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Rudy
Meoli		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 1, 1951 in Usa, NY, TROY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 7
1974 23 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
1975 24 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
1976 25 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1977 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1978 27 NYA AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1979 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
1980 29 IND AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1981 30 IND AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1982 31 IND AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1983 32 IND AL $ 1,070,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1984 33 IND AL $ 1,070,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1985 34 MON NL $ 2,192,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
1986 35 CLE AL $ 1,810,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
1987 36 KCR AL $ 1,810,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
1988 37 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1989 38 CLN NL     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,192,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 A   137 474 50 115 20 3 2 46 7 6 96 45 .243 .370 .310 .680 62.9  
1974 23 A   136 459 62 125 20 4 0 40 6 7 119 31 .272 .422 .333 .755 76.3  
1975 24 A   137 464 50 102 20 3 6 45 3 8 112 56 .220 .372 .315 .686 64.0  
1976 25 A   130 450 62 108 19 3 7 43 6 4 114 40 .240 .394 .342 .736 72.1  
1977 26 NYA AL 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .143 .294 .143 .437 0.4 0.0
    AA   137 484 49 137 15 5 4 40 9 7 80 37 .283 .385 .360 .744 71.5  
1978 27 AAA   33 132 19 31 7 1 2 6 1 1 13 13 .235 .303 .348 .652 14.0  
    AA   104 377 31 108 16 2 0 21 7 3 65 29 .286 .391 .340 .731 55.2  
1979 28 NYA AL 38 114 16 29 5 1 0 9 1 1 15 19 .254 .341 .316 .657 12.7 2.2
    AAA   78 305 24 80 15 0 3 24 2 6 48 41 .262 .363 .341 .704 39.3  
1980 29 IND AL 35 78 8 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 7 10 .218 .282 .282 .564 5.7 0.3
1981 30 IND AL 38 66 7 14 2 0 0 7 1 0 3 6 .212 .246 .242 .489 3.2 0.0
1982 31 IND AL 107 243 29 66 7 2 3 35 1 3 29 45 .272 .349 .354 .703 30.2 5.8
1983 32 IND AL 105 195 35 52 9 0 3 29 4 0 39 26 .267 .386 .359 .745 31.3 6.9
1984 33 IND AL 139 505 64 139 24 4 5 62 3 4 56 73 .275 .346 .368 .714 61.4 10.4
1985 34 MON NL 149 490 57 133 18 1 8 75 10 5 47 81 .271 .335 .361 .696 56.6 11.9
1986 35 CLE AL 144 537 87 166 18 2 5 60 1 1 55 72 .309 .372 .378 .750 74.5 14.0
1987 36 KCR AL 97 334 35 84 12 2 3 34 0 1 22 55 .251 .294 .326 .620 28.7 1.0
1988 37 SEM AL 100 144 14 44 7 1 2 24 0 0 16 41 .306 .368 .410 .778 22.1 4.1
1989 38 CLN NL 70 207 13 48 7 1 1 21 1 0 9 64 .232 .266 .290 .556 12.9 0.0
12 Years Sim 1026 2927 366 794 114 14 30 365 23 16 301 494 .271 .338 .351 .688 339.6 56.7
2 Years AAA 111 437 43 111 22 1 5 30 3 7 61 54 .254 .344 .343 .687 53.3  
2 Years AA 241 861 80 245 31 7 4 61 16 10 145 66 .285 .388 .351 .739 126.7  
4 Years A 540 1847 224 450 79 13 15 174 22 25 441 172 .244 .388 .325 .713 275.3  
8 Years Minors 892 3145 347 806 132 21 24 265 41 42 647 292 .256 .382 .334 .717 455.3  
162 Game Average 462 57 125 18 2 4 57 3 2 47 78 .271 .338 .351 .688 53.6  
Career Highs 149 537 87 166 24 4 8 75 10 5 56 81 .309 .386 .410 .778 74.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2365 287 664 88 11 23 300 20 14 252 377 .281 .348 .356 .705 300.4
vs LH   562 79 130 26 3 7 65 3 2 49 117 .231 .292 .326 .618 54.0
Home 501 1399 195 391 51 5 18 186 14 5 139 253 .279 .342 .362 .704 177.8
Away 525 1528 171 403 63 9 12 179 9 11 162 241 .264 .333 .340 .674 176.7
RISP   752 0 226 31 6 5 311 0 0 99 120 .301 .374 .378 .752 110.9
Pinch Hitting   153 20 43 8 3 2 41 0 0 15 33 .281 .343 .412 .755 21.3
Close/Late   436 47 130 19 3 8 69 0 0 48 91 .298 .366 .411 .776 65.3
Mar/Apr 158 463 54 135 20 3 6 55 5 2 52 81 .292 .364 .387 .750 65.6
May 193 536 71 148 21 4 6 74 5 4 56 89 .276 .342 .364 .706 67.8
June 166 485 67 138 18 1 6 63 2 4 41 86 .285 .338 .363 .701 58.8
July 175 476 49 128 17 3 3 60 3 1 39 88 .269 .321 .336 .657 52.3
August 171 489 61 122 20 0 5 62 3 2 59 75 .249 .329 .321 .650 54.8
Sep/Oct 163 478 64 123 18 3 4 51 5 3 54 75 .257 .332 .333 .665 55.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 26 NYA AL 2B 4 4 35.0 13 14 0 4 1.000 6.94   0.3
1979 28 NYA AL SS 36 35 291.0 35 108 6 14 .960 4.42   0.9
