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Jack Meyer

John Robert Meyer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Team: Phillies 1955-1961

Final Game: April 30, 1961
Died: March 6, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson, NJ
Relatives: Uncle of Brian Meyer
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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
1955 23 PHI NL 50 25 20 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 7 .100 .250 .200 .450 23 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-19,RoY-2
1956 24 PHI NL 41 23 20 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 .200 .238 .350 .588 57 7 2 0 2 0 0 1
1957 25 PHI NL 19 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 26 PHI NL 37 19 18 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .278 .556 49 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1959 27 PHI NL 47 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 28 PHI NL 7 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 -1 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1961 29 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 202 100 86 6 14 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 31 .163 .234 .221 .455 24 19 5 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 80 69 5 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 25 .163 .234 .221 .455 24 15 4 0 5 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 Awards
1955 23 PHI NL 50 25 -2 0 -0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 1 $ 1 MVP-19,RoY-2
1956 24 PHI NL 41 23 -1 -0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 1
1957 25 PHI NL 19 9 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1958 26 PHI NL 37 19 -2 0 -0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1959 27 PHI NL 47 14 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1960 28 PHI NL 7 10 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1961 29 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 202 100 -10 0 -1 0 11 0 0.0 3 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 4 $

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 PwrSpd
1955 23 PHI NL 25 21 1 1.3 104 .154 .100 .263 .250 .334 .200 .417 .450 .751 23 .084 -2.3 -0.2 .400 .300 .100
1956 24 PHI NL 23 20 1 1.3 101 .250 .200 .262 .238 .328 .350 .413 .588 .742 57 .099 -1.3 -0.1 .444 .200 .150 .0
1957 25 PHI NL 9 6 1 4.5 100 .250 .167 .265 .375 .328 .167 .410 .542 .738 55 .489 -0.2 -0.0 .600 .333 .000
1958 26 PHI NL 19 15 1 1.8 105 .313 .278 .269 .278 .336 .278 .420 .556 .756 49 .148 -1.4 -0.1 .357 .000 .000
1959 27 PHI NL 14 13 0 0.0 106 .200 .071 .271 .071 .338 .071 .420 .143 .758 -62 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
1960 28 PHI NL 10 8 0 0.0 98 .250 .125 .262 .222 .328 .125 .402 .347 .730 -1 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
7 Yrs 100 83 4 1.3 103 .241 .163 .265 .234 .333 .221 .415 .455 .748 24 .090 -9.7 -1.0 .351 .151 .058 .0
162 Game Avg. 80 67 3 1.3 103 .241 .163 .265 .234 .333 .221 .415 .455 .748 24 .090 -9.7 -1.0 .351 .151 .058

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 23 PHI NL 25 0.0% 28.0% 16.0% 4.0% 50% 1.75 2.9 20.0 6.00 52%
1956 24 PHI NL 23 4.4% 30.4% 4.4% 4.4% 25% 7.00 2.9 20.0 20.0 4.50 52%
1957 25 PHI NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.0 3.00 44%
1958 26 PHI NL 19 0.0% 10.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.0 18.0 3.33 84%
1959 27 PHI NL 14 0.0% 64.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.6 1.00 36%
1960 28 PHI NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.0 1.00 40%
7 Yrs 100 1.0% 31.0% 8.0% 2.0% 14% 3.88 2.8 86.0 28.7 3.17 54%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.8% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.43 6.9 37.4 8.3 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 23 PHI NL -2.3 -0.2 25 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.23 -0.2 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.99 -2.2 0
1956 24 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 24 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1.15 -0.1 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.87 -2.0 0
1957 25 PHI NL -0.2 -0.0 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .85 -0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.90 -0.5 0
1958 26 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.25 -0.2 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.80 -1.7 0
1959 27 PHI NL -3.3 -0.3 14 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .51 -0.3 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.75 -3.2 0
1960 28 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .71 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.94 -1.4 0
1961 29 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -9.7 -1.0 101 -1.1 1.2 -2.3 1.03 -1.0 -0.1 -14.4 -1.4 0.88 -11.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 23 PHI NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1956 24 PHI NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 25 PHI NL 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
1958 26 PHI NL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 27 PHI NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 PHI NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 24% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 25% 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 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
1955 23 PHI NL 25 28% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 6 1 17% 19 1 5% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1956 24 PHI NL 23 22% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 3 2 67% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1957 25 PHI NL 9 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 PHI NL 19 32% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 9 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 PHI NL 14 36% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 PHI NL 10 30% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
7 Yrs 100 29% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 67% 14 5 36% 16 5 31% 55 2 4% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 23 50 25 20 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 7 .100 .250 .200 .450 23 4 2 0 1 0 0
1956 24 91 48 40 3 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 14 .150 .244 .275 .519 40 11 4 0 3 0 0
1957 25 110 57 46 3 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 16 .152 .264 .261 .525 43 12 4 0 4 0 0
1958 26 147 76 64 4 12 0 1 1 3 0 0 7 18 .188 .268 .266 .533 44 17 5 0 5 0 0
1959 27 194 90 78 5 13 0 1 1 3 0 0 7 27 .167 .235 .231 .466 26 18 5 0 5 0 0
1960 28 201 100 86 6 14 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 31 .163 .234 .221 .455 24 19 5 0 6 0 0
1961 29 202 100 86 6 14 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 31 .163 .234 .221 .455 24 19 5 0 6 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1955 23 53 26 21 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 7 .095 .240 .190 .430 1 50
1956 24 43 25 22 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 .227 .261 .364 .625 2 41
1957 25 20 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 19
1958 26 39 19 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 1 37
1959 27 49 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 47
1960 28 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 7
6 Yrs 211 104 90 4 11 0 1 1 3 0 8 31 .122 .194 .178 .372 4 201
162 Game Avg. 162 80 69 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 6 24 .122 .194 .178 .372 3 201

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 NL (19, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

                                          

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