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class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 14, 1974, for the Detroit Tigers</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 24, 1985, for the Oakland Athletics</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.253</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">86</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">459</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerda01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214014#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a>–<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a>–<a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1981 Major League Baseball season">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1985 Major League Baseball season">1985</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Daniel Thomas Meyer</b> (born August 3, 1952) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player whose career spanned 17 seasons, 12 of which were played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (1974–76), the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> (1977–81), and the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (1982–85). Meyer primarily played <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a>, but also played <a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">left field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third base</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">right field</a>. He batted left-handed while throwing right-handed. During his playing career, Meyer was listed at 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). </p><p>After attending the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_College" title="Santa Ana College">Santa Ana College</a>, Meyer was drafted by the Detroit Tigers during the <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1972 Major League Baseball draft">1972 Major League Baseball draft</a>. He began his career in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor leagues</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Tigers">Bristol Tigers</a>. Meyer made his major league debut in 1974. Over his career in the majors, Meyer compiled a .253 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> with 411 <a href="/wiki/Runs_scored" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs scored">runs scored</a>, 944 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>, 153 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, 31 <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a>, 86 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, and 459 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a> (RBIs) in 1,118 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meyer was born on August 3, 1952, in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ohio" title="Hamilton, Ohio">Hamilton, Ohio</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Mater_Dei_High_School_(Santa_Ana,_California)" title="Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)">Mater Dei High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana,_California" title="Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, California</a>. In 1970, Meyer was inducted into the school's baseball <a href="/wiki/Hall_of_fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall of fame">hall of fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer spent one year (1971) at the University of Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, Meyer enrolled in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_College" title="Santa Ana College">Santa Ana College</a> where he played <a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">second base</a> on the school's baseball team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> during the fourth round of the <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1972 Major League Baseball draft">1972 Major League Baseball draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Tigers">Detroit Tigers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Detroit Tigers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, at the age of 19, Meyer made his <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> debut in the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> organization. He was assigned to play with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Tigers">Bristol Tigers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">rookie-level</a> <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a>, where he <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> .396 with 93 hits, 11 doubles, six triples, and 14 home runs in 65 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a>. On defense, he played <a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">second</a> and <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third base</a>. He led the league in batting average, hits, and <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> (158) that season.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his second professional season in 1973, Meyer was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Lakeland_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakeland Tigers">Lakeland Tigers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Class-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a>. With Lakeland, he batted .241 with 114 hits, 17 doubles, six triples, and 10 home runs in 133 games played. In the field, Meyer only played second base. It would later prove to be his last professional season playing at that position.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg/170px-Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg/255px-Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Dan_Meyer_1975.jpg 2x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="444" /></a><figcaption>Meyer as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, circa 1975.</figcaption></figure> <p>Meyer began the 1974 season in the minor leagues with the <a href="/wiki/Evansville_Triplets" title="Evansville Triplets">Evansville Triplets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a>. In 129 games with the Triplets, he batted .302 with 75 <a href="/wiki/Runs_scored" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs scored">runs scored</a>, 146 hits, 26 doubles, seven triples, nine home runs, 57 RBIs, and 10 <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a>. Meyer was a <a href="/wiki/September_call-up" class="mw-redirect" title="September call-up">September call-up</a> for the Detroit Tigers that year. On September 14, 1974, he made his MLB debut with the Tigers in a game against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, where in one <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bat</a> he went hitless.<sup id="cite_ref-74log_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74log-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He registered his first hit on September 20, in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74log_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74log-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer also hit two home runs in that game, the first coming in the third <a href="/wiki/Inning" title="Inning">inning</a> off of Brewers' <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starter</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champion_(baseball)" title="Bill Champion (baseball)">Bill Champion</a>, and the second coming off of Brewers' <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">reliever</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Travers_(baseball)" title="Bill Travers (baseball)">Bill Travers</a> in the seventh inning.<sup id="cite_ref-74log_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74log-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 13 games with Detroit that year, Meyer batted .200 with five runs scored, 10 hits, one double, one triple, three home runs, seven RBIs, and one stolen base. All of his 12 defensive games were played in <a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">left field</a>. </p><p>In 1975, Meyer played his first full season at the major league level. He played left field and <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a> in the field. During the fifth inning of a game against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> on April 25, Meyer hit a home run to break up <a href="/wiki/Luis_Tiant" title="Luis Tiant">Luis Tiant</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> bid.