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| Bud Metheny | |
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 Metheny, circa 1938 William and Mary center fielder | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born:(1915-06-01)June 1, 1915 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | |
| Died: January 2, 2003(2003-01-02) (aged 87) Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 27, 1943, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 9, 1946, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Home runs | 31 |
| Runs batted in | 156 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Arthur Beauregard “Bud” Metheny (June 1, 1915 – January 2, 2003) was an Americanbaseball player and coach. He played professional baseball for theNew York Yankees (1943–46) and servedOld Dominion University for 32 years as head baseball coach, head basketball coach and athletic director.
Metheny was a graduate of theCollege of William and Mary where he played college baseball. He was also a brother ofPhi Kappa Tau.
During his four-year career with Yankees, he played for the Yankees in the second and last games of the1943 World Series as the Yankees defeated theSt. Louis Cardinals and he played with such great players asDiMaggio,Rizzuto andDickey. In the minors before joining the Yankees, Metheny won pennants with Norfolk and theKansas City Blues, as well as theLittle World Series with theNewark Bears.
Metheny joined the Old Dominion athletic staff in 1948 as head baseball coach, compiling a 423–363–6 record before retiring in 1980. He was honored by theNCAA as the Eastern Regional Coach of the Year in 1963 and 1964, a period when his Monarchs captured college division crowns. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1964, and in 1980, his final season as the Monarchs head coach, ODU captured the Virginia State Championship.
Metheny served as head basketball coach from 1948–65, compiling a 198-163 record and posting 16 winning seasons. His 198 wins were ultimately surpassed byBlaine Taylor on January 5, 2011.[1] He also served as athletic director from 1963–1970.
In 1984, to honor Metheny and his days with the Yankees, ODU adopted the Yankee uniform look of the distinctive blue pinstripes.
Metheny was enshrined in the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in Dallas in 1983. He was a member of the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Old Dominion Hall of Fame,Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, William & Mary Hall of Fame and the Tidewater Baseball Hall of Fame.
TheOld Dominion baseball stadium, which opened in 1983, is named in Metheny's honor.
