Elmer Myers Stats & Facts
Elmer Myers Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 74 Weight: 185 Born: 3 2, 1894 in York Springs, PA USA Died: 7 29 1976 in Collingswood, NJ USA Debut: 10/6/1915 Last Game: 4/24/1922 Full Name: Elmer Glenn Myers
Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hitsÂ
At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off of Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers. The âGeorgia Peachâ will end his career with 4,191 hits, the most ever in the major leagues until Pete Rose surpasses the mark in 1985.
Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack makes one of his biggest player mistakes
1919 â Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack makes one of his biggest player mistakes, trading third baseman Larry Gardner, outfielder Charlie Jamieson, and pitcher Elmer Myers to the Cleveland Indians for OF Braggo Roth. Veteran writer Ernest Lanigan predicts that Roth will lead the circuit in home runs at Shibe Park, but Roth will be shipped to the Boston Red Sox by midseason. Gardner will put in six more .300 years, and Jamieson will be a top leadoff man and .303 hitter for the next 14 years.
