Bob Meacham
Robert Andrew Meacham
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 25, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1983
Final Game: July 10, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 NYY AL 22 SS 18 11 116.0 70 13 52 5 8 .929 1.3 13.4 1.3 1.4 -0.1 0 5.04 3.61 .964 4.75 4.15
1983 NYY AL 22 3B 4 2 30.0 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1.9 76.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 0 4.50 3.75 .956 3.06 2.58
1984 NYY AL 23 SS 96 94 840.0 424 136 269 19 52 .955 -7.3 -10.4 -8.3 -9.6 1.3 1 4.34 4.22 .962 4.76 3.93
1984 NYY AL 23 2B 2 2 18.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -26.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 3.44 3.50 .986 5.25 4.45
1985 NYY AL 24 SS 155 153 1346.2 650 236 390 24 103 .963 -2.7 -2.4 -6.7 -7.2 0.5 4 4.18 4.04 .964 4.64 3.93
1986 NYY AL 25 SS 56 50 448.2 231 70 149 12 31 .948 -0.3 -0.8 -0.3 2.6 -2.8 0 4.39 3.91 .968 4.53 3.94
1987 NYY AL 26 SS 56 45 399.2 205 70 127 8 25 .961 -0.8 -2.4 -0.8 -2.3 1.4 0 4.44 3.52 .970 4.59 4.02
1987 NYY AL 26 2B 25 17 167.2 99 40 57 2 11 .980 2.0 14.3 2.0 2.8 -0.8 0 5.21 3.88 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 NYY AL 26 DH 1
1988 NYY AL 27 SS 24 9 118.2 49 14 33 2 9 .959 -1.0 -10.1 -1.0 1.1 -2.1 0 3.56 1.96 .971 4.69 4.14
1988 NYY AL 27 2B 21 16 147.1 85 39 44 2 8 .976 -1.8 -14.7 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 -1 5.07 3.95 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 NYY AL 27 3B 5 4 33.0 14 3 8 3 2 .786 -0.1 -3.6 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 0 3.00 2.20 .964 2.70 2.36
6 Seasons SS 405 362 3269.2 1629 539 1020 70 228 .957 -10.8 -4.0 -15.8 -14.0 -1.8 5 4.29 3.85 .965 4.66 3.97
3 Seasons 2B 48 35 333.1 191 83 104 4 19 .979 -0.2 -0.7 0.8 2.0 -1.2 -1 5.05 3.90 .981 5.13 4.44
2 Seasons 3B 9 6 63.0 30 6 20 4 3 .867 1.8 34.3 1.8 1.0 0.8 0 3.71 2.89 .960 2.87 2.46
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 462 403 3666.0 1850 628 1144 78 250 .958 -9.2 -3.0 -13.2 -11.0 -2.2 4 4.35 3.84 .924 4.67 3.99

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 NYY AL 22 22 13 22 22 0 0 0 0 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 23 99 96 99 99 0 0 0 2 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1985 NYY AL 24 156 153 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 NYY AL 25 56 50 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1987 NYY AL 26 77 62 77 76 0 0 0 25 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1988 NYY AL 27 47 29 47 47 0 0 0 21 5 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Seasons 457 403 457 455 0 0 0 48 9 406 0 0 0 0 0 3 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1983 NYY AL 22 505 67% 79% 25% 51 92% 1 15 4 9 2 49 38 9 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 8 2 0 5 0 0 7 2 5 1 1 0
1984 NYY AL 23 3652 64% 76% 24% 324 95% 0 137 75 52 10 266 192 63 0 3 19 0 17 2 16 52 28 1 11 4 5 49 29 20 3 2 0
1985 NYY AL 24 5860 56% 77% 24% 467 96% 1 237 113 100 25 385 288 86 1 5 24 0 19 5 19 103 40 10 28 11 5 98 50 44 4 2 2
1986 NYY AL 25 1979 66% 77% 28% 177 90% 5 72 25 34 13 156 122 24 0 0 12 0 12 0 12 33 10 3 12 2 1 30 13 17 2 1 1
1987 NYY AL 26 1781 63% 78% 27% 163 93% 3 72 28 30 14 131 104 24 0 2 8 0 6 2 6 25 9 3 7 2 1 24 12 10 1 0 1
1988 NYY AL 27 527 57% 78% 30% 38 89% 0 14 6 7 1 33 24 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9 4 0 4 0 0 8 4 4 1 1 0
6 Seasons 14304 61% 77% 25% 1220 94% 10 547 251 232 65 1020 768 214 1 11 69 0 59 10 58 230 93 17 67 19 12 216 110 100 12 7 4
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 NYY AL 23 78 82% 77% 23% 6 100% 0 4 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 26 781 69% 78% 31% 68 91% 0 40 13 18 9 55 48 6 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 11 4 2 5 0 11 5 6 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 27 676 66% 79% 28% 59 95% 0 40 18 12 10 43 39 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 8 4 0 2 1 7 3 4 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1535 68% 78% 29% 133 93% 0 84 34 31 19 101 89 10 1 1 4 1 2 1 3 19 8 2 7 1 18 8 10 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 NYY AL 22 116 59% 81% 36% 15 93% 0 3 2 1 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 27 135 64% 74% 25% 13 77% 0 3 2 0 1 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
2 Seasons 251 62% 77% 30% 28 86% 0 6 4 1 1 20 12 8 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 27% 91% 75%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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