Dan Meyer
Daniel Thomas Meyer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 3, 1952 in Hamilton, OH
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Final Game: May 24, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 DET AL 21 LF 12 12 106.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 0.5 5.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0 2.38 2.33 .976 2.12 1.75
1974 DET AL 21 OF 12 12 106.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 0.5 5.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0 2.46 2.42 .980 2.41 2.12
1975 DET AL 22 LF 74 74 634.0 143 132 4 7 0 .951 -9.0 -17.0 -8.0 -4.2 -3.9 -1 1.93 1.84 .978 2.18 1.80
1975 DET AL 22 OF 74 74 634.0 141 130 4 7 0 .950 -9.0 -17.0 -8.0 -4.2 -3.9 -1 1.90 1.81 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 DET AL 22 1B 46 46 405.1 483 441 37 5 39 .990 -0.4 -1.2 -0.4 -3.0 2.6 0 10.61 10.39 .990 9.84 8.32
1976 DET AL 23 LF 47 45 398.1 81 76 4 1 1 .988 -4.5 -13.6 -6.5 -4.9 -1.6 2 1.81 1.70 .978 2.23 1.91
1976 DET AL 23 OF 47 45 398.1 81 76 4 1 1 .988 -4.5 -13.6 -6.5 -4.9 -1.6 2 1.81 1.70 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 DET AL 23 1B 19 19 168.0 179 168 10 1 15 .994 1.7 12.1 1.7 1.3 0.4 0 9.54 9.37 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 DET AL 23 DH 1
1977 SEA AL 24 1B 159 153 1363.0 1528 1407 109 12 134 .992 -2.8 -2.5 -3.8 -2.2 -1.6 1 10.01 9.53 .990 6.60 6.29
1978 SEA AL 25 1B 121 114 1015.2 1196 1104 79 13 119 .989 -12.0 -14.2 -12.0 -6.7 -5.3 0 10.48 9.78 .992 8.86 8.26
1978 SEA AL 25 LF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 43.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.21 1.80
1978 SEA AL 25 OF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 43.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.45 2.15
1978 SEA AL 25 DH 1
1979 SEA AL 26 3B 101 97 843.0 296 76 201 19 22 .936 -7.2 -10.2 -7.2 -7.6 0.3 0 2.96 2.74 .954 3.07 2.66
1979 SEA AL 26 LF 31 30 245.2 52 49 0 3 0 .942 -5.2 -25.4 -3.2 -1.4 -1.8 -2 1.80 1.58 .981 2.22 1.80
1979 SEA AL 26 OF 31 30 245.2 52 49 0 3 0 .942 -5.2 -25.4 -3.2 -1.4 -1.8 -2 1.80 1.58 .983 2.46 2.13
1979 SEA AL 26 1B 15 5 69.0 77 73 4 0 5 1.000 0.6 10.4 0.6 0.1 0.5 0 10.04 5.13 .992 10.08 8.85
1980 SEA AL 27 LF 123 116 1011.2 207 189 10 8 2 .961 -14.0 -16.6 -13.0 -10.4 -2.6 -1 1.77 1.62 .980 2.35 1.92
1980 SEA AL 27 OF 123 116 1011.2 207 189 10 8 2 .961 -14.0 -16.6 -13.0 -10.4 -2.6 -1 1.77 1.62 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 SEA AL 27 DH 7
1980 SEA AL 27 3B 5 4 31.0 17 3 12 2 1 .882 -0.8 -31.0 -0.8 -1.0 0.1 0 4.35 3.00 .953 3.02 2.60
1980 SEA AL 27 1B 4 2 23.2 27 27 0 0 4 1.000 0.1 5.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 10.27 6.75 .993 10.04 8.40
1981 SEA AL 28 3B 49 47 397.0 128 36 87 5 12 .961 -3.8 -11.5 -3.8 -0.2 -3.6 0 2.79 2.51 .949 2.95 2.52
1981 SEA AL 28 OF 14 13 102.1 29 26 1 2 0 .931 -0.2 -2.3 -1.2 -1.4 0.2 1 2.37 1.93 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 SEA AL 28 LF 13 13 101.1 29 26 1 2 0 .931 0.1 1.2 -0.9 -1.4 0.5 1 2.40 2.08 .979 2.38 1.99
1981 SEA AL 28 1B 3 1 14.0 17 17 0 0 3 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 10.93 5.67 .994 10.03 8.57
1981 SEA AL 28 DH 3
1981 SEA AL 28 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1982 OAK AL 29 1B 58 49 435.1 408 373 31 4 38 .990 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.1 2.1 -1 8.35 6.97 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 OAK AL 29 DH 38
