Greg Myers
Full Name: Gregory Richard Myers
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: Apr 14, 1966 in Riverside, CA
College: ?
Major League Debut: September 12, 1987
Died:

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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1987 TOR .111 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222
1989 TOR .114 17 44 0 5 2 0 0 1 2 9 .152 .159 .311
1990 TOR .236 87 250 33 59 7 1 5 22 22 33 .293 .332 .625
1991 TOR .262 107 309 25 81 22 0 8 36 21 45 .306 .411 .717
1992 TOR .230 22 61 4 14 6 0 1 13 5 5 .279 .377 .656
1992 CAL .235 8 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 .235 .294 .529
1992 Total .231 30 78 4 18 7 0 1 13 5 11 .271 .359 .630
1993 CAL .255 108 290 27 74 10 0 7 40 17 47 .298 .362 .660
1994 CAL .246 45 126 10 31 6 0 2 8 10 27 .299 .341 .641
1995 CAL .260 85 273 35 71 12 2 9 38 17 49 .304 .418 .721
1996 MIN .286 97 329 37 94 22 3 6 47 19 52 .320 .426 .746
1997 ATL .111 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .200 .111 .311
1997 MIN .267 62 165 24 44 11 1 5 28 16 29 .328 .436 .764
1997 Total .259 71 174 24 45 11 1 5 29 17 32 .321 .420 .741
1998 SD .246 69 171 19 42 10 0 4 20 17 36 .312 .374 .686
1999 SD .289 50 128 9 37 4 0 3 15 13 14 .355 .391 .745
1999 ATL .222 34 72 10 16 2 0 2 9 13 16 .337 .333 .671
1999 Total .265 84 200 19 53 6 0 5 24 26 30 .348 .370 .718
2000 BAL .224 43 125 9 28 6 0 3 12 8 29 .271 .344 .615
2001 OAK .184 33 87 13 16 1 0 7 13 13 21 .290 .437 .727
2001 BAL .270 25 74 11 20 2 0 4 18 8 17 .341 .459 .801
2001 Total .224 58 161 24 36 3 0 11 31 21 38 .313 .447 .760
2002 OAK .222 65 144 15 32 5 0 6 21 26 36 .341 .382 .723
2003 TOR .307 121 329 51 101 19 0 15 52 37 57 .374 .502 .876
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .256 1094 3012 333 771 148 7 87 394 265 534 .314 .396 .711


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1987 TOR 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 3.0
1989 TOR 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0.0 4.9
1990 TOR 0 12 83 0 1 4 0 1 .000 50.0 7.6
1991 TOR 0 13 127 4 0 3 0 0 .000 38.6 6.9
1992 TOR 0 1 23 0 0 2 0 0 .000 61.0 12.2
1992 CAL 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 2.8
1992 Total 0 1 28 0 1 2 0 0 .000 78.0 7.1
1993 CAL 2 8 105 2 3 3 3 3 .500 41.4 6.2
1994 CAL 0 3 43 3 5 1 0 2 .000 63.0 4.7
1995 CAL 1 4 114 3 1 2 0 1 .000 30.3 5.6
1996 MIN 0 11 140 3 0 5 0 0 .000 54.8 6.3
1997 ATL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 3.0
1997 MIN 0 4 72 2 0 2 0 0 .000 33.0 5.7
1997 Total 0 4 73 2 0 2 0 0 .000 34.8 5.4
1998 SD 0 6 64 1 0 1 0 1 .000 42.8 4.8
1999 SD 0 5 50 2 0 0 0 0 .000 42.7 9.1
1999 ATL 0 1 24 2 0 1 0 0 .000 36.0 4.5
1999 Total 0 6 74 4 0 1 0 0 .000 40.0 6.7
2000 BAL 0 7 43 0 1 0 0 0 .000 41.7 4.3
2001 OAK 0 2 38 1 0 0 0 0 .000 12.4 4.1
2001 BAL 0 3 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18.5 4.4
2001 Total 0 5 72 1 0 0 0 0 .000 14.6 4.2
2002 OAK 0 4 55 3 0 0 0 0 .000 24.0 4.0
2003 TOR 0 14 165 2 0 3 0 3 .000 21.9 5.8
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 3 102 1194 28 12 27 3 12 .200 34.6 5.6



CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT RF ZR
1987 TOR C 7 0 25 0 0 0 1.000 8.880 .000
1989 TOR C 11 0 46 6 0 0 1.000 6.500 .000
1990 TOR C 87 0 411 30 3 4 .993 6.250 .000
1991 TOR C 104 0 485 36 11 7 .979 6.240 .000
1992 TOR C 18 0 92 12 1 1 .990 6.440 .000
1992 CAL C 8 0 33 3 0 0 1.000 7.360 .000
1992 Total   27 0 125 15 1 1 .993 6.650 .000
1993 CAL C 97 0 369 44 6 6 .986 5.770 .000
1994 CAL C 41 0 194 28 2 0 .991 6.450 .000
1995 CAL C 61 0 340 21 4 5 .989 7.020 .000
1996 MIN C 90 5 488 26 8 5 .985 6.480 .800
1997 ATL C 2 0 11 2 0 0 1.000 13.000 .000
1997 MIN C 38 1 196 11 3 2 .986 6.340 1.000
1997 Total   50 1 207 13 3 2 .987 6.540 1.000
1998 SD C 52 5 276 29 4 4 .987 7.670 1.000
1999 SD C 41 6 199 14 3 0 .986 6.820 1.000
1999 ATL C 31 2 166 11 1 3 .994 8.500 1.000
1999 Total   72 8 365 25 4 3 .990 7.490 1.000
2000 BAL C 28 1 166 14 0 1 1.000 7.040 1.000
2001 OAK C 28 4 152 15 0 2 1.000 7.000 1.000
2001 BAL C 8 2 41 4 0 0 1.000 5.960 1.000
2001 Total   49 6 193 19 0 2 1.000 6.750 1.000
2002 OAK C 53 9 264 21 1 0 .997 7.470 1.000
2003 TOR C 81 4 405 21 8 4 .982 6.570 .500
  G Ch PO A E DP FPCT RF ZR
Totals 967 39 4359 348 55 44 .988 6.650 .923


Greg Myers was the final strikeout victim (the 5,714th) of Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan on September 17, 1993.
He also holds the distinction (with team mate Greg Maddux) of being the only battery (pitcher and catcher) who were born on the same day (4/14/1966) and also having the same initials (G.M.) and the same first name (Greg).

The Athletics are fortunate to have a backup catcher with Greg's credentials. He joined his seventh major-league team when he signed with Oakland midway through 2001. Greg, who has also played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1987, 1989-92), California Angels (1992-95), Minnesota Twins (1996-97), Atlanta Braves (1997 and 1999), San Diego Padres (1998-99) and Baltimore Orioles (2000-01), is very sound defensively and provides a left-handed-hitting option off the bench.

Greg hit a career-high 11 home runs in 2001 as he reached double digits for the first time. He started 23 games at catcher after joining the A's and eight of his 16 hits went for extra bases (one double and seven home runs). Greg had one of his best seasons in 1996 when he hit .286 and drove in a career-high 47 runs for the Twins. A third-round draft choice of the Blue Jays in 1984, he has appeared in postseason play with the Padres (1998), Braves (1999) and Athletics (2001).

2002
Appeared in 65 games, including 53 behind the plate where he made 36 starts ... Was 5-16 as a pinch-hitter with seven RBI and tied teammate Olmedo Saenz for the AL lead with two pinch-hit home runs ... The seven pinch-hit RBI tied Tampa's Randy Winn for the league lead and were the most by an A's pinch-hitter since Matt Stairs had seven in 1998 ... Overall batted .222 with six home runs and 21 RBI ... Batted .417 (10-24) in April but batted .183 (22-120) over the final five months of the season ... Collected nine of his 21 RBI in the first month of the season... Behind the plate threw out 30.3% (10-33) of attempted base stealers ... Committed one error in 286 chances which came on September 26 at Seattle, snapping a string of 139 consecutive games without an error dating back to August 7, 1999 ... Hit in a season high seven straight to start the season through April 21 (9-19, .474) ... Hit his first pinch hit home run of the season on April 21, three-run shot off Troy Percival, to end the game and give the A's a 6-5 win ... In June, hit three home runs and drove in six runs in eight games ... Hit home runs in consecutive games on June 24 and 27 at Seattle ... Had two home runs and seven RBI vs. Seattle on the season and has a career best 11 home runs and 50 RBI vs. the Mariners ... Hit his second career pinch-hit home run and fifth of his career on August 25 at Detroit ... Started four of the A's final 43 games after August 12 ... Appeared in two games in the postseason and was 0-1 vs. the Yankees.

Personal:
Married with three children...Is a 1984 graduate of Riverside Polytechnical High School...Named All-Conference in baseball 3 times and led team to conference championship in 1982...Signed by Toronto scout Wayne Morgan after being Blue Jays' 3rd round pick in the 1984 First Year Player draft.

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