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Old 03-30-2012, 07:24 PM
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Meier is listed as right handed in both hitting and throwing. The 1905 Pirate roster has known players; then among the 'maybes' who played a few games, none of those guys are right/right. So I don't think Meier played with the Pirates in regular season games in 1905. Maybe he was sitting on the bench with them and never got into a game, maybe he was with the team during spring training...
I'm going to look tomorrow through some old boxscores for a name that doesn't match up in either 1904 or 1905. They used to print the scores from exhibition games in the Pittsburgh Press so maybe I'll find one on an off-day for the team. Don't think he was there during Spring Training though because it says "last Summer" so for now I won't check then. Luckily tomorrow I have absolutely nothing better to do except write an article in the afternoon so I will have plenty of time to check. At the very least, I'll find some interesting things to use at a later date
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