Bob Meusel Stats

Bob Meusel was born on Sunday, July 19, 1896, in San Jose, California. Meusel was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1920, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Meusel baseball stats page.

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Bob Meusel Autograph on a 2011 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts (#17)

Bob Meusel Autograph on a 2011 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts (#17)

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Birth Name:   Robert William Meusel
Nickname:   Long Bob or Silent Bob
Born On:   07-19-1896  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Jose, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-28-1977 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Downey, California
Cemetery:   Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California
High School:   Manual Arts High School (Los Angeles, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-14-1920 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-26-1930
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bob Meusel Pitching Stats

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Bob Meusel Hitting Stats

1920 24 Yankees 119 460 75 151 40 7 11 0 83 20 0 72 12 0 2 7 .328 .359 .517
1921 25 Yankees 149 598 104 190 40 16 24 1 135 34 1 88 12 0 2 8 .318 .356 .559
1922 26 Yankees 121 473 61 151 26 11 16 0 84 40 2 58 11 0 3 16 .319 .376 .522
1923 27 Yankees 132 460 59 144 29 10 9 0 91 31 4 52 10 0 2 6 .313 .359 .478
1924 28 Yankees 143 579 93 188 40 11 12 0 120 32 3 43 14 0 5 13 .325 .365 .494
1925 29 Yankees 156 624 101 181 34 12 33 0 138 54 3 55 17 0 1 20 .290 .348 .542
1926 30 Yankees 108 413 73 130 22 3 12 0 81 37 0 32 23 0 1 8 .315 .373 .470
1927 31 Yankees 135 516 75 174 47 9 8 0 103 45 0 58 21 0 2 8 .337 .393 .510
1928 32 Yankees 131 518 77 154 45 5 11 1 113 39 0 56 18 0 2 12 .297 .349 .467
1929 33 Yankees 100 391 46 102 15 3 10 1 57 17 0 42 5 0 0 11 .261 .292 .391
1930 34 Reds 113 443 62 128 30 8 10 0 62 26 1 63 14 0 1 14 .289 .330 .460
11 Years 1,407 5,475 826 1,693 368 95 156 3 1,067 375 14 619 157 0 21 123 .309 .356 .497

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Bob Meusel Fielding Stats

1920 Yankees 1B 2 1 27 12 6.0 12 12 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1920 Yankees 3B 44 43 1,118 122 2.8 108 33 75 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .885 2.61
1920 Yankees LF 26 25 549 53 2.0 51 46 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.51
1920 Yankees RF 43 41 990 81 1.9 76 71 5 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.07
1921 Yankees LF 12 10 276 27 2.3 25 24 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .926 2.45
1921 Yankees RF 137 137 3,517 274 2.0 256 229 27 18 9 n/a n/a n/a .934 1.97
1922 Yankees CF 1 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1922 Yankees LF 43 43 1,170 90 2.1 86 79 7 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.98
1922 Yankees RF 78 78 1,985 142 1.8 134 122 12 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.82
1923 Yankees CF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1923 Yankees LF 75 75 1,922 149 2.0 142 133 9 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .953 1.99
1923 Yankees RF 45 37 947 85 1.9 81 73 8 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.31
1924 Yankees 3B 2 0 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1924 Yankees CF 2 2 51 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.59
1924 Yankees LF 89 87 2,256 168 1.9 160 153 7 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.91
1924 Yankees RF 54 54 1,306 104 1.9 99 88 11 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.05
1925 Yankees 3B 27 25 667 66 2.4 64 22 42 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.59
1925 Yankees LF 88 88 2,284 181 2.1 179 171 8 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.12
1925 Yankees RF 44 43 1,055 85 1.9 83 78 5 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.12
1926 Yankees CF 1 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1926 Yankees LF 68 67 1,792 163 2.4 156 154 2 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.35
1926 Yankees RF 38 38 967 62 1.6 60 58 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.68
1927 Yankees LF 83 82 2,065 184 2.2 175 164 11 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.29
1927 Yankees RF 48 48 1,271 94 2.0 89 85 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.89
1928 Yankees LF 86 86 2,214 184 2.1 182 171 11 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.22
1928 Yankees RF 45 45 1,162 98 2.2 93 88 5 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.16
1929 Yankees LF 56 53 1,390 134 2.4 129 126 3 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.51
1929 Yankees RF 40 40 1,031 86 2.2 84 78 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.20
1930 Reds CF 39 39 961 105 2.7 102 99 3 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.87
1930 Reds LF 70 68 1,701 128 1.8 123 119 4 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.95
1930 Reds RF 3 2 42 7 2.3 6 5 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.86
LF Totals 696 684 17,619 1,461 2.1 1,408 1,340 68 53 9 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.16
RF Totals 575 563 14,273 1,118 1.9 1,061 975 86 57 28 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.01
3B Totals 73 68 1,799 188 2.6 172 55 117 16 6 n/a n/a n/a .915 2.58
CF Totals 44 42 1,047 109 2.5 105 102 3 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.71
1B Totals 2 1 27 12 6.0 12 12 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
11 Years 1,390 1,358 34,765 2,888 2.1 2,758 2,484 274 130 46 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.14

