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Dave Meads

David Donald Meads

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 7, 1964 in Montclair, NJ
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1987
Team: Astros 1987-1988

Final Game: September 30, 1988
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1984	20	HOU-min	Rk,A-	7	3	.700	3.14	17	7	4	1	1	2	57.1	53	28	20	5	14	1	57	1	0	4			1.169	8.3	0.8	2.2	8.9	4.07	AST,AUB · GULF,NYPL
1985	21	GST	A	3	10	.231	4.37	33	19	11	5	2	1	146.1	160	91	71	13	50	5	118	2	2	10			1.435	9.8	0.8	3.1	7.3	2.36	GST · SALL
1986	22	HOU-min	AA,A	7	8	.467	3.52	46	3	23	0	0	6	92.0	97	50	36	7	34	4	86	3	0	3			1.424	9.5	0.7	3.3	8.4	2.53	AVL,CBS,OSC · SALL,SOUL,FLOR
1987	23	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.79	10	0	4	0	0	1	9.2	7	4	3	0	6	2	6	0	0	0			1.345	6.5	0.0	5.6	5.6	1.00	TUC · PCL
1987	23	HOU	NL	5	3	.625	5.55	45	0	21	0	0	0	48.2	60	31	30	8	16	2	32	1	0	1	209	71	1.562	11.1	1.5	3.0	5.9	2.00
1988	24	HOU-min	AAA	3	4	.429	1.96	32	0	11	0	0	3	46.0	45	12	10	0	10	4	46	1	0	1			1.196	8.8	0.0	2.0	9.0	4.60	TUC · PCL
1988	24	HOU	NL	3	1	.750	3.18	22	2	8	0	0	0	39.2	37	20	14	4	14	0	27	0	0	1	171	106	1.286	8.4	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.93
1989	25	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0			0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	TUC · PCL
2 Yrs				8	4	.667	4.48	67	2	29	0	0	0	88.1	97	51	44	12	30	2	59	1	0	2	380	82	1.438	9.9	1.2	3.1	6.0	1.97
162 Game Avg.				8	4	.667	4.48	66	2	29	0	0	0	87	96	50	43	12	30	2	58	1	0	2	374	82	1.438	9.9	1.2	3.1	6.0	1.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1987	23	HOU	NL	48.2	45	0	31	5.73	4.73	-0.16	-0.36	96.9	4.40	-8	-0.8	1.2	-0.2	-0.5	-2	.483	.495	$
1988	24	HOU	NL	39.2	22	2	20	4.54	4.06	-0.22	-0.20	94.5	3.86	-3	-0.4	.4	0.0	0.0	1	.483	.498	$
2 Seasons				88.1	67	2	51	5.20	4.43	-0.19	-0.29	95.8	4.16	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-1	.483	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1987	23	HOU	NL	45	209	187	31	60	8	4	8	4	1	16	32	.321	.372	.535	.907	.347	100	8	1	2	3	2	2
1988	24	HOU	NL	22	171	154	20	37	5	1	4	2	0	14	27	.240	.302	.364	.665	.266	56	2	0	2	1	0	4
2 Yrs				67	380	341	51	97	13	5	12	6	1	30	59	.284	.340	.457	.798	.310	156	10	1	4	4	2	6
162 Game Avg.				66	374	336	50	96	13	5	12	6	1	30	58	.284	.340	.457	.798	.310	154	10	1	4	4	2	6
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.397	.721	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	23	HOU	NL	-7.9	-0.8	218	0.0	2.7	-2.7	.73	-1.0	1.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.73	-7.6	18	4	21
1988	24	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	173	0.4	1.9	-1.5	.65	-0.1	0.7	-2.4	-0.3	0.65	-1.6	1	4	13
2 Yrs				-9.0	-0.9	391	0.4	4.6	-4.2	.70	-1.1	1.7	-5.0	-0.5	0.70	-9.2	19	8	34

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1988	24	HOU	NL	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	51.0	70	32	14	6	1	0	1.0	1.8	5.2	80	1	1	0	0	84
1 Yr				22	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	51	70	32	14	6	1	0	1.0	1.8	5.2	80	1	1	0	0	84
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	96	-2					4.5	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	23	HOU	NL	45	45	21	5	3	1	1	0%	4	2	34	6	18%	7	.733	18	4	21	6	10	29	18	27	14	19	16	12	3.2
1988	24	HOU	NL	22	20	8	2	0	0	0		0	0	9	4	44%	8	.651	1	4	13	1	1	18	4	16	8	7	8	2	4.4	24
2 Yrs				67	65	29	7	3	1	1	0%	4	2	43	10	23%		.696	19	8	34	7	11	47	22	43	22	26	24	14	3.6	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1987	23	HOU	NL	209	30%	3.8%	15.3%	7.7%	9.6%	33%		1.13	72%				47	8	17%
1988	24	HOU	NL	171	29%	2.3%	15.8%	8.2%	5.9%	27%	0.91	1.11	73%	18%	9.1%	33%	35	2	6%
2 Yrs				380	29%	3.2%	15.5%	7.9%	7.9%	31%	0.91	1.13	72%	18%	9.1%	33%	82	10	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.4%	15.1%	8.5%	7.0%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	HOU	NL	171	633	3.70	384	61%	29%	16%	21%	34%	71%	0%	43%	78%	52%	4%	7	5	16%	27	15	2	26%	6	2	0	0	0
1 Yr				171	633	3.70	384	61%	29%	16%	21%	34%	71%	0%	43%	78%	52%	4%	7	5	16%	27	15	2	26%	6	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1987	23	HOU	NL	209	60			8	0	6	6	2	0	8	14	8	2	57%	2	1	1	82	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1988	24	HOU	NL	171	37	6	0	4	0	2	4	0	1	3	9	5	3	56%	4	1	0	63	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				380	97	6	0	12	0	8	10	2	1	11	23	13	5	57%	6	2	1	145	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1987	23	5	3	.625	5.55	45	0	21	0	0	0	48.2	60	31	30	8	16	2	32	1	0	1	209	71	1.562	11.1	1.5	3.0	5.9	2.00	71
1988	24	8	4	.667	4.48	67	2	29	0	0	0	88.1	97	51	44	12	30	2	59	1	0	2	380	82	1.438	9.9	1.2	3.1	6.0	1.97	82

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1987	23	1	3	.250	6.14	44.0	60	33	30	8	16	29	1	1.727	12.3	3.3	5.9	1.81	1.6	45
1988	24	2	2	.500	3.69	39.0	40	18	16	4	15	26	0	1.410	9.2	3.5	6.0	1.73	0.9	22
2 Yrs		3	5	.375	4.99	83.0	100	51	46	12	31	55	1	1.578	10.8		6.0	1.77	1.3	67

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