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 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
1960	20	NYY-min	C,A	8	10	.444	5.84	28	24					154.0	146	116	100	9	141								1.864	8.5	0.5	8.2			MOD,BNG · CALL,EL
1961	21	NYY-min	A	9	11	.450	4.50	24	24					132.0	100	82	66	5	128								1.727	6.8	0.3	8.7			BNG · EL
1962	22	NYY-min	A,AA	6	11	.353	3.49	26	24		4	1		147.0	135	85	57	5	111	5	129	4	0	13			1.673	8.3	0.3	6.8	7.9	1.16	AUG,AMA · SALL,TL
1963	23	NYY-min	AAA,AA	7	5	.583	4.08	23	23					128.0	114	69	58	12	77		92						1.492	8.0	0.8	5.4	6.5	1.19	RMD,AUG · IL,SALL
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	85	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	76	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	68	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	101	1.667	7.9	0.4	7.1	6.4	0.91

1965	25	OAK-min	AA	2	8	.200	5.40	22	15					90.0	100	68	54	4	79		70						1.989	10.0	0.4	7.9	7.0	0.89	BIR · SOUL
1966	26	OAK-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.35	20	20		2	1		102.0	94	44	38	6	50	1	60	2	0	5			1.412	8.3	0.5	4.4	5.3	1.20	VAN · PCL
1967	27	OAK-min	AAA	8	11	.421	2.39	28	26		6	2		166.0	139	64	44	3	74	1	146	3	0	8			1.283	7.5	0.2	4.0	7.9	1.97	VAN · PCL
1968	28	OAK-min	AAA	6	9	.400	2.63	27	22		5	2		130.0	97	44	38	4	52	1	137	11	0	6			1.146	6.7	0.3	3.6	9.5	2.63	VAN · PCL
1969	29	OAK-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.00	27	24		7	2	0	162.0	180	91	72	13	72	0	128	8	0	8			1.556	10.0	0.7	4.0	7.1	1.78	IWA · AA
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	2	12	0	20	0	0	0	88	60	1.964	11.8	1.0	5.9	9.8	1.67
3 Yrs				2	12	.143	4.38	38	18	6	3	0	0	129.1	132	72	63	11	80	0	92	3	0	5	582	85	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	13	97	0	112	4	0	6	707	85	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	6	22	0	37	2	0	1	223	84	1.490	9.5	1.1	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	101	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	68	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	76	1.527	7.9	0.5	5.9	5.9	1.00

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
1964	24	NYY	AL	18.1	7	1	12	5.89	4.01	0.30	-0.08	106.3	3.86	-4	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.2	-3	.441	.497	$
1964	24	LAA	AL	18.0	6	5	10	5.00	3.95	0.37	0.01	93.1	3.34	-3	-0.3	.0	0.0	-0.2	-2	.445	.498	$7,000
1964	24	KCA	AL	42.0	9	7	23	4.93	4.16	-0.25	0.05	106.8	4.77	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.3	3	.498	.500	$

1969	29	SEP	AL	32.2	6	5	14	3.86	3.98	-0.50	0.06	96.8	4.40	2	0.3	.7	-0.0	0.5	5	.542	.502	$10,000
1970	30	MIL	AL	18.1	10	0	13	6.38	4.29	-0.20	-0.18	96.6	4.16	-4	-0.5	2.1	-0.3	-0.6	-3	.454	.497	$12,500
3 Seasons				129.1	38	18	72	5.01	4.08	-0.14	-0.00	100.9	4.26	-9	-1.0	1.2	-0.3	-0.2	1	.474	.499	$29,500

MIL (2 yrs)				51.0	16	5	27	4.76	4.09	-0.39	-0.02	96.7	4.31	-2	-0.2	1.9	-0.3	-0.1	2	.487	.499	$22,500
KCA (1 yr)				42.0	9	7	23	4.93	4.16	-0.25	0.05	106.8	4.77	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.3	3	.498	.500	$
LAA (1 yr)				18.0	6	5	10	5.00	3.95	0.37	0.01	93.1	3.34	-3	-0.3	.0	0.0	-0.2	-2	.445	.498	$7,000
NYY (1 yr)				18.1	7	1	12	5.89	4.01	0.30	-0.08	106.3	3.86	-4	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.2	-3	.441	.497	$

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
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	2
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	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	1
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	3

