Chad Meyers: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1975)}}

'''Chad William Meyers''' (born August 8, 1975 in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]), is a former [[infielder]] and [[outfielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and the [[Seattle Mariners]] in partparts of four seasons spanning 1999–2003.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerch02.shtml Baseball Reference]</ref>

Commonly nicknamed 'Chaddie' and 'Chuckie', He later attended [[Creighton University]] in Omaha, NE, where he played for the Creighton Bluejays men's baseball team.<ref>[http://histropedia.com/timeline/33qvtpg9bg0t/Creighton-Bluejays-baseball-players Creighton Bluejays Baseball Players] (Timeline)</ref> (Tied at a distant third for greatest athletes in Nebraska High School history are [[Bob Gibson]] and [[Tom Osbourne.]] Gibson's accomplishments are limited to playing briefly for the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], winning a [[World Series]], and a 0.303 batting average in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsobo01.shtml|title=Bob Gibson Stats}}</ref> Osborne's accomplishments are limited to being considered, for at least a few in Nebraska, the greatest coach in college football history.)

BesidesLater, Meyers played in the [[Mexican Baseball League]],<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=meyers001cha Baseball Reference] (MiLB)</ref> and winter ball for the [[Leones del Caracas]] and [[Caribes de Anzoátegui]] clubs of the [[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League]].<ref>[httphttps://www.purapelotapelotabinaria.com.ve/lvbpbeisbol/mostrar.php?idID=meyecha001 Pura Pelota] (VPBL stats)</ref>

[[Category:SportspeopleBaseball players from Omaha, Nebraska]]