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 29 IND AL SS 18 14 123.0 18 54 5 12 .935 5.27   0.6
    3B 5 3 31.0 3 12 0 1 1.000 4.35   0.2
    2B 3 2 20.0 9 15 2 1 .923 10.80   0.2
    1B 4 1 11.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 15.09   0.0
1981 30 IND AL 3B 7 6 47.0 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.30   0.2
    SS 9 4 41.3 5 13 2 1 .900 3.92   0.1
    1B 6 4 35.0 33 6 1 5 .975 10.03   0.1
    2B 5 1 19.0 9 10 1 2 .950 9.00   0.2
1982 31 IND AL 1B 44 40 334.7 434 31 3 40 .994 12.51   0.9
    2B 32 5 102.0 21 33 4 4 .931 4.76   0.3
    SS 13 8 75.0 11 35 1 7 .979 5.52   0.6
    3B 10 8 65.0 4 9 2 0 .867 1.80   0.1
1983 32 IND AL 3B 28 18 177.0 16 43 6 4 .908 3.00   0.5
    2B 49 7 161.3 44 58 1 15 .990 5.69   0.7
    SS 20 13 128.0 18 55 4 10 .948 5.13   0.7
    1B 6 4 36.0 58 6 0 5 1.000 16.00   0.1
1984 33 IND AL SS 6 5 42.3 7 14 0 3 1.000 4.46   0.2
    2B 5 4 41.0 7 21 0 4 1.000 6.15   0.2
    3B 4 2 20.3 4 5 1 0 .900 3.98   0.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1985 34 MON NL SS 68 55 502.3 81 210 18 43 .942 5.21   1.9
    2B 57 57 485.3 101 204 9 62 .971 5.66   2.4
    3B 24 20 177.7 13 51 0 2 1.000 3.24   0.7
    1B 2 0 10.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
1986 35 CLE AL 2B 137 136 1194.7 232 480 14 88 .981 5.36   4.2
    SS 6 1 16.0 3 7 1 3 .909 5.63   0.1
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
1987 36 KCR AL 3B 84 81 724.7 49 208 9 16 .966 3.19   3.1
    1B 3 3 27.0 38 3 0 6 1.000 13.67   0.1
    2B 5 1 24.3 5 9 0 1 1.000 5.18   0.1
1988 37 SEM AL 2B 24 9 113.0 25 51 1 12 .987 6.05   0.6
    SS 32 0 85.0 14 31 2 3 .957 4.76   0.6
    1B 18 0 42.3 40 8 0 5 1.000 10.21   0.1
    3B 16 0 27.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
1989 38 CLN NL 2B 25 13 153.7 30 63 2 13 .979 5.45   0.5
    SS 11 8 74.3 16 34 2 7 .962 6.05   0.4
    1B 9 8 70.0 84 6 1 5 .989 11.57   0.1
    3B 12 7 66.0 5 15 0 4 1.000 2.73   0.2
    RF 3 2 19.3 7 0 1 0 .875 3.26   0.1
  2B 348 239 2351.3 496 958 34 206 .977 5.57   9.5
  SS 219 143 1378.3 208 561 41 103 .949 5.02   5.9
  3B 191 146 1344.7 100 360 18 28 .962 3.08   5.3
  1B 94 61 577.3 740 62 5 66 .994 12.50   1.3
  RF 3 2 19.3 7 0 1 0 .875 3.26   0.1
Career Totals   855 591 5670.9 1551 1941 99 403 .972 5.54   22.0
Career Highs   151 138 1219.7 470 491 27 107 1.000 9.02    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 31 IND AL 10 33 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 .303 .343 .333 .676
1983 32 IND AL 7 18 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 .333 .381 .444 .825
1984 33 IND AL 7 25 4 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 4 .280 .357 .320 .677
1985 34 MON NL 5 15 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .267 .517
1987 36 KCR AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 30 93 10 26 3 1 0 12 0 1 9 12 .280 .340 .333 .673
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1986-6-.309
 Singles
1986-1-141
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Bob Johnson (956)
  5. Derrel Thomas (955)
  6. Stu Martin (950)
  7. Fresco Thompson (947)
  8. Stan Sperry (947)
  9. Damaso Garcia (945)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 85th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1973
Injured on 5/20/1976 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/24/1977, off Will Mcenaney (NYG)
Injured on 4/18/1979 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1980 (Going to IND: RF John Milner, P Bill Slayback, SS Rudy Meoli, CF Cito Gaston. Going to NYA: 1B Ossie Blanco, P Rod Scurry)
Hit first career homerun on 4/29/1982, off Alan Foster (SDP)
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,070,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,070,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,192,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Indianapolis to Montreal on 2/2/1985 (Going to MON: SS Rudy Meoli. Going to IND: P Frank Riccelli)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/25/1985
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/16/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $1,810,000 per year
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to CLE: P Rick Ownbey. Going to KCR: LF Bruce Bochte, CF Dwayne Murphy, 2B Rudy Meoli)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/3/1988 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal
Released by Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1989
 
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