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One day after hitting the game-winning home run for the Tigers against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 7, Meyer committed a throwing <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a> that let the deciding <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>' run score.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He batted .236 with 56 runs scored, 111 hits, 17 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 47 RBIs, and eight stolen bases in 122 games played during the 1975 season. Meyer led the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> that year in <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearances_per_strikeout" title="Plate appearances per strikeout">plate appearances per strikeout</a> with 18.8, which was over four points more than <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rivers" title="Mickey Rivers">Mickey Rivers</a>, who was second in the league in that statistic.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer played 105 games in 1976 for the Tigers. On the year, he batted .252 with 37 runs scored, 74 hits, eight doubles, four triples, two home runs, 16 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases. His batting average was the highest it would ever be as a Tigers player, despite the decline in at-bats (470 in 1975, 294 in 1976). During the season, Meyer played 47 games in left field, 19 at first base, and one in the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> spot.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seattle_Mariners">Seattle Mariners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Seattle Mariners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Meyer_Mariners.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Dan_Meyer_Mariners.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="210" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="133" data-file-height="210" /></a><figcaption>Meyer as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> in 1977.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft">1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft</a>, Meyer was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>, who chose him ninth overall.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 9, 1977, in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, Meyer hit two home runs.<sup id="cite_ref-77log_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77log-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first season with the Mariners, Meyer batted .273 with 75 runs scored, 159 hits, 24 doubles, four triples, 22 home runs, 90 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 159 games played. He led the American League with 159 defensive games at first base.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Mariners inaugural season, he led the team in hits and RBIs.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer also set multiple career highs in 1977 that would stand until the end of his professional tenure in games played, <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="Plate appearances">plate appearances</a> (639), at bats (582), runs scored, hits, home runs, RBIs, <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walks</a> (43), <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> (51), <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> (.320), and total bases (257). </p><p>In 1978, Meyer saw his offensive statistics decline. In 123 games played, he batted .227 with 38 runs scored, 101 hits, 18 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 56 RBIs, and seven stolen bases. Defensively, he played 121 games at first base and two games in left field. Meyer was moved back to third base during the 1979 season, while also playing limited time at left field and first base. In June, while Meyer was having success at the plate, he attributed it to switching positions.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the season, Meyer batted .278 with 72 runs scored, 146 hits, 21 doubles, seven triples, 20 home runs, 74 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 144 games played. </p><p>During the 1980 season, Meyer batted .275 with 56 runs scored, 146 hits, 25 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 71 RBIs, and eight stolen bases in 146 games played for Seattle. Meyer spent his final season as a Mariners player in 1981, batting .262 with 26 runs scored, 66 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 22 RBIs in 83 games played. Meyer saw his playing time decrease that season due to strained <a href="/wiki/Abdominal_muscles" title="Abdominal muscles">abdominal muscles</a>, which had him on the <a href="/wiki/Disabled_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled list">disabled list</a> from the start of the season to April 15.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oakland_Athletics_and_later_career">Oakland Athletics and later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Oakland Athletics and later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1981, the Seattle Mariners traded Meyer to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Rich_Bordi" title="Rich Bordi">Rich Bordi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first season with the Athletics, Meyer batted .240 with 28 runs scored, 92 hits, 17 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, and 59 RBIs in 120 games played. With Oakland that year, Meyer was primarily used as a first baseman in the field, but did see limited time in right field, and left field. He was also the designated hitter during 38 games. During the 1983 season, Meyer batted .189 with runs scored, 32 hits, nine doubles, one home run, and 13 RBIs in 69 games played.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1984, Meyer found himself starting the season in the minor league for the first time in ten years. With the <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tacoma Tigers">Tacoma Tigers</a> of the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>, Meyer batted .293 with 134 hits, 19 doubles, two triples, and seven home runs in 124 games played. Meyer was called up to the majors in September.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of the Athletics, Meyer batted .318 with one run scored, seven hits, three doubles, one triple, and four RBIs in 20 games played. After the season, he filed for <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 15, 1985, Meyer re-signed with the Athletics. With Oakland that year, Meyer went hitless in 12 at-bats. He was released by the team on May 26. For the duration of the 1985 season, Meyer played with the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Sounds" title="Nashville Sounds">Nashville Sounds</a>, who were the minor league affiliates of the Detroit Tigers. With the Sounds that year, Meyer batted .225 with 36 hits, 13 doubles, one triple, and one home run in 51 games played. During the 1986 season, Meyer played for the <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City_Reds" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexico City Reds">Mexico City Reds</a> in the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a>, although his statistics are not available. He resurfaced in 1987, playing three games with the Class-A <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Bees" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Bees">San Jose Bees</a> of the <a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a>. Meyer played in the inaugural season of the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Professional_Baseball_Association" title="Senior Professional Baseball Association">Senior Professional Baseball Association</a> in 1989–1990 as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Bradenton_Explorers" title="Bradenton Explorers">Bradenton Explorers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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June 26, 1979<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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April 15, 1981. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-SMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-IcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3124,6558134&dq=dan+meyer+disabled+list&hl=en">the original</a> on July 11, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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