Baseball | 4/25/2018 9:29:00 AM

ELLISVILLE – One of Mississippi's top professional baseball players was recognized recently at Jones County Junior College's Community Bank Park.
Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer, an Ellisville native, had a plaque dedicated in his honor prior to the April 21 doubleheader between JCJC and Mississippi Delta.
Myer was born on March 16, 1904, in Ellisville. He attended Ellisville Agricultural High School and Mississippi A&M College, which later became Mississippi State University.
Myer began his Major League career in 1925 with the Washington Senators. He played with the Boston Red Sox in 1927 and 1928 before going back to the Senators, where he would continue playing until he retired in 1941.
He had a career batting average of .303 in his 16-year big league career.
Ellisville resident Mac Haynes found out about Myer while reading a story about him in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger in the 1980s. In recent years, Haynes, who considers Myer to be Mississippi's best big league ballplayer, thought something should be done to recognize Myer in his hometown. So, Haynes he spearheaded an effort to have a bronze plaque placed at Community Bank Park in his honor.
After his retirement, Myer lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, until his death in 1974.
His grandson, Charles Myer, who still lives in Baton Rouge, was on hand for the unveiling of the plaque.
Myer was the American League batting champion in 1935 with a .349 average and had 215 hits that season. He was an All-Star in 1935 and 1937. He led the American League in stolen bases in 1928 with 30 steals.
He had a .250 batting average in the 1925 World Series as the Senators lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates and he had a .300 batting average in the 1933 World Series as the Senators lost to the New York Giants.
During his career, Myer had 2,131 hits and 38 home runs.
Myer is a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
More information is available on Myer at https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ce6e3ebb