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Jack
Meyer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 23, 1932 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1956   
All-Star Selections 1957    1960    1964   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1956 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1957 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1958 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 9 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1959 27 NYA AL $ 2,085,714 5 9 10 9 3 3 3 6 6 6
1960 28 NYA AL $ 2,085,714 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 6 6
1961 29 NYA AL $ 2,085,714 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1962 30 NYA AL $ 2,085,714 4 9 9 9 3 4 3 7 7 7
1963 31 NYA AL $ 2,090,000 4 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1964 32 NYA AL $ 2,090,000 3 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1965 33 NYA AL $ 2,090,000 2 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1966 34 NYA AL $ 2,090,000 2 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1967 35 NYA AL $ 2,090,000 2 8 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5
1968 36 TAM AL $ 2,090,000 1 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 37 MON NL $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,090,000 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 27 NYA AL $ 2,085,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 28 NYA AL $ 2,085,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 29 NYA AL $ 2,085,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 30 NYA AL $ 2,085,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 31 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 32 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 33 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 34 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 35 NYA AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 36 TAM AL $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 37 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,090,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 23 NYA AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 10 6 3 9 8 4.38 .233 .365 .512 .877 0.9
    AAA   6 2 .750 41 0 0 0 12 44.3 23 8 2 17 57 1.62 .152 .238 .232 .470  
1956 24 NYA AL 15 10 .600 42 41 0 0 0 252.0 177 87 20 150 261 3.11 .197 .311 .327 .637 23.0
1957 25 NYA AL 19 10 .655 41 41 0 0 0 253.3 182 103 40 125 268 3.66 .198 .293 .378 .671 19.1
1958 26 NYA AL 10 9 .526 31 31 0 0 0 184.3 148 87 26 91 180 4.25 .217 .308 .398 .706 10.5
1959 27 NYA AL 11 7 .611 50 22 0 0 3 156.0 119 63 22 74 172 3.63 .208 .298 .393 .692 12.0
1960 28 NYA AL 9 6 .600 53 0 0 0 22 67.7 53 26 10 28 63 3.46 .215 .301 .390 .691 12.1
1961 29 NYA AL 4 11 .267 40 0 0 0 8 45.3 51 43 12 38 59 8.54 .276 .400 .524 .924 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0.00 .273 .333 .273 .606  
1962 30 NYA AL 3 11 .214 71 0 0 0 21 86.3 64 34 9 51 82 3.54 .203 .314 .343 .657 8.9
1963 31 NYA AL 10 5 .667 56 0 0 0 12 68.3 51 22 7 21 58 2.90 .208 .269 .335 .603 11.6
1964 32 NYA AL 9 9 .500 83 0 0 0 14 97.0 80 46 13 59 85 4.27 .225 .331 .400 .731 6.2
1965 33 NYA AL 3 8 .273 76 0 0 0 9 87.7 79 40 13 37 93 4.11 .244 .319 .426 .745 3.7
1966 34 NYA AL 4 2 .667 43 0 0 0 8 52.3 38 27 9 45 53 4.64 .203 .349 .401 .750 3.4
1967 35 NYA AL 4 6 .400 40 0 0 0 7 51.3 52 29 7 27 49 5.08 .260 .343 .455 .798 1.8
1968 36 NYA AL 3 2 .600 27 0 0 0 1 25.0 22 9 6 17 24 3.24 .227 .342 .454 .796 2.4
  TAM AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 2 5.3 5 3 1 2 2 5.07 .227 .292 .409 .701 0.8
  TOT   4 2 .667 33 0 0 0 3 30.3 27 12 7 19 26 3.56 .227 .333 .445 .779 3.2
    A   0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 14.7 14 6 1 11 21 3.68 .259 .385 .370 .755  
1969 37 AA   2 2 .500 55 0 0 0 1 36.7 37 18 6 15 30 4.42 .268 .340 .442 .782  
14 Years Sim 106 97 .522 661 137 0 0 107 1444.3 1131 625 198 774 1457 3.89 .214 .313 .386 .699 116.2
2 Years AAA 6 2 .750 43 0 0 0 13 47.3 26 8 2 18 59 1.52 .160 .244 .235 .479  
1 Years AA 2 2 .500 55 0 0 0 1 36.7 37 18 6 15 30 4.42 .268 .340 .442 .782  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 14.7 14 6 1 11 21 3.68 .259 .385 .370 .755  
4 Years Minors 8 4 .667 112 0 0 0 14 98.7 77 32 9 44 110 2.92 .218 .304 .336 .640  
Season Average 7 6 .538 47 9 0 0 7 103.2 80 44 14 55 104 3.89 .214 .313 .386 .699  
Career Highs 19 11 .667 83 41 0 0 22 253.3 182 103 40 150 268 8.54 .276 .400 .524 .924  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   603 344 104 399 897   .200 .294 .360 .654
vs LH   528 281 94 375 560   .232 .340 .420 .760
Home 53 46 .535 347 70 0 0 51 752.0 585 330 104 418 742 3.95 .214 .318 .389 .707
Away 53 51 .510 314 67 0 0 59 692.3 546 295 94 356 715 3.84 .214 .310 .382 .692
Mar/Apr 18 21 .462 121 27 0 0 12 271.6 251 150 53 144 289 4.97 .243 .336 .465 .801
May 21 16 .568 135 27 0 0 17 286.6 211 102 38 144 292 3.20 .204 .301 .372 .672
June 15 19 .441 107 24 0 0 21 255.0 199 106 33 135 258 3.74 .213 .312 .384 .696
July 13 15 .464 91 19 0 0 24 205.3 141 87 23 124 205 3.81 .191 .307 .334 .641
August 21 13 .618 109 18 0 0 16 210.3 158 86 22 106 211 3.68 .207 .304 .354 .658
Sep/Oct 18 13 .581 98 22 0 0 20 215.3 171 94 29 121 202 3.93 .217 .321 .383 .704
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
1955 23 NYA AL 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
1956 24 NYA AL 41 82 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .159 .167 .183 .350 1.5 0.0
1957 25 NYA AL 41 83 5 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 2 25 .157 .174 .217 .391 1.5 0.0
1958 26 NYA AL 31 52 5 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .173 .189 .250 .439 1.8 0.0
