Bob Meyer

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1939)}}

{{about||the logician|Bob Meyer (logician)|the basketball executive|Bob Myers|other people with similar names|Robert Meyer (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Meyer

|position=Pitcher

|image=Bob Meyer Brewers.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1939|8|4}}

|birth_place=Toledo, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 20

|debutyear=1964

|debutteam=New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 20

|finalyear=1970

|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–12

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.38

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=92

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1964}})
• Los Angeles Angels ({{mlby|1964}})
• Kansas City Athletics ({{mlby|1964}})
• Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|1969}}–{{mlby|1970}})

}}

Robert Bernard Meyer (born August 4, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. Meyer pitched for the Yankees (1964), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Kansas City Athletics (1964), Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1970). His first major league strikeout victim was future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. During a three-year baseball career, Meyer compiled two wins, 92 strikeouts, and a 4.38 earned run average.{{Cite web |title=Bob Meyer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerbo01.shtml |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

On September 12, 1964, while starting for the Athletics on the road at Memorial Stadium, he and Baltimore Orioles left-hander Frank Bertaina each pitched a complete game one-hitter, but the A's lost 1–0 as Jackie Brandt hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth to score pinch-runner Bob Saverine from third.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 1961 |title=Orioles win 1-0; Bertaina, Meyer toss one-hitters |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19610913&id=hJpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5650,5275532&hl=en |access-date= |website=Toledo Blade |via=Google News}}

Other career highlights include a six scoreless inning win against the Kansas City Athletics on June 26, 1964,{{Cite web |date=June 26, 1964 |title=Kansas City Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels Box Score: June 26, 1964 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAA/LAA196406262.shtml |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} a six-hit, complete game win (6–1) against the Baltimore Orioles on September 7, 1964,{{Cite web |date=September 7, 1964 |title=Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics Box Score: September 7, 1964 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KC1/KC1196409072.shtml |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} and pitching the first nine innings and giving up one unearned run in a 13-inning victory over the New York Yankees on September 1, 1969.{{Cite web |date=September 1, 1969 |title=Seattle Pilots vs New York Yankees Box Score: September 1, 1969 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196909012.shtml |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}