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Bob Meacham

Robert Andrew Meacham

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 25, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1983
Team: Yankees 1983-1988
Agents: Arn Tellem, previously: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: July 10, 1988
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 22 NYY AL 22 56 51 5 12 2 0 0 4 8 0 4 10 .235 .304 .275 .578 64 14 0 1 0 0 0 6/5
1984 23 NYY AL 99 418 360 62 91 13 4 2 25 9 5 32 70 .253 .312 .328 .640 81 118 2 3 14 9 0 6/4
1985 24 NYY AL 156 566 481 70 105 16 2 1 47 25 7 54 102 .218 .302 .266 .568 59 128 7 5 23 3 1 *6
1986 25 NYY AL 56 185 161 19 36 7 1 0 10 3 6 17 39 .224 .309 .280 .589 63 45 6 3 4 0 0 6
1987 26 NYY AL 77 232 203 28 55 11 1 5 21 6 5 19 33 .271 .349 .409 .758 102 83 2 6 3 1 0 64/D
1988 27 NYY AL 47 134 115 18 25 9 0 0 7 7 1 14 22 .217 .308 .296 .604 71 34 1 2 1 2 0 64/5
6 Yrs 457 1591 1371 202 324 58 8 8 114 58 24 140 276 .236 .313 .308 .621 73 422 18 20 45 15 1
162 Game Avg. 162 564 486 72 115 21 3 3 40 21 9 50 98 .236 .313 .308 .621 73 150 6 7 16 5 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 22 NYY AL 22 56 -3 1 1 3 1 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .515 .502 0.2 0.4 2 $ 6/5
1984 23 NYY AL 99 418 -8 1 2 -8 6 -8 -0.7 13 5 0.5 .492 .495 1.4 -0.2 13 $45,000 6/4
1985 24 NYY AL 156 566 -20 6 2 -3 8 -7 -0.5 17 11 1.1 .495 .496 1.4 0.7 13 $100,000 *6
1986 25 NYY AL 56 185 -8 -2 0 -0 3 -8 -0.7 6 -2 -0.2 .486 .495 -0.2 0.3 -2 $ 6
1987 26 NYY AL 77 232 1 -1 0 1 4 6 0.6 7 13 1.3 .507 .503 1.1 0.5 12 $105,000 64/D
1988 27 NYY AL 47 134 -4 1 0 -3 2 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.4 -0.0 4 $212,500 64/5
6 Seasons 457 1591 -42 6 5 -9 23 -16 -1.2 49 33 3.3 .496 .498 4.3 1.8 42 $462,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1983 22 NYY AL 56 39 6 4.1 95 .293 .235 .261 .304 .322 .275 .393 .578 .716 64 .455 -2.4 -0.2 .692 .275 .039 .0
1984 23 NYY AL 418 299 41 3.7 93 .300 .253 .259 .312 .321 .328 .391 .640 .712 81 .407 -7.8 -0.8 .569 .175 .075 3.3
1985 24 NYY AL 566 416 45 2.9 97 .273 .218 .259 .302 .325 .266 .402 .568 .727 59 .300 -25.5 -2.5 .526 .198 .048 1.9
1986 25 NYY AL 185 141 13 2.5 99 .295 .224 .260 .309 .328 .280 .406 .589 .734 63 .236 -7.9 -0.8 .453 .143 .056 .0
1987 26 NYY AL 232 159 30 5.0 105 .301 .271 .264 .349 .332 .409 .424 .758 .756 102 .505 1.0 0.1 .703 .236 .138 5.5
1988 27 NYY AL 134 95 13 3.7 94 .263 .217 .258 .308 .323 .296 .389 .604 .712 71 .416 -3.5 -0.4 .609 .252 .078 .0
6 Yrs 1591 1149 148 3.4 97 .287 .236 .260 .313 .325 .308 .401 .621 .726 73 .370 -46.0 -4.6 .566 .198 .071 14.1
162 Game Avg. 564 407 52 3.4 97 .287 .236 .260 .313 .325 .308 .401 .621 .726 73 .370 -46.0 -4.6 .566 .198 .071 5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 22 NYY AL 56 0.0% 17.9% 7.1% 3.6% 17% 2.50 5.1 12.8 0.81 73%
1984 23 NYY AL 418 0.5% 16.8% 7.7% 4.6% 21% 2.19 5.1 180.0 14.4 1.08 71%
1985 24 NYY AL 566 0.2% 18.0% 9.5% 3.4% 18% 1.89 4.7 481.0 10.2 1.13 67%
1986 25 NYY AL 185 0.0% 21.1% 9.2% 4.3% 22% 2.29 4.1 16.1 1.46 66%
1987 26 NYY AL 232 2.2% 14.2% 8.2% 7.3% 31% 1.74 6.2 40.6 9.7 0.87 72%
1988 27 NYY AL 134 0.0% 16.4% 10.5% 6.7% 36% 1.57 5.2 16.4 0.80 0.82 71% 14% 0.0% 49%
6 Yrs 1591 0.5% 17.4% 8.8% 4.7% 23% 1.97 5.0 171.4 12.0 0.80 1.07 69% 14% 0.0% 49%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.5% 6.9% 30% 1.70 6.2 39.8 8.3 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 22 NYY AL -2.4 -0.2 64 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 .89 -0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.0 0.97 -0.5 0
1984 23 NYY AL -7.8 -0.8 435 -0.5 6.4 -7.0 1.02 -0.3 -0.2 -10.3 -1.1 0.97 -8.4 0
1985 24 NYY AL -25.5 -2.5 608 -1.0 8.4 -9.3 .95 -2.1 1.1 -14.0 -1.4 1.01 -23.3 0
1986 25 NYY AL -7.9 -0.8 198 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 .95 -1.1 0.4 -16.9 -1.7 1.02 -11.9 2.49 0
1987 26 NYY AL 1.0 0.1 250 0.3 3.7 -3.4 .85 0.1 0.3 3.9 0.4 0.93 1.8 0.00 1
1988 27 NYY AL -3.5 -0.4 143 -0.6 1.7 -2.3 .95 -0.4 -0.2 -4.5 -0.5 0.98 -4.3 1.89 1
6 Yrs -46.0 -4.6 1698 -2.6 23.7 -26.3 .95 -3.9 1.2 -41.3 -4.2 0.98 -46.6 0.94 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 22 NYY AL 0 0 29% 20 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 63% 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
1984 23 NYY AL 6 0 48% 136 9 5 64% 8 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 67% 25 8 16 12 3 9 15 4 10
1985 24 NYY AL 13 0 42% 186 25 7 78% 25 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 25 48% 35 19 14 6 1 5 22 9 11
1986 25 NYY AL 1 0 34% 68 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 33% 12 10 2 2 1 1 7 2 4
1987 26 NYY AL 2 0 31% 81 6 5 55% 6 3 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 6 71% 8 2 6 3 2 1 6 1 5
1988 27 NYY AL 2 0 44% 56 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 47% 7 5 2 4 2 2 6 2 4
6 Yrs 24 0 41% 547 58 24 71% 55 19 2 4 1 1 6 2 21 51 55% 91 46 42 28 10 18 59 18 37

