C Luther Messer #36
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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C LUTHER MESSER #36 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/15/1941
Born in:Chicopee, MA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:12 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1959, 15th Pick in Round 3
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
1959 Marshalltown - R 17 55 162 27 2 0 3 18 20 47 1 1 62 8 4 .167 .355 .235 .590 42 45 -0.3
1960 Marshalltown - R 18 58 181 56 7 1 5 37 27 44 0 4 48 5 2 .309 .437 .442 .879 107 108 0.9
1961 Marshalltown - R 19 60 232 73 10 2 4 40 35 39 1 2 61 3 1 .315 .412 .427 .839 98 101 1.0
1962 Marshalltown - R 20 10 34 10 2 1 0 6 3 10 0 0 11 3 1 .294 .455 .412 .866 114 103 0.2
1962 Tacoma - A 20 53 192 52 10 2 4 18 15 9 2 3 40 5 1 .271 .306 .406 .712 101 96 1.4
1963 Cedar Rapids - A 21 126 418 99 15 5 11 63 61 91 4 5 97 5 3 .237 .375 .376 .750 105 108 3.6
1964 Cedar Rapids - A 22 34 113 27 2 2 1 16 17 19 0 2 24 0 1 .239 .343 .319 .662 75 72 0.2
1964 Oklahoma City - AA 22 73 238 69 12 3 2 18 27 25 2 0 50 4 6 .290 .362 .391 .753 109 110 1.6
1964 Fort Wayne - AAA 22 14 48 14 2 0 0 7 6 2 1 0 4 0 1 .292 .333 .333 .667 81 77 0.0
1965 Waterloo - R 23 20 69 18 1 2 1 12 13 18 0 0 10 0 4 .261 .414 .377 .791 88 96 0.2
1965 Tacoma - A 23 28 116 31 6 0 4 16 10 3 1 1 14 1 1 .267 .289 .422 .712 94 95 0.7
1965 Cedar Rapids - A 23 22 81 27 2 3 1 11 12 18 0 0 17 0 3 .333 .455 .469 .924 146 160 0.9
1965 Austin - AA 23 28 92 24 2 1 0 8 10 13 0 0 19 4 2 .261 .352 .304 .657 83 87 0.5
1966 Cedar Rapids - A 24 4 13 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 .308 .412 .308 .719 113 123 0.1
1966 Austin - AA 24 106 357 105 12 6 2 38 40 39 3 6 73 8 10 .294 .363 .378 .741 102 102 1.6
1966 Oklahoma City - AAA 24 18 36 11 3 0 2 10 5 2 0 0 7 0 0 .306 .342 .556 .898 140 133 0.4
1967 Cedar Rapids - A 25 75 230 59 11 0 4 28 35 39 3 0 58 13 5 .257 .371 .357 .728 118 126 2.1
1967 Austin - AA 25 22 80 26 4 2 5 21 18 16 0 2 17 2 3 .325 .429 .613 1.041 176 176 1.1
1967 Oklahoma City - AAA 25 25 77 12 3 0 0 5 7 6 2 2 14 0 0 .156 .230 .195 .425 16 20 -0.3
1968 Austin - AA 26 73 190 48 5 2 2 28 21 36 0 2 41 4 6 .253 .368 .332 .700 96 105 1.0
1968 Oklahoma City - AAA 26 26 48 12 4 0 0 7 4 11 2 2 10 1 3 .250 .397 .333 .730 100 98 0.2
1969 Austin - AA 27 11 37 11 1 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 6 2 2 .297 .381 .432 .813 131 131 0.2
1970 Cedar Rapids - A 28 91 266 48 7 4 1 43 30 57 8 4 68 9 3 .180 .337 .248 .585 68 83 1.2
1970 Oklahoma City - AAA 28 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 243 266 0.1
1971 Tacoma - A 29 57 176 49 8 3 1 24 31 36 1 2 35 3 3 .278 .400 .375 .775 106 110 1.4
1971 Cedar Rapids - A 29 37 82 18 4 0 0 9 9 16 0 0 19 2 1 .220 .347 .268 .615 75 81 0.4
Total HL 389 1203 282 41 14 18 171 168 243 15 12 285 29 16 .234 .367 .337 .703 97 104
Total COW 138 484 132 24 5 9 58 56 48 4 6 89 9 5 .273 .339 .399 .738 102 101
Total LSA 313 994 283 36 16 11 117 117 133 6 10 206 24 29 .285 .369 .386 .756 108 110
Total UMVA 203 678 184 22 6 13 113 98 158 2 7 192 19 12 .271 .407 .379 .786 86 89
Total CL 84 212 51 12 0 2 29 22 21 5 4 35 1 4 .241 .318 .325 .644 74 73
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1959 Marshalltown - R C 54 54 373 39 3 417 5 .988 450.2 8.23 +2.0 1.119 4 83 24 28.9
1959 Marshalltown - R RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 .954
1960 Marshalltown - R C 48 48 363 33 6 399 3 .992 391.1 9.11 -1.2 .756 5 89 20 22.5
1960 Marshalltown - R LF 7 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 64.0 1.27 -0.2 .925
1961 Marshalltown - R C 19 19 158 22 3 181 1 .994 170.0 9.53 +1.6 1.000 3 31 14 45.2
1961 Marshalltown - R LF 38 37 58 0 0 61 3 .951 309.1 1.69 +1.5 1.065
1961 Marshalltown - R CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -0.2 1.016
1961 Marshalltown - R RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Tacoma - A C 50 50 294 32 2 328 2 .994 431.1 6.80 +1.7 .955 1 35 18 51.4
1962 Marshalltown - R C 8 8 56 7 1 64 1 .984 68.1 8.30 +0.5 .979 0 10 4 40.0
1962 Marshalltown - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Marshalltown - R CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 -0.4 .938
1963 Cedar Rapids - A C 116 113 794 99 10 898 5 .994 1011.0 7.95 +5.9 1.108 3 76 36 47.4
1964 Fort Wayne - AAA C 12 12 70 3 2 74 1 .986 101.2 6.46 +0.0 1.000 0 6 0 0.0
