Billy Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Billy Meyer

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1957

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

William Adam Meyer (January 14, 1893 – March 31, 1957) was an American baseball player and manager.
He holds the dubious distinction as having played for, and managed, two of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball. A catcher who spent most of his 19-year (1910–1928) playing career in the minor leagues, he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).
Meyer broke into the majors with the 1913 Chicago White Sox, but played only one game.
Three years later, when he returned to the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1916, he appeared in 50 games for a squad that won only 36 games and lost 117.
The following year, he played in 62 games for an A's club that improved by 19 games, but still posted a poor 55–98 mark. Then, a generation-and-a-half later, Meyer piloted the 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates to the third-worst record in modern National League history, the Bucs winning only 42 of 154 games.