at the age of 35—meyers claimed that he was younger than he actually was—his performance started to decline as he batted just .232, and giants placed him on waivers. in 1916, he played 80 games for the brooklyn robins, batting .247 with 21 rbis. in 1917, be played 47 games for the robins, and 25 games for the boston braves. overall for the 1917 season, he batted .225 with 7 rbis.