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b. April 27, 1889 · Brooklyn Superbas 1909, Brooklyn Dodgers 1911, Brooklyn Robins 1914–1922, St. Louis Cardinals 1923–1925, Cincinnati Reds 1925

Hi Myers hit the only home run of the 1916 World Series against Boston, an inside-the-park drive off Babe Ruth in the first inning of Game 2. Ruth then pitched thirteen more scoreless innings and Brooklyn lost anyway, which is a fair summary of the series.

He played center field for Brooklyn for a decade, led the National League with 73 runs batted in during 1919, and was still there for the 1920 pennant. St. Louis and Cincinnati had him at the end.

Born in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1889, Myers collected 1,380 hits and batted .281 across 1,310 games. He was seventy-six when he died, in May 1965.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1919

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1909	BRO	6	22	1	5	1	0	0	6	2	4	1	.227
1911	BRO	13	43	2	7	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	.163
1914	BRO	70	227	35	65	3	9	0	17	7	24	2	.286
1915	BRO	153	605	69	150	21	7	2	46	17	51	19	.248
1916	BRO	113	412	54	108	12	14	3	36	21	35	17	.262
1917	BRO	120	471	37	126	15	10	1	41	18	25	5	.268
1918	BRO	107	407	36	104	9	8	4	40	20	26	17	.256
1919	BRO	133	512	62	157	23	14	5	73	23	34	13	.307
1920	BRO	154	582	83	177	36	22	4	80	35	54	9	.304
1921	BRO	144	549	51	158	14	4	4	68	22	51	8	.288
1922	BRO	153	618	82	196	20	9	6	89	13	26	9	.317
1923	STL	96	330	29	99	18	2	2	48	12	19	5	.300
1924	STL	43	124	12	26	5	1	1	15	3	10	1	.210
1925	CIN/STL	5	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Career	—	1310	4910	555	1380	179	100	32	559	195	362	107	.281

On this day & linked events

1889

Born April 27, 1889

East Liverpool, OH, USA

1965

Died May 1, 1965

1909

Major-league debut: Hi Myers

Hi Myers made a major-league debut on August 30, 1909.

1925

Final major-league game: Hi Myers

Hi Myers played a final major-league game on May 7, 1925.

Image: Chicago Daily News, public domain