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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 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
1955 23 PHI NL 6 11 .353 3.43 50 5 36 0 0 16 110.1 75 50 42 14 66 6 97 3 0 6 470 116 1.278 6.1 1.1 5.4 7.9 1.47 MVP-19,RoY-2
1956 24 PHI NL 7 11 .389 4.41 41 7 19 2 0 2 96.0 86 49 47 8 51 11 66 4 0 2 418 84 1.427 8.1 0.8 4.8 6.2 1.29
1957 25 PHI NL 0 2 .000 5.73 19 2 4 0 0 0 37.2 44 30 24 6 28 2 34 1 0 0 180 67 1.912 10.5 1.4 6.7 8.1 1.21
1958 26 PHI NL 3 6 .333 3.59 37 5 16 1 0 2 90.1 77 38 36 8 33 3 87 1 0 7 374 112 1.218 7.7 0.8 3.3 8.7 2.64
1959 27 PHI NL 5 3 .625 3.36 47 1 21 1 0 1 93.2 76 43 35 9 53 2 71 1 0 3 405 121 1.377 7.3 0.9 5.1 6.8 1.34
1960 28 PHI NL 3 1 .750 4.32 7 4 2 0 0 0 25.0 25 13 12 2 11 0 18 0 0 0 109 91 1.440 9.0 0.7 4.0 6.5 1.64
1961 29 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 53 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 9.0 1.00
7 Yrs 24 34 .414 3.92 202 24 98 4 0 21 455.0 385 225 198 48 244 24 375 10 0 18 1965 101 1.382 7.6 0.9 4.8 7.4 1.54
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .414 3.92 61 7 29 1 0 6 137 116 68 60 14 73 7 113 3 0 5 591 101 1.382 7.6 0.9 4.8 7.4 1.54

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 Awards
1955 23 PHI NL 110.1 50 5 50 4.08 4.57 0.24 0.00 98.1 4.25 4 0.4 1.5 0.0 1.5 14 .509 .503 $ MVP-19,RoY-2
1956 24 PHI NL 96.0 41 7 49 4.59 4.30 -0.16 0.00 98.8 4.41 0 0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.8 8 .500 .500 $
1957 25 PHI NL 37.2 19 2 30 7.17 4.59 -0.07 0.00 102.0 4.76 -10 -1.0 .5 0.2 -0.5 -6 .448 .494 $
1958 26 PHI NL 90.1 37 5 38 3.79 4.51 -0.31 0.00 103.0 4.97 12 1.3 .7 -0.3 1.9 22 .535 .508 $
1959 27 PHI NL 93.2 47 1 43 4.13 4.57 -0.15 0.00 102.3 4.83 7 0.7 .7 -0.3 1.3 17 .515 .504 $
1960 28 PHI NL 25.0 7 4 13 4.68 4.22 -0.21 -0.00 104.4 4.63 -0 -0.0 .1 -0.0 0.2 2 .497 .500 $
1961 29 PHI NL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.25 -0.04 -0.18 118.0 4.85 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -1 .412 .499 $
7 Seasons 455.0 202 24 225 4.45 4.48 -0.09 -0.00 100.9 4.61 12 1.3 1.0 -0.5 5.2 57 .507 .501 $

