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Dave Meier
David Keith Meier

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut April 3, 1984
  vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1988
Born August 8, 1959 in Helena, MT

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 24 MIN AL  59  147   18   35   8  1   0   13   0  1   6   9  .238  .271  .306   57   45   3   1   0   1   5
 1985 25 MIN AL  71  104   15   27   6  0   1    8   0  6  18  12  .260  .374  .346   96   36   3   0   0   1   0
 1987 27 TEX AL  13   21    4    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .286  .286  .333   64    7   0   0   0   0   2
 1988 28 CHC NL   2    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .400  127    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      145  277   37   70  15  1   1   22   0  7  24  26  .253  .316  .325   74   90   6   1   0   2   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        309   41   78  17  1   1   25   0  8  27  29  .253  .316  .325   74  101   7   1   0   2   8
 Career High     71  147   18   35   8  1   1   13   0  6  18  12                          45   3   1   0   1   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 24 MIN AL  158  122   11   2.4   100| .238  .268| .271  .331| .306  .405| .577  .736|  57  .242  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1985 25 MIN AL  126   86   13   4.0   103| .260  .267| .374  .334| .346  .414| .720  .748|  96  .442   0.2   0.0   0%
 1987 27 TEX AL   21   17    1   1.6   106| .286  .265| .286  .333| .333  .426| .619  .759|  64  .108  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1988 28 CHC NL    5    3    1   9.0    94| .400  .262| .400  .326| .400  .384| .800  .711| 127  .816   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       310  228   26   3.0   102| .253  .267| .316  .332| .325  .410| .641  .742|  74  .323  -9.7  -1.0   0%

* 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 ------+
1984 24 MIN AL OF 50 87 2 2 0 .978 .983 1.78 2.17 2.32 2.51 37 346.0 LF 41 74 2 1 0 .987 .982 1.85 1.80 2.37 2.27 32 289.0 RF 10 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 0.90 1.88 1.42 2.23 5 57.0 DH 4 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1985 25 MIN AL OF 63 77 1 1 1 .987 .982 1.24 2.10 2.32 2.44 27 303.0 LF 56 65 2 1 1 .985 .977 1.20 1.77 2.20 2.25 25 274.0 RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.82 3.21 2.19 1 14.0 CF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 2.57 5.40 2.94 1 15.0 DH 3 1987 27 TEX AL OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.38 2.00 1.98 2.30 6 50.0 LF 6 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.73 1.91 2.10 4 33.0 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.75 1.59 2.12 2 17.0 1988 28 CHC NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.80 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 24 MIN AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1988 28 CHC NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.80 1 9.0 1985 25 MIN AL CF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 2.57 5.40 2.94 1 15.0 1984 24 MIN AL DH 4 1985 25 MIN AL DH 3 1984 24 MIN AL LF 41 74 2 1 0 .987 .982 1.85 1.80 2.37 2.27 32 289.0 1985 25 MIN AL LF 56 65 2 1 1 .985 .977 1.20 1.77 2.20 2.25 25 274.0 1987 27 TEX AL LF 6 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.73 1.91 2.10 4 33.0 1984 24 MIN AL OF 50 87 2 2 0 .978 .983 1.78 2.17 2.32 2.51 37 346.0 1985 25 MIN AL OF 63 77 1 1 1 .987 .982 1.24 2.10 2.32 2.44 27 303.0 1987 27 TEX AL OF 8 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.38 2.00 1.98 2.30 6 50.0 1984 24 MIN AL RF 10 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 0.90 1.88 1.42 2.23 5 57.0 1985 25 MIN AL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.82 3.21 2.19 1 14.0 1987 27 TEX AL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.75 1.59 2.12 2 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 121 175 3 4 1 .978 .983 1.47 2.12 2.29 2.46 70 699.0 103 3 16# LF* 103 146 4 3 1 .980 .979 1.46 1.78 2.27 2.25 61 596.0 RF* 16 17 0 1 0 .944 .977 1.06 1.85 1.74 2.20 8 88.0 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 2.57 5.40 2.94 1 15.0 3B* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.30 0.90 2.79 1 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 123 176 3 4 1 .978 .982 1.46 2.13 2.27 2.47 71 709
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the California Angels in the 31st round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 10, 1978: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

December 20, 1985: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

December 9, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

March 17, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Greg Tabor to the Chicago Cubs for Ray Hayward.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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