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Dan Meyer
Daniel Thomas Meyer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Arizona

Debut September 14, 1974
  vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 24, 1985
Born August 3, 1952 in Hamilton, OH

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1972 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 21 DET AL  13   50    5   10   1  1   3    7   1  0   1   1  .200  .231  .440   88   22   0   0   1   1   2
 1975 22 DET AL 122  470   56  111  17  3   8   47   8  3  26  25  .236  .277  .336   70  158   2   3   1   2  16
 1976 23 DET AL 105  294   37   74   8  4   2   16  10  0  17  22  .252  .292  .327   79   96   3   1   0   0  10
 1977 24 SEA AL 159  582   75  159  24  4  22   90  11  8  43  51  .273  .320  .442  107  257   5   8   4   1  19
 1978 25 SEA AL 123  444   38  101  18  1   8   56   7  3  24  39  .227  .264  .327   66  145   4   5   6   0   7
 1979 26 SEA AL 144  525   72  146  21  7  20   74  11  7  29  35  .278  .317  .459  106  241   6   6  10   4  13
 1980 27 SEA AL 146  531   56  146  25  6  11   71   8  4  31  42  .275  .314  .407   96  216   4   3   4   1  11
 1981 28 SEA AL  83  252   26   66  10  1   3   22   4  3  10  16  .262  .291  .345   80   87   1   2   1   1   6
 1982 29 OAK AL 120  383   28   92  17  3   8   59   1  1  18  33  .240  .271  .363   77  139   3   5   3   0   6
 1983 30 OAK AL  69  169   15   32   9  0   1   13   0  0  19  11  .189  .268  .260   51   44   1   2   2   0   8
 1984 31 OAK AL  20   22    1    7   3  1   0    4   0  0   0   2  .318  .318  .545  142   12   0   0   0   0   2
 1985 32 OAK AL  14   12    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .077  .000  -76    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1118 3734  411  944 153 31  86  459  61 29 219 277  .253  .293  .379   86 1417  29  35  32  10 101
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   60  137  22  4  12   67   9  4  32  40  .253  .293  .379   86  205   4   5   5   1  15
 Career High    159  582   75  159  25  7  22   90  11  8  43  51  .278  .320  .459  107  257   6   8  10   4  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 21 DET AL   52   42    4   2.6    91| .200  .261| .231  .325| .440  .375| .671  .700|  88  .294  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1975 22 DET AL  503  383   41   2.9    96| .236  .262| .277  .333| .336  .386| .613  .719|  70  .323 -20.5  -2.1  72%
 1976 23 DET AL  315  234   28   3.2    88| .252  .259| .292  .324| .327  .366| .619  .690|  79  .405  -9.0  -1.0 100%
 1977 24 SEA AL  639  463   77   4.5    99| .273  .265| .320  .329| .442  .403| .762  .732| 107  .482   4.4   0.4  57%
 1978 25 SEA AL  477  362   38   2.8    94| .227  .261| .264  .326| .327  .385| .591  .711|  66  .313 -21.2  -2.2  70%
 1979 26 SEA AL  570  411   72   4.7   104| .278  .272| .317  .337| .459  .412| .776  .749| 106  .496   1.5   0.1  61%
 1980 27 SEA AL  570  407   66   4.4   100| .275  .270| .314  .333| .407  .401| .721  .734|  96  .477  -4.7  -0.5  66%
 1981 28 SEA AL  266  198   24   3.3    93| .262  .262| .291  .327| .345  .381| .636  .708|  80  .397  -7.5  -0.8  57%
 1982 29 OAK AL  409  306   37   3.2    93| .240  .257| .271  .320| .363  .391| .634  .711|  77  .347 -12.1  -1.2  50%
