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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 (Age 22)
Team: Yankees 1983-1988
Agents: Arn Tellem, previously: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: July 10, 1988 (Age 27)
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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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 NYY AL 22 SS 18 11 10 116.0 70 13 52 5 8 .929 1 13 5.04 3.61 .963 4.75 4.72
1983 NYY AL 22 3B 4 2 2 30.0 16 3 12 1 1 .938 2 76 4.50 3.75 .955 3.06 3.05
1984 NYY AL 23 SS 96 94 88 840.0 424 136 269 19 52 .955 -7 -10 4.34 4.22 .962 4.76 4.72
1984 NYY AL 23 2B 2 2 2 18.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -26 3.44 3.50 .980 5.25 5.20
1985 NYY AL 24 SS 155 153 138 1346.2 650 236 390 24 103 .963 -3 -2 4.18 4.04 .964 4.64 4.60
1986 NYY AL 25 SS 56 50 45 448.2 231 70 149 12 31 .948 -0 -1 4.39 3.91 .967 4.53 4.49
1987 NYY AL 26 SS 56 45 34 399.2 205 70 127 8 25 .961 -1 -2 4.44 3.52 .970 4.59 4.54
1987 NYY AL 26 2B 25 17 12 167.2 99 40 57 2 11 .980 2 14 5.21 3.88 .980 5.12 5.06
1987 NYY AL 26 DH 1 0
1988 NYY AL 27 SS 24 9 8 118.2 49 14 33 2 9 .959 -1 -10 3.56 1.96 .971 4.69 4.65
1988 NYY AL 27 2B 21 16 10 147.1 85 39 44 2 8 .976 -2 -15 5.07 3.95 .982 5.12 5.08
1988 NYY AL 27 3B 5 4 1 33.0 14 3 8 3 2 .786 -0 -4 3.00 2.20 .954 2.70 2.68
6 Seasons SS 405 362 323 3269.2 1629 539 1020 70 228 .957 -11 -4 4.29 3.85 .965 4.66 4.61
3 Seasons 2B 48 35 24 333.1 191 83 104 4 19 .979 -0 -1 5.05 3.90 .981 5.13 5.08
2 Seasons 3B 9 6 3 63.0 30 6 20 4 3 .867 2 34 3.71 2.89 .955 2.87 2.84
6 Seasons TOT 462 403 350 3666.0 1850 628 1144 78 250 .958 -9 -3 4.35 3.84 .966 4.67 4.63
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1985 AL  155 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1985 AL  103 (4th)

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198423New York Yankees$45,0001/4/85 TSN
198524New York Yankees$100,0001985 USA Today survey
198726New York Yankees$105,0001987 USA Today survey
198827New York Yankees$212,500USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$462,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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