Robert William Meusel was an American baseball left and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He hit for the cycle three times, and was the second of four major leaguers to accomplish this feat as many as three times during a career. His older brother, Emil, was a star outfielder in the National League during the same period, primarily for theNew York Giants.
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Robert William Meusel was an American baseball left and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was a member of the Yankees’ championship teams of the 1920s, nicknamed the “Murderers’ Row”, during which time the team won its first six American League pennants and first three World Series titles. He hit for the cycle three times, and was the second of four major leaguers to accomplish this feat as many as three times during a career. In 1925, he became the second Yankee, after Babe Ruth, to lead the AL in home runs, runs batted in and extra base hits. He ended his career in 1930 with the Cincinnati Reds. His older brother, Emil, was a star outfielder in the National League during the same period, primarily for theNew York Giants. He died in a car crash in Los Angeles, California, in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Edith Cowan, and two children, Robert and Edith Meusels, Jr., who were all born in San Jose, California. He also had a brother, Irish, who also played in the Major Leagues, and played for the Vernon Tigers in the Pacific Coast League in 1917 and 1918.
He joined the US Navy during World War I, playing for the Navy baseball team. He went back to the Tigers for the 1919 season, batting. 330. In 1921, he started in 149 out of 154 games, primarily playing right field. In the 1921 season, he batted. 318, finishing second in the league in home Runs with 24 and third in the League with 136 Runs batted in. He broke a club record and tied Jack Tobin of the St. Louis Browns for the league lead in outfield assists with 28; he was considered to be one of the league’s best all-around players. In 1922, he only played 121 games, hitting. 319, with 16 home runs and 84 runs batted. in as he gradually shifted to left field to allow Babe Ruth to play right field instead of home. The Yankees won the American League pennant for the second year in a row, but they were beaten away by the Giants again in the 1921 World Series. The two brothers played against each other in Game 3 of the Series, where the Giants faced their tenants. Bob MeUsel stole home in Game 5 for a one-game lead, but the Yankees lost the next three games and the Series. His batting average in those eight games was a mere. 200.
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