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Dutch Meyer
Lambert Daniel Meyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 181 lb.
School Texas Christian University

Debut June 23, 1937
Final Game September 22, 1946
Born October 6, 1915 in Waco, TX
Died January 19, 2003 in Fort Worth, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 CHC NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0   0
 1940 24 DET AL  23   58   12   15   3  0   0    6   2  0   4  10  .259  .317  .310   58   18   2           1   0
 1941 25 DET AL  46  153   12   29   9  1   1   14   1  1   8  13  .190  .230  .281   29   43   0           0   3
 1942 26 DET AL  14   52    5   17   3  0   2    9   0  1   4   4  .327  .386  .500  140   26   0           1   2
 1945 29 CLE AL 130  524   71  153  29  8   7   48   2  4  40  32  .292  .342  .418  124  219   3           0  12
 1946 30 CLE AL  72  207   13   48   5  3   0   16   0  1  26  16  .232  .321  .285   74   59   1           1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      286  994  113  262  49 12  10   93   5  7  82  75  .264  .322  .367   94  365   6   0   0   3  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   64  148  28  7   6   53   3  4  46  42  .264  .322  .367   94  207   3   0   0   2  13
 Career High    130  524   71  153  29  8   7   48   2  4  40  32  .292  .342  .418  124  219   3   0   0   1  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 CHC NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1940 24 DET AL   65   45    6   3.5   119| .259  .290| .317  .364| .310  .439| .627  .804|  58  .350  -3.7  -0.4 100%
 1941 25 DET AL  161  128   10   2.1   115| .190  .287| .230  .366| .281  .423| .511  .789|  29  .183 -16.8  -1.7  50%
 1942 26 DET AL   57   38    9   6.4   101| .327  .275| .386  .350| .500  .385| .886  .735| 140  .689   2.8   0.3   0%
 1945 29 CLE AL  567  390   74   5.1    85| .292  .257| .342  .328| .418  .349| .760  .678| 124  .623  14.0   1.5  33%
 1946 30 CLE AL  235  167   18   2.9    91| .232  .257| .321  .330| .285  .369| .606  .699|  74  .338  -6.4  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1085  768  117   4.1    94| .264  .264| .322  .337| .367  .372| .689  .709|  94  .493 -10.1  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 24 DET AL 2B 21 28 44 3 6 .960 .969 3.43 5.22 1941 25 DET AL 2B 40 107 101 6 19 .972 .967 5.20 5.18 1942 26 DET AL 2B 14 31 56 1 14 .989 .969 6.21 5.39 1945 29 CLE AL 2B 130 317 313 14 66 .978 .970 4.85 5.35 1946 30 CLE AL 2B 64 110 150 6 26 .977 .970 4.06 5.23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 24 DET AL 2B 21 28 44 3 6 .960 .969 3.43 5.22 1941 25 DET AL 2B 40 107 101 6 19 .972 .967 5.20 5.18 1942 26 DET AL 2B 14 31 56 1 14 .989 .969 6.21 5.39 1945 29 CLE AL 2B 130 317 313 14 66 .978 .970 4.85 5.35 1946 30 CLE AL 2B 64 110 150 6 26 .977 .970 4.06 5.23
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 269 593 664 30 131 .977 .969 4.67 5.29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 269 593 664 30 131 .977 .969 4.67 5.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1945 AL-.292-9

Slugging %
1945 AL-.418-8

Hits
1945 AL-153-8

Total Bases
1945 AL-219-8

Doubles
1945 AL-29-7

Triples
1945 AL-8-6

Extra-Base Hits
1945 AL-44-8

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 13 (1227) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 7, 1940: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Giants.

April 29, 1945: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Don Ross to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Cullenbine.

December 5, 1946: Sent by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on October 12, 1946. The Cleveland Indians sent a player to be named later and cash to the New York Yankees for Eddie Bockman. The Cleveland Indians sent Dutch Meyer (December 5, 1946) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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