Ron Meridith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 26, 1956 in San Pedro, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK).

High School: Bolsa Grande HS (Garden Grove, CA)

School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: September 16, 1984 (Age 27-295d, 14,988th in major league history)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1987 (Age 30-191d)
vs. MIN 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Ronald Knox Meridith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

4.78

75.1

WHIP

1.659

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1978	21	HOU-min	A,Rk	5	6	.455	4.10	11	11		4	1	0	68.0	71	34	31	3	20	1	37	5	1	2				1.338	9.4	0.4	2.6	4.9	1.85	DYB,AST FLOR,GULF
1979	22	HOU-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.29	26	23		8	3	1	149.0	150	75	71	14	78	3	63	6	0	4				1.530	9.1	0.8	4.7	3.8	0.81	CBS SOUL
1980	23	HOU-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.54	25	17		7	2	0	145.0	143	48	41	14	40	3	82	4	0	3				1.262	8.9	0.9	2.5	5.1	2.05	CBS SOUL
1981	24	HOU-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.45	34	16	9	3	0	1	132.0	166	93	80	15	63	3	70	8	1	4				1.735	11.3	1.0	4.3	4.8	1.11	TUC PCL
1982	25	SDP-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.80	37	4	16	1	0	1	111.1	105	53	47	14	41	1	68	2	0	8				1.311	8.5	1.1	3.3	5.5	1.66	HAW PCL
1983	26	HOU-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.43	37	8	16	0	0	5	91.0	128	74	65	10	33	2	59	0	1	3				1.769	12.7	1.0	3.3	5.8	1.79	TUC PCL
1984	27	CHC-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.17	49	5	24	0	0	8	93.2	88	33	33	7	33	4	78	0	2	2				1.292	8.5	0.7	3.2	7.5	2.36	IWA AA
1984	27	CHC	NL	0	0		3.38	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	2	1	2	1	4	0	0	1	25	123	4.83	1.500	10.1	1.7	3.4	6.8	2.00
1985	28	CHC-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.32	25	0	19	0	0	7	41.0	29	9	6	0	7	1	29	0	1	0				0.878	6.4	0.0	1.5	6.4	4.14	IWA AA
1985	28	CHC	NL	3	2	.600	4.47	32	0	8	0	0	1	46.1	53	24	23	3	24	6	23	1	0	0	209	89	4.15	1.662	10.3	0.6	4.7	4.5	0.96
1986	29	CHC-TEX-min	AAA					34																										IWA,OKC AA
1986	29	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	10	161	2.44	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1987	30	DET-TEX-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.64	11	3	5	0	0	0	29.2	38	15	12	2	8	1	12	0	0	1				1.551	11.5	0.6	2.4	3.6	1.50	TOL,OKC IL,AA
1987	30	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	6.10	11	0	0	0	0	0	20.2	25	18	14	7	12	2	17	0	0	0	96	75	7.37	1.790	10.9	3.0	5.2	7.4	1.42
1988	31	STL-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	1				2.000	15.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	0.00	LOU AA
4 Yrs				5	2	.714	4.78	51	0	8	0	0	1	75.1	86	48	40	11	39	10	46	1	0	1	340	88	5.01	1.659	10.3	1.3	4.7	5.5	1.18
162 Game Avg.				7	3	.714	4.78	68	0	11	0	0	1	100	115	64	53	15	52	13	61	1	0	1	453	88	5.01	1.659	10.3	1.3	4.7	5.5	1.18

TEX (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.70	16	0	0	0	0	0	23.2	27	19	15	7	13	3	19	0	0	0	106	80	6.75	1.690	10.3	2.7	4.9	7.2	1.46
CHC (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.35	35	0	8	0	0	1	51.2	59	29	25	4	26	7	27	1	0	1	234	92	4.22	1.645	10.3	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04

AL (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.70	16	0	0	0	0	0	23.2	27	19	15	7	13	3	19	0	0	0	106	80	6.75	1.690	10.3	2.7	4.9	7.2	1.46
NL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.35	35	0	8	0	0	1	51.2	59	29	25	4	26	7	27	1	0	1	234	92	4.22	1.645	10.3	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04

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