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Dan Meyer
Daniel Thomas Meyer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Santa Ana JC

MLB Debut September 14, 1974
Final Game May 24, 1985
Born August 3, 1952 in Hamilton, OH (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 21 DEA AL   16   56    8   16   1   2   3   13   0   0    3    3  .286  .322  .536  .858   120    30   0   0   0   0   1  
 1975 22 DEA AL   97  344   36   85   9   2   4   23   4   1   23   19  .247  .297  .320  .617    84   110   0   1   0   2  17  
 1976 23 DEA AL   95  319   35   90   5   5   4   28   5   2   22   28  .282  .327  .367  .693   101   117   0   2   0   0   8  
 1977 24 SEA AL  147  570   72  162  15   4  22  104   0   0   34   47  .284  .321  .440  .762    98   251   0   6   0   0  27  
 1978 25 SEA AL   15   37    6   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    1  .297  .325  .405  .730    96    15   1   1   0   0   1  
 1979 26 CHA AL  128  381   54  106  17  10   9   54   6   2   15   20  .278  .312  .446  .758   101   170   5   1   2   4  19  
 1980 27 CHA AL  142  495   39  118  19   4   3   49   7   5   33   41  .238  .284  .311  .595    84   154   0   3   6   0  14  
 1981 28 CHA AL   79  257   32   74  15   4   6   26   3   2    8   21  .288  .309  .447  .757   107   115   1   0   0   0  14  
 1982 29 CHN NL   98  310   32   66   8   5   3   13   0   0   17   31  .213  .254  .300  .554    77    93   0   0   0   0   4  
 1983 30 SEA AL   56  174   10   33   4   0   0    9   0   0   21   22  .190  .276  .213  .488    68    37   1   1   0   0   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      873 2943  324  761  97  36  54  322  25  12  178  233  .259  .301  .371  .672        1092   8  15   8   6 111
 Per 600 PA           561   62  145  18   7  10   61   5   2   34   44                                 208   2   3   2   1  21
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      349 1133  125  298  51  18  18  129  16   9   56   82  .263  .299  .387  .687         439   6   4   8   4  47
   With SEA      218  781   88  206  23   4  22  116   0   0   57   70  .264  .311  .388  .699         303   2   8   0   0  34
   With DEA      208  719   79  191  15   9  11   64   9   3   48   50  .266  .312  .357  .670         257   0   3   0   2  26
   With CHN       98  310   32   66   8   5   3   13   0   0   17   31  .213  .254  .300  .554          93   0   0   0   0   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1118 3734  411  944 153  31  86  459  61  29  219  277  .253  .293  .379  .673        1417  29  35  32  10 101
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1974 21 DEA AL  36    9   6.2   0   0   0  .000   1    6    2  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e12  187   
 1975 22 DEA AL  34   29   2.9   0   0   0  .000   7   37   13  .351    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e18    3   
 1976 23 DEA AL  23   37   4.2   6   4   0  .667   3   22   10  .455    0    0  .000  OF   5(+4)e2    75   
 1977 24 SEA AL  33   72   4.5   3   1   0  .333  10   53   30  .566    0    0  .000  1B   3e13        0   
 1978 25 SEA AL   8    4   4.5   1   0   0  .000   1    5    2  .400    0    0  .000  1B   3e18      140   
 1979 26 CHA AL  14   46   4.1  15   3   0  .200  13   43   22  .512    0    0  .000  1B   3e16      -19   
 1980 27 CHA AL  43   41   2.8  12   5   0  .417  12   44   18  .409    0    0  .000  1B   4e16     -126   
 1981 28 CHA AL  38   29   4.0   9   2   0  .222   5   23   11  .478    0    0  .000  UT             121   
 1982 29 CHN NL  26   23   2.6  26   4   0  .154   8   33   10  .303    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e16  -80   
 1983 30 SEA AL  40   10   1.9   0   0   0  .000   6   19    8  .421    0    0  .000  3B   4e18      -41   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          305   3.5  72  19   0  .264  66  285  126  .442    0    0  .000                 -10   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1974 21 DEA AL  LF    15    21     0    1    0   .955    14   123.0   1.54
 1975 22 DEA AL  LF    73   119     3    6    0   .953    69   614.0   1.79
                 1B    24   186     8    1   15   .995    20   176.2   9.88
 1976 23 DEA AL  LF    46    60     4    1    1   .985    41   369.2   1.56
                 1B    16   121    14    2   12   .985    13   127.0   9.57
                 RF    13    21     0    0    0  1.000    12   106.0   1.78
 1977 24 SEA AL  1B   144  1227   112   10  128   .993   142  1274.0   9.46
 1978 25 SEA AL  1B     6    55     6    1    6   .984     6    48.0  11.44
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   1.80
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1979 26 CHA AL  1B   118   876    72   13   94   .986    84   848.0  10.06
                 3B     9     6     7    0    4  1.000     1    40.0   2.92
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1980 27 CHA AL  1B    76   585    43    9   64   .986    62   565.2   9.99
                 RF    34    63     0    1    0   .984    29   251.1   2.26
                 3B    14    15    23    2    2   .950    11   100.0   3.42
                 CF    12    29     0    0    0  1.000    12    92.0   2.84
                 LF    16    14     0    0    0  1.000    10    89.0   1.42
 1981 28 CHA AL  LF    40    57     3    2    1   .968    37   298.0   1.81
                 3B    21    18    29    3    3   .940    20   175.0   2.42
                 1B    11    79     5    0    5  1.000     7    69.0  10.96
 1982 29 CHN NL  LF    66   108     4    7    0   .941    64   568.1   1.77
                 RF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     4    32.2   1.10
                 CF     1     5     0    1    0   .833     1     9.0   5.00
                 1B     3     8     0    0    1  1.000     0     6.0  12.00
 1983 30 SEA AL  3B    56    40    92    6   10   .957    56   481.0   2.47
                 1B     1     1     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   399  3138   260   36  326   .990   334  3116.1   9.81
                 LF   260   381    14   17    2   .959   236  2074.0   1.71
                 3B   100    79   151   11   19   .954    88   796.0   2.60
                 RF    53    90     0    1    0   .989    46   400.0   2.02
                 CF    13    34     0    1    0   .971    13   101.0   3.03
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1974  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1975  DEA   47-115  Dennis Van Langen
 1976  DEA   54-108  Dennis Van Langen
 1977  SEA   52-110  Jeff Tripodi
 1978  SEA   66-96   Jeff Tripodi
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
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