3B Dave Messer #22
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/11/1948
3B DAVE MESSER #22 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
108 269 65 8 0 11 40 48 28 .242 .354 .394 0 -0.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/19/1948 TUL Loss, 3-6 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0
09/17/1948 TUL Win, 6-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1948 @ DMD Win, 6-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1948 @ DMD Win, 11-5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
09/13/1948 @ DMD Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/1948 @ PUE Loss, 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/1948 TOP Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/1948 PUE Win, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/1948 PUE Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/02/1948 PUE Loss, 7-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/20/1918
Born in:Minneapolis, MN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1937, 16th Pick in Round 22
LONE STAR ASSOCIATION 1948 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 .373 .000 124
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 3.51 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Versus Right   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
July   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career   18 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .278 .350 .333 .683
Road   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Grass   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Day   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE 1948 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 108 269 65 8 0 11 40 40 48 28 .242 .354 .394 .748 .349 .152 90
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 67 319 0 3 0 14 0 2 106 19 0 0 0.0 36.9 4.52 -0.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   69 16 3 0 2 11 14 14 5 1 0 0 .232 .357 .362 .719
Versus Right   200 49 5 0 9 29 26 34 23 1 0 0 .245 .353 .405 .758
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   12 4 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .583 1.083
May   51 9 2 0 4 10 7 11 8 1 0 0 .176 .317 .451 .768
June   98 27 3 0 3 14 18 16 13 1 0 0 .276 .374 .398 .772
July   28 7 2 0 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .382 .321 .704
August   68 16 1 0 2 7 6 9 5 0 0 0 .235 .325 .338 .663
September   12 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .167 .286 .417 .702
Last Year   67 14 2 2 1 4 8 3 9 0 3 0 .209 .243 .343 .586
2 Years Ago   69 10 2 0 1 7 11 19 9 0 2 0 .145 .330 .217 .547
Career   898 198 25 3 19 112 119 125 104 9 10 3 .220 .315 .318 .633
Home   149 40 6 0 9 28 26 28 14 2 0 0 .268 .380 .490 .870
Road   120 25 2 0 2 12 14 20 14 0 0 0 .208 .321 .275 .596
Grass   269 65 8 0 11 40 40 48 28 2 0 0 .242 .354 .394 .748
Day   265 65 8 0 11 40 40 47 28 2 0 0 .245 .357 .400 .757
Night   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
As Starter   232 56 6 0 10 33 36 42 23 2 0 0 .241 .355 .397 .752
As Reliever / Substitution   37 9 2 0 1 7 4 6 5 0 0 0 .243 .349 .378 .727
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1935 Total - 16 25 105 48 16 2 1 25 44 19 1 2 5 9 4 .457 .535 .676 1.212 100 100 2.2
1936 Total - 17 25 105 43 12 2 1 24 40 15 1 2 4 10 4 .410 .480 .590 1.070 100 100 1.5
1937 Total - 18 26 112 47 12 2 1 29 39 16 1 0 7 10 4 .420 .496 .589 1.085 100 100 1.7
1937 Waterloo - C 18 68 174 22 11 0 0 8 15 14 0 1 32 0 0 .126 .190 .190 .380 18 25 -1.2
1938 Waterloo - C 19 109 220 52 9 1 1 40 20 19 0 5 30 0 0 .236 .291 .300 .591 57 57 -0.3
1939 Waterloo - C 20 73 154 49 5 2 0 24 24 25 1 3 7 0 0 .318 .410 .377 .786 93 104 0.2
1940 Waterloo - C 21 86 304 83 16 4 8 54 39 48 1 6 39 0 0 .273 .368 .431 .799 114 118 2.0
