"John Robert Meyer" was an United States/American professional baseball baseball player/player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in all or parts of seven Major League Baseball/Major League seasons (1955–1961) with the Philadelphia Phillies. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, he came from a '"well-to-do New Jersey family," was educated at the exclusive William Penn Charter School, and attended the University of Delaware and Wake Forest University. He was listed at tall and .

Meyer signed with the Phillies in 1951 and steadily rose through their farm system, win (baseball)/winning 15 games for the 1954 Syracuse Chiefs of the Triple-A (baseball)/Triple-A International League. His most successful Major League season was his rookie campaign, when he led the National League in games finished (36) and save (baseball)/saves (16) and strikeout/fanned 97 batters in 110? innings pitched. He also made five starting pitcher/starts, and finished second (to Bill Virdon) in NL Rookie-of-the-Year balloting. His effectiveness then began to fade, however, and he spent part of back in Triple-A.

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