Jack Meyer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: March 9, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson, NJ

High School: William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)

Schools: University of Delaware (Newark, DE), Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Debut: April 16, 1955 (Age 23-024d, 11,216th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: April 30, 1961 (Age 29-038d)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Robert Meyer

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Relatives: Uncle of Brian Meyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

ERA

3.92

202

455.0

375

WHIP

1.382

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 48 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 4 walk-off, 2 tying, 14 go ahead

1 Tm
PHI	49

Platoon
vs RHB	27
vs LHB	22

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	19

Outs
2	20
1	16
0	13

7 Opps
CHC	10
SFG/NYG	8
LAD/BRO	8
CIN	8
PIT	7
STL	5
MLN	3

38 Batters
Randy Jackson	2
Ed Bailey	2
Roy Campanella	2
Gene Baker	2
Davey Williams	2
Ted Kluszewski	2
Wally Post	2
Gil Hodges	2
Ernie Banks	2
Duke Snider	2
Roberto Clemente	2
Willie Mays	1
Eddie Mathews	1
Hank Thompson	1
Monte Irvin	1
Wally Moon	1
Joe Cunningham	1
Bob Thurman	1
Dee Fondy	1
Gus Bell	1
Frank Thomas	1
Hobie Landrith	1
Lee Walls	1
Joe Adcock	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Art Schult	1
Don Newcombe	1
Bill Virdon	1
Carl Furillo	1
Bill Mazeroski	1
Del Crandall	1
Bill White	1
Jim Hearn	1
Johnny Antonelli	1
Danny Kravitz	1
Don Blasingame	1
Bob Skinner	1
Earl Averill	1

8 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	19
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	7
Polo Grounds (NYC)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
Forbes Fld (PIT)	3
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	19
9	19
78	6
8	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	12
--3	4
-2-	2
123	1
1-3	1
-23	1
12-	1

76 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	27
1 on	18
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	5
2	3
3	2
4	6
5	6
6	8
7	6
8	5
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	10
4-6	20
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	2

Ahead	24
Tied	9
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	8
RF	8
1B	7
LF	6
2B	6
3B	4
CF	3
P	3
PH	2
SS	2

