Ron Meridith

Ronald Knox Meridith

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

Born: November 26, 1956 in San Pedro, CA
High School: Bolsa Grande HS (Garden Grove, CA)
School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1984
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Rangers 1984-1987

Final Game: June 5, 1987
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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
1978	21	HOU-min	A,Rk	5	6	.455	4.10	11	11		4	1	0	68.0	71	34	31	3	20	1	31	3	1	0			1.338	9.4	0.4	2.6	4.1	1.55	DYB,AST · FLOR,GULF
1979	22	HOU-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.29	26	23		8	3	1	149.0	150	75	71	14	78	3	63	6	0	4			1.530	9.1	0.8	4.7	3.8	0.81	CBS · SOUL
1980	23	HOU-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.54	25	17		7	2	0	145.0	143	48	41	14	40	3	82	4	0	3			1.262	8.9	0.9	2.5	5.1	2.05	CBS · SOUL
1981	24	HOU-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.45	34	16	9	3	0	1	132.0	166	93	80	15	63	3	70	8	1	4			1.735	11.3	1.0	4.3	4.8	1.11	TUC · PCL
1982	25	SDP-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.80	37	4	16	1	0	1	111.1	105	53	47	14	41	1	68	2	0	8			1.311	8.5	1.1	3.3	5.5	1.66	HAW · PCL
1983	26	HOU-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.43	37	8	16	0	0	5	91.0	128	74	65	10	33	2	59	0	1	3			1.769	12.7	1.0	3.3	5.8	1.79	TUC · PCL
1984	27	CHC-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.17	49	5	24	0	0	8	93.2	88	33	33	7	33	4	78	0	2	2			1.292	8.5	0.7	3.2	7.5	2.36	IWA · AA
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	123	1.500	10.1	1.7	3.4	6.8	2.00
1985	28	CHC-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.32	25	0	19	0	0	7	41.0	29	9	6	0	7	1	29	0	1	0			0.878	6.4	0.0	1.5	6.4	4.14	IWA · AA
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-CHC-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.42	34	17	10	0	0	3	118.0	125	63	58	6	52	1	60	0	1	13			1.500	9.5	0.5	4.0	4.6	1.15	OKC,IWA · AA
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	161	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1987	30	DET-TEX-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.64	11	3	5	0	0	0	29.2	38	15	12	2	8	1	12	0	0	1			1.551	11.5	0.6	2.4	3.6	1.50	TOL,OKC · IL,AA
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	75	1.790	10.9	3.0	5.2	7.4	1.42
1988	31	STL-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1			2.000	15.8	2.2	2.2	0.0	0.00	LOU · AA
4 Yrs				5	2	.714	4.78	51	0	8	0	0	1	75.1	86	48	40	11	39	10	46	1	0	1	340	88	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	88	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	80	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	92	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	80	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	92	1.645	10.3	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04

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
1984	27	CHC	NL	5.1	3	0	5	8.44	3.95	-0.12	-0.31	102.8	3.87	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.405	.498	$
1985	28	CHC	NL	46.1	32	0	24	4.66	4.23	-0.16	-0.33	110.7	4.49	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.1	4	.496	.499	$
1986	29	TEX	AL	3.0	5	0	1	3.00	5.19	-0.00	-0.41	97.8	4.69	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.511	.500	$
1987	30	TEX	AL	20.2	11	0	18	7.84	5.27	-0.17	-0.41	98.9	4.97	-7	-0.6	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.444	.496	$
4 Seasons				75.1	51	0	48	5.73	4.54	-0.15	-0.35	106.4	4.59	-10	-1.0	1.1	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.481	.498	$

TEX (2 yrs)				23.2	16	0	19	7.23	5.26	-0.15	-0.41	98.8	4.94	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.465	.498	$
CHC (2 yrs)				51.2	35	0	29	5.05	4.21	-0.15	-0.33	109.9	4.43	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	1	.488	.499	$

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
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	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	1
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	0
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	2
4 Yrs				51	340	289	48	86	13	3	11	2	3	39	46	.298	.377	.478	.855	.316	138	8	1	6	5	10	4
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	5
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.397	.722	.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
1984	27	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	27	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.17	-0.2	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.17	-2.2	0	0	3
1985	28	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.2	213	-0.5	3.0	-3.5	.93	-0.1	-0.5	-1.3	-0.1	0.93	-2.4	14	4	11
1986	29	TEX	AL	0.6	0.1	11	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.82	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.82	0.9	1	3	1
1987	30	TEX	AL	-4.5	-0.4	97	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.33	-0.5	0.2	-6.4	-0.6	0.33	-7.0	2	4	5
4 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	348	-0.6	3.8	-4.5	.70	-0.7	-0.2	-10.7	-1.0	0.70	-10.6	17	11	20

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1984	27	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	5	.168	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	.930	14	4	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	.816	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	.333	2	4	5	3	0	8	9	2	7	4	7	3	5.6
4 Yrs				51	51	8	5	2	5	1	4	20%	7	2	48	18	38%		.702	17	11	20	10	8	33	26	25	23	18	26	10	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	27	CHC	NL	25	40%	4.0%	16.0%	8.0%	8.0%	33%	0.20	72%	5	0	0%
1985	28	CHC	NL	209	39%	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	46%	7.3%	17.7%	12.5%	10.4%	40%	0.91	63%	19	3	16%
4 Yrs				340	41%	3.2%	13.5%	11.5%	7.9%	31%	0.88	70%	74	8	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.4%	14.7%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.07	73%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1984	27	0	0		3.38	3	0	0	5.1	6	5	2	1	2	1	4	0	1	25	123	1.500	10.1	1.7	3.4	6.8	2.00	123
1985	28	3	2	.600	4.35	35	8	1	51.2	59	29	25	4	26	7	27	1	1	234	92	1.645	10.3	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04	92
1986	29	4	2	.667	4.28	40	8	1	54.2	61	30	26	4	27	8	29	1	1	244	95	1.610	10.0	0.7	4.4	4.8	1.07	95
1987	30	5	2	.714	4.78	51	8	1	75.1	86	48	40	11	39	10	46	1	1	340	88	1.659	10.3	1.3	4.7	5.5	1.18	88

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	1.5	3
1985	28	2	2	.500	4.70	44.0	53	26	23	3	24	22	1	1.750	10.8	4.9	4.5	0.92	0.6	32
1986	29	0	0		4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	5
1987	30	1	1	.500	6.30	20.0	25	16	14	7	12	16	0	1.850	11.3	5.4	7.2	1.33	3.2	11
4 Yrs		3	3	.500	5.00	72.0	86	45	40	11	39	44	1	1.736	10.8		5.5	1.13	1.4	51

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