1940 Tacoma - B 21 22 18 7 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .389 .450 .667 1.117 181 186 0.2
1941 Tacoma - B 22 73 123 35 7 1 6 21 20 14 0 0 13 0 0 .285 .358 .504 .862 127 124 1.1
1942 Tacoma - B 23 76 280 65 13 3 4 34 34 35 1 3 26 0 0 .232 .317 .343 .659 98 103 2.1
1942 Pueblo - AA 23 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 227 251 0.1
1943 Pueblo - AA 24 47 113 25 3 0 2 11 13 12 0 3 24 1 1 .221 .289 .301 .590 65 59 -0.7
1944 Pueblo - AA 25 81 264 53 9 1 2 37 33 31 3 3 22 0 0 .201 .289 .265 .554 53 54 -1.3
1944 Omaha - AA 25 18 21 6 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 .286 .304 .286 .590 63 55 -0.1
1944 Total - AA 25 99 285 59 9 1 2 39 36 32 3 4 25 0 0 .207 .290 .267 .557 54 54 -1.4
1945 Omaha - AA 26 52 93 24 1 0 2 11 10 10 0 0 9 0 0 .258 .330 .333 .663 87 88 0.1
1945 Houston - AAA 26 14 16 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .312 .312 .375 .688 87 85 0.0
1946 Albuquerque - A 27 23 51 15 5 0 3 15 10 9 0 0 3 0 1 .294 .400 .569 .969 146 145 0.4
1946 Little Rock - AA 27 52 69 10 2 0 1 7 11 19 0 0 9 0 0 .145 .330 .217 .547 44 44 -0.3
1947 Albuquerque - A 28 32 97 21 7 1 0 11 10 19 0 0 9 0 1 .216 .345 .309 .654 86 90 0.4
1947 Little Rock - AA 28 49 67 14 2 2 1 4 8 3 0 0 9 0 0 .209 .243 .343 .586 46 30 -0.7
1948 Little Rock - AA 29 108 269 65 8 0 11 40 40 48 0 2 28 0 0 .242 .354 .394 .748 83 90 -0.6
1948 Galveston - AAA 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 38 124 0.0
Total COW 171 421 107 22 4 11 59 56 51 1 3 40 0 0 .254 .334 .404 .738 110 112
Total LSA 17 18 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 .278 .350 .333 .683 77 93
Total WBL 409 898 198 25 3 19 112 119 125 3 9 104 1 1 .220 .315 .318 .633 67 67
Total UMVA 336 852 206 41 7 9 126 98 106 2 15 108 0 0 .242 .322 .338 .660 77 82
Total TBA 55 148 36 12 1 3 26 20 28 0 0 12 0 2 .243 .364 .399 .762 107 109
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1937 Waterloo - C 3B 64 59 33 126 5 183 24 .869 449.1 3.18 -2.1 .981
1937 Waterloo - C SS 2 0 3 3 1 8 2 .750 6.2 8.10 -0.9 .572
1937 Waterloo - C CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1937 Waterloo - C RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1938 Waterloo - C 3B 85 51 32 142 15 180 6 .967 478.1 3.27 +2.3 1.024
1938 Waterloo - C SS 8 0 6 6 1 13 1 .923 19.0 5.68 -1.0 .754
1938 Waterloo - C RF 3 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 26.0 2.77 +0.1 1.011
1939 Waterloo - C 3B 25 0 3 14 1 18 1 .944 42.0 3.64 -0.4 .944
1939 Waterloo - C SS 42 30 49 137 11 191 5 .974 294.1 5.69 -6.5 .896
1939 Waterloo - C RF 6 5 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 36.2 0.98 -0.8 .692
1940 Tacoma - B 3B 14 3 1 16 0 19 2 .895 47.1 3.23 +0.3 .991
1940 Waterloo - C 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1940 Tacoma - B SS 6 0 1 3 0 5 1 .800 10.0 3.60 -0.5 .910
1940 Waterloo - C SS 86 86 104 274 41 403 25 .938 740.0 4.60 -3.4 .983
1941 Tacoma - B 2B 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 -0.3 .573
1941 Tacoma - B 3B 13 3 3 10 0 13 0 1.000 36.1 3.22 +0.0 .982
1941 Tacoma - B SS 58 25 44 107 15 159 8 .950 279.1 4.87 +0.4 1.016
1942 Tacoma - B 3B 4 4 0 7 2 7 0 1.000 32.0 1.97 +0.4 1.125
1942 Pueblo - AA SS 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 +0.2 2.124
1942 Tacoma - B SS 72 70 106 241 54 359 12 .967 624.1 5.00 +2.6 1.001
1943 Pueblo - AA 1B 7 4 41 1 4 45 3 .933 43.0 8.79 -1.2 .672
1943 Pueblo - AA 3B 27 22 9 54 4 68 5 .926 180.2 3.14 -1.2 .994
1943 Pueblo - AA SS 9 9 8 26 4 40 6 .850 69.0 4.43 -2.1 .886
1944 Omaha - AA 1B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 1.048
1944 Omaha - AA 3B 8 2 1 7 1 9 1 .889 31.2 2.27 -0.5 .911
1944 Pueblo - AA 3B 76 75 26 172 18 215 17 .921 639.1 2.79 -5.0 .945
1944 Omaha - AA SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.1 .000
1944 Pueblo - AA SS 5 4 5 16 3 23 2 .913 32.0 5.91 -0.4 .929