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Bob Meusel Miscellaneous Stats

1920 Yankees 4 4 .500 8 0 n/a 41.8 6.4 5.5 - - -
1921 Yankees 17 6 .739 2 0 n/a 24.9 6.8 4.4 - - -
1922 Yankees 13 8 .619 0 0 n/a 29.6 8.2 5.6 - - -
1923 Yankees 13 15 .464 11 0 n/a 51.1 8.8 5.1 - - -
1924 Yankees 26 14 .650 0 0 n/a 48.3 13.5 4.8 - - -
1925 Yankees 13 14 .481 0 0 n/a 18.9 11.3 4.5 - - -
1926 Yankees 16 17 .485 1 0 n/a 34.4 12.9 5.1 - - -
1927 Yankees 24 10 .706 4 0 n/a 64.5 8.9 5.0 - - -
1928 Yankees 6 9 .400 0 0 n/a 47.1 9.3 4.6 - - -
1929 Yankees 1 5 .167 4 0 n/a 39.1 9.3 6.9 - - -
1930 Reds 9 3 .750 1 1 n/a 44.3 7.0 7.1 - - -
11 Years 142 105 .575 31 1 n/a 35.1 8.8 5.1 - - -

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Bob Meusel Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1920 New York Yankees n/a $3,200.00 n/a -
1921 New York Yankees n/a $4,000.00 n/a Stats
1922 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a Stats
1923 New York Yankees n/a $9,000.00 n/a Stats
1924 New York Yankees n/a $10,500.00 n/a -
1925 New York Yankees n/a $11,500.00 n/a -
1926 New York Yankees n/a $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1927 New York Yankees n/a $13,000.00 n/a Stats
1928 New York Yankees n/a $13,000.00 n/a Stats
1929 New York Yankees 5 $13,000.00 n/a -
1930 Cincinnati Reds n/a $4,000.00 n/a -

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Robert William Meusel was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees (1920-1929) and Cincinnati Reds (1930). Did you know that when Bob, his nickname, hit thirty-three home runs in 1925, he became the first New York Yankees right-handed hitter to lead the American League in home runs? The two Bronx Bombers who came before Long Bob were Wally Pipp (1916, 1917) and Babe Ruth (1920 , 1921, 1923, 1924), both league leading lefties. [Home Run Champions]

There have been over 350 sets of brothers who have played Major League Baseball, but only six tandems in which each brother hit at least 100 home runs:

Brothers With 100+ Career Home Runs Each

     
Rank Quantity Brother Duo
#1 486 Joe DiMaggio (361 HRs) & Vince DiMaggio (125 HRs)
#2 462 Justin Upton (298 HRs) & B.J. Upton (164 HRs)
#3 444 Ken Boyer (282 HRs) & Clete Boyer (162 HRs)
#4 378 Bret Boone (252 HRs) & Aaron Boone (126 HRs)
#5 322 Roberto Alomar (210 HRs) & Sandy Alomar, Jr. (112 HRs)
#6 262 Bob Meusel (156 HRs) & Irish Meusel (106 HRs)

Bob Meusel Hits for the Cycle | Baseball Almanac

Bob Meusel Cycle | The Washington Herald | May 8, 1921 | Page 8
Baseball Almanac Research Library

Bob Meusel hit for the cycle on May 7, 1921. Bob Meusel hit for the cycle a second time on July 3, 1922! Bob Meusel hit for the cycle a third time on July 26, 1928the only New York Yankees with three cycles and the first American League (AL) player with three career cycles, since duplicated in the AL by Adrian Beltre. [Hitting For The Cycle Records]