1964 Oklahoma City - AA C 66 63 402 47 2 452 3 .993 553.1 7.30 +1.0 2.127 5 69 28 40.6
1964 Cedar Rapids - A C 26 26 210 15 2 227 2 .991 237.2 8.52 +1.2 1.223 0 14 7 50.0
1964 Fort Wayne - AAA LF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.0 1.000
1964 Oklahoma City - AA LF 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 -0.4 .859
1964 Cedar Rapids - A LF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 27.0 1.00 +0.2 1.054
1964 Fort Wayne - AAA CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.4 1.000
1964 Cedar Rapids - A CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.1 1.016
1965 Austin - AA C 22 22 144 16 1 160 0 1.000 195.1 7.37 +0.9 1.170 1 23 11 47.8
1965 Cedar Rapids - A C 22 22 172 16 0 189 1 .995 193.0 8.77 -0.6 1.084 3 13 4 30.8
1965 Tacoma - A C 27 27 218 26 1 244 0 1.000 248.1 8.84 +1.4 1.506 2 23 12 52.2
1965 Waterloo - R C 19 19 157 21 2 180 2 .989 170.0 9.42 +0.7 1.032 1 23 10 43.5
1965 Austin - AA LF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 +0.5 1.011
1965 Austin - AA CF 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 +0.0 1.021
1965 Tacoma - A CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.2 1.017
1966 Oklahoma City - AAA C 7 7 46 6 0 53 1 .981 63.0 7.43 +1.0 1.000 0 8 5 62.5
1966 Austin - AA C 88 84 657 58 0 717 2 .997 741.1 8.68 +0.8 1.014 5 74 28 37.8
1966 Cedar Rapids - A C 4 4 45 3 0 48 0 1.000 36.0 12.00 -0.1 1.040 0 5 2 40.0
1966 Austin - AA LF 5 5 13 0 0 14 1 .929 41.0 2.85 -0.8 .867
1966 Austin - AA CF 8 8 25 0 0 27 2 .926 69.0 3.26 -1.0 .937
1967 Oklahoma City - AAA C 22 21 119 15 1 135 1 .993 191.1 6.30 +1.3 .800 2 13 6 46.2
1967 Austin - AA C 22 22 201 14 1 215 0 1.000 195.0 9.92 -1.3 1.035 3 24 4 16.7
1967 Cedar Rapids - A C 23 23 204 28 2 235 3 .987 207.2 10.05 +1.9 1.205 2 24 13 54.2
1967 Austin - AA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Cedar Rapids - A LF 6 5 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 45.1 0.99 -0.3 1.013
1967 Cedar Rapids - A CF 17 17 42 0 0 43 1 .977 149.0 2.54 -2.2 .960
1967 Austin - AA RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.0 1.029
1967 Cedar Rapids - A RF 20 20 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 167.0 1.46 +0.6 1.015
1968 Oklahoma City - AAA C 15 14 86 12 1 98 0 1.000 126.1 6.98 +0.5 1.000 0 10 3 30.0
1968 Austin - AA C 50 45 394 31 0 426 1 .998 395.2 9.67 +1.4 1.203 1 27 6 22.2
1968 Austin - AA LF 5 1 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 16.0 4.50 -1.1 .891
1968 Austin - AA CF 3 2 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 20.0 3.60 +0.3 1.004
1968 Austin - AA RF 5 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 18.0 2.00 +0.2 1.040
1969 Austin - AA C 10 10 79 7 1 88 2 .977 82.1 9.40 -0.8 .626 0 7 1 14.3
1970 Oklahoma City - AAA C 1 1 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 -0.2 .000 0 2 0 0.0
1970 Cedar Rapids - A C 70 68 630 47 4 682 5 .993 610.2 9.98 +1.2 1.370 7 62 24 38.7
1970 Cedar Rapids - A LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Cedar Rapids - A CF 4 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 23.0 1.57 +0.5 1.028
1970 Cedar Rapids - A RF 5 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 21.2 2.08 -1.4 1.041
1971 Cedar Rapids - A C 22 20 145 15 0 161 1 .994 175.1 8.21 +0.9 .869 1 11 7 63.6
1971 Tacoma - A C 49 46 466 32 5 499 1 .998 413.2 10.83 +2.3 1.312 1 33 14 42.4
1971 Cedar Rapids - A RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 872 848 6491 644 50 7178 43 .994 7468.1 8.60 +24.2 1.108 50 795 301 37.9
TOTAL LF 72 62 106 0 0 110 4 .964 540.0 1.77 -0.6 .989
TOTAL CF 39 37 93 0 0 96 3 .969 317.0 2.64 -3.4 .966
TOTAL RF 33 24 39 0 0 39 0 1.000 227.2 1.54 -0.7 1.018
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1959 Drafted in the 1959 first-year player draft out of high school (Kingston; Kingston, NY) by the Kansas City Kings. (Round 3, Pick 15, 47th overall pick).
09/13/1959 Wins the 1959 Championship with the Marshalltown Maples!
07/16/1962 Was traded by the Kansas City Kings to the Chicago Chiefs, along with CF Joe Siniscalchi, SS Jorge Vallejo, and SP Bennie Wood, in exchange for SP Jack Halbur.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 3.
05/26/1970 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/11/1971 Retired from professional baseball.
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