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Vernon
Meyer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 28, 1952 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1985   
All-Star Selections 1980    1982   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 LEX FL     0 0 1 0 3 4 4 8 8 8 0 2 1 5 5 5 7 6 6
1974 21 LEX FL     0 0 2 0 4 5 4 8 8 8 0 2 1 5 6 5 7 6 6
1975 22 LEX FL     0 2 4 3 4 5 4 8 8 8 2 3 2 6 7 6 7 6 7
1976 23 AUS FL     3 3 5 4 4 5 4 8 8 8 3 5 4 7 8 8 7 6 7
1977 24 AUS FL     4 3 6 4 4 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8 7 7 7
1978 25 AUS FL $ 300,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 6 8 7 8 9 9 10 9 9
1979 26 AUS FL $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 7 9 8 8 9 8 10 9 9
1980 27 AUS FL $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 11 10 11
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 3 4 4 8 8 8 0 2 1 5 5 5 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 11 10 11
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 AUS FL $ 3,728,571 93 16 18 17 15 17 16 16 19 17
1982 29 AUS FL $ 3,728,571 93 17 19 18 14 16 15 15 18 17
1983 30 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 93 17 18 17 13 15 14 14 17 15
1984 31 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 93 17 18 17 13 15 14 14 17 16
1985 32 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 88 16 18 17 12 15 14 11 15 13
1986 33 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 83 17 18 18 11 14 13 11 14 13
1987 34 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 79 16 18 17 11 13 12 9 13 11
1988 35 CLG FL $ 1,370,000 79 15 16 16 10 12 11 7 11 9
1989 36 CLG FL $ 1,370,000 75 8 10 9 6 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,370,000 75 8 10 9 6 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 93 17 19 18 15 17 16 16 19 17
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 LEX FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 21 LEX FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 22 LEX FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 23 AUS FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 24 AUS FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 25 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 26 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 27 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 AUS FL $ 3,728,571   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1982 29 AUS FL $ 3,728,571   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1983 30 AUS FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1984 31 AUS FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 32 AUS FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1986 33 AUS FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1987 34 AUS FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1988 35 CLG FL $ 1,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1989 36 CLG FL $ 1,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 20 A   8 5 .615 28 28 3 1 0 195.0 193 83 23 67 153 3.83 .256 .317 .404 .721  
1974 21 A   3 4 .429 7 7 2 1 0 47.0 46 17 2 21 55 3.26 .256 .333 .322 .656  
1975 22 AA   3 6 .333 10 10 3 1 0 75.7 63 33 8 28 90 3.93 .225 .295 .361 .656  
    A   8 7 .533 15 15 3 2 0 111.0 102 46 14 28 130 3.73 .240 .287 .393 .680  
1976 23 AAA   3 5 .375 8 8 0 0 0 48.7 74 37 8 16 48 6.84 .341 .386 .530 .916  
    AA   9 7 .563 16 16 5 1 0 123.0 104 35 13 28 140 2.56 .231 .276 .362 .638  
1977 24 AAA   9 11 .450 24 24 8 0 0 187.0 200 91 34 32 188 4.38 .270 .301 .478 .779  
1978 25 AUS FL 10 13 .435 36 36 1 0 0 232.3 242 120 36 37 219 4.65 .269 .307 .450 .757 4.0
1979 26 AUS FL 21 12 .636 40 40 18 5 0 332.7 287 89 18 52 303 2.41 .230 .271 .332 .603 30.8
1980 27 AUS FL 19 8 .704 36 36 5 2 0 261.7 256 90 18 41 282 3.10 .255 .290 .370 .660 22.8
1981 28 AUS FL 13 12 .520 35 35 3 3 0 236.7 240 100 15 71 183 3.80 .267 .325 .374 .699 11.9
1982 29 AUS FL 17 9 .654 35 35 5 1 0 241.3 228 90 14 62 181 3.36 .251 .303 .358 .661 15.8
1983 30 AUS FL 11 11 .500 34 34 1 0 0 228.7 218 100 18 66 184 3.94 .248 .303 .380 .683 9.6
1984 31 AUS FL 11 13 .458 34 34 3 2 0 216.7 236 117 15 81 164 4.86 .281 .350 .421 .771 5.8
1985 32 AUS FL 14 7 .667 33 32 2 1 0 213.7 203 82 14 81 142 3.45 .250 .327 .383 .709 14.5
1986 33 AUS FL 7 12 .368 31 31 1 1 0 174.0 156 88 31 56 155 4.55 .237 .309 .437 .746 7.9
