Jack Meyer
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[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
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1951).
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