Dan Meyer

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 3, 1952 in Hamilton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA).

Schools: Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA), University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Debut: September 14, 1974 (Age 22-042d, 13,583rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 24, 1985 (Age 32-294d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Daniel Thomas Meyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-6.5

3734

944

.253

411

RBI

459

OBP

.293

SLG

.380

OPS

.673

OPS+

Summary of 86 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 28 go ahead

3 Tms
SEA	64
DET	13
OAK	9

Platoon
vs RHP	70
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	52
Away	34

Outs
2	34
1	30
0	22

14 Opps
BOS	11
MIN	9
MIL	9
OAK	8
CAL	8
DET	7
TEX	6
CLE	6
CHW	6
NYY	4
BAL	4
KCR	3
TOR	3
SEA	2

65 Pitchers
Mike Torrez	4
Moose Haas	3
Fergie Jenkins	3
Nolan Ryan	3
Bob Stanley	2
Dave LaRoche	2
Steve McCatty	2
Steve Stone	2
Jim Bibby	2
Paul Lindblad	2
Dave Goltz	2
Rick Langford	2
Bill Champion	2
Dave Hamilton	2
Francisco Barrios	2
Milt Wilcox	2
Fernando Arroyo	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Dave Rozema	1
Mike Wallace	1
Jim Colborn	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Bill Travers	1
Dan Petry	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Steve Renko	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Bill Campbell	1
Don Hood	1
Rick Wise	1
Paul Mirabella	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Vida Blue	1
Jim Beattie	1
Luis Tiant	1
Wayne Simpson	1
Mark Clear	1
Dave Frost	1
Pat Underwood	1
John Hiller	1
Elías Sosa	1
Chuck Rainey	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Dick Drago	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Mike Proly	1
Brian Kingman	1
Greg Thayer	1
Mark Lemongello	1
Dave Ford	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Terry Felton	1
Ed Núñez	1
Doug Bird	1
Bobby Castillo	1
Roger Erickson	1
Dave Stieb	1
Doc Medich	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Wayne Garland	1
Tom Buskey	1
Víctor Cruz	1

15 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	39
Tiger Stad (DET)	13
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	63
7	5
8	3
89	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	15
-2-	8
12-	7
-23	3
123	2
--3	2
1-3	1

139 RBI
RISP	23
0 on	48
1 on	25
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	38

Inning
1	11
2	10
3	7
4	7
5	13
6	9
7	12
8	6
9	10
Extra	1

1-3	28
4-6	29
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	3
+1	13
Tied	21
-1	7
-2	9
-3	11
-4..	15

