Bud Metheny
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb
BornJune 1, 1915 · St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debutApril 27, 1943
Final gameMay 9, 1946
Seasons4 (1943–1946)
New York Yankees 1943–1946
Percentile snapshot
1945 season — qualified batters
of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 471 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 103 | 408 | 360 | 51 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .261 | .333 | .397 | .731 | 113.9 | 114.8 | .348 | 1.5 |
| 1944 | 137 | 590 | 518 | 72 | 124 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 67 | 56 | 57 | 5 | 5 | .239 | .316 | .355 | .671 | 88.9 | 89.7 | .321 | 0.4 |
| 1945 | 133 | 579 | 509 | 64 | 126 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 54 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .248 | .325 | .338 | .662 | 89.0 | 89.4 | .323 | 0.4 |
| 1946 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -139.9 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
Career totals
G
376
PA
1,580
AB
1,390
R
187
H
344
2B
52
3B
5
HR
31
RBI
156
BB
149
SO
122
SB
12
BA
.2475
OBP
.3230
SLG
.3590
OPS
.6820
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-06-24 | ATH @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 1943-07-05 | NYY @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1943-10-02 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1945-07-21 | CWS @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1943-09-03 | MIN @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-04-22 | MIN @ NYY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-24 | MIN @ NYY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-27 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-28 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.