Henry Myers (shortstop)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Henry Myers
position=Shortstop


bgcolor1=#263473
bgcolor2=#A50024
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate= May, 1858
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1895|4|18|1858|5|00
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
debutdate= August 20
debutyear= by|1881
debutteam= Providence Grays
finaldate= September 12
finalyear= by|1884
finalteam= Wilmington Quicksteps
stat1label=Batting Average
stat1value=.174
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs scored
stat3value=46
teams=As Player
* Providence Grays (by|1881)
* Baltimore Orioles (by|1882)
* Wilmington Quicksteps (by|1884)As Manager
* Baltimore Orioles (by|1882)
highlights=

Henry C. Myers (May, 1858 – April 18 1895) was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who played mainly at shortstop for three seasons from by|1881 to by|1884.cite web| title = Henry Myers' Statistics | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmyerh103.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-19 ]

After only playing for one game for the Providence Grays during the 1881 season, he was part of the formation of the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association in by|1882. The team was comprised of many players that had little to no Major League experience, and like Myers, many were from the Philadelphia area.cite web| title = Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years | work = by James H. Bready | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kt3T2ArsotAC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=%22henry+myers%22+baseball&source=web&ots=1o-lLPq9RL&sig=dPw46Iry-od570WVhZkUXPxNGgw&hl=en#PPA37,M1 | accessdate = 2008-03-19 ] Besides playing shortstop for the Orioles, he was also the manager, and they finished last, 14 1/2 games behind the 5th place team, with a 19 and 54 win/loss record.cite web| title = 1882 American Association standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AA_1882.shtml | accessdate = 2008-03-19 ] He would never managed again, and made a short playing appearance in 1884 for the Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association.

Henry died in Philadelphia at the age of 36, and was buried at the Mount Vernon Cemetery, also in Philadelphia.cite web| title = Henry Myers' profile | work = findagrave.com | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13349160 | accessdate = 2008-03-19 ]

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External links

*baseball-reference|id=m/myershe01
*findagrave|13349160

Persondata
NAME = Myers, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Myers, Henry C.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH = April 18, 1895
PLACE OF DEATH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania