6.0
 
6.8
6.2
0.0
6.9
35 Billy Sullivan
1899 - 1916
C
6.0
 
3.4
10.0
0.0
7.4
36 Ed Sweeney
1908 - 1919
C
5.9
 
6.3
3.6
0.0
4.0
37 Eddie Ainsmith
1910 - 1924
C
5.5
WW1
 
7.2
3.7
-0.2
5.2
38 Jimmy Archer
1904 - 1918
C
5.5
 
6.1
4.3
0.0
5.0
39 Rip Williams
1911 - 1918
C
5.3
 
5.7
0.6
0.0
0.9
40 Peaches Graham
1902 - 1912
C
4.7
 
5.7
1.5
-0.2
2.3
41 Tubby Spencer
1905 - 1918
C
4.4
 
4.6
2.6
0.0
2.8
42 John Henry
1910 - 1918
C
4.3
WW1
 
4.3
4.0
0.0
3.9
43 Pinch Thomas
1912 - 1921
C
4.3
 
4.4
2.1
0.0
2.2
44 Jim Stephens
1907 - 1912
C
4.2
 
3.6
3.2
0.0
2.6
45 Gabby Street
1904 - 1931
C
4.0
Sp-Am
 
3.8
3.6
0.0
3.4
46 Grover Hartley
1911 - 1934
C
4.0
 
4.7
1.4
0.0
2.1
47 Red Dooin
1902 - 1916
C
3.8
 
7.0
5.2
0.0
8.4
48 Hick Cady
1912 - 1919
C
3.6
 
3.4
2.0
0.0
1.8
49 Bill Killefer
1909 - 1921
C
3.6
WW1
 
1.7
8.0
0.0
6.1
50 Ernie Krueger
1913 - 1925
C
2.9
 
3.8
0.5
0.0
1.3
 
  Chief Meyers
1909 - 1917
C
24.1
 
23.8
6.6
0.0
6.3
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