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	3
1970	30	MIL	AL	10	90	75	13	24	3	4	2	1	1	12	20	.320	.414	.547	.960	.415	41	1	0	3	0	0	2
3 Yrs				38	584	486	72	132	15	7	11	7	7	80	92	.272	.375	.399	.774	.312	194	14	3	10	5	0	8
162 Game Avg.				46	709	590	87	160	18	9	13	9	9	97	112	.272	.375	.399	.774	.312	236	17	4	12	6	0	10
MLB Averages																.247	.313	.369	.681	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	24	TOT	AL	-7.0	-0.7	373	-1.4	5.2	-6.5	.96	-1.2	-0.2	-9.0	-0.9	0.96	-11.3	2	0	6
1964	24	NYY	AL	-2.8	-0.3	83	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	.97	-0.3	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.97	-1.8	2	0	3
1964	24	LAA	AL	-3.1	-0.3	92	-0.6	1.0	-1.5	.82	-0.5	-0.3	-4.9	-0.5	0.82	-5.0	0	0	1
1964	24	KCA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	198	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	1.03	-0.4	0.2	-2.2	-0.2	1.03	-4.5	0	0	2

1969	29	SEP	AL	1.1	0.1	143	-0.3	2.9	-3.2	1.23	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	1.23	-1.2	0	1	0
1970	30	MIL	AL	-4.4	-0.4	93	-0.1	1.1	-1.3	.72	-0.5	0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.72	-5.8	5	0	5
3 Yrs				-10.2	-1.0	609	-1.8	9.2	-11.0	.99	-1.9	0.1	-12.9	-1.3	0.99	-18.3	7	1	11

Starting Pitching*

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
1964	24	TOT	AL	22	13	2	6	5	0	1	6	7	.462	0	2	2	0	4	31%	46.8	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%	42.0	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%	44.8	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%	48.9	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%	53.4	80	30	2	0	1	0	2.8	2.0	6.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						56%	54	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	24	TOT	AL	22	9	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0%		.963	2	0	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	.971	2	0	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	.816	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	1.030	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	1.231	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	.720	5	0	5	1	3	6	5	5	7	3	8	1	5.5
3 Yrs				38	20	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	12	2	17%		.988	7	1	11	3	3	14	6	14	13	3	14	3	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	24	TOT	AL	359	27%	1.4%	15.3%	16.2%	4.5%	21%	1.29	65%	89	10	11%
1964	24	NYY	AL	82	24%	1.2%	14.6%	14.6%	6.1%	31%	1.21	67%	22	1	5%
1964	24	LAA	AL	89	28%	2.3%	14.6%	14.6%	4.5%	16%	1.60	67%	23	2	9%
1964	24	KCA	AL	188	27%	1.1%	16.0%	17.6%	3.7%	19%	1.21	64%	44	7	16%

1969	29	SEP	AL	135	15%	3.0%	12.6%	7.4%	5.9%	27%	0.88	74%	23	3	13%
1970	30	MIL	AL	90	38%	2.2%	22.2%	13.3%	10.0%	38%	1.54	59%	13	1	8%
3 Yrs				584	26%	1.9%	15.8%	13.7%	5.7%	25%	1.18	66%	125	14	11%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.6%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.11	73%			10%

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
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	0	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	0	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	1	1	5	0
1970	30	MIL	AL	90	24			2	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 Yrs				584	132			11	0	13	8	3	4	7	32	15	7	47%	8	5	1	244	7	7	50%	6	5	1	2	0	0	2	1	13	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	78.1	78	45	38	5	58	55	1	4	359	85	1.736	9.0	0.6	6.7	6.3	0.95	85
1965	25	2	8	.200	4.37	22	13	5	2	78.1	78	45	38	5	58	55	1	4	359	85	1.736	9.0	0.6	6.7	6.3	0.95	85
1966	26	2	8	.200	4.37	22	13	5	2	78.1	78	45	38	5	58	55	1	4	359	85	1.736	9.0	0.6	6.7	6.3	0.95	85
1967	27	2	8	.200	4.37	22	13	5	2	78.1	78	45	38	5	58	55	1	4	359	85	1.736	9.0	0.6	6.7	6.3	0.95	85
1968	28	2	8	.200	4.37	22	13	5	2	78.1	78	45	38	5	58	55	1	4	359	85	1.736	9.0	0.6	6.7	6.3	0.95	85
1969	29	2	11	.154	4.05	28	18	5	3	111.0	108	59	50	9	68	72	3	5	494	91	1.586	8.8	0.7	5.5	5.8	1.06	91
1970	30	2	12	.143	4.38	38	18	6	3	129.1	132	72	63	11	80	92	3	5	582	85	1.639	9.2	0.8	5.6	6.4	1.15	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4	.429	5.13	72.0	81	46	41	5	60	50	1	1.958	10.1	7.5	6.3	0.83	0.6	22

1969	29	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	31	14	13	4	10	16	2	1.323	9.0	2.9	4.6	1.60	1.2	6
1970	30	0	1	.000	6.88	17.0	24	14	13	2	12	19	0	2.118	12.7	6.4	10.1	1.58	1.1	10
3 Yrs		5	6	.455	5.03	120.0	136	74	67	11	82	85	3	1.817	10.2		6.4	1.04	0.8	38

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