Ahead	23
Tied	21
Behind	42

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	41
3B	18
LF	17
DH	7
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	34
5th	21
6th	12
7th	6
4th	5
2nd	4
8th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	37
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-09-20	DET	@	MIL	Bill Champion	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	1	2	7	0.111	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	1974-09-20	DET	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 3-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	7	0.114	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1974-09-26	DET		BOS	Dick Drago	tied 0-0	b 6	0	--3	2	5	7	0.130	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1975-04-25	DET		BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	6	7	0.160	67%		Home Run
5	5	2	1	1975-05-08	DET		MIL	Jim Colborn	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.169	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1975-05-13	DET		KCR	Doug Bird	behind 4-8	b 9	1	-23	3	8	PH	0.051	11%		Home Run; B. Oglivie Scores; L. Roberts Scores
7	7	4	1	1975-05-26	DET		MIN	Bill Campbell	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.171	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Sutherland Scores
8	8	5	1	1975-07-06 (2)	DET		MIL	Bill Champion	ahead 7-1	b 2	0	---	1	3	7	0.019	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1975-08-06 (1)	DET		BAL	Mike Torrez	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.091	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	7	1	1975-09-02	DET		MIL	Eduardo Rodríguez	behind 3-6	b 9	2	1--	2	3	3	0.031	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Knox Scores
11	11	8	1	1975-09-18	DET		CLE	Jim Bibby	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---	1	7	3	0.126	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1976-07-04	DET		BAL	Wayne Garland	behind 2-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.306	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. LeFlore Scores
13	13	2	1	1976-08-18	DET		CAL	Nolan Ryan	behind 1-3	b 9	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.492	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1977-04-17	SEA	@	CAL	Wayne Simpson	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-23	3	6	3	0.209	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores; S. Braun Scores
15	15	2	1	1977-04-18	SEA		TEX	Mike Wallace	ahead 6-5	b 5	0	---	1	6	3	0.105	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	1977-04-19	SEA		TEX	Paul Lindblad	behind 0-3	b 9	1	---	1	5	3	0.027	4%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
17	17	4	1	1977-05-05	SEA	@	BOS	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.162	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Braun Scores
18	18	5	1	1977-05-12	SEA		NYY	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	3	0.196	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. López Scores/unER; D. Meyer Scores/unER
19	19	6	1	1977-05-14	SEA		BOS	Bob Stanley	behind 3-7	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	0.030	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	7	1	1977-06-16	SEA		OAK	Rick Langford	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	3	0.107	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	8	1	1977-06-25	SEA	@	MIL	Moose Haas	tied 2-2	t 5	2	12-	3	3	3	0.327	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Reynolds Scores; S. Braun Scores
22	22	9	1	1977-07-09	SEA	@	MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.096	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	10	2	1977-07-09	SEA	@	MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.124	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	11	1	1977-07-13	SEA	@	OAK	Rick Langford	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	0.172	67%		Home Run; D. Collins Scores
25	25	12	1	1977-07-22	SEA		OAK	Vida Blue	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	3	3	0.066	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	13	1	1977-07-25	SEA		CAL	Nolan Ryan	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	0.123	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	14	1	1977-07-26	SEA		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 3-2	b 2	1	-23	3	3	3	0.139	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Reynolds Scores; J. Cruz Scores
28	28	15	1	1977-08-09	SEA	@	CHW	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	3	0.153	67%		Home Run; D. Collins Scores
29	29	16	1	1977-08-13	SEA	@	BOS	Fergie Jenkins	behind 4-13	t 8	1	---	1	3	3	0.001	0%		Home Run
30	30	17	1	1977-08-19	SEA		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 2-4	b 7	2	---	1	3	3	0.126	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	18	1	1977-08-20	SEA		DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 0-5	b 5	2	12-	3	3	3	0.162	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Reynolds Scores; J. Báez Scores
32	32	19	1	1977-08-22 (1)	SEA		CLE	Jim Bibby	behind 0-12	b 9	1	---	1	3	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	20	1	1977-09-11	SEA		TEX	Paul Lindblad	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	1	5	3	0.072	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	21	1	1977-09-18	SEA	@	KCR	Dennis Leonard	behind 0-4	t 6	2	12-	3	5	3	0.199	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Braun Scores; L. Stanton Scores
35	35	22	1	1977-09-22	SEA		CHW	Steve Renko	behind 0-3	b 6	2	12-	3	3	3	0.364	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Braun Scores; C. Reynolds Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1978-04-07	SEA		MIN	Greg Thayer	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	-2-	2	3	3	0.145	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Báez Scores
37	37	2	1	1978-04-24	SEA	@	CAL	Nolan Ryan	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	2	6	3	0.249	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores
38	38	3	1	1978-04-28	SEA		DET	John Hiller	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	6	3	0.119	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	1978-05-03	SEA		CLE	Don Hood	behind 0-8	b 5	0	---	1	7	3	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
40	40	5	1	1978-06-20	SEA	@	CHW	Steve Stone	behind 0-1	t 4	0	1--	2	3	3	0.213	63%		Home Run; L. Milbourne Scores
41	41	6	1	1978-07-04	SEA		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 3-9	b 9	2	---	1	7	3	0.000	0%		Home Run
42	42	7	1	1978-08-09	SEA	@	MIN	Roger Erickson	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	6	3	0.219	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores; L. Roberts Scores
