Ron Meridith

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ron Meridith

|position=Relief pitcher

|image=1987 Mother's Cookies - Ron Meridith.jpg

|caption=Meridith with the Texas Rangers {{circa}} 1987

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1956|11|26}}

|birth_place=San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 16

|debutyear=1984

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 5

|finalyear=1987

|finalteam=Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–2

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.78

|stat4label=Strikeouts

|stat4value=46

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1985}})
• Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1987}})

}}

Ronald Knox Meridith (born November 26, 1956) is a former middle reliever in Major League Baseball who pitched from 1984 through 1987 for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. On September 9, 1985, as a member of the Cubs, Meridith recorded the final out of the game to pick up his one and only career save against the arch rival Cardinals. He saved the game for starter Ray Fontenot. {{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN198509090.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score, September 9, 1985}}

Meridith now works as a senior mortgage consultant at First Centennial Mortgage in Irvine, California.