Bob Meyer

Robert Bernard Meyer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 4, 1939 in Toledo, OH
High School: DeVilbiss HS (Toledo, OH)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1964
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Brewers/Yankees/Pilots/Angels 1964-1970

Final Game: May 20, 1970
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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
1960	20	NYY-min	C,A	31	58	58		7	1	0	0						.121	.121	.138	.259		8							MOD,BNG · CALL,EL
1961	21	NYY-min	A	24	45	37	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		8	23	.081	.244	.081	.326		3							BNG · EL
1962	22	NYY-min	A,AA	26	52	48	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.063	.100	.063	.163		3		0	2	0	0		AUG,AMA · SALL,TL
1963	23	NYY-min	AAA,AA	23	43	42	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	21	.143	.163	.214	.377		9							RMD,AUG · IL,SALL
1964	24	TOT	AL	25	25	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1964	24	NYY	AL	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	24	LAA	AL	6	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1964	24	KCA	AL	12	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1

1965	25	OAK-min	AA	22	29	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.038	.138	.038	.176		1							BIR · SOUL
1966	26	OAK-min	AAA	20	34	32	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.125	.125	.125	.250		4		0	2	0			VAN · PCL
1967	27	OAK-min	AAA	28	58	49	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	32	.061	.148	.061	.209		3		0	4	0			VAN · PCL
1968	28	OAK-min	AAA	27	42	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.029	.108	.029	.138		1		0	5	0			VAN · PCL
1969	29	OAK-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			IWA · AA
1969	29	SEP	AL	6	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	30	MIL	AL	10	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
3 Yrs				41	41	35	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	2	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	162	138	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	79	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	8	0	0	20	0	0

MIL (2 yrs)				16	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	2	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				12	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				6	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1964	24	NYY	AL	7	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1964	24	LAA	AL	6	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$7,000	/1
1964	24	KCA	AL	12	14	-3	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/1

1969	29	SEP	AL	6	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$10,000	/1
1970	30	MIL	AL	10	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$12,500	1
3 Seasons				41	41	-7	-0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.493	.500	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$29,500

MIL (2 yrs)				16	16	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$22,500
KCA (1 yr)				12	14	-3	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
LAA (1 yr)				6	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$7,000
NYY (1 yr)				7	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	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
1964	24	TOT	AL	25	24	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.045	.325	.000	.398	.045	.722	-86	.000	-5.3	-0.6	.048	.048	.000
1964	24	NYY	AL	4	4	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.401	.000	.728	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	7	0	0.0	88	.000	.000	.244	.000	.311	.000	.379	.000	.690	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1964	24	KCA	AL	14	13	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.077	.329	.000	.404	.077	.733	-77	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.083	.083	.000

1969	29	SEP	AL	11	10	0	0.0	92	.200	.091	.251	.091	.327	.091	.379	.182	.706	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1970	30	MIL	AL	5	4	0	0.0	98	.333	.333	.258	.333	.332	.333	.394	.667	.726	85	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
3 Yrs				41	38	0	0.0	95	.133	.057	.254	.083	.326	.057	.391	.140	.717	-60	.000	-7.6	-0.8	.091	.029	.000
162 Game Avg.				162	150	0	0.0	95	.133	.057	.254	.083	.326	.057	.391	.140	.717	-60	.000	-7.6	-0.8	.091	.029	.000

MIL (2 yrs)				16	14	0	0.0	93	.250	.143	.252	.143	.328	.143	.382	.286	.710	-19	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				14	13	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.077	.329	.000	.404	.077	.733	-77	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
LAA (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	88	.000	.000	.244	.000	.311	.000	.379	.000	.690	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.401	.000	.728	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	24	TOT	AL	25	0.0%	56.0%	4.0%	0.0%		14.00	1.5			3.50	28%
1964	24	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			3.00	29%
1964	24	KCA	AL	14	0.0%	64.3%	7.1%	0.0%		9.00	1.3				21%

1969	29	SEP	AL	11	0.0%	54.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			3.00	45%
1970	30	MIL	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					3.00	60%
3 Yrs				41	0.0%	48.8%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	20.00	1.8			3.25	37%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.88	5.8	42.6	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1964	24	TOT	AL	-5.3	-0.6	25	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	.85	-0.5	-0.0	-5.3	-0.6	0.95	-5.0	0
1964	24	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.93	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.99	-0.5	0
1964	24	LAA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.52	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.02	-1.5	0
1964	24	KCA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.00	-0.3	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.90	-2.9	0

1969	29	SEP	AL	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.04	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.73	-2.4	0
1970	30	MIL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.09	-0.4	0
3 Yrs				-7.6	-0.8	41	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.92	-0.8	-0.1	-8.0	-0.8	0.91	-7.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	24	TOT	AL	1	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	24	NYY	AL	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	24	LAA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	24	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	29	SEP	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	30	MIL	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	33%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1964	24	TOT	AL	25	28%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	16	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1964	24	NYY	AL	4	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1964	24	LAA	AL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	24	KCA	AL	14	36%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	29	SEP	AL	11	27%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1970	30	MIL	AL	5	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				41	29%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	7	0	0%	9	2	22%	23	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1964	24	25	25	21	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	3
1965	25	25	25	21	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	3
1966	26	25	25	21	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	3
1967	27	25	25	21	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	3
1968	28	25	25	21	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	3
1969	29	31	36	32	1	1	1	20	.031	.061	.031	.092	-73	1	3
1970	30	41	41	35	1	2	1	20	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	2	5

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	24	25	25	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	25

1969	29	6	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1970	30	10	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
3 Yrs		41	41	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.000	.028	.000	.028	0	41
162 Game Avg.		162	162	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	79	.000	.028	.000	.028	0	41

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