1987 34 AUS FL 7 7 .500 27 24 1 1 1 130.7 133 90 23 70 111 6.20 .261 .364 .460 .824 1.0
1988 35 CLG FL 3 8 .273 38 11 1 0 0 109.7 105 60 18 38 85 4.92 .252 .316 .462 .778 2.3
1989 36 CLG FL 3 3 .500 31 0 0 0 2 32.7 39 24 6 23 18 6.61 .312 .431 .528 .959 0.1
12 Years Sim 136 115 .542 410 348 41 16 3 2410.6 2343 1050 226 678 2027 3.92 .255 .313 .395 .708 126.5
2 Years AAA 12 16 .429 32 32 8 0 0 235.7 274 128 42 48 236 4.89 .286 .320 .490 .810  
2 Years AA 12 13 .480 26 26 8 2 0 198.7 167 68 21 56 230 3.08 .229 .284 .362 .645  
3 Years A 19 16 .543 50 50 8 4 0 353.0 341 146 39 116 338 3.72 .251 .310 .390 .700  
7 Years Minors 43 45 .489 108 108 24 6 0 787.3 782 342 102 220 804 3.91 .257 .307 .414 .721  
Season Average 11 9 .550 34 29 3 1 0 200.9 195 87 18 56 168 3.92 .255 .313 .395 .708  
Career Highs 21 13 .704 40 40 18 5 2 332.7 287 120 36 81 303 6.61 .312 .431 .528 .959  
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   1070 419 71 280 1032   .238 .283 .349 .632
vs LH   1273 631 155 398 995   .270 .327 .438 .766
Home 70 56 .556 211 183 20 9 0 1283.0 1220 558 123 341 1089 3.91 .250 .299 .390 .689
Away 66 59 .528 199 165 21 7 4 1127.6 1123 492 103 337 938 3.93 .260 .313 .400 .713
Mar/Apr 26 21 .553 69 61 8 1 1 418.6 414 184 40 104 345 3.96 .258 .304 .401 .705
May 26 18 .591 84 60 9 4 1 438.0 411 196 38 124 364 4.03 .248 .301 .378 .678
June 23 17 .575 73 57 5 3 0 390.3 386 170 39 105 326 3.92 .256 .305 .403 .708
July 26 15 .634 64 58 8 2 0 411.6 361 148 32 104 366 3.24 .235 .284 .358 .642
August 24 19 .558 64 62 5 4 0 421.6 422 178 40 116 324 3.80 .262 .312 .402 .714
Sep/Oct 11 25 .306 56 50 7 2 2 330.3 349 174 37 125 302 4.74 .270 .334 .432 .767
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 20 A   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1974 21 A   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1978 25 AUS FL 37 90 8 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 36 .044 .094 .056 .149 -3.5 0.0
1979 26 AUS FL 41 121 3 10 5 1 0 6 0 0 2 53 .083 .097 .140 .237 -2.3 0.0
1980 27 AUS FL 36 81 5 5 1 1 2 5 0 0 4 38 .062 .103 .173 .276 0.2 0.0
1981 28 AUS FL 35 82 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 37 .049 .071 .061 .132 -4.3 0.0
1982 29 AUS FL 35 81 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 33 .049 .094 .074 .168 -3.1 0.0
1983 30 AUS FL 34 75 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 35 .027 .075 .040 .115 -3.5 0.0
1984 31 AUS FL 34 68 3 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 26 .074 .086 .103 .189 -2.3 0.0
1985 32 AUS FL 34 76 7 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .079 .103 .145 .247 -1.9 0.0
1986 33 AUS FL 31 51 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .039 .109 .078 .188 -1.3 0.0
1987 34 AUS FL 27 44 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .045 .045 .068 .114 -2.8 0.0
1988 35 CLG FL 38 25 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .080 .115 .160 .275 -0.3 0.0
1989 36 CLG FL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 413 796 40 46 23 2 2 33 0 0 29 337 .058 .090 .099 .189 -25.3 0.0
2 Years A 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 312 15 18 9 0 0 12 0 0 11 132 .058 .090 .099 .189 -9.9  
Career Highs 41 121 8 10 5 1 2 6 0 0 5 53 .083 .115 .173 .276 0.2  
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   532 27 34 17 0 2 29 0 0 14 228 .064 .087 .107 .194 -20.4
vs LH   264 13 12 6 2 0 4 0 0 15 109 .045 .096 .083 .179 -10.7
Home 194 399 17 18 10 0 0 14 0 0 14 175 .045 .077 .070 .147 -20.6
Away 201 397 23 28 13 2 2 19 0 0 15 162 .071 .103 .128 .232 -10.5
RISP   205 0 15 8 0 0 30 0 0 7 92 .073 .101 .112 .213 -6.6
Close/Late   45 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .044 .065 .067 .132 -2.6
Mar/Apr 70 143 4 8 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 63 .056 .068 .091 .159 -7.2
May 69 139 6 6 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 56 .043 .082 .086 .169 -6.1
June 57 128 6 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 55 .055 .083 .070 .154 -6.3
July 58 142 5 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 6 66 .035 .074 .077 .151 -7.0
August 65 143 12 11 8 1 0 8 0 0 7 58 .077 .119 .147 .266 -2.5
Sep/Oct 57 101 7 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 39 .089 .121 .129 .250 -2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 25 AUS FL P 36 36 232.3 17 31 2 0 .960 1.86    
1979 26 AUS FL P 40 40 332.7 19 56 5 3 .938 2.03    