1959 27 NYA AL 50 36 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .111 .135 .111 .246 -0.4 0.0
1960 28 NYA AL 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1961 29 NYA AL 40 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1962 30 NYA AL 71 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0
1963 31 NYA AL 56 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1964 32 NYA AL 83 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1965 33 NYA AL 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1966 34 NYA AL 43 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.3
1967 35 NYA AL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1968 36 NYA AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TAM AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
14 Years Sim 660 289 19 44 9 2 0 15 0 0 5 113 .152 .166 .197 .363 4.3 0.4
162 Game Average 70 4 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 27 .152 .166 .197 .363 1.1  
Career Highs 83 83 6 13 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 35 .400 .400 1.000 1.333 1.8  
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   193 12 27 6 1 0 11 0 0 3 78 .140 .152 .181 .334 0.4
vs LH   96 7 17 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 35 .177 .192 .229 .421 2.8
Home 328 140 12 25 6 1 0 9 0 0 2 53 .179 .188 .236 .423 4.0
Away 303 149 7 19 3 1 0 6 0 0 3 60 .128 .145 .161 .306 -0.8
RISP   70 0 8 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 28 .114 .111 .129 .240 -1.7
Close/Late   21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .048 .048 .048 .095 -1.4
Mar/Apr 59 55 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .164 .179 .200 .379 0.9
May 98 48 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .063 .082 .063 .144 -2.5
June 58 54 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .185 .211 .222 .433 1.9
July 60 40 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 .125 .146 .175 .321 0.0
August 78 44 6 10 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 20 .227 .227 .364 .591 3.2
Sep/Oct 34 48 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .146 .143 .167 .310 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 23 NYA AL P 2 2 12.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.19    
1956 24 NYA AL P 41 41 252.0 12 28 2 0 .952 1.43    
1957 25 NYA AL P 41 41 253.3 14 42 0 5 1.000 1.99    
1958 26 NYA AL P 31 31 184.3 12 24 1 2 .973 1.76    
1959 27 NYA AL P 50 22 156.0 8 18 1 2 .963 1.50    
1960 28 NYA AL P 53 0 67.7 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1961 29 NYA AL P 40 0 45.3 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.79    
1962 30 NYA AL P 71 0 86.3 6 13 0 2 1.000 1.98    
1963 31 NYA AL P 56 0 68.3 0 5 1 0 .833 0.66    
1964 32 NYA AL P 83 0 97.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.11    
1965 33 NYA AL P 76 0 87.7 1 24 0 4 1.000 2.57    
1966 34 NYA AL P 43 0 52.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.03    
1967 35 NYA AL P 40 0 51.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1968 36 NYA AL P 27 0 25.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.16    
  TAM AL P 6 0 5.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   660 137 1444.3 69 194 5 17 .981 1.64    
Career Highs   83 41 253.3 14 42 2 5 1.000 2.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1963 31 NYA AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 2 13.7 11 2 1 6 15 1.32 .224 .309 .306 .615
1964 32 NYA AL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 1 8.3 8 6 1 3 8 6.48 .242 .306 .394 .699
1966 34 NYA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 35 NYA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 0 0 4 3.38 .200 .200 .300 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 3 25.0 21 9 2 9 27 3.24 .226 .294 .333 .627
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
1964 32 NYA AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1956-5-3.11
 Wins
1957-5-19
 Winning Pct
1956-7-.600
1957-7-.655
 Saves
1960-1-22
1962-1-21
1963-10-12
1964-4-14
1965-10-9
CAR-38-107
 Games Pitched
1962-6-71
1964-3-83
1965-6-76
 Games Started
1957-9-41
Homeruns Allowed
1957-7-40
 Strikeouts
1956-2-261
1957-4-268
 Walks Allowed
1956-4-150
1957-7-125
 Hits per 9IP
1956-2-6.3
1957-3-6.5
1958-3-7.2
CAR-14-7.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1956-2-9.3
1957-3-9.5
1958-4-8.8
CAR-6-9.1
 WHiP
1957-9-1.21
1958-10-1.30
OAVG
1956-2-.197
1957-3-.198
1958-3-.217
CAR-12-.214
 OOBP
1956-9-.311
1957-5-.293
1958-9-.308
 OSLG
1956-5-.327
 OOPS
1956-6-.637
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Had first career hit on 9/22/1955, off Stu Miller (TAM)
Earned first career win on 9/27/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1956, winning 2 games with a 2.35 ERA
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1958, going 4-1, 1.53
Injured on 7/5/1958 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/5/1959 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/17/1959 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
5/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,090,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
10/13/1965: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,090,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 8/1/1966 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1968 (Going to NYA: SS Reno Bertoia, 1B Johnny Callison. Going to TAM: 2B Ernie Fazio, P Jack Meyer)
Injured on 7/28/1968 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/27/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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