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Jack Meyer
John Robert Meyer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Penn Charter (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Wake Forest University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1955
Final Game: April 30, 1961
Died: March 9, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Uncle of Brian Meyer
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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
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 85 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 7 28 2 34 1 0 0 180 66 1.912 10.5 1.7 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 7 374 110 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 3 405 122 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 90 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 45 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 9.0 1.00
7 Seasons 24 34 .414 3.92 202 24 98 4 0 21 455.0 385 225 198 49 244 24 375 10 0 18 1965 100 1.382 7.6 1.0 4.8 7.4 1.54
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .414 3.92 61 7 29 1 0 6 137 116 68 60 15 73 7 113 3 0 5 591 100 1.382 7.6 1.0 4.8 7.4 1.54

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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 Seasons 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PHI NL 23 P 50 5 110.1 20 6 13 1 0 .950 1.55 0.38 .950 2.04 0.83 MVP-19,RoY-2
1956 PHI NL 24 P 41 7 96.0 22 4 17 1 2 .955 1.97 0.51 .968 2.05 0.83
1957 PHI NL 25 P 19 2 37.2 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.63 0.58 .964 2.05 0.82
1958 PHI NL 26 P 37 5 90.1 12 4 7 1 1 .917 1.10 0.30 .958 1.97 0.77
1959 PHI NL 27 P 47 1 93.2 19 4 14 1 2 .947 1.73 0.38 .953 1.99 0.82
1960 PHI NL 28 P 7 4 25.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.71 .960 2.09 0.87
1961 PHI NL 29 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 0.90
7 Seasons P 202 24 455.0 89 24 61 4 5 .955 1.68 0.42 .958 2.02 0.82
7 Seasons TOT 202 24 455.0 89 24 61 4 5 .955 1.68 0.42 .913 2.02 0.82

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 (1456th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

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