 1983 30 OAK AL  191  148   11   2.0    92| .189  .257| .268  .318| .260  .388| .528  .706|  51  .180 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1984 31 OAK AL   22   17    3   4.7    91| .318  .255| .318  .317| .545  .385| .863  .702| 142  .521   1.1   0.1   0%
 1985 32 OAK AL   13   13    0   0.0    92| .000  .252| .077  .316| .000  .391| .077  .707| -76  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4027 2984  401   3.6    96| .253  .264| .293  .329| .379  .393| .672  .722|  86  .404 -82.4  -8.6  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 ------+
1974 21 DET AL LF 12 28 0 1 0 .966 .976 2.33 1.75 2.38 2.12 12 106.0 1975 22 DET AL LF 74 132 4 7 0 .951 .977 1.84 1.80 1.93 2.18 74 634.0 1B 46 441 37 5 39 .990 .990 10.39 8.32 10.61 9.84 46 405.3 1976 23 DET AL LF 47 76 4 1 1 .988 .978 1.70 1.91 1.81 2.23 45 398.3 1B 19 168 10 1 15 .994 .992 9.37 8.88 9.54 9.85 19 168.0 DH 1 1977 24 SEA AL 1B 159 1407 109 12 134 .992 .990 9.53 6.29 10.01 6.60 153 1363.0 1978 25 SEA AL 1B 121 1104 79 13 119 .989 .992 9.78 8.26 10.48 8.86 114 1015.7 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 2.45 2.21 1 11.0 DH 1 1979 26 SEA AL 3B 101 76 201 19 22 .936 .953 2.74 2.66 2.96 3.07 97 843.0 LF 31 49 0 3 0 .942 .980 1.58 1.80 1.79 2.22 30 245.7 1B 15 73 4 0 5 1.000 .992 5.13 8.85 10.04 10.08 5 69.0 1980 27 SEA AL LF 123 189 10 8 2 .961 .980 1.62 1.92 1.77 2.35 116 1011.7 DH 7 3B 5 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 3.00 2.60 4.35 3.02 4 31.0 1B 4 27 0 0 4 1.000 .993 6.75 8.40 10.25 10.03 2 23.7 1981 28 SEA AL 3B 49 36 87 5 12 .961 .950 2.51 2.52 2.79 2.95 47 397.0 OF 14 26 1 2 0 .931 .982 1.93 2.16 2.38 2.48 13 102.3 LF 13 26 1 2 0 .931 .978 2.08 1.99 2.40 2.38 13 101.3 1B 3 17 0 0 3 1.000 .994 5.67 8.57 10.93 10.03 1 14.0 DH 3 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1982 29 OAK AL 1B 58 373 31 4 38 .990 .992 6.97 8.51 8.35 9.85 49 435.3 DH 38 OF 11 14 1 1 0 .938 .980 1.36 2.15 2.68 2.47 5 50.3 RF 8 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 0.75 1.90 1.54 2.26 4 35.0 LF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.90 5.29 2.29 1 15.3 1983 30 OAK AL 1B 41 293 16 4 28 .987 .992 7.54 8.24 9.17 9.90 35 303.3 DH 12 OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.09 2.16 3.15 2.49 2 34.3 LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.90 3.38 2.33 2 29.3 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.87 0.00 2.16 0 5.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1984 31 OAK AL 1B 3 15 2 1 1 .944 .988 5.67 8.27 12.75 9.75 0 12.0 DH 1 1985 32 OAK AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 22 DET AL 1B 46 441 37 5 39 .990 .990 10.39 8.32 10.61 9.84 46 405.3 1976 23 DET AL 1B 19 168 10 1 15 .994 .992 9.37 8.88 9.54 9.85 19 168.0 1977 24 SEA AL 1B 159 1407 109 12 134 .992 .990 9.53 6.29 10.01 6.60 153 1363.0 1978 25 SEA AL 1B 121 1104 79 13 119 .989 .992 9.78 8.26 10.48 8.86 114 1015.7 1979 26 SEA AL 1B 15 73 4 0 5 1.000 .992 5.13 8.85 10.04 10.08 5 69.0 1980 27 SEA AL 1B 4 27 0 0 4 1.000 .993 6.75 8.40 10.25 10.03 2 23.7 1981 28 SEA AL 1B 3 17 0 0 3 1.000 .994 5.67 8.57 10.93 10.03 1 14.0 1982 29 OAK AL 1B 58 373 31 4 38 .990 .992 6.97 8.51 8.35 9.85 49 435.3 1983 30 OAK AL 1B 41 293 16 4 28 .987 .992 7.54 8.24 9.17 9.90 35 303.3 1984 31 OAK AL 1B 3 15 2 1 1 .944 .988 5.67 8.27 12.75 9.75 0 12.0 1979 26 SEA AL 3B 101 76 201 19 22 .936 .953 2.74 2.66 2.96 3.07 97 843.0 1980 27 SEA AL 3B 5 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 3.00 2.60 4.35 3.02 4 31.0 1981 28 SEA AL 