Jack Meyer
[edit] Biography
Born on March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jack Meyer (John Robert Meyer) played for the Philadelphia Phillies for his entire 7 year career. Meyer broke into the bigs on April 16, 1955 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.43 ERA in 110.1 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Meyer's best season was 1955, when he posted a 3.43 ERA, notched 16 saves and struck out 97 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 50
| 5
| 6
| 11
| 3.43
| 97
| 50
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 110.1
| 75
| 14
| 66
| 6
| 6
| 3
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 7
| 7
| 11
| 4.41
| 66
| 49
| 47
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 96
| 86
| 8
| 51
| 11
| 2
| 4
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5.73
| 34
| 30
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.2
| 44
| 7
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| 37
| 5
| 3
| 6
| 3.59
| 87
| 38
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 90.1
| 77
| 8
| 33
| 3
| 7
| 1
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 3.36
| 71
| 43
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 93.2
| 76
| 9
| 53
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 4.32
| 18
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 25
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 202
| 24
| 24
| 34
| 3.92
| 375
| 225
| 198
| 4
| 0
| 21
| 455
| 385
| 49
| 244
| 24
| 18
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| P
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| P
| 19
| 2
| 37.2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 5
| 90.1
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| .917
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| P
| 47
| 1
| 93.2
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| .947
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 4
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 202
| 12
| 248.2
| 24
| 61
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 10
| 1
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 50
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 20
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| .200
| .238
| .350
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .375
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| 37
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .278
| .278
| .278
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 7
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 202
| 86
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 3
| .163
| .234
| .221
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
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- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1951).
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