43	43	8	1	1978-09-02	SEA	@	NYY	Ed Figueroa	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.100	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1979-04-08	SEA		CAL	Dave LaRoche	behind 3-5	b 7	2	1--	2	2	7	0.340	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores
45	45	2	1	1979-04-27	SEA		NYY	Dick Tidrow	tied 5-5	b 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.311	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	3	1	1979-05-07	SEA	@	NYY	Paul Mirabella	tied 3-3	t 5	0	123	4	4	7	0.189	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; L. Roberts Scores; B. Bochte Scores
47	47	4	1	1979-05-31	SEA		CAL	Mark Clear	behind 3-6	b 5	2	12-	3	6	5	0.324	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores; W. Horton Scores
48	48	5	1	1979-06-03	SEA		TOR	Mark Lemongello	behind 1-2	b 3	1	123	4	5	5	0.267	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; R. Jones Scores; B. Bochte Scores
49	49	6	1	1979-06-04	SEA		DET	Pat Underwood	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	---	1	5	5	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	7	1	1979-06-12	SEA	@	TOR	Tom Buskey	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	5	5	0.023	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	8	1	1979-06-13	SEA	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.123	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	9	1	1979-06-21	SEA	@	CHW	Francisco Barrios	behind 0-6	t 4	2	---	1	5	5	0.024	6%		Home Run; D. Meyer Scores
53	53	10	1	1979-06-23	SEA		MIL	Lary Sorensen	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1--	2	5	5	0.173	81%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Horton Scores
54	54	11	1	1979-06-24	SEA		MIL	Moose Haas	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	0.106	55%		Home Run (Deep CF)
55	55	12	1	1979-06-26	SEA		CHW	Francisco Barrios	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	5	0.131	36%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Meyer Scores
56	56	13	1	1979-06-30	SEA	@	MIL	Moose Haas	behind 0-8	t 9	1	---	1	5	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	14	1	1979-07-20	SEA	@	BOS	Mike Torrez	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	1	5	5	0.081	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	15	1	1979-08-01	SEA	@	CAL	Dave LaRoche	tied 6-6	t 7	0	---	1	3	3	0.195	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	16	1	1979-08-04	SEA		OAK	Dave Hamilton	behind 2-5	b 7	2	---	1	5	5	0.074	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	17	1	1979-08-05	SEA		OAK	Dave Hamilton	behind 6-9	b 9	2	1--	2	5	5	0.034	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores
61	61	18	1	1979-08-14	SEA		CLE	Víctor Cruz	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---	1	8	5	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	19	1	1979-08-25	SEA	@	DET	Dan Petry	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.103	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	20	1	1979-08-29 (1)	SEA	@	CLE	Rick Wise	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.105	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1980-04-27	SEA		CAL	Dave Frost	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.100	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Anderson Scores
65	65	2	1	1980-05-18	SEA	@	CHW	Mike Proly	behind 3-6	t 7	2	---	1	3	DH	0.059	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
66	66	3	1	1980-06-11	SEA		BOS	Chuck Rainey	behind 3-7	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	0.046	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	4	1	1980-07-14	SEA	@	MIN	Fernando Arroyo	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	--3	2	4	7	0.067	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores
68	68	5	1	1980-08-10 (1)	SEA	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	tied 1-1	t 14	0	---	1	3	3	0.347	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	6	1	1980-08-17	SEA		OAK	Brian Kingman	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	0.178	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	7	1	1980-08-24	SEA		BOS	Mike Torrez	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	DH	0.103	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	8	2	1980-08-24	SEA		BOS	Mike Torrez	behind 4-9	b 5	1	1--	2	3	DH	0.088	16%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Simpson Scores
72	72	9	1	1980-08-25	SEA		BAL	Dave Ford	ahead 6-1	b 2	0	---	1	3	DH	0.029	95%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
73	73	10	1	1980-09-04	SEA	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--	2	3	7	0.134	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Craig Scores
74	74	11	1	1980-09-26	SEA		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	behind 1-2	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.219	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mendoza Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1981-09-19	SEA		KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--	2	7	5	0.163	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Burroughs Scores
76	76	2	1	1981-09-24	SEA	@	TEX	Doc Medich	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.112	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	3	1	1981-09-28	SEA		TEX	Rick Honeycutt	behind 0-3	b 2	1	1--	2	7	7	0.169	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gray Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1982-04-13	OAK	@	MIN	Bobby Castillo	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	DH	0.083	79%		Home Run
79	79	2	2	1982-04-13	OAK	@	MIN	Terry Felton	ahead 6-3	t 7	0	---	1	3	DH	0.047	94%		Home Run
80	80	3	1	1982-04-18	OAK	@	SEA	Ed Núñez	behind 0-1	t 6	0	12-	3	3	DH	0.290	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores; D. Murphy Scores
81	81	4	1	1982-05-29	OAK		DET	Elías Sosa	behind 2-6	b 8	2	1--	2	5	3	0.062	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Armas Scores
82	82	5	1	1982-07-05	OAK		CLE	Rick Sutcliffe	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	0.129	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	6	1	1982-07-25	OAK	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	3	3	0.164	30%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores
84	84	7	1	1982-08-09	OAK	@	SEA	Jim Beattie	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	3	3	0.074	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sexton Scores
85	85	8	1	1982-08-21	OAK		BOS	Bob Stanley	behind 3-5	b 5	2	12-	3	5	3	0.413	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Gross Scores; D. Murphy Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1983-09-25	OAK		TOR	Dave Stieb	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.091	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)