Brian Scott Meyer (born January 29, 1963) is an American former
Major League Baseball (MLB)
pitcher who played for the
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...
from to .
Biography
A native of
Camden, New Jersey
Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...
, Meyer's high school coach was former minor league baseball player
Lew Watts.
Meyer attended
Rollins College
Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution.
History
Rollins Colle ...
. In 1985 he played
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
with the
Harwich Mariners of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousan ...
and was named a league all-star.
He was selected by the Astros in the 16th round of the
1986 MLB Draft.
References
External links
1963 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Auburn Astros players
Baseball players from Camden, New Jersey
Calgary Cannons players
Canton-Akron Indians players
Columbus Astros players
Harwich Mariners players
Houston Astros players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Osceola Astros players
Rollins Tars baseball players
Tucson Toros players
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