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1983 22 NYY AL 56 100% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 34 4 12% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1984 23 NYY AL 418 100% 91 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 16 14 88% 81 2 2% 54 27 50% 253 25 10% 24 12 50% 20 8 40% 0
1985 24 NYY AL 566 100% 105 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 1 0 1 0 0 30 23 77% 114 7 6% 53 23 43% 404 50 12% 38 20 53% 22 14 64% 0
1986 25 NYY AL 185 100% 36 0 0 0 0 2.49 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 42 6 14% 19 7 37% 129 10 8% 10 3 30% 4 0 0% 0
1987 26 NYY AL 232 41% 55 1 1 0 0 0.00 5 0 5 2 3 2 3 0 6 3 50% 39 2 5% 14 6 43% 139 17 12% 7 4 57% 7 4 57% 0
1988 27 NYY AL 134 44% 25 7 2 1 0 0 0 1.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 21 1 5% 10 5 50% 91 9 10% 8 4 50% 4 3 75% 0
6 Yrs 1591 87% 324 7 2 2 1 0 0 0.94 8 0 45 5 3 4 4 0 60 45 75% 307 18 6% 152 68 45% 1050 115 11% 89 44 49% 58 30 52% 0
MLB Averages 60% 79% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 NYY AL 135 526 3.90 318 60% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 0% 42% 80% 21% 4% 5 0 14% 19 4 12% 16 7 23% -1 0 0
1 Yr 135 526 3.90 318 60% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 0% 42% 80% 21% 4% 5 0 14% 19 4 12% 16 7 23% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 22 22 56 51 5 12 2 0 0 4 8 0 4 10 .235 .304 .275 .578 64 14 0 1 0 0 0
1984 23 121 474 411 67 103 15 4 2 29 17 5 36 80 .251 .311 .321 .632 79 132 2 4 14 9 0
1985 24 277 1040 892 137 208 31 6 3 76 42 12 90 182 .233 .306 .291 .598 68 260 9 9 37 12 1
1986 25 333 1225 1053 156 244 38 7 3 86 45 18 107 221 .232 .307 .290 .596 67 305 15 12 41 12 1
1987 26 410 1457 1256 184 299 49 8 8 107 51 23 126 254 .238 .314 .309 .622 73 388 17 18 44 13 1
1988 27 457 1591 1371 202 324 58 8 8 114 58 24 140 276 .236 .313 .308 .621 73 422 18 20 45 15 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 22 22 56 51 5 12 2 0 0 4 8 4 10 .235 .304 .275 .578 4 22
1984 23 99 426 366 69 97 14 4 2 28 10 34 70 .265 .325 .342 .667 41 99
1985 24 156 571 484 74 108 16 2 1 49 26 56 102 .223 .308 .271 .579 40 156
1986 25 56 186 162 20 37 7 1 0 10 3 17 39 .228 .313 .284 .597 14 56
1987 26 77 231 202 27 54 11 1 5 20 6 19 33 .267 .346 .406 .752 27 77
1988 27 47 136 116 19 26 9 0 0 7 7 15 22 .224 .319 .302 .620 11 47
6 Yrs 457 1606 1381 214 334 59 8 8 118 60 145 276 .242 .320 .314 .633 137 457
162 Game Avg. 162 569 490 76 118 21 3 3 42 21 51 98 .242 .320 .314 .633 49 457

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  14 (1st)
1985 AL  23 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL  9 (6th)

                           

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