Dave Meier
David Keith Meier
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1959 in Helena, MT
High School: Bullard (Fresno, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1984
Final Game: September 29, 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 MIN AL 24 OF 50 37 346.0 91 87 2 2 0 .978 -3.4 -11.8 -2.4 0.9 -3.3 -1 2.32 1.78 .984 2.51 2.17
1984 MIN AL 24 LF 41 32 289.0 77 74 2 1 0 .987 -2.2 -9.1 -1.2 1.3 -2.5 -1 2.37 1.85 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 MIN AL 24 RF 10 5 57.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -1.2 -25.3 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 1.42 0.90 .980 2.23 1.88
1984 MIN AL 24 DH 4
1984 MIN AL 24 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1985 MIN AL 25 OF 63 27 303.0 79 77 1 1 1 .987 2.1 8.3 1.1 2.6 -1.6 1 2.32 1.24 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 MIN AL 25 LF 56 25 274.0 68 65 2 1 1 .985 0.7 3.1 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 1 2.20 1.20 .976 2.25 1.77
1985 MIN AL 25 RF 4 1 14.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 34.3 0.4 -0.1 0.4 0 3.21 1.25 .980 2.19 1.82
1985 MIN AL 25 CF 3 1 15.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 80.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 5.40 3.00 .989 2.94 2.57
1985 MIN AL 25 DH 3
1987 TEX AL 27 OF 8 6 50.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 1.98 1.38 .983 2.30 2.00
1987 TEX AL 27 LF 6 4 33.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.3 -10.9 -0.3 -0.6 0.3 0 1.91 1.17 .975 2.10 1.73
1987 TEX AL 27 RF 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.12 1.75
1988 CHC NL 28 3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.00 1.00 .900 2.80 2.40
3 Seasons OF 121 70 699.0 182 175 3 4 1 .978 -1.4 -2.4 -1.4 2.9 -4.4 0 2.29 1.47 .983 2.46 2.12
3 Seasons LF 103 61 596.0 153 146 4 3 1 .980 -1.8 -3.6 -1.8 2.4 -4.2 0 2.27 1.46 .979 2.25 1.78
3 Seasons RF 16 8 88.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -0.6 -8.2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.74 1.06 .978 2.20 1.85
2 Seasons DH 7
1 Season CF 3 1 15.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 80.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 5.40 3.00 .989 2.94 2.57
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.90 0.50 .900 2.79 2.30
4 Seasons TOT 123 71 709.0 183 176 3 4 1 .978 -2.0 -3.4 -2.0 2.9 -5.0 0 0 2.27 1.46 .961 2.47 2.13

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
1984 MIN AL 24 59 37 59 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 0 10 50 0 10 2
1985 MIN AL 25 71 27 71 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 3 4 63 0 13 11
1987 TEX AL 27 13 6 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 0 3 3
1988 CHC NL 28 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 145 71 145 123 0 0 0 0 2 0 103 3 16 121 0 27 16
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 17 11 64.7% 6 0 0.0% 2 1279 55% 83% 29% 77 96%
1985 MIN AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 3 3 0 13 7 53.8% 5 1 7.7% 1 1182 53% 80% 25% 75 88%
1987 TEX AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 141 45% 77% 35% 14 50%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 11 1 0 13 13 0 35 23 65.7% 11 1 2.9% 3 2602 53% 81% 28% 166 89%
MLB Averages 58.8% 2.9% 56% 77% 30% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 242 45% 80% 33% 10 100%
1985 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 64 44% 83% 25% 5 100%
1987 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 47% 69% 33% 6 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 378 45% 79% 32% 21 86%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.0% 56% 77% 30% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1985 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 73% 85% 44% 9 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 73% 85% 44% 9 100%
MLB Averages 41.5% 2.1% 56% 77% 30% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 MIN AL 24 5 40% 40% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHC NL 28 47 53% 72% 19% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 52 52% 69% 17% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 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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