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Louie Meadows

Michael Ray Meadows

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 29, 1961 in Maysville, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1986
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies 1986-1990

Final Game: October 3, 1990
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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
1982	21	HOU-min	A	66	274	228	43	72	9	1	10	41	21	2	39	43	.316	.425	.496	.921		113		5	1	1	2		AVL · SALL
1983	22	HOU-min	A	112	450	382	68	112	25	14	9	71	27	12	58	80	.293	.390	.503	.892		192		5	1	4	3		DYB · FLOR
1984	23	HOU-min	A,AA	135	515	477	33	139	31	14	14	36	11	4	35	41	.291	.342	.503	.845		240		2	0	1	0		DYB,CBS · FLOR,SOUL
1985	24	HOU-min	AA	140	561	476	76	111	16	8	14	67	23	7	70	85	.233	.335	.389	.723		185		6	2	7	5		CBS · SOUL
1986	25	HOU-min	AAA	82	340	290	42	87	14	8	10	52	18	7	48	53	.300	.401	.507	.908		147		1	1	0	3		TUC · PCL
1986	25	HOU	NL	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9

1987	26	HOU-min	AAA	129	508	426	70	110	21	14	10	76	26	8	70	87	.258	.364	.444	.808		189		5	0	7	3		TUC · PCL
1988	27	HOU-min	AAA	85	328	280	42	71	16	9	5	43	20	2	40	68	.254	.343	.429	.771		120		1	1	6	4		TUC · PCL
1988	27	HOU	NL	35	48	42	5	8	0	1	2	3	4	2	6	8	.190	.292	.381	.673	96	16	1	0	0	0	0	/798
1989	28	HOU-min	AAA	53	220	179	32	44	9	2	6	27	12	2	37	51	.246	.378	.419	.797		75		1	3	0	2		TUC · PCL
1989	28	HOU	NL	31	53	51	5	9	0	0	3	10	1	2	1	14	.176	.189	.353	.542	54	18	0	0	0	1	0	7/93
1990	29	PHI-HOU-min	AAA	73	301	256	45	72	9	5	7	36	18	5	39	44	.281	.378	.438	.815		112		2	2	2	4		SWB,TUC · IL,PCL
1990	29	TOT	NL	30	31	28	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.107	.194	.107	.301	-14	3	0	0	0	0	0	7/89
1990	29	HOU	NL	15	16	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1990	29	PHI	NL	15	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.071	.133	.071	.205	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0	/78
1991	30	PHI-min	AAA	73	218	186	23	39	9	3	4	16	2	1	27	40	.210	.318	.355	.673		66	6	3	1	1	2		SWB · IL
4 Yrs				102	138	127	15	22	0	1	5	13	6	4	10	28	.173	.232	.307	.539	54	39	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	219	202	24	35	0	2	8	21	10	6	16	44	.173	.232	.307	.539	54	62	2	0	0	2	0

HOU (4 yrs)				87	123	113	14	21	0	1	5	13	6	4	9	26	.186	.244	.336	.580	66	38	1	0	0	1	0
PHI (1 yr)				15	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.071	.133	.071	.205	-41	1	0	0	0	0	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
1986	25	HOU	NL	6	6	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/9

1988	27	HOU	NL	35	48	-0	-0	0	3	-0	2	0.2	2	3	0.4	.506	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$	/798
1989	28	HOU	NL	31	53	-3	-1	0	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.475	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	7/93
1990	29	HOU	NL	15	16	-2	0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$100,000	/79
1990	29	PHI	NL	15	15	-3	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/78
4 Seasons				102	138	-8	-1	1	-2	-1	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.488	.498	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$100,000

HOU (4 yrs)				87	123	-5	-1	1	-2	-1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.489	.499	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$100,000
PHI (1 yr)				15	15	-3	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$

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
1986	25	HOU	NL	6	4	1	6.8	95	.333	.333	.258	.333	.328	.333	.389	.667	.716	88	.694	-0.1	-0.0	.750	.167	.000	.0

1988	27	HOU	NL	48	37	5	3.7	86	.188	.190	.252	.292	.315	.381	.370	.673	.684	96	.459	-0.4	-0.1	.649	.381	.190	2.7
1989	28	HOU	NL	53	45	3	1.8	88	.171	.176	.250	.189	.317	.353	.373	.542	.690	54	.184	-3.4	-0.4	.409	.176	.176	1.5
1990	29	TOT	NL	31	25	1	1.1	96	.136	.107	.262	.194	.328	.107	.393	.301	.721	-14	.070	-4.4	-0.5	.240	.107	.000
1990	29	HOU	NL	16	12	1	2.2	95	.200	.143	.261	.250	.327	.143	.392	.393	.718	13	.225	-1.6	-0.2	.333	.143	.000
1990	29	PHI	NL	15	13	0	0.0	97	.083	.071	.263	.133	.329	.071	.395	.205	.725	-41	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.154	.071	.000
4 Yrs				138	111	10	2.4	90	.179	.173	.254	.232	.319	.307	.377	.539	.696	54	.275	-8.4	-0.9	.464	.228	.134	5.5
162 Game Avg.				219	176	16	2.4	90	.179	.173	.254	.232	.319	.307	.377	.539	.696	54	.275	-8.4	-0.9	.464	.228	.134	9