3B 49 36 87 5 12 .961 .950 2.51 2.52 2.79 2.95 47 397.0 1983 30 OAK AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1985 32 OAK AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1981 28 SEA AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1976 23 DET AL DH 1 1978 25 SEA AL DH 1 1980 27 SEA AL DH 7 1981 28 SEA AL DH 3 1982 29 OAK AL DH 38 1983 30 OAK AL DH 12 1984 31 OAK AL DH 1 1985 32 OAK AL DH 1 1974 21 DET AL LF 12 28 0 1 0 .966 .976 2.33 1.75 2.38 2.12 12 106.0 1975 22 DET AL LF 74 132 4 7 0 .951 .977 1.84 1.80 1.93 2.18 74 634.0 1976 23 DET AL LF 47 76 4 1 1 .988 .978 1.70 1.91 1.81 2.23 45 398.3 1978 25 SEA AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 2.45 2.21 1 11.0 1979 26 SEA AL LF 31 49 0 3 0 .942 .980 1.58 1.80 1.79 2.22 30 245.7 1980 27 SEA AL LF 123 189 10 8 2 .961 .980 1.62 1.92 1.77 2.35 116 1011.7 1981 28 SEA AL LF 13 26 1 2 0 .931 .978 2.08 1.99 2.40 2.38 13 101.3 1982 29 OAK AL LF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.90 5.29 2.29 1 15.3 1983 30 OAK AL LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.90 3.38 2.33 2 29.3 1974 21 DET AL OF 12 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 2.42 2.12 2.46 2.41 12 106.0 1975 22 DET AL OF 74 130 4 7 0 .950 .979 1.81 2.10 1.90 2.37 74 634.0 1976 23 DET AL OF 47 76 4 1 1 .988 .982 1.70 2.21 1.81 2.47 45 398.3 1978 25 SEA AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 2.45 2.45 1 11.0 1979 26 SEA AL OF 31 49 0 3 0 .942 .982 1.58 2.13 1.79 2.46 30 245.7 1980 27 SEA AL OF 123 189 10 8 2 .961 .979 1.62 2.15 1.77 2.47 116 1011.7 1981 28 SEA AL OF 14 26 1 2 0 .931 .982 1.93 2.16 2.38 2.48 13 102.3 1982 29 OAK AL OF 11 14 1 1 0 .938 .980 1.36 2.15 2.68 2.47 5 50.3 1983 30 OAK AL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.09 2.16 3.15 2.49 2 34.3 1985 32 OAK AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1982 29 OAK AL RF 8 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 0.75 1.90 1.54 2.26 4 35.0 1983 30 OAK AL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.87 0.00 2.16 0 5.0 1985 32 OAK AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 469 3918 288 40 386 .991 .991 8.97 7.67 9.94 8.43 424 3809.3 OF* 326 529 20 23 3 .960 .980 1.68 2.14 1.90 2.44 298 2594.7 314 1 12# LF* 314 523 19 22 3 .961 .978 1.73 1.87 1.91 2.27 294 2552.7 3B* 157 115 300 26 35 .941 .952 2.64 2.61 2.93 3.03 148 1274.0 DH 64 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 12 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 0.58 1.88 1.54 2.24 4 41.0 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 952 4562 608 89 424 .983 .987 5.43 4.95 6.06 5.51 870 7678
# 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.

Games
1977 AL-159-7

Intentional Walks
1979 AL-10-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1977 AL-19-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1975 AL-18.8-1
1979 AL-15.0-3
1980 AL-12.6-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.9 (2497) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Detroit Tigers as the 9th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

December 9, 1981: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Oakland Athletics for Rich Bordi.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 15, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

May 26, 1985: Released by the Oakland Athletics.


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