Pat Meares

Patrick James Meares (born September 6, 1968 in Salina, Kansas) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.

Meares was the 12th round draft pick of the 1990 amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins, from Wichita State University. Meares made his Major League debut on May 5, 1993 with the Minnesota Twins. In 1998, Meares played six full seasons with the Minnesota Twins, with a high of 152 games in 1996, when he was granted free agency. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 season. He played two full seasons and one incomplete season (1999 with 21 games) with the Pittsburgh Pirates with a career high of a .308 batting average in 1999. Meares played 742 games with the Minnesota Twins and 240 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates, with a total of 982 professional baseball games in his career.