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Jack Meyer
John Robert Meyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Wake Forest University

Debut April 16, 1955
Final Game April 30, 1961
Born March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
Died March 9, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA

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Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 23 PHI NL   6  11  50   5   0   0  36 16  110.3   75   50   42  14   66   97   3   6   470   6   0  3.43  3.96  116 1.278 MVP-19,RoY-2
 1956 24 PHI NL   7  11  41   7   2   0  19  2   96.0   86   49   47   8   51   66   4   2   418  11   0  4.41  3.73   85 1.427
 1957 25 PHI NL   0   2  19   2   0   0   4  0   37.7   44   30   24   7   28   34   1   0   180   2   0  5.73  3.80   66 1.912
 1958 26 PHI NL   3   6  37   5   1   0  16  2   90.3   77   38   36   8   33   87   1   7   374   3   0  3.59  3.95  110 1.218
 1959 27 PHI NL   5   3  47   1   1   0  21  1   93.7   76   43   35   9   53   71   1   3   405   2   0  3.36  4.10  122 1.377
 1960 28 PHI NL   3   1   7   4   0   0   2  0   25.0   25   13   12   2   11   18   0   0   109   0   0  4.32  3.88   90 1.440
 1961 29 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    2    2    2   1    2    2   0   0     9   0   0  9.00  4.07   45 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .414  24  34 202  24   4   0  98 21  455.0  385  225  198  49  244  375  10  18  1965  24   0  3.92  3.92  100 1.382
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  60   7   1   0  29  6  136.7  115   67   59  14   73  112   3   5   591   7   0  3.92  3.92  100 1.382
 Career High      7  11  50   7   2   0  36 16  110.3   86   50   47  14   66   97   4   7   470  11   0  3.36  4.10  122 1.218

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 23 PHI NL  50   20    2    2   0  1   0    1   0  0   4   7  .100  .250  .200   23    4   1   0   0   0   2 MVP-19,RoY-2
 1956 24 PHI NL  41   20    1    4   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   7  .200  .238  .350   57    7   2   0   0   0   2
 1957 25 PHI NL  19    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .167  .375  .167   55    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1958 26 PHI NL  37   18    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .278  .278  .278   49    5   1   0   0   0   1
 1959 27 PHI NL  47   14    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .071  .071  .071  -62    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 28 PHI NL   7    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .125  .222  .125   -1    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      202   86    6   14   0  1   1    3   0  0   8  31  .163  .234  .221   24   19   6   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         69    5   11   0  1   1    2   0  0   6  25  .163  .234  .221   24   15   5   0   0   0   4
 Career High     50   20    2    5   0  1   1    1   0  0   4   9                           7   2   0   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 23 PHI NL   25   21    1   1.3   104| .100  .263| .250  .334| .200  .417| .450  .750|  23  .084  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1956 24 PHI NL   23   20    1   1.3   101| .200  .262| .238  .328| .350  .413| .588  .741|  57  .099  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1957 25 PHI NL    9    6    1   4.5   100| .167  .265| .375  .328| .167  .410| .542  .738|  55  .489  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1958 26 PHI NL   19   15    1   1.8   105| .278  .268| .278  .336| .278  .419| .556  .756|  49  .148  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1959 27 PHI NL   14   13    0   0.0   106| .071  .271| .071  .337| .071  .420| .142  .757| -62  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1960 28 PHI NL   10    8    0   0.0    99| .125  .263| .222  .329| .125  .404| .347  .733|  -1  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       100   83    4   1.3   103| .163  .265| .234  .333| .221  .415| .455  .748|  24  .090  -9.7  -0.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 23 PHI NL P 50 6 13 1 0 .950 .950 0.38 0.83 1.55 2.04 5 110.3 1956 24 PHI NL P 41 4 17 1 2 .955 .968 0.51 0.83 1.97 2.05 7 96.0 1957 25 PHI NL P 19 5 6 0 0 1.000 .965 0.58 0.82 2.63 2.05 2 37.7 1958 26 PHI NL P 37 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.30 0.77 1.10 1.97 5 90.3 1959 27 PHI NL P 47 4 14 1 2 .947 .952 0.38 0.82 1.73 1.99 1 93.7 1960 28 PHI NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 0.87 1.80 2.09 4 25.0 1961 29 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 23 PHI NL P 50 6 13 1 0 .950 .950 0.38 0.83 1.55 2.04 5 110.3 1956 24 PHI NL P 41 4 17 1 2 .955 .968 0.51 0.83 1.97 2.05 7 96.0 1957 25 PHI NL P 19 5 6 0 0 1.000 .965 0.58 0.82 2.63 2.05 2 37.7 1958 26 PHI NL P 37 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.30 0.77 1.10 1.97 5 90.3 1959 27 PHI NL P 47 4 14 1 2 .947 .952 0.38 0.82 1.73 1.99 1 93.7 1960 28 PHI NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 0.87 1.80 2.09 4 25.0 1961 29 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 202 24 61 4 5 .955 .958 0.42 0.82 1.68 2.02 24 455.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 202 24 61 4 5 .955 .958 0.42 0.82 1.68 2.02 24 455
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1955-NL-19-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1955 NL-50-6
1959 NL-47-9

Saves
1955 NL-16-1

Wild Pitches
1955 NL-6-2
1958 NL-7-6

Games Finished
1955 NL-36-1
1959 NL-21-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (548) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1831) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1832) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.


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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