Dan Meyer Stats

Dan Meyer was born on Sunday, August 3, 1952, in Hamilton, Ohio. Meyer was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1974, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dan Meyer baseball stats page.

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Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer Autograph on a 1983 Donruss Baseball Card (#413)

Dan Meyer Autograph on a 1983 Donruss Baseball Card (#413)

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Birth Name:   Daniel Thomas Meyer
Nickname:   Dan
Born On:   08-03-1952  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Hamilton, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA)
College:   University of Arizona
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   09-14-1974 (Age 22)
Last Game:   05-24-1985
Draft:   1972 : 4th Round (92nd)

Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer Pitching Stats

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Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer Hitting Stats

1974 22 Tigers 13 50 5 10 1 1 3 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .231 .440
1975 23 Tigers 122 470 56 111 17 3 8 0 47 26 1 25 2 3 2 16 .236 .277 .336
1976 24 Tigers 105 294 37 74 8 4 2 0 16 17 0 22 3 1 0 10 .252 .292 .327
1977 25 Mariners 159 582 75 159 24 4 22 0 90 43 4 51 5 8 1 19 .273 .320 .442
1978 26 Mariners 123 444 38 101 18 1 8 0 56 24 6 39 4 5 0 7 .227 .264 .327
1979 27 Mariners 144 525 72 146 21 7 20 2 74 29 10 35 6 6 4 13 .278 .317 .459
1980 28 Mariners 146 531 56 146 25 6 11 0 71 31 4 42 4 3 1 11 .275 .314 .407
1981 29 Mariners 83 252 26 66 10 1 3 0 22 10 1 16 1 2 1 6 .262 .291 .345
1982 30 Athletics 120 383 28 92 17 3 8 0 59 18 3 33 3 5 0 6 .240 .271 .363
1983 31 Athletics 69 169 15 32 9 0 1 0 13 19 2 11 1 2 0 8 .189 .268 .260
1984 32 Athletics 20 22 1 7 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .545
1985 33 Athletics 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .077 .000
12 Years 1,118 3,734 411 944 153 31 86 2 459 219 32 277 29 35 10 101 .253 .293 .379

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Dan Meyer Fielding Stats

1974 Tigers LF 12 12 318 29 2.4 28 28 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.38
1975 Tigers 1B 46 46 1,215 483 10.5 478 441 37 5 39 n/a n/a n/a .990 10.62
1975 Tigers LF 74 74 1,902 143 1.9 136 132 4 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.93
1976 Tigers 1B 19 19 504 179 9.4 178 168 10 1 15 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.54
1976 Tigers LF 47 45 1,194 81 1.7 80 76 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 1.81
1977 Mariners 1B 159 153 408 1,528 9.6 1,516 1,407 109 12 134 n/a n/a n/a .992 100.32
1978 Mariners 1B 121 114 3,045 1,196 9.9 1,183 1,104 79 13 119 n/a n/a n/a .989 10.49
1978 Mariners LF 2 1 33 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1979 Mariners 1B 15 5 207 77 5.1 77 73 4 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.04
1979 Mariners 3B 101 97 2,529 296 2.9 277 76 201 19 22 n/a n/a n/a .936 2.96
1979 Mariners LF 31 30 735 52 1.7 49 49 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 1.80
1980 Mariners 1B 4 2 69 27 6.8 27 27 0 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.57
1980 Mariners 3B 5 4 93 17 3.4 15 3 12 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .882 4.35
1980 Mariners LF 123 116 3,033 207 1.7 199 189 10 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.77
1981 Mariners 1B 3 1 42 17 5.7 17 17 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.93
1981 Mariners 3B 49 47 1,191 128 2.6 123 36 87 5 12 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.79
1981 Mariners CF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1981 Mariners LF 13 13 303 29 2.2 27 26 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .931 2.41
1982 Athletics 1B 58 49 1,305 408 7.0 404 373 31 4 38 n/a n/a n/a .990 8.36
1982 Athletics LF 4 1 45 9 2.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1982 Athletics RF 8 4 105 7 0.9 6 5 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 1.54
1983 Athletics 1B 41 35 909 313 7.6 309 293 16 4 28 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.18
1983 Athletics 3B 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1983 Athletics LF 8 2 87 11 1.4 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.41
1983 Athletics RF 3 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Athletics 1B 3 0 36 18 6.0 17 15 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .944 12.75
1985 Athletics 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1985 Athletics RF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1B Totals 469 424 7,740 4,246 9.1 4,206 3,918 288 40 386 n/a n/a n/a .991 14.67
LF Totals 314 294 7,650 564 1.8 542 523 19 22 3 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.91
3B Totals 157 148 3,822 441 2.8 415 115 300 26 35 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.93
RF Totals 12 4 123 8 0.7 7 6 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.54
CF Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
12 Years 953 870 19,338 5,259 5.5 5,170 4,562 608 89 424 n/a n/a n/a .983 7.22

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Dan Meyer Miscellaneous Stats

1974 Tigers 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 16.7 50.0 7.1 - - -
1975 Tigers 8 3 .727 2 0 0 58.8 18.8 10.0 - - -
1976 Tigers 10 0 1.000 37 2 1 147.0 13.4 18.4 - - -
1977 Mariners 11 8 .579 3 0 0 26.5 11.4 6.5 - - -
1978 Mariners 7 3 .700 2 0 1 55.5 11.4 7.9 - - -
1979 Mariners 11 7 .611 10 1 0 26.3 15.0 7.1 - - -
1980 Mariners 8 4 .667 17 0 7 48.3 12.6 7.5 - - -
1981 Mariners 4 3 .571 20 1 3 84.0 15.8 11.5 - - -
1982 Athletics 1 1 .500 29 0 38 47.9 11.6 6.5 - - -
1983 Athletics 0 0 .000 8 6 12 169.0 15.4 13.0 - - -
1984 Athletics 0 0 .000 18 0 1 0.0 11.0 5.5 - - -
1985 Athletics 0 0 .000 13 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
12 Years 61 29 .678 160 11 64 43.4 13.5 8.1 - - -

Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1974 Detroit Tigers 25 $15,000.00 - -
1975 Detroit Tigers 25 $16,000.00 - -
1976 Detroit Tigers 25 $19,000.00 - -
1977 Seattle Mariners 7 $42,000.00 - -
1978 Seattle Mariners 7 Undetermined - -
1979 Seattle Mariners 7 Undetermined - -
1980 Seattle Mariners 7 Undetermined - -
1981 Seattle Mariners 7 Undetermined - -
1982 Oakland Athletics 4 Undetermined - -
1983 Oakland Athletics 7 Undetermined - -
1984 Oakland Athletics 12 Undetermined - -
1985 Oakland Athletics 12, 13 Undetermined - -

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