Stint With The Chicago Cubs
On March 17, 1988, the Rangers traded Meier and Greg Tabor to the Chicago Cubs for Ray Hayward. In September 1988, the Cubs promoted Meier to the major league team from its AAA Iowa Cubs minor league team after Iowa's season was over. The Cubs found Meier while he was enjoying a postseason vacation in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. "I was in Tahoe," he told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I don't know how they found me, but when they did, I said, 'Who, me? I haven't played in eight days.' But I was thrilled. I got here as fast as I could."
Meier played his final major league game on September 29, 1988 for the Cubs at the age of 29. He went 1–1 as a pinch hitter in his final game.
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