Bob Meyer
Robert Bernard Meyer
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 4, 1939 in Toledo, OH
School: University of Toledo
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1964
Final Game: May 20, 1970
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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
1964 24 TOT AL 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95
1964 24 NYY AL 0 3 .000 4.91 7 1 4 0 0 0 18.1 16 12 10 1 12 0 12 0 0 1 82 74 1.527 7.9 0.5 5.9 5.9 1.00
1964 24 LAA AL 1 1 .500 5.00 6 5 0 0 0 0 18.0 25 10 10 2 13 0 13 1 0 0 89 65 2.111 12.5 1.0 6.5 6.5 1.00
1964 24 KCA AL 1 4 .200 3.86 9 7 1 2 0 0 42.0 37 23 18 2 33 0 30 0 0 3 188 100 1.667 7.9 0.4 7.1 6.4 0.91
1969 29 SEP AL 0 3 .000 3.31 6 5 0 1 0 0 32.2 30 14 12 4 10 0 17 2 0 1 135 110 1.224 8.3 1.1 2.8 4.7 1.70
1970 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 6.38 10 0 1 0 0 0 18.1 24 13 13 3 12 0 20 0 0 0 88 59 1.964 11.8 1.5 5.9 9.8 1.67
3 Seasons 2 12 .143 4.38 38 18 6 3 0 0 129.1 132 72 63 12 80 0 92 3 0 5 582 84 1.639 9.2 0.8 5.6 6.4 1.15
162 Game Avg. 2 15 .143 4.38 46 22 7 4 0 0 157 160 87 77 15 97 0 112 4 0 6 707 84 1.639 9.2 0.8 5.6 6.4 1.15
MIL (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 4.41 16 5 1 1 0 0 51.0 54 27 25 7 22 0 37 2 0 1 223 83 1.490 9.5 1.2 3.9 6.5 1.68
KCA (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.86 9 7 1 2 0 0 42.0 37 23 18 2 33 0 30 0 0 3 188 100 1.667 7.9 0.4 7.1 6.4 0.91
LAA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.00 6 5 0 0 0 0 18.0 25 10 10 2 13 0 13 1 0 0 89 65 2.111 12.5 1.0 6.5 6.5 1.00
NYY (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.91 7 1 4 0 0 0 18.1 16 12 10 1 12 0 12 0 0 1 82 74 1.527 7.9 0.5 5.9 5.9 1.00

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
1964 24 KCA AL 9 188 149 23 37 4 1 2 3 1 33 30 .248 .378 .329 .707 .292 49 7 0 3 3 0
1964 24 LAA AL 6 89 75 10 25 2 0 2 1 2 13 13 .333 .438 .440 .878 .383 33 2 1 0 0 0
1964 24 NYY AL 7 82 68 12 16 2 2 1 0 0 12 12 .235 .350 .368 .718 .273 25 1 0 2 0 0
1964 24 TOT AL 22 359 292 45 78 8 3 5 4 3 58 55 .267 .387 .366 .753 .311 107 10 1 5 3 0
1969 29 SEP AL 6 135 119 14 30 4 0 4 2 3 10 17 .252 .316 .387 .702 .260 46 3 2 2 2 0
1970 30 MIL AL 10 90 75 13 24 3 4 3 1 1 12 20 .320 .414 .587 1.000 .404 44 1 0 3 0 0
3 Seasons 38 584 486 72 132 15 7 12 7 7 80 92 .272 .375 .405 .780 .310 197 14 3 10 5 0
162 Game Avg. 46 709 590 87 160 18 9 15 9 9 97 112 .272 .375 .405 .780 .310 239 17 4 12 6 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 24 TOT AL 22 13 2 6 5 0 1 6 7 .462 0 2 2 0 4 31% 47 75 30 22 8 1 9 4.1 3.0 4.4
1964 24 NYY AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 2 2 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0
1964 24 LAA AL 6 5 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 .800 0 2 0 0 1 20% 45 64 35 11 2 0 5 6.0 5.8 2.6
1964 24 KCA AL 9 7 1 4 2 0 1 2 5 .286 0 0 2 0 3 43% 49 75 30 9 4 1 3 3.3 2.4 5.4
1969 29 SEP AL 6 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 3 60% 53 80 30 2 0 1 0 2.8 2.0 6.3
2 Seasons 28 18 2 9 7 0 2 8 10 .444 0 2 3 0 7 39% 49 80 30 24 8 2 9 3.7 2.6 4.9
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
1964 24 TOT AL 22 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 0.960 1 1 6 2 0 7 1 8 6 0 6 2 7.1
1964 24 NYY AL 7 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 8 0.990 1 1 3 2 0 4 1 5 3 0 3 1 6.2
1964 24 LAA AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.803 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15.0
1964 24 KCA AL 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.021 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 6.0
1969 29 SEP AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.208 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1970 30 MIL AL 10 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 5 0.735 5 0 5 1 3 6 5 5 7 3 8 1 5.5
3 Seasons 38 20 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 12 2 17% 0.983 6 2 11 3 3 14 6 14 13 3 14 3 6.1

