Rudy Meoli

Rudolph Bartholomew Meoli

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 1, 1951 in Troy, NY
High School: Royal Oak HS (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1971
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cubs/Phillies 1971-1979

Final Game: June 8, 1979
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Standard Fielding

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
1973	CAL	AL	22	SS	95	87	69	740.1	401	122	252	27	52	.933	-1	-2	4.55	3.94	.963	5.10	5.07
1973	CAL	AL	22	3B	13	7	4	69.2	22	5	14	3	2	.864	-1	-19	2.45	1.46	.950	3.00	2.98
1973	CAL	AL	22	2B	8	5	5	49.0	33	15	18	0	3	1.000	-0	-7	6.06	4.13	.980	5.44	5.41
1974	CAL	AL	23	3B	20	18	13	150.2	56	6	47	3	0	.946	1	6	3.17	2.65	.954	3.12	3.10
1974	CAL	AL	23	SS	8	6	6	60.0	31	9	20	2	6	.935	-1	-18	4.35	3.63	.965	4.98	4.96
1974	CAL	AL	23	DH	2	0
1974	CAL	AL	23	1B	1				0	0	0	0	0					0.00			9.70
1974	CAL	AL	23	2B	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-80	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.40
1975	CAL	AL	24	SS	28	15	12	158.2	82	19	61	2	8	.976	3	20	4.54	2.86	.959	4.85	4.84
1975	CAL	AL	24	3B	15	6	6	94.0	34	9	19	6	2	.824	-3	-37	2.68	1.87	.954	3.16	3.15
1975	CAL	AL	24	2B	11	7	6	67.2	30	11	17	2	3	.933	-2	-43	3.72	2.55	.975	5.40	5.38
1975	CAL	AL	24	DH	3	0
1978	CHC	NL	27	2B	6	1	1	16.0	10	4	5	1	0	.900	-1	-75	5.06	1.50	.977	5.29	5.25
1978	CHC	NL	27	3B	5	2	1	18.0	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	0	27	5.50	2.20	.952	3.00	2.96
1979	PHI	NL	28	SS	16	11	7	104.0	61	23	37	1	5	.984	-1	-8	5.19	3.75	.965	5.00	4.98
1979	PHI	NL	28	2B	15	11	5	88.0	52	14	37	1	7	.981	3	44	5.22	3.40	.979	5.42	5.40
1979	PHI	NL	28	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	60	4.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.90
	4 Seasons			SS	147	119	94	1063.0	575	173	370	32	71	.944	-0	-0	4.60	3.69	.963	5.05	5.01
	5 Seasons			3B	54	33	24	334.1	124	22	90	12	4	.903	-3	-10	3.01	2.07	.953	3.10	3.07
	5 Seasons			2B	41	24	17	223.2	125	44	77	4	13	.968	-1	-4	4.87	2.95	.978	5.41	5.38
	1 Season			1B	1				0	0	0	0	0					0.00			9.70
	6 Seasons			TOT	243	176	135	1621.0	824	239	537	48	88	.942	-4	-3	4.31	3.19	.964	4.69	4.66
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1973	CAL	AL	22	SS	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	1
1973	CAL	AL	22	3B	-1	-19	-1	-0	-1	0
1973	CAL	AL	22	2B	-0	-7	-0	-0	-0	0
1974	CAL	AL	23	3B	1	6	2	1	0	-1
1974	CAL	AL	23	SS	-1	-18	-1	-0	-1	0
1974	CAL	AL	23	1B
1974	CAL	AL	23	2B	-0	-80	-0	-0	0	0
1975	CAL	AL	24	SS	3	20	4	1	3	-1
1975	CAL	AL	24	3B	-3	-37	-3	-1	-2	0
1975	CAL	AL	24	2B	-2	-43	-2	-0	-2	0
1978	CHC	NL	27	2B	-1	-75	-1	-1	0	0
1978	CHC	NL	27	3B	0	27	0	-0	1	0
1979	PHI	NL	28	SS	-1	-8	-1	-0	-0	0
1979	PHI	NL	28	2B	3	44	2	-1	3	1
1979	PHI	NL	28	3B	0	60	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			SS	-0	-0	-0	-2	1	0
	5 Seasons			3B	-3	-10	-2	-1	-1	-1
	5 Seasons			2B	-1	-4	-2	-3	1	1
	1 Season			1B
	6 Seasons			TOT	-4	-3	-4	-5	1	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
1971	CAL	AL	20	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
1973	CAL	AL	22	120	99	120	115	8	13	96	0	1	9
1974	CAL	AL	23	36	24	36	29	1	20	8	2	6	3
1975	CAL	AL	24	70	28	70	53	11	15	28	3	9	14
1978	CHC	NL	27	47	3	47	11	6	5	0	0	23	16
1979	PHI	NL	28	30	22	30	29	15	1	15	0	2	1
	6 Seasons			310	176	310	237	41	54	147	5	44	47

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1973	CAL	AL	22	3122	64%	76%	26%	351	85%	5	123	57	51	15	268	198	58	2	1	27	0	27	0	23	54	26	2	13	6	1	50	28	20	4	2	2
1974	CAL	AL	23	243	71%	72%	29%	26	77%	1	8	4	4	0	20	16	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	2	1	0	6	3	3	0	0	0
1975	CAL	AL	24	675	60%	77%	28%	72	90%	2	18	7	8	3	62	47	13	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	8	4	1	1	2	0	8	5	3	0	0	0
1979	PHI	NL	28	447	70%	83%	27%	47	87%	0	23	9	13	1	35	29	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	1	0	5	0	4	1	0	1
	4 Seasons			4487	64%	77%	27%	496	86%	8	172	77	76	19	385	290	81	4	1	32	0	30	2	27	74	33	3	19	10	1	69	36	30	5	2	3
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1973	CAL	AL	22	297	68%	72%	26%	22	77%	0	6	4	1	1	14	11	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0%
1974	CAL	AL	23	650	68%	78%	29%	56	89%	2	6	3	2	1	47	38	5	2	1	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	AL	24	416	62%	80%	23%	35	80%	0	9	8	1	0	19	15	4	0	0	6	1	5	0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	100%
1978	CHC	NL	27	83	78%	90%	28%	11	91%	0	2	1	0	1	9	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1979	PHI	NL	28	13	69%	100%	31%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			1459	67%	78%	27%	125	85%	2	23	16	4	3	90	74	12	2	3	12	1	11	0	11	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	3	67%
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		89%																								67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1973	CAL	AL	22	224	83%	83%	24%	20	95%	0	18	8	8	2	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1974	CAL	AL	23	10	80%	90%	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	0	0
1975	CAL	AL	24	316	61%	85%	22%	25	80%	0	11	3	4	4	18	11	6	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	1	0	0
1978	CHC	NL	27	76	78%	89%	33%	7	100%	0	6	3	1	2	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PHI	NL	28	380	65%	84%	31%	38	97%	0	12	4	7	1	37	33	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	3	3	0	7	3	4	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			1006	69%	85%	27%	90	92%	0	47	18	20	9	72	59	12	0	3	4	0	4	0	3	13	1	5	5	1	12	6	6	1	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	81%	28%		94%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y 1973 AL 30 (1st)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1973 AL 27 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1971 AL born 1951-05-01 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1973 AL 30 (1st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1973 AL 27 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL born 1951-05-01 (4th)

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