1980 27 AUS FL P 36 36 261.7 19 44 4 6 .940 2.17    
1981 28 AUS FL P 35 35 236.7 20 49 2 6 .972 2.62    
1982 29 AUS FL P 35 35 241.3 18 35 1 3 .981 1.98    
1983 30 AUS FL P 34 34 228.7 17 39 2 3 .966 2.20    
1984 31 AUS FL P 34 34 216.7 21 41 0 5 1.000 2.58    
1985 32 AUS FL P 33 32 213.7 24 44 0 6 1.000 2.86    
1986 33 AUS FL P 31 31 174.0 12 31 2 3 .956 2.22    
1987 34 AUS FL P 27 24 130.7 10 23 1 3 .971 2.27    
1988 35 CLG FL P 38 11 109.7 12 25 1 1 .974 3.04    
1989 36 CLG FL P 31 0 32.7 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.76    
Career Totals   410 348 2410.6 189 428 20 40 .969 2.30    
Career Highs   40 40 332.7 24 56 5 6 1.000 3.04    
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
1979 26 AUS FL 4 1 .800 6 6 1 0 0 49.3 45 15 2 4 57 2.74 .241 .257 .321 .577
1980 27 AUS FL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 22 11 0 2 12 8.49 .386 .407 .456 .863
1982 29 AUS FL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 10 3 1 1 6 3.52 .345 .367 .483 .849
1983 30 AUS FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 6 1 2 3 10.80 .250 .318 .550 .868
1984 31 AUS FL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 5.0 6 2 0 1 5 3.60 .286 .318 .476 .794
1985 32 AUS FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 6 2 4 3 13.50 .313 .450 .750 1.200
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 5 .545 15 11 1 0 1 82.7 93 43 6 14 86 4.68 .282 .311 .403 .714
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
1979 26 AUS FL 6 18 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 11 .111 .143 .222 .365
1980 27 AUS FL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 29 AUS FL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 30 AUS FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 31 AUS FL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 32 AUS FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 15 30 2 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 16 .067 .091 .133 .224
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-3-2.41
1980-9-3.10
 Wins
1979-2-21
1980-4-19
1981-10-13
1982-3-17
1985-9-14
CAR-44-136
 Losses
1984-3-13
 Winning Pct
1979-8-.636
1980-4-.704
1982-6-.654
1985-10-.667
 Games Started
1979-3-40
1982-10-35
 Complete Games
1979-1-18
1980-2-5
1981-3-3
1982-1-5
1984-6-3
1985-9-2
1987-9-1
CAR-34-41
Shutouts
1979-1-5
1980-2-2
1981-2-3
1982-5-1
1984-3-2
1985-7-1
1986-3-1
1987-1-1
CAR-10-16
 Innings Pitched
1979-1-332.7
1980-3-261.7
1981-8-236.7
1982-7-241.3
CAR-43-2410.6
 Hits Allowed
1979-4-287
1980-2-256
1981-5-240
1982-6-228
1984-2-236
CAR-35-2343
 Homeruns Allowed
1978-3-36
 Strikeouts
1979-2-303
1980-2-282
1982-9-181
1983-6-184
1984-10-164
CAR-42-2027
 Walks Allowed
1984-5-81
1985-5-81
Walks per 9IP
1978-7-1.4
1979-7-1.4
1980-9-1.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1980-6-9.7
1983-8-7.2
1986-10-8.0
 WHiP
1979-5-1.02
 OOBP
1979-8-.271
 OSLG
1979-10-.332
 OOPS
1979-8-.603
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 108    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Marcel Reyes (955)
  2. Micheal Cassidy (951)
  3. Floyd Futon (945)
  4. Francis Szabo (943)
  5. Chuck Delong (943)
  6. Todd Adams (938)
  7. David Lillis (936)
  8. Robert Grove (934)
  9. Henry Ellis (924)
  10. Bill Walters (919)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Sam Kirkpatrick (995)
  2. Mickey Ford (991)
  3. Hank Daniels (991)
  4. Claver Olmeda (989)
  5. Hi Brown (988)
  6. Mark Bobovnik (988)
  7. Roy Anderson (988)
  8. Drew Triggs (987)
  9. Darius Campbell (987)
  10. Alex Lopez (986)
History
Drafted in 35th round, 836th overall pick, by California in 1973
Injured on 6/17/1973 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks
Traded from California to Lexington on 7/31/1973 (Going to CAL: P K. Maynor. Going to LEX: P J. Caronia, P V. Meyer)
Injured on 9/29/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/8/1974 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit on 4/16/1978, off Michael Hick (BUF)
Earned first career win on 5/7/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1979, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1979, going 6-0, 2.33
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1980, off Bailey Madison (DM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/18/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
 
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