1982 OAK AL 29 OF 11 5 50.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -0.5 -11.9 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 1 2.68 1.36 .981 2.47 2.15
1982 OAK AL 29 RF 8 4 35.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -1.4 -48.0 -2.4 -2.4 0.0 1 1.54 0.75 .986 2.26 1.90
1982 OAK AL 29 LF 4 1 15.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 70.4 0.9 1.4 -0.5 0 5.28 2.25 .978 2.29 1.90
1983 OAK AL 30 1B 41 35 303.1 313 293 16 4 28 .987 -1.4 -5.5 -1.4 -1.8 0.5 0 9.17 7.54 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 OAK AL 30 DH 12
1983 OAK AL 30 OF 11 2 34.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 14.0 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 1 3.15 1.09 .983 2.49 2.16
1983 OAK AL 30 LF 8 2 29.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 32.7 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 1 3.38 1.38 .973 2.33 1.90
1983 OAK AL 30 RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.87
1983 OAK AL 30 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1984 OAK AL 31 1B 3 0 12.0 18 15 2 1 1 .944 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 12.75 5.67 .989 9.75 8.27
1984 OAK AL 31 DH 1
1985 OAK AL 32 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1985 OAK AL 32 DH 1
1985 OAK AL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
1985 OAK AL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
10 Seasons 1B 469 424 3809.1 4246 3918 288 40 386 .991 -13.8 -4.3 -13.8 -12.6 -1.1 0 9.94 8.97 .991 8.43 7.67
10 Seasons OF 326 298 2594.2 572 529 20 23 3 .960 -31.8 -14.7 -32.8 -22.3 -10.7 1 1.90 1.68 .980 2.44 2.14
9 Seasons LF 314 294 2552.2 564 523 19 22 3 .961 -30.0 -14.1 -30.0 -20.1 -10.1 0 1.91 1.73 .979 2.27 1.87
5 Seasons 3B 157 148 1274.0 441 115 300 26 35 .941 -11.8 -11.1 -11.8 -8.8 -3.2 0 2.93 2.64 .952 3.03 2.61
8 Seasons DH 64
3 Seasons RF 12 4 41.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -1.5 -43.9 -2.5 -2.2 -0.3 1 1.54 0.58 .988 2.24 1.88
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
12 Seasons TOT 952 870 7678.0 5259 4562 608 89 424 .983 -57.4 -9.0 -58.4 -43.7 -15.0 1 0 6.06 5.43 .970 5.51 4.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 DET AL 21 13 12 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 1 0
1975 DET AL 22 122 120 122 120 0 0 46 0 0 0 74 0 0 74 0 2 0
1976 DET AL 23 105 64 105 66 0 0 19 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 0 37 2
1977 SEA AL 24 159 153 159 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 SEA AL 25 123 115 123 122 0 0 121 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
1979 SEA AL 26 144 132 144 138 0 0 15 0 101 0 31 0 0 31 0 10 1
1980 SEA AL 27 146 129 146 127 0 0 4 0 5 0 123 0 0 123 7 17 0
1981 SEA AL 28 83 62 83 62 0 0 3 0 49 0 13 1 0 14 1 20 1
1982 OAK AL 29 120 89 120 68 0 0 57 0 1 0 4 0 8 11 35 29 0
1983 OAK AL 30 69 45 69 51 0 0 41 0 1 0 8 0 3 11 8 8 6
1984 OAK AL 31 20 0 20 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1985 OAK AL 32 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 1
12 Seasons 1118 921 1118 930 0 0 468 0 158 0 314 1 12 326 51 160 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 DET AL 22 1837 51% 80% 28% 96 95% 2 439 13 423 3 45 39 23 9 2 2 5 1 3 1 4 39 1 0 0 36 2 3 0 3 7 86%
1976 DET AL 23 778 65% 77% 25% 34 97% 0 168 5 162 1 19 10 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 4 100%
1977 SEA AL 24 6251 52% 78% 25% 317 95% 5 1403 78 1307 18 138 104 64 18 6 8 12 3 9 0 7 134 3 0 4 119 9 14 5 9 10 90%
1978 SEA AL 25 4642 55% 81% 27% 245 94% 2 1108 77 1025 7 89 79 50 13 1 8 13 1 10 2 10 120 5 2 0 102 7 17 4 13 11 91%
