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Pat Meares
Patrick James Meares

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 188 lb.
School Wichita State University

Debut May 5, 1993
  vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 7, 2001
Born September 6, 1968 in Salina, KS

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1990. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 24 MIN AL 111  346   33   87  14  3   0   33   4  5   7  52  .251  .266  .309   55  107   4   3   0   1  11
 1994 25 MIN AL  80  229   29   61  12  1   2   24   5  1  14  50  .266  .310  .354   72   81   6   3   0   2   3
 1995 26 MIN AL 116  390   57  105  19  4  12   49  10  4  15  68  .269  .311  .431   90  168   4   5   0  11  17
 1996 27 MIN AL 152  517   66  138  26  7   8   67   9  4  17  90  .267  .298  .391   72  202   4   7   1   9  19
 1997 28 MIN AL 134  439   63  121  23  3  10   60   7  7  18  86  .276  .323  .410   90  180   3   7   0  16   9
 1998 29 MIN AL 149  543   56  141  26  3   9   70   7  4  24  86  .260  .296  .368   71  200   3   5   1   6  12
 1999 30 PIT NL  21   91   15   28   4  0   0    7   0  0   9  20  .308  .382  .352   87   32   2   0   0   2   1
 2000 31 PIT NL 132  462   55  111  22  2  13   47   1  0  36  91  .240  .305  .381   73  176   5   3   6   8  13
 2001 32 PIT NL  87  270   27   57  11  1   4   25   0  2  10  45  .211  .244  .304   39   82   1   1   3   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      982 3287  401  849 157 24  58  382  43 27 150 588  .258  .299  .374   73 1228  32  34  11  57  94
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   66  140  26  4  10   63   7  4  25  97  .258  .299  .374   73  203   5   6   2   9  16
 Career High    152  543   66  141  26  7  13   70  10  7  36  91  .276  .323  .431   90  202   6   7   6  16  19
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 24 MIN AL  361  282   25   2.4   103| .251  .267| .266  .337| .309  .408| .575  .745|  55  .214 -23.3  -2.3  44%
 1994 25 MIN AL  254  181   27   4.0   111| .266  .273| .310  .345| .354  .434| .664  .779|  72  .369  -9.8  -0.9  83%
 1995 26 MIN AL  425  315   48   4.1   110| .269  .272| .311  .346| .431  .429| .742  .774|  90  .388  -7.1  -0.7  71%
 1996 27 MIN AL  554  413   56   3.6   117| .267  .278| .298  .352| .391  .447| .689  .799|  72  .313 -23.9  -2.2  69%
 1997 28 MIN AL  483  344   57   4.4   110| .276  .272| .323  .342| .410  .431| .733  .773|  90  .431  -7.2  -0.7  50%
 1998 29 MIN AL  581  426   57   3.6   111| .260  .273| .296  .342| .368  .434| .664  .776|  71  .334 -24.4  -2.3  63%
 1999 30 PIT NL  104   66   13   5.3   117| .308  .277| .382  .352| .352  .446| .734  .798|  87  .497  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 2000 31 PIT NL  514  372   53   3.8   115| .240  .272| .305  .349| .381  .444| .686  .794|  73  .351 -20.4  -1.9 100%
 2001 32 PIT NL  284  226   17   2.0   114| .211  .272| .244  .344| .304  .446| .548  .789|  39  .158 -25.9  -2.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3560 2625  353   3.6   112| .258  .273| .299  .345| .374  .435| .673  .780|  73  .335 -143.3 -13.6  61%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1993 24 MIN AL SS 111 165 304 19 70 .961 .973 4.23 4.13 4.74 4.69 103 890.3 1994 25 MIN AL SS 79 133 209 13 47 .963 .969 4.33 4.22 4.89 4.64 73 629.3 1995 26 MIN AL SS 114 186 317 18 69 .965 .974 4.41 4.16 4.75 4.71 109 953.3 OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.00 1.29 2.31 0 7.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.40 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1996 27 MIN AL SS 150 257 344 22 85 .965 .971 4.01 4.19 4.33 4.66 144 1249.3 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1997 28 MIN AL SS 134 211 415 20 93 .969 .974 4.67 4.05 4.98 4.55 129 1131.3 1998 29 MIN AL SS 149 263 412 24 92 .966 .972 4.53 4.26 4.78 4.71 145 1270.0 1999 30 PIT NL SS 21 26 67 6 13 .939 .967 4.43 3.80 4.41 4.42 21 189.7 2000 31 PIT NL SS 126 191 401 20 99 .967 .967 4.70 3.88 4.96 4.52 125 1075.0 2001 32 PIT NL 2B 85 150 213 10 53 .973 .983 4.27 4.19 5.07 4.86 75 645.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 32 PIT NL 2B 85 150 213 10 53 .973 .983 4.27 4.19 5.07 4.86 75 645.0 1995 26 MIN AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.40 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1996 27 MIN AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1995 26 MIN AL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.00 1.29 2.31 0 7.0 1996 27 MIN AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1995 26 MIN AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1993 24 MIN AL SS 111 165 304 19 70 .961 .973 4.23 4.13 4.74 4.69 103 890.3 1994 25 MIN AL SS 79 133 209 13 47 .963 .969 4.33 4.22 4.89 4.64 73 629.3 1995 26 MIN AL SS 114 186 317 18 69 .965 .974 4.41 4.16 4.75 4.71 109 953.3 1996 27 MIN AL SS 150 257 344 22 85 .965 .971 4.01 4.19 4.33 4.66 144 1249.3 1997 28 MIN AL SS 134 211 415 20 93 .969 .974 4.67 4.05 4.98 4.55 129 1131.3 1998 29 MIN AL SS 149 263 412 24 92 .966 .972 4.53 4.26 4.78 4.71 145 1270.0 1999 30 PIT NL SS 21 26 67 6 13 .939 .967 4.43 3.80 4.41 4.42 21 189.7 2000 31 PIT NL SS 126 191 401 20 99 .967 .967 4.70 3.88 4.96 4.52 125 1075.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 884 1432 2469 142 568 .965 .971 4.41 4.12 4.75 4.63 849 7388.3 2B* 85 150 213 10 53 .973 .983 4.27 4.19 5.07 4.86 75 645.0 OF* 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.00 1.12 2.36 0 8.0 0 3 1# CF* 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.40 1.50 2.70 0 6.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 973 1583 2682 152 621 .966 .972 4.38 4.12 4.77 4.65 924 8041
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Triples
1996 AL-7-7

Hit By Pitch
1995 AL-11-4
1996 AL-9-10
1997 AL-16-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1995 AL-17-7
1996 AL-19-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2316) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3451) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1990.

December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

February 20, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Minnesota Twins$109,000
1994Minnesota Twins$160,000
1995Minnesota Twins$165,000
1996Minnesota Twins$275,000
1997Minnesota Twins$1,425,000
1998Minnesota Twins$2,500,000
1999Pittsburgh Pirates$1,500,000
2000Pittsburgh Pirates$3,290,000
2001Pittsburgh Pirates$3,790,000
2002Pittsburgh Pirates$3,790,000
2003Pittsburgh Pirates$3,790,000
Career (may be incomplete)$20,794,000

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