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Bob Meacham
Robert Andrew Meacham

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School San Diego State University

Debut June 30, 1983
  vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 10, 1988
Born August 25, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 22 NYY AL  22   51    5   12   2  0   0    4   8  0   4  10  .235  .304  .275   64   14   0   0   0   1   0
 1984 23 NYY AL  99  360   62   91  13  4   2   25   9  5  32  70  .253  .312  .328   81  118  14   9   0   3   2
 1985 24 NYY AL 156  481   70  105  16  2   1   47  25  7  54 102  .218  .302  .266   59  128  23   3   1   5   7
 1986 25 NYY AL  56  161   19   36   7  1   0   10   3  6  17  39  .224  .309  .280   63   45   4   0   0   3   6
 1987 26 NYY AL  77  203   28   55  11  1   5   21   6  5  19  33  .271  .349  .409  102   83   3   1   0   6   2
 1988 27 NYY AL  47  115   18   25   9  0   0    7   7  1  14  22  .217  .308  .296   71   34   1   2   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      457 1371  202  324  58  8   8  114  58 24 140 276  .236  .313  .308   73  422  45  15   1  20  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        486   72  115  21  3   3   40  21  9  50  98  .236  .313  .308   73  150  16   5   0   7   6
 Career High    156  481   70  105  16  4   5   47  25  7  54 102  .253  .312  .328   81  128  23   9   1   6   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 22 NYY AL   56   39    6   4.1    95| .235  .261| .304  .322| .275  .393| .579  .716|  64  .455  -2.4  -0.2 100%
 1984 23 NYY AL  418  299   41   3.7    93| .253  .259| .312  .321| .328  .391| .640  .712|  81  .407  -7.8  -0.8  64%
 1985 24 NYY AL  566  416   45   2.9    97| .218  .259| .302  .325| .266  .402| .568  .727|  59  .300 -25.5  -2.5  78%
 1986 25 NYY AL  185  141   13   2.5    99| .224  .260| .309  .328| .280  .406| .589  .734|  63  .236  -7.9  -0.8  33%
 1987 26 NYY AL  232  159   30   5.0   105| .271  .264| .349  .332| .409  .424| .758  .756| 102  .505   1.0   0.1  54%
 1988 27 NYY AL  134   95   13   3.7    94| .217  .258| .308  .323| .296  .389| .604  .712|  71  .416  -3.5  -0.4  87%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1591 1149  148   3.4    97| .236  .260| .313  .325| .308  .401| .621  .726|  73  .369 -46.0  -4.6  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 22 NYY AL SS 18 13 52 5 8 .929 .963 3.61 4.15 5.04 4.75 11 116.0 3B 4 3 12 1 1 .938 .955 3.75 2.58 4.50 3.06 2 30.0 1984 23 NYY AL SS 96 136 269 19 52 .955 .962 4.22 3.93 4.34 4.76 94 840.0 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.45 3.44 5.26 2 18.3 1985 24 NYY AL SS 155 236 390 24 103 .963 .964 4.04 3.93 4.18 4.64 153 1346.7 1986 25 NYY AL SS 56 70 149 12 31 .948 .967 3.91 3.94 4.39 4.53 50 448.7 1987 26 NYY AL SS 56 70 127 8 25 .961 .970 3.52 4.02 4.44 4.59 45 399.7 2B 25 40 57 2 11 .980 .980 3.88 4.48 5.21 5.12 17 167.7 DH 1 1988 27 NYY AL SS 24 14 33 2 9 .959 .971 1.96 4.14 3.56 4.69 9 118.7 2B 21 39 44 2 8 .976 .982 3.95 4.40 5.07 5.12 16 147.3 3B 5 3 8 3 2 .786 .957 2.20 2.36 3.00 2.70 4 33.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 23 NYY AL 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.45 3.44 5.26 2 18.3 1987 26 NYY AL 2B 25 40 57 2 11 .980 .980 3.88 4.48 5.21 5.12 17 167.7 1988 27 NYY AL 2B 21 39 44 2 8 .976 .982 3.95 4.40 5.07 5.12 16 147.3 1983 22 NYY AL 3B 4 3 12 1 1 .938 .955 3.75 2.58 4.50 3.06 2 30.0 1988 27 NYY AL 3B 5 3 8 3 2 .786 .957 2.20 2.36 3.00 2.70 4 33.0 1987 26 NYY AL DH 1 1983 22 NYY AL SS 18 13 52 5 8 .929 .963 3.61 4.15 5.04 4.75 11 116.0 1984 23 NYY AL SS 96 136 269 19 52 .955 .962 4.22 3.93 4.34 4.76 94 840.0 1985 24 NYY AL SS 155 236 390 24 103 .963 .964 4.04 3.93 4.18 4.64 153 1346.7 1986 25 NYY AL SS 56 70 149 12 31 .948 .967 3.91 3.94 4.39 4.53 50 448.7 1987 26 NYY AL SS 56 70 127 8 25 .961 .970 3.52 4.02 4.44 4.59 45 399.7 1988 27 NYY AL SS 24 14 33 2 9 .959 .971 1.96 4.14 3.56 4.69 9 118.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 405 539 1020 70 228 .957 .965 3.85 3.97 4.29 4.66 362 3269.7 2B* 48 83 104 4 19 .979 .981 3.90 4.44 5.05 5.13 35 333.3 3B* 9 6 20 4 3 .867 .956 2.89 2.46 3.71 2.87 6 63.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 462 628 1144 78 250 .958 .966 3.84 3.99 4.35 4.67 403 3666
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1984 AL-14-1
1985 AL-23-1

Sac. Flies
1984 AL-9-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

December 14, 1982: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Stan Javier to the New York Yankees for Bob Helsom (minors), Marty Mason (minors), and Steve Fincher (minors).

December 5, 1988: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Bob Brower.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$100,000
1987New York Yankees$105,000
1988New York Yankees$212,500
Career (may be incomplete)$417,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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