Louie Meadows

Louie Meadows
Louie Meadows
	Meadows with the Tucson Toros c. 1987
	Left Fielder / First baseman
	Born: April 29, 1961 (age 64); Maysville, North Carolina, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	July 3, 1986, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
	October 3, 1990, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average	.173
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	13
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Houston Astros (1986–1990); Philadelphia Phillies (1990);

Michael Ray "Louie" Meadows (born April 29, 1961) is a retired American Major League Baseball left fielder.

Meadows attended White Oak High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He helped lead the White Oak baseball team to back-to-back North Carolina 3A state titles in 1978 and 1979, where they went undefeated both years. Meadows was also named the nation's player of the year in 1979.^[1]

He attended North Carolina State University, where he played baseball for the Wolfpack.^[2]

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round (43rd overall pick) of the 1982 MLB amateur draft, Meadows made his Major League Baseball debut with the Houston Astros on July 3, 1986. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent on July 4, 1990, and appeared in his final game on October 3, 1990. He had 127 career at bats in 102 games. He had a .173 lifetime batting average. He batted and threw left-handed.

References

^ Miller, Chris. (April 10, 2024). Getting their recognition: White Oak's 1978-1979 undefeated baseball teams to be inducted into Jacksonville-Onslow Sports Hall of Fame. The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
^ "North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac

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[1] Miller, Chris. (April 10, 2024). Getting their recognition: White Oak's 1978-1979 undefeated baseball teams to be inducted into Jacksonville-Onslow Sports Hall of Fame. The Daily News - Jacksonville, NC. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

[ncsu-2] "North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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