HOU (4 yrs)				123	98	10	2.8	89	.193	.186	.253	.244	.318	.336	.375	.580	.693	66	.327	-5.7	-0.6	.505	.248	.150	5.5
PHI (1 yr)				15	13	0	0.0	97	.083	.071	.263	.133	.329	.071	.395	.205	.725	-41	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.154	.071	.000

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
1986	25	HOU	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						0.33	100%

1988	27	HOU	NL	48	4.2%	16.7%	12.5%	6.3%	38%	1.33	5.3	21.0	14.0	0.42	0.50	67%	26%	11.8%	29%
1989	28	HOU	NL	53	5.7%	26.4%	1.9%	5.7%	33%	14.00	3.6	17.0	5.1	0.28	0.32	66%	16%	16.7%	38%
1990	29	TOT	NL	31	0.0%	19.4%	9.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.7			0.47	0.46	71%	9%	0.0%	53%
1990	29	HOU	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.5			0.43	0.33	63%	10%	0.0%	71%
1990	29	PHI	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.0			0.50	0.57	80%	8%	0.0%	38%
4 Yrs				138	3.6%	20.3%	7.3%	4.4%	27%	2.80	4.5	25.4	9.8	0.37	0.41	69%	18%	11.9%	38%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.1	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	25	HOU	NL	-0.1	-0.0	7	0.1	0.2	-0.1	2.01	-0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.87	-0.1	1.61	6

1988	27	HOU	NL	-0.4	-0.1	53	-0.1	1.0	-1.0	1.16	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.1	0.88	18
1989	28	HOU	NL	-3.4	-0.4	58	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	1.11	-0.5	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.96	-4.3	0.83	20
1990	29	TOT	NL	-4.4	-0.5	31	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.05	-0.4	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.89	-4.0	1.23	16
1990	29	HOU	NL	-1.6	-0.2	16	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.92	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.73	-1.3	0.93	6
1990	29	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.18	-0.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.07	-2.6	1.41	10
4 Yrs				-8.4	-0.9	149	-1.0	2.2	-3.2	1.16	-1.0	0.2	-7.9	-0.8	0.94	-9.5	1.03	60

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	25	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1988	27	HOU	NL	0	0	25%	21	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	67%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1989	28	HOU	NL	0	0	29%	7	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	29	TOT	NL	0	0	67%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1990	29	HOU	NL	0	0	75%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				0	0	37%	46	6	4	60%	6	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	55%	6	4	2	2	1	1	3	0	3

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
1986	25	HOU	NL	6	83%	2			6	2	0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1988	27	HOU	NL	48	98%	8	1	0	18	3	1	1	0.88	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	1	25%	24	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1989	28	HOU	NL	53	100%	9	2	0	20	2	0	1	0.83	3	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	1	50%	34	7	21%	4	3	75%	0	0		0
1990	29	TOT	NL	31	100%	3	1	0	16	0	0	0	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1990	29	HOU	NL	16	100%	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	29	PHI	NL	15	100%	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				138	99%	22	4	0	60	7	1	2	1.03	5	1	2	5	0	4	1	0	0	0		22	1	5%	7	2	29%	74	8	11%	7	4	57%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

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	HOU	NL	48	188	3.92	112	60%	21%	22%	27%	30%	79%	0%	47%	72%	35%	4%	2	0	17%	8	6	6%	3	1	25%	0	0	0
1989	28	HOU	NL	47	172	3.66	114	66%	20%	27%	22%	29%	78%	0%	52%	64%	26%	4%	2	0	17%	8	5	6%	3	1	23%	6	0	2
1990	29	TOT	NL	26	100	3.85	56	56%	29%	20%	20%	32%	71%	0%	40%	73%	19%	4%	1	0	19%	5	3	15%	4	3	0%	5	0	0
1990	29	HOU	NL	12	50	4.17	31	62%	32%	19%	26%	23%	68%	0%	42%	71%	17%	8%	1	0	8%	1	0	17%	2	2	0%	4	0	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	14	50	3.57	25	50%	24%	20%	12%	44%	76%	0%	38%	74%	21%	0%	0	0	29%	4	3	14%	2	1	0%	1	0	0
3 Yrs				121	460	3.80	282	61%	22%	24%	23%	30%	77%	0%	47%	69%	28%	4%	5	0	17%	21	14	8%	10	5	19%	11	0	2
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF
1986	25	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	2	0	0
1987	26	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	2	0	0
1988	27	41	54	48	6	10	1	2	3	5	2	6	8	.208	.296	.375	.671	95	18	1	0
1989	28	72	107	99	11	19	1	5	13	6	4	7	22	.192	.243	.364	.607	74	36	1	1
1990	29	102	138	127	15	22	1	5	13	6	4	10	28	.173	.232	.307	.539	54	39	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	25	6	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	6

1988	27	35	50	43	6	9	0	1	2	4	4	7	8	.209	.320	.395	.715	6	35
1989	28	31	54	52	6	10	0	0	3	12	1	1	14	.192	.204	.365	.569	4	31
1990	29	30	33	29	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.138	.242	.138	.380	1	30
4 Yrs		102	144	131	19	26	0	1	5	16	7	12	28	.198	.264	.328	.592	12	102
162 Game Avg.		162	229	208	30	41	0	2	8	25	11	19	44	.198	.264	.328	.592	19	102

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