1979 SEA AL 26 296 63% 76% 26% 9 100% 0 75 1 74 0 6 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 SEA AL 27 103 50% 87% 30% 7 86% 0 27 2 25 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1981 SEA AL 28 64 67% 83% 36% 3 100% 0 17 0 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 29 1985 58% 79% 22% 107 93% 0 373 25 344 4 44 31 27 3 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 37 0 0 0 33 0 4 1 3 7 100%
1983 OAK AL 30 1347 59% 79% 23% 77 96% 0 295 5 283 7 56 16 12 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 28 1 0 0 25 1 3 0 3 3 100%
1984 OAK AL 31 53 45% 72% 30% 7 86% 0 15 1 14 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 17356 55% 79% 26% 902 94% 9 3920 207 3674 40 407 285 187 49 9 20 40 6 30 4 28 386 10 2 5 342 20 42 10 32 44 91%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 DET AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 7 4 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 24 16 66.7% 8 0 0.0% 0 516 68% 75% 26% 67 42%
1975 DET AL 22 7 0 7 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 10 8 0 14 0 1 3 3 0 10 1 0 10 10 0 47 22 46.8% 24 1 2.1% 3 2931 59% 78% 24% 208 65%
1976 DET AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 17 16 0 17 3 2 15 11 0 6 0 1 7 6 0 62 36 58.1% 23 3 4.8% 1 1784 58% 81% 24% 194 41%
1978 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 44% 68% 16% 4 75%
1979 SEA AL 26 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 10 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 27 10 37.0% 17 0 0.0% 0 1130 53% 79% 25% 115 43%
1980 SEA AL 27 8 0 8 0 2 10 0 5 0 1 55 49 0 40 7 2 28 18 0 2 0 0 18 17 0 143 91 63.6% 50 2 1.4% 8 4549 57% 80% 24% 505 39%
1981 SEA AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 7 0 6 3 0 7 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 24 17 70.8% 7 0 0.0% 1 483 60% 80% 25% 68 40%
1982 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 77 45% 79% 30% 15 60%
1983 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 151 54% 81% 34% 24 46%
9 Seasons 22 0 21 1 4 19 0 8 1 4 108 93 0 99 20 5 63 41 0 22 2 1 46 44 0 338 200 59.2% 132 6 1.8% 13 11671 58% 79% 24% 1200 45%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 SEA AL 26 3872 60% 80% 27% 288 89% 4 78 52 17 9 200 149 40 3 9 19 1 17 1 18 22 17 1 18 4 3 1 7 71%
1980 SEA AL 27 152 63% 83% 31% 20 75% 0 3 3 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1981 SEA AL 28 1724 56% 82% 28% 122 90% 0 36 26 4 6 84 61 21 1 2 5 0 4 1 3 11 9 0 9 2 1 1 6 67%
1982 OAK AL 29 4 50% 100% 50% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 OAK AL 30 8 88% 88% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 32 4 75% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5764 59% 81% 28% 432 88% 4 117 81 21 15 297 221 63 4 11 26 1 23 2 23 35 28 1 29 6 4 2 14 71%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 OAK AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 177 64% 81% 22% 19 32%
1983 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 23 65% 78% 22% 3 0%
1985 OAK AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 67% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 203 65% 80% 23% 23 30%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 SEA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 50% 100% 33% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 50% 100% 33% 2 0%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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