Steve Mesner

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Full Name: Stephen Mathias Mesner	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/178	First Game: September 23, 1938
Birthdate: January 13, 1918	Final Game: September 30, 1945
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: April 6, 1981
Deathplace: San Diego, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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Steve Mesner (Stephen Mathias Mesner) was born on January 13, 1918 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1938 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 0 home runs and 52 RBI. Mesner played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Steve Mesner's best season was 1943, when he knocked in 52 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	CHI	N	2	4	2	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1939	CHI	N	17	43	7	12	0	6	.279	.340	.372	4	0	3	4	1	1	0	0	1
1941	STL	N	24	69	8	10	0	10	.145	.203	.159	1	0	5	6	0	2	0	0	1
1943	CIN	N	137	504	53	137	0	52	.272	.309	.327	26	1	26	20	1	17	6	0	14
1944	CIN	N	121	414	31	100	1	47	.242	.301	.309	17	4	34	20	1	5	1	0	10
1945	CIN	N	150	540	52	137	1	52	.254	.322	.298	19	1	52	18	2	17	4	0	17
Total			451	1574	153	397	2	167	.252	.308	.306	67	6	121	69	5	42	11	0	43

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	CHI	N	SS	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1939	CHI	N	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CHI	N	2B	1	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CHI	N	SS	12	0	0	12	39	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1941	STL	N	3B	22	0	0	23	45	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1943	CIN	N	3B	130	0	0	132	274	24	29	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1944	CIN	N	3B	120	0	0	120	246	19	21	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1945	CIN	N	2B	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	CIN	N	3B	148	0	0	170	326	15	35	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			SS	13	0	0	12	41	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.914
Total			2B	4	0	0	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	421	0	0	446	891	61	93	0	0	0	0	0	.956

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Chicago Cubs with Gene Lillard and cash to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Raffensberger (December 27, 1939).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 2, 1942).
Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Dodgers from Cincinnati Reds (February 1, 1943).
Waiver voided (February 2, 1943).

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