1945 Omaha - AA 1B 20 14 123 16 15 141 2 .986 136.2 9.15 -0.1 1.014
1945 Houston - AAA 3B 1 1 2 4 1 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.0 1.049
1945 Omaha - AA 3B 16 3 7 11 1 20 2 .900 63.1 2.56 -1.3 .905
1945 Houston - AAA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1945 Omaha - AA SS 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 5.0 5.40 +0.1 1.135
1946 Little Rock - AA 1B 19 5 58 4 6 62 0 1.000 67.1 8.29 -0.1 1.041
1946 Albuquerque - A 1B 11 6 55 8 5 63 0 1.000 62.0 9.15 +0.0 .986
1946 Little Rock - AA 2B 13 5 15 16 4 32 1 .969 65.0 4.29 +0.3 .991
1946 Little Rock - AA 3B 11 5 2 12 2 14 0 1.000 46.2 2.70 +0.0 1.060
1946 Albuquerque - A 3B 5 5 4 17 0 21 0 1.000 44.0 4.30 +0.1 .990
1946 Little Rock - AA SS 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 +0.4 1.145
1946 Albuquerque - A SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1947 Little Rock - AA 1B 27 5 65 7 6 73 1 .986 73.1 8.84 -0.8 .921
1947 Albuquerque - A 1B 3 2 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 19.0 7.11 +0.1 1.049
1947 Little Rock - AA 2B 6 0 8 9 5 18 1 .944 24.2 6.20 -0.1 .914
1947 Little Rock - AA 3B 13 5 4 18 3 23 1 .957 64.0 3.09 +0.3 1.023
1947 Albuquerque - A 3B 26 24 5 40 3 46 1 .978 211.1 1.92 +0.5 1.062
1947 Albuquerque - A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1947 Albuquerque - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1948 Little Rock - AA 1B 11 4 41 4 4 46 1 .978 42.1 9.57 -1.0 .843
1948 Galveston - AAA 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1948 Little Rock - AA 2B 45 37 96 96 29 194 2 .990 347.0 4.98 -5.7 .899
1948 Galveston - AAA 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.2 1.020
1948 Little Rock - AA 3B 42 26 18 57 6 82 7 .915 260.0 2.60 -3.5 .887
TOTAL 1B 99 40 399 41 40 447 7 .984 444.2 8.91 -3.0 .952
TOTAL 2B 65 43 122 122 38 248 4 .984 443.2 4.95 -5.8 .907
TOTAL 3B 433 288 150 708 62 925 67 .928 2641.1 2.92 -9.7 .980
TOTAL SS 299 224 329 818 130 1209 62 .949 2095.2 4.93 -11.1 .970
TOTAL RF 11 8 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 65.2 1.64 -0.7 .874
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1936 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1937 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/22/1937 Drafted in the 1937 first-year player draft out of high school (Catlin; Catlin, IL) by the Chicago Chiefs. (Round 22, Pick 16, 352nd overall pick).
01/01/1938 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1939 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
05/16/1939 Injured (calf soreness),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1940 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/08/1940 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1941 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1942 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/15/1942 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
07/13/1942 Released by the Chicago organization.
07/16/1942 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Pueblo Mountaineers organization.
01/01/1943 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/10/1944 Released by the Pueblo Mountaineers.
08/14/1944 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Omaha Cowboys organization.
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/22/1945 Released by the Omaha Cowboys.
08/27/1945 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fort Worth Cattlemen organization.
08/28/1945 Released by the Fort Worth Cattlemen.
08/28/1945 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Houston Bulls organization.
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/13/1947 Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
10/10/1948 Released by the Houston organization.
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