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
1955 23 PHI NL 50 455 396 50 75 13 3 14 3 5 66 97 .189 .309 .343 .652 .213 136 1 3 5 1 6 5
1956 24 PHI NL 41 418 357 49 86 18 4 8 10 2 51 66 .241 .341 .381 .722 .275 136 5 4 5 1 11 1
1957 25 PHI NL 19 180 148 30 44 9 0 6 1 1 28 34 .297 .408 .480 .888 .345 71 2 1 1 2 2 2
1958 26 PHI NL 37 372 330 38 77 11 3 8 3 2 33 87 .233 .302 .358 .660 .290 118 2 1 5 3 3 3
1959 27 PHI NL 47 406 342 43 76 16 3 9 1 6 53 71 .222 .325 .365 .690 .252 125 5 1 6 4 2 11
1960 28 PHI NL 7 109 92 13 25 6 0 2 1 1 11 18 .272 .336 .402 .739 .303 37 1 0 2 4 0 1
1961 29 PHI NL 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .714 1.159 .250 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 202 1949 1672 225 385 73 13 48 19 17 244 375 .230 .329 .376 .705 .267 628 16 10 24 15 24 23
162 Game Avg. 61 586 503 68 116 22 4 14 6 5 73 113 .230 .329 .376 .705 .267 189 5 3 7 5 7 7
MLB Averages .257 .327 .393 .720 .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
1955 23 PHI NL 5.7 0.6 472 3.4 12.4 -9.0 1.45 1.4 1.0 17.6 1.8 1.45 12.7 19 7 17
1956 24 PHI NL -5.1 -0.5 430 -2.0 9.8 -11.8 1.43 -0.2 -1.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.43 -0.8 16 5 12
1957 25 PHI NL -9.5 -0.9 182 -1.1 2.2 -3.3 .83 -1.4 0.1 -10.9 -1.1 0.83 -13.6 1 3 13
1958 26 PHI NL 4.9 0.5 385 0.8 5.6 -4.8 .80 0.5 0.4 3.5 0.3 0.80 8.1 6 3 21
1959 27 PHI NL 6.1 0.6 417 -0.6 4.2 -4.7 .63 -0.1 -0.8 -1.6 -0.2 0.63 -2.0 9 7 29
1960 28 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 111 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 .87 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.87 -1.7 0 0 3
1961 29 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .16 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.16 -1.4 0 0 1
7 Yrs 0.5 0.1 2007 0.4 35.7 -35.3 1.06 -0.0 0.4 5.9 0.6 1.06 1.3 51 25 96

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 23 PHI NL 50 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 2 40% 51.2 76 31 7 2 2 3 3.1 2.9 5.7
1956 24 PHI NL 41 7 1 5 1 0 2 1 6 .143 0 0 2 0 3 43% 49.4 83 26 18 6 1 5 2.0 2.4 6.0
1957 25 PHI NL 19 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.5 43 36 10 6 1 0 5.1 7.0 3.5
1958 26 PHI NL 37 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 4 .200 1 1 1 0 2 40% 45.8 77 22 4 1 2 3 5.6 3.7 5.9
1959 27 PHI NL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 8 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 5.0
1960 28 PHI NL 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 48.5 65 30 7 3 0 3 4.3 5.0 4.5
6 Yrs 201 24 4 15 5 0 4 7 17 .292 1 2 4 0 9 38% 48 83 22 54 23 7 14 3.6 3.4 5.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1955 23 PHI NL 50 45 36 5 7 11 16 1 145% 15 4 36 8 22% 8 1.450 19 7 17 17 6 20 21 22 29 6 28 9 5.4
1956 24 PHI NL 41 34 19 6 6 6 2 4 33% 7 1 27 8 30% 7 1.426 16 5 12 8 9 17 14 20 16 7 17 4 4.7
1957 25 PHI NL 19 17 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 6 .835 1 3 13 1 1 15 7 10 11 4 11 2 5.4
1958 26 PHI NL 37 32 16 3 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 16 9 56% 9 .801 6 3 21 2 5 25 12 20 19 4 20 3 5.7
1959 27 PHI NL 47 46 21 5 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 25 14 56% 8 .634 9 7 29 5 5 36 14 32 31 4 31 15 5.8
1960 28 PHI NL 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .873 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 7.0
1961 29 PHI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .161 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
7 Yrs 202 178 98 20 19 21 21 6 100% 27 6 115 43 37% 1.056 51 25 96 33 26 117 68 108 108 25 109 33 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1955 23 PHI NL 471 60% 3.1% 21.3% 14.5% 6.6% 40% 0.51 63% 97 1 1%
1956 24 PHI NL 418 63% 1.9% 15.8% 12.2% 7.2% 35% 0.70 68% 84 5 6%
1957 25 PHI NL 180 63% 3.3% 18.9% 15.6% 8.3% 34% 0.42 61% 52 2 4%
1958 26 PHI NL 372 60% 2.2% 23.4% 8.9% 5.9% 29% 0.42 64% 60 2 3%
1959 27 PHI NL 406 56% 2.2% 17.5% 13.1% 6.9% 37% 0.61 66% 84 5 6%
1960 28 PHI NL 109 46% 1.8% 16.5% 10.1% 7.3% 32% 0.70 70% 22 1 5%
1961 29 PHI NL 9 56% 11.1% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 44% 2 0 0%
7 Yrs 1965 59% 2.5% 19.2% 12.5% 6.9% 35% 0.56 65% 401 16 4%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.1% 9.2% 6.7% 29% 1.00 76% 11%

