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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-7		9	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (2)	Apr 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (2)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,10-5	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13	Apr 29	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	14	Apr 30	PHI		LAD	L,4-6		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (3)	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	20 (1)	May 6	PHI		STL	L,7-8		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	23 (2)	May 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-9	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	25 (1)	May 10 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	26	May 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,10-11		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	27	May 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	29 (1)	May 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-8		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
15	30	May 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	33 (2)	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	35 (1)	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	38 (2)	May 24 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-8	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	41 (2)	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	50 (8)	Jun 7 (1)	PHI		STL	W,11-9		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	51	Jun 7 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	52	Jun 9	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	54 (1)	Jun 11	PHI		LAD	L,0-11		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	55	Jun 12	PHI		SFG	L,0-3	CG	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	59 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-8		10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	61 (1)	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	62	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	67 (4)	Jun 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,6-9		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	71 (3)	Jun 28	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-6		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	75 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-8		15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	76	Jul 3	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	80 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	81	Jul 10	PHI		STL	L,7-9		10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	83 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,6-7		15	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	115 (31)	Aug 15	PHI		CIN	L,3-8	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
36	123 (7)	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,4-6		19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	124	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,0-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	125	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,6-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	127 (1)	Aug 24	PHI		LAD	L,2-8		16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	131 (3)	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	132	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-11	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	142 (9)	Sep 10	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	144 (1)	Sep 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	145	Sep 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	148 (2)	Sep 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	152 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	153	Sep 25	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-3	GF	22	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							47gm		93.2	4	14	1	19	2