Robert Bernard Meyer (born August 4, 1939) is an American former

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left-handed

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. He was signed by the

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as an amateur free agent in 1960. Meyer pitched for the Yankees (1964),

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(1964), Kansas City Athletics (1964), Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1970). His first major league strikeout victim was future Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. During a three-year baseball career, Meyer compiled two Win (baseball), wins, 92 strikeouts, and a 4.38 earned run average. On September 12, 1964, while starting for the Athletics on the road at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), Memorial Stadium, he and Baltimore Orioles left-hander Frank Bertaina each pitched a complete game one-hitter, but the A's lost 1–0 as Jackie Brandt hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth to score pinch-runner Bob Saverine from third base, third. Other career highlights include a six scoreless inning win against the Kansas City Athletics on June 26, 1964, a six-hit, complete game win (6–1) against the Baltimore Orioles on September 7, 1964, and pitching the first nine innings and giving up one unearned run in a 13-inning victory over the

on September 1, 1969.

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