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
1955 23 PHI NL 455 75 14 0 15 8 3 3 8 28 11 9 39% 5 6 1 193 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 16
1956 24 PHI NL 418 86 8 1 18 6 2 2 6 25 12 3 48% 1 2 0 158 10 2 83% 10 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
1957 25 PHI NL 180 44 6 0 6 3 4 2 5 11 6 1 55% 2 0 0 89 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1958 26 PHI NL 372 77 8 0 6 6 2 5 3 21 11 5 52% 3 7 1 139 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1959 27 PHI NL 406 76 9 0 13 2 7 7 2 24 14 1 58% 11 3 0 169 1 6 14% 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1960 28 PHI NL 109 25 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 6 1 86% 1 0 1 42 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1961 29 PHI NL 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1949 385 48 1 58 26 20 19 27 117 61 20 52% 23 18 3 793 19 17 53% 19 14 0 1 0 2 6 1 42 16
MLB Averages 52% 59%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1955 23 6 11 .353 3.43 50 5 36 0 0 16 110.1 75 50 42 14 66 6 97 3 0 6 470 116 1.278 6.1 1.1 5.4 7.9 1.47 116
1956 24 13 22 .371 3.88 91 12 55 2 0 18 206.1 161 99 89 22 117 17 163 7 0 8 888 99 1.347 7.0 1.0 5.1 7.1 1.39 99
1957 25 13 24 .351 4.17 110 14 59 2 0 18 244.0 205 129 113 28 145 19 197 8 0 8 1068 92 1.434 7.6 1.0 5.3 7.3 1.36 92
1958 26 16 30 .348 4.01 147 19 75 3 0 20 334.1 282 167 149 36 178 22 284 9 0 15 1442 97 1.376 7.6 1.0 4.8 7.6 1.60 97
1959 27 21 33 .389 3.87 194 20 96 4 0 21 428.0 358 210 184 45 231 24 355 10 0 18 1847 102 1.376 7.5 0.9 4.9 7.5 1.54 102
1960 28 24 34 .414 3.89 201 24 98 4 0 21 453.0 383 223 196 47 242 24 373 10 0 18 1956 101 1.380 7.6 0.9 4.8 7.4 1.54 101
1961 29 24 34 .414 3.92 202 24 98 4 0 21 455.0 385 225 198 48 244 24 375 10 0 18 1965 101 1.382 7.6 0.9 4.8 7.4 1.54 101

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1955 23 7 5 .583 3.44 115.0 78 49 44 15 69 101 3 1.278 6.1 5.4 7.9 1.46 1.2 50
1956 24 4 6 .400 4.93 95.0 92 58 52 9 55 66 4 1.547 8.7 5.2 6.3 1.20 0.9 41
1957 25 1 3 .250 6.32 37.0 47 29 26 6 30 33 1 2.081 11.4 7.3 8.0 1.10 1.5 19
1958 26 5 5 .500 3.72 92.0 81 42 38 8 35 89 1 1.261 7.9 3.4 8.7 2.54 0.8 37
1959 27 6 4 .600 3.25 97.0 78 39 35 9 54 73 1 1.361 7.2 5.0 6.8 1.35 0.8 47
1960 28 1 1 .500 4.15 26.0 26 13 12 2 11 18 0 1.423 9.0 3.8 6.2 1.64 0.7 7
1961 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 4.5 1
7 Yrs 24 24 .500 4.05 464.0 404 232 209 50 256 382 10 1.422 7.8 7.4 1.49 1.0 202

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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)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  50 (6th)
1959 NL  47 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL  16 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL  6 (2nd)
1958 NL  7 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL  36 (1st)
1959 NL  21 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 NL  17.63 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 NL  3.4 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 NL  1.4 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 NL  1.8 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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