Dave Meier
[edit] Biography
Dave Meier (David Keith Meier) was born on August 8, 1959 in Helena, Montana. He made his Major League debut on April 3, 1984 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1984, his rookie year, he hit .238 with 0 home runs and 13 RBI. Meier played for the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 59
| 147
| 18
| 35
| 0
| 13
| .238
| .271
| .306
| 8
| 1
| 6
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 71
| 104
| 15
| 27
| 1
| 8
| .260
| .374
| .346
| 6
| 0
| 18
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| 13
| 21
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1988
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 143
| 272
| 37
| 68
| 1
| 21
| .250
| .314
| .324
| 15
| 1
| 24
| 25
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 277
| 37
| 70
| 1
| 22
| .253
| .316
| .325
| 15
| 1
| 24
| 26
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| OF
| 50
| 37
| 346
| 87
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| LF
| 41
| 32
| 289
| 74
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| RF
| 10
| 5
| 57
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| LF
| 56
| 25
| 274
| 65
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| RF
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| OF
| 63
| 27
| 303
| 77
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| CF
| 3
| 1
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| RF
| 2
| 2
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 8
| 6
| 50
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| LF
| 6
| 4
| 33
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1988
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 3
| 1
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 121
| 70
| 699
| 175
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 16
| 8
| 88
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 103
| 61
| 596
| 146
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 31st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 10, 1978).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (December 20, 1985).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 9, 1986).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Greg Tabor to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ray Hayward (March 17, 1988).
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