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%
1964 24 TOT AL 359 73% 1.4% 15.3% 16.2% 4.5% 21% 1.29 65% 89 10 11%
1964 24 NYY AL 82 76% 1.2% 14.6% 14.6% 6.1% 31% 1.21 67% 22 1 5%
1964 24 LAA AL 89 72% 2.3% 14.6% 14.6% 4.5% 16% 1.60 67% 23 2 9%
1964 24 KCA AL 188 73% 1.1% 16.0% 17.6% 3.7% 19% 1.21 64% 44 7 16%
1969 29 SEP AL 135 85% 3.0% 12.6% 7.4% 5.9% 27% 0.88 74% 23 3 13%
1970 30 MIL AL 90 62% 3.3% 22.2% 13.3% 11.1% 42% 1.54 58% 13 1 8%
3 Seasons 584 74% 2.1% 15.8% 13.7% 5.8% 26% 1.18 66% 125 14 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
1964 24 TOT AL 359 78 5 0 6 4 1 2 3 18 11 2 61% 3 4 0 160 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1964 24 NYY AL 82 16 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 3 1 50% 1 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 24 LAA AL 89 25 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 40 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 24 KCA AL 188 37 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 9 6 1 67% 2 3 0 84 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1969 29 SEP AL 135 30 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 8 3 1 38% 3 1 1 52 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 0
1970 30 MIL AL 90 24 3 0 6 0 2 2 0 6 1 4 17% 2 0 0 32 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 584 132 12 0 13 8 3 4 7 32 15 7 47% 8 5 1 244 7 7 50% 6 5 1 2 0 0 5 1 13 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+
1964 24 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95 84
1965 25 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95 84
1966 26 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95 84
1967 27 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95 84
1968 28 2 8 .200 4.37 22 13 5 2 0 0 78.1 78 45 38 5 58 0 55 1 0 4 359 84 1.736 9.0 0.6 6.7 6.3 0.95 84
1969 29 2 11 .154 4.05 28 18 5 3 0 0 111.0 108 59 50 9 68 0 72 3 0 5 494 90 1.586 8.8 0.7 5.5 5.8 1.06 90
1970 30 2 12 .143 4.38 38 18 6 3 0 0 129.1 132 72 63 12 80 0 92 3 0 5 582 84 1.639 9.2 0.8 5.6 6.4 1.15 84

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
1964 24 3 5 .375 5.00 72.0 80 44 40 5 59 51 1 1.931 10.0 7.4 6.4 0.86 0.6 22
1969 29 2 1 .667 3.90 30.0 32 14 13 4 11 16 2 1.433 9.6 3.3 4.8 1.45 1.2 6
1970 30 0 1 .000 7.41 17.0 25 16 14 3 12 19 0 2.176 13.2 6.4 10.1 1.58 1.6 10
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 5.07 119.0 137 74 67 12 82 86 3 1.840 10.4 6.5 1.05 0.9 38

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