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Dave Meier

David Keith Meier

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 8, 1959 in Helena, MT
High School: Bullard HS (Fresno, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1984
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Cubs 1984-1988

Final Game: September 29, 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
1984 24 MIN AL 59 158 147 18 35 8 1 0 13 0 1 6 9 .238 .271 .306 .577 57 45 5 1 3 1 0 79/D5
1985 25 MIN AL 71 126 104 15 27 6 0 1 8 0 6 18 12 .260 .374 .346 .720 96 36 0 1 3 0 0 7/98D
1987 27 TEX AL 13 21 21 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .333 .619 64 7 2 0 0 0 0 /79
1988 28 CHC NL 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 127 2 0 0 0 0 0 /5
4 Yrs 145 310 277 37 70 15 1 1 22 0 7 24 26 .253 .316 .325 .641 74 90 7 2 6 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 346 309 41 78 17 1 1 25 0 8 27 29 .253 .316 .325 .641 74 101 8 2 7 1 0
MIN (2 yrs) 130 284 251 33 62 14 1 1 21 0 7 24 21 .247 .317 .323 .639 74 81 5 2 6 1 0
TEX (1 yr) 13 21 21 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .333 .619 64 7 2 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 127 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 143 305 272 37 68 15 1 1 21 0 7 24 25 .250 .314 .324 .638 73 88 7 2 6 1 0
NL (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 127 2 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 Awards
1984 24 MIN AL 59 158 -9 -1 -1 -3 -3 -17 -1.8 5 -12 -1.3 .469 .489 -1.0 -0.6 -9 $ 79/D5
1985 25 MIN AL 71 126 2 -3 1 2 -2 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .498 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 7/98D
1987 27 TEX AL 13 21 -1 0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /79
1988 28 CHC NL 2 5 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /5
4 Seasons 145 310 -9 -4 -1 -2 -6 -21 -2.1 10 -11 -1.1 .485 .497 -1.0 -0.7 -9 $
MIN (2 yrs) 130 284 -8 -4 -0 -1 -5 -18 -1.9 9 -10 -1.0 .485 .494 -0.9 -0.6 -8 $
TEX (1 yr) 13 21 -1 0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
CHC (1 yr) 2 5 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $

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
1984 24 MIN AL 158 122 11 2.4 100 .252 .238 .268 .271 .331 .306 .405 .577 .736 57 .242 -8.8 -0.9 .432 .102 .068
1985 25 MIN AL 126 86 13 4.0 103 .286 .260 .267 .374 .334 .346 .414 .720 .748 96 .442 0.2 0.0 .590 .202 .087 .0
1987 27 TEX AL 21 17 1 1.6 106 .353 .286 .265 .286 .334 .333 .426 .619 .759 64 .108 -1.1 -0.1 .412 .048 .048
1988 28 CHC NL 5 3 1 9.0 94 .500 .400 .262 .400 .326 .400 .384 .800 .711 127 .816 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
4 Yrs 310 228 26 3.0 102 .275 .253 .267 .316 .332 .325 .410 .641 .742 74 .323 -9.6 -1.0 .493 .134 .072 .0
162 Game Avg. 346 255 29 3.0 102 .275 .253 .267 .316 .332 .325 .410 .641 .742 74 .323 -9.6 -1.0 .493 .134 .072
MIN (2 yrs) 284 208 24 3.1 101 .265 .247 .268 .317 .332 .323 .409 .639 .741 74 .330 -8.6 -0.9 .498 .143 .076 .0
TEX (1 yr) 21 17 1 1.6 106 .353 .286 .265 .286 .334 .333 .426 .619 .759 64 .108 -1.1 -0.1 .412 .048 .048
CHC (1 yr) 5 3 1 9.0 94 .500 .400 .262 .400 .326 .400 .384 .800 .711 127 .816 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
AL (3 yrs) 305 225 25 3.0 102 .271 .250 .267 .314 .333 .324 .410 .638 .743 73 .312 -9.8 -1.0 .491 .136 .074 .0
NL (1 yr) 5 3 1 9.0 94 .500 .400 .262 .400 .326 .400 .384 .800 .711 127 .816 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .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
1984 24 MIN AL 158 0.0% 5.7% 3.8% 5.7% 26% 1.50 16.3 11.3 1.00 88%
1985 25 MIN AL 126 0.8% 9.5% 14.3% 5.6% 26% 0.67 8.7 104.0 13.0 1.32 72%
1987 27 TEX AL 21 0.0% 19.1% 0.0% 4.8% 17% 5.3 0.86 81%
1988 28 CHC NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.00 80% 50% 0.0% 0%
4 Yrs 310 0.3% 8.4% 7.7% 5.5% 24% 1.08 10.7 277.0 12.6 1.00 1.09 81% 50% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.7% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.72 6.1 39.1 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
1984 24 MIN AL -8.8 -0.9 160 -0.8 2.0 -2.8 .93 -0.8 -0.0 -9.9 -1.0 0.95 -9.1 1.15 9
1985 25 MIN AL 0.2 0.0 132 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .86 0.0 -0.5 -2.7 -0.3 0.94 -1.5 0.47 12
1987 27 TEX AL -1.1 -0.1 21 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .98 -0.2 -0.3 -3.6 -0.3 0.99 -2.5 1.78 3
1988 28 CHC NL 0.1 0.0 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .72 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.0 1.03 0.2 0.97 1
4 Yrs -9.6 -1.0 319 -1.7 3.7 -5.5 .90 -1.0 -0.9 -15.9 -1.6 0.95 -12.9 0.89 25

