Ron Meridith
Ronald Knox Meridith
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 26, 1956 in San Pedro, CA
High School: Bolsa Grand (Garden Grove, CA)
School: Oral Roberts University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1984
Final Game: June 5, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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 27 CHC NL 0 0 3.38 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 2 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 115 1.500 10.1 1.7 3.4 6.8 2.00
1985 28 CHC NL 3 2 .600 4.47 32 0 8 0 0 1 46.1 53 24 23 3 24 6 23 1 0 0 209 89 1.662 10.3 0.6 4.7 4.5 0.96
1986 29 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 10 144 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1987 30 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 6.10 11 0 0 0 0 0 20.2 25 18 14 7 12 2 17 0 0 0 96 74 1.790 10.9 3.0 5.2 7.4 1.42
4 Seasons 5 2 .714 4.78 51 0 8 0 0 1 75.1 86 48 40 11 39 10 46 1 0 1 340 86 1.659 10.3 1.3 4.7 5.5 1.18
162 Game Avg. 7 3 .714 4.78 68 0 11 0 0 1 100 115 64 53 15 52 13 61 1 0 1 453 86 1.659 10.3 1.3 4.7 5.5 1.18
TEX (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 5.70 16 0 0 0 0 0 23.2 27 19 15 7 13 3 19 0 0 0 106 79 1.690 10.3 2.7 4.9 7.2 1.46
CHC (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.35 35 0 8 0 0 1 51.2 59 29 25 4 26 7 27 1 0 1 234 91 1.645 10.3 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04
AL (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 5.70 16 0 0 0 0 0 23.2 27 19 15 7 13 3 19 0 0 0 106 79 1.690 10.3 2.7 4.9 7.2 1.46
NL (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.35 35 0 8 0 0 1 51.2 59 29 25 4 26 7 27 1 0 1 234 91 1.645 10.3 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1984 27 CHC NL 3 25 22 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 .273 .320 .500 .820 .278 11 0 0 0 1 1
1985 28 CHC NL 32 209 176 24 53 10 2 3 1 2 24 23 .301 .382 .432 .814 .327 76 4 1 5 3 6
1986 29 TEX AL 5 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 .333 2 1 0 1 1 1
1987 30 TEX AL 11 96 84 18 25 3 0 7 0 1 12 17 .298 .385 .583 .969 .300 49 3 0 0 0 2
4 Seasons 51 340 289 48 86 13 3 11 2 3 39 46 .298 .377 .478 .855 .316 138 8 1 6 5 10
162 Game Avg. 68 453 385 64 115 17 4 15 3 4 52 61 .298 .377 .478 .855 .316 184 11 1 8 7 13
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1984 27 CHC NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.204 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.3
1985 28 CHC NL 32 32 8 3 2 4 1 3 25% 6 2 25 10 40% 7 0.942 14 5 11 7 7 18 13 19 13 11 15 7 4.3
1986 29 TEX AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 5 0.844 1 3 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 3 2 0 1.8
1987 30 TEX AL 11 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 5 31% 4 0.338 2 4 5 3 0 8 9 2 7 4 7 3 5.6
4 Seasons 51 51 8 5 2 5 1 4 20% 7 2 48 18 38% 0.714 17 12 20 10 8 33 26 25 23 18 26 10 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1984 27 CHC NL 25 60% 4.0% 16.0% 8.0% 8.0% 33% 0.20 72% 5 0 0%
1985 28 CHC NL 209 61% 1.4% 11.0% 11.5% 7.2% 28% 0.98 73% 47 4 9%
1986 29 TEX AL 10 50% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 60% 3 1 33%
1987 30 TEX AL 96 54% 7.3% 17.7% 12.5% 10.4% 40% 0.91 63% 19 3 16%
4 Seasons 340 59% 3.2% 13.5% 11.5% 7.9% 31% 0.88 70% 74 8 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1984 27 CHC NL 25 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 50% 1 1 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 28 CHC NL 209 53 3 0 9 2 1 3 0 14 9 0 64% 1 0 1 94 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1986 29 TEX AL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1987 30 TEX AL 96 25 7 1 3 2 5 3 4 4 1 0 25% 2 0 0 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 340 86 11 1 12 4 7 7 4 23 13 1 57% 4 1 1 148 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1984 27 0 0 3.38 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 2 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 115 1.500 10.1 1.7 3.4 6.8 2.00 115
1985 28 3 2 .600 4.35 35 0 8 0 0 1 51.2 59 29 25 4 26 7 27 1 0 1 234 91 1.645 10.3 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.04 91
1986 29 4 2 .667 4.28 40 0 8 0 0 1 54.2 61 30 26 4 27 8 29 1 0 1 244 93 1.610 10.0 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.07 93
1987 30 5 2 .714 4.78 51 0 8 0 0 1 75.1 86 48 40 11 39 10 46 1 0 1 340 86 1.659 10.3 1.3 4.7 5.5 1.18 86

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
1984 27 0 0 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 5 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 7.5 2.50 1.5 3
1985 28 2 2 .500 4.70 44.0 52 26 23 3 24 22 1 1.727 10.6 4.9 4.5 0.92 0.6 32
1986 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 5
1987 30 1 1 .500 5.85 20.0 25 14 13 7 12 16 0 1.850 11.3 5.4 7.2 1.33 3.2 11
4 Seasons 3 3 .500 5.00 72.0 85 44 40 11 39 44 1 1.722 10.6 5.5 1.13 1.4 51

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