L. D. Meyer
| Dutch Meyer | |||
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: October 7, 1915 Waco, Texas |
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Died: January 19, 2003 (aged 87) Fort Worth, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 23, 1937, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
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| September 22, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 10 | ||
| Runs batted in | 93 | ||
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Lambert Daniel "Little Dutch" Meyer (October 7, 1915 – January 19, 2003) was an American college football player and professional baseball player and manager, as well as the nephew of the famous and similarly named Texas Christian University football coach Leo "Dutch" Meyer.
A native of Waco, Texas, Meyer played baseball and football at TCU in the 1930s. On the gridiron, he was the favorite target of future Hall of Fame Quarterback Sammy Baugh. He kicked the winning field goal in the famous 3-2 TCU victory over LSU in the 1936 Sugar Bowl. The next year, he scored all the points in TCU's 16-6 victory over Marquette in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Young Dutch took up a career in baseball upon graduating TCU. A right-handed batter and thrower, he stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 181 pounds (82 kg). He split his first pro season, 1937, between the Knoxville Smokies of the Class A1 Southern Association and the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. On June 23, he made his Major League debut as a pinch runner for the Cubs. The Detroit Tigers bought his contract in 1940, and he spent the next three seasons bouncing between Detroit and the minor league Buffalo Bisons.
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