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
1984 24 MIN AL 1 0 43% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 35% 11 10 1 2 1 1 10 4 6
1985 25 MIN AL 3 0 31% 69 0 6 0% 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 40% 11 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
1987 27 TEX AL 0 0 67% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1988 28 CHC NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 4 0 38% 146 0 7 0% 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 38% 23 18 5 6 2 4 13 6 7

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
1984 24 MIN AL 158 77% 35 9 1 0 1 1.15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 30 5 17% 17 5 29% 100 13 13% 8 5 63% 8 7 88% 0
1985 25 MIN AL 126 69% 27 12 0 0 0 0.47 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 23 0 0% 8 5 63% 79 7 9% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
1987 27 TEX AL 21 62% 6 3 0 0 0 1.78 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 0 0% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1988 28 CHC NL 5 80% 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 310 73% 70 1 0 25 2 0 1 0.89 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 58 7 12% 30 10 33% 196 21 11% 15 7 47% 15 11 73% 0
MLB Averages 60% 77% 11% 34% 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 28 CHC NL 5 18 3.60 14 78% 21% 36% 14% 29% 79% 0% 61% 55% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1 Yr 5 18 3.60 14 78% 21% 36% 14% 29% 79% 0% 61% 55% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 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
1984 24 59 158 147 18 35 8 1 0 13 0 1 6 9 .238 .271 .306 .577 57 45 5 1 3 1 0
1985 25 130 284 251 33 62 14 1 1 21 0 7 24 21 .247 .317 .323 .639 74 81 5 2 6 1 0
1986 26 130 284 251 33 62 14 1 1 21 0 7 24 21 .247 .317 .323 .639 74 81 5 2 6 1 0
1987 27 143 305 272 37 68 15 1 1 21 0 7 24 25 .250 .314 .324 .638 73 88 7 2 6 1 0
1988 28 145 310 277 37 70 15 1 1 22 0 7 24 26 .253 .316 .325 .641 74 90 7 2 6 1 0

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
1984 24 59 158 147 18 35 8 1 0 13 0 6 9 .238 .271 .306 .577 12 59
1985 25 71 126 104 15 27 6 0 1 8 0 18 12 .260 .374 .346 .720 13 71
1987 27 13 21 21 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .333 .619 2 13
1988 28 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 2
4 Yrs 145 310 277 37 70 15 1 1 22 0 24 26 .253 .316 .325 .641 28 145
162 Game Avg. 162 346 309 41 78 17 1 1 25 0 27 29 .253 .316 .325 .641 31 145

* 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.

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