OrderPos
5th	9
3rd	7
8th	6
6th	6
4th	5
9th	5
1st	4
7th	4
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1955-04-16	Davey Williams	NYG		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1955-04-16	Jim Hearn	NYG		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	3	1955-04-16	Whitey Lockman	NYG		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	7	3	10%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Thompson Scores/unER
4	4	4	4	1955-04-16	Davey Williams	NYG		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	---	1	1	4	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Williams Scores/unER
5	5	5	1	1955-05-01 (2)	Gene Baker	CHC	@	PHI	tied 2-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	4	22%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1955-05-04	Wally Post	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 6-2	t 6	0	---	1	7	9	3%	96%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1955-05-10	Bill Virdon	STL		PHI	tied 3-3	b 10	1	1--	2	2	8	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); B. Stephenson Scores
8	8	8	1	1955-05-14	Eddie Mathews	MLN		PHI	tied 4-4	b 5	2	---	1	3	5	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1955-05-22	Roy Campanella	BRO		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	--3	2	4	2	11%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); P. Reese Scores
10	10	10	1	1955-07-07	Willie Mays	NYG		PHI	behind 3-5	b 6	2	---	1	3	8	13%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	2	1955-07-07	Hank Thompson	NYG		PHI	behind 4-5	b 6	2	1--	2	5	5	35%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mueller Scores/unER; H. Thompson Scores/unER
12	12	12	1	1955-07-17 (2)	Randy Jackson	CHC	@	PHI	behind 5-8	t 7	1	---	1	5	5	7%	15%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1955-07-29	Ernie Banks	CHC		PHI	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---	1	4	6	8%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	1955-07-31 (2)	Dee Fondy	CHC		PHI	behind 3-4	b 7	2	-2-	2	1	3	43%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1956-05-11	Danny Kravitz	PIT		PHI	behind 2-5	b 9	0	123	4	9	2	69%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Walls Scores; R. Clemente Scores; D. Groat Scores
16	16	2	1	1956-06-15 (1)	Monte Irvin	CHC	@	PHI	tied 4-4	t 10	1	---	1	6	7	39%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	1956-06-29	Randy Jackson	BRO		PHI	behind 4-5	b 9	1	---	1	4	5	47%	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
18	18	4	2	1956-06-29	Gil Hodges	BRO		PHI	tied 5-5	b 9	1	---	1	5	7	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (LF-CF)
19	19	5	1	1956-07-03	Bob Skinner	PIT		PHI	behind 4-5	b 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); H. Foiles Scores
20	20	6	1	1956-08-10	Gil Hodges	BRO		PHI	behind 1-3	b 6	2	---	1	6	3	13%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	7	1	1956-09-19 (1)	Wally Post	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	1--	2	5	9	13%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Thurman Scores
22	22	8	1	1956-09-25	Roy Campanella	BRO		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	--3	2	8	2	15%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1957-05-26 (1)	Gene Baker	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 6-2	t 4	2	1--	2	7	4	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
24	24	2	1	1957-07-16	Del Crandall	MLN	@	PHI	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	7%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1957-07-31	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		PHI	behind 2-5	b 9	0	1--	2	8	PH	11%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bailey Scores
26	26	4	1	1957-08-04 (1)	Don Blasingame	STL		PHI	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	5	1	1957-09-02 (2)	Carl Furillo	BRO		PHI	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	10%	45%		Home Run (LF-CF)
28	28	6	2	1957-09-02 (2)	Duke Snider	BRO		PHI	behind 1-4	b 3	0	1--	2	3	8	16%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); G. Cimoli Scores
29	29	7	1	1957-09-11	Wally Moon	STL		PHI	ahead 12-4	b 6	1	---	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1958-04-19	Joe Adcock	MLN	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	-23	3	5	3	14%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Mathews Scores; H. Aaron Scores
31	31	2	1	1958-07-05	Bob Thurman	CIN		PHI	tied 3-3	b 8	2	---	1	5	7	31%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	3	1	1958-07-13 (1)	Lee Walls	CHC		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	14%	53%		Home Run (LF-CF)
33	33	4	1	1958-08-03 (2)	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	PHI	behind 3-5	t 5	2	1-3	3	3	6	36%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Taylor Scores; A. Dark Scores
34	34	5	1	1958-08-13	Roberto Clemente	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	9	16%	69%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Virdon Scores
35	35	6	2	1958-08-13	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1--	2	6	4	15%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Thomas Scores
36	36	7	3	1958-08-13	Roberto Clemente	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	1--	2	2	9	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Virdon Scores
37	37	8	1	1958-08-31 (1)	Ed Bailey	CIN		PHI	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1959-04-30	Duke Snider	LAD	@	PHI	tied 3-3	t 7	1	--3	2	4	9	21%	80%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball); W. Moon Scores
39	39	2	1	1959-05-10 (2)	Ted Kluszewski	PIT		PHI	ahead 6-4	b 8	2	---	1	4	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1959-05-15	Bill White	STL		PHI	ahead 7-2	b 7	2	---	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	4	1	1959-06-12	Hobie Landrith	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	-2-	2	8	2	13%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bressoud Scores
42	42	5	1	1959-07-02 (2)	Don Newcombe	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 4-1	t 6	2	---	1	9	1	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	6	1	1959-07-03	Ed Bailey	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	--3	2	6	2	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pendleton Scores
44	44	7	1	1959-07-12 (1)	Earl Averill	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	12-	3	8	2	11%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores; L. Walls Scores
45	45	8	1	1959-08-20 (2)	Art Schult	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	3	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	9	1	1959-08-21 (1)	Johnny Antonelli	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 5-0	t 9	1	---	1	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1960-05-03	Frank Thomas	CHC		PHI	behind 5-9	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	5%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	2	1	1960-05-14	Gus Bell	CIN		PHI	behind 0-4	b 5	2	1--	2	3	7	13%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Pinson Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1961-04-30	Joe Cunningham	STL		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	3	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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