Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer (March 16, 1904 – October 31, 1974) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1941.
An excellent hitter, he batted .300 or better in eight full seasons, and retired with a career average of .303. He walked more than twice as many times as he struck out. Apart from a brief period with the Boston Red Sox in 1927–28, he spent his entire career with the Washington Senators.
Myer was born in Ellisville, Mississippi to a Jewish family.[citation needed]
Myer decided to go to college at Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State University). In 1923, he attracted many baseball scouts to watch him play. That same year, the Washington Senators offered him a contract. Buddy accepted the contract with the one condition, that he finish his college education. Myer graduated from Mississippi A&M in 1925.
He was discovered by baseball promoter, Joe Engel, who managed the Chattanooga Lookouts at Engel Stadium.
He broke in with the Senators in 1925 at the age of 21. In 1926 he batted .304. In May 1927 he was traded by the Senators to the Red Sox for Topper Rigney.
You saved me like you somehow owed me
Passion now flowing in my veins
Breathless days can sit alone in silence
You brought me sun and took away the rain
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days
You pick me up, you pick me up
You took me set my world on fire
Red stop light but you only see green
No mistakes you march on like you're wired
You lift me up to the greatest that I've been
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days
You pick me up, you pick me up
You pick me up making me fire
Do you even know how much you save
Take me now I have what I wanted
Bonfire high I'm all warm inside
Thank you how you've been more than I needed
There's no black clouds there is no black a all
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days