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Bud Metheny
Arthur Beauregard Metheny
Born: June 1, 1915 in St. Louis, Mo.
Died: Jan. 2, 2003
Debut: 1943 | Pos:
OF
Ht: 5-11 | Wt: 190 | B:
L | T: L
| Yrs | G | AB | Hits | HR | RBI | SB | Avg |
| 4 | 376 | 1390 | 344 | 31 | 156 | 12 | .247 |
>> Visit the Bud Metheny biography on Baseball Almanac for complete statistics.
Bud Metheny, a former professional baseball player and a coach and athletic director at Old Dominion University, died on Jan. 2, 2003 at the age of 87.
He played in 376 games in 4 seasons in the Major Leagues as an outfielder. He hit .247 in his career with 31 HRs and 156 RBI.
He had served Old Dominion for 32 years as head baseball coach, head basketball coach and athletic director following his career in Major League Baseball.
Metheny wore No. 3 when he played with the Yankees from 1943 to 1946. That number, worn by Babe Ruth, was retired by the Yankees in 1948. He had a hit in 8 at-bats in the 1943 World Series.
In 1948, Metheny managed the Class D team in Baxley, Ga. He played outfield for Portsmouth from 1949-50, and managed the Newport News team in 1950. During this time, he began his work with Old Dominion.
He joined the coaching staff at ODU in 1948. He coached the baseball team to a 423-363-6 record from 1948 until he retired in 1980. In 1964, he was named national coach of the year.
In his last season as coach, in 1980, ODU won the Virginia State Championship with a win over University of Virginia. In 1984, Old Dominion honored their former coach by adopting a New York Yankees style uniform with blue pinstripes. The school's baseball stadium also bears Metheny's name.
Metheny was also honored by the Yankees in 1980 when he received the Yankee Family Award for his continued contributions to baseball.
He was ODU's head basketball coach from 1948-65 and his teams finished with a 198-163 record. He was the school's athletics director from 1963-70.
Metheny graduated from William and Mary in 1940.
He was a member of the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, the William and Mary Hall of Fame, and the Tidewater Baseball Hall of Fame.
Frances, his wife for 61 years, died earlier in the day on Jan. 2, 2003.
Sources: Associated Press, Old Dominion News Release, Total Baseball