Year Inducted: 2003
Born in York Springs in 1894, Myers was discovered by the legendary Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics and signed a professional contract in 1913. He won 19 games for Raleigh of the Carolina Association in his first season. Called up by the A’s in the waning days of the season, he tossed a two-hit shutout versus Washington, striking out 12 — a first-game record that would stand for 40 years. Drafted into World War I in 1918, Myers was victimized by an attack of German mustard gas. Following the war, he pitched for both Cleveland and Boston, and though he pitched into the 1922 season, he was never quite the same. He compiled a lifetime record of 55–72. The Philadelphia Phillies honored Myers with a special tribute in 1975, a year before his death.