Peter James Meegan (November 13, 1862 – March 14, 1905), also known as "Steady" Pete,[1] was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for two seasons; one with the 1884 Richmond Virginians, and the other for the 1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys, both of the American Association.

Meegan was born on November 13, 1862, in San Francisco, California, to Lawrence and Ann Meegan who were Irish refugees from the Great Famine, who had moved from Boston to San Francisco prior to the American Civil War with Ann’s sister Bridget and her husband John Brady—the great-great-grandparents of NFL quarterback Tom Brady— who lived as their next door neighbors in the Mission District.

[2][3] Meegan made his major league debut for Richmond on August 12, 1884, when the Virginians joined the Association as a late season replacement team.

For the 1885 season, Meegan joined the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, and had a 7–8 win–loss record in 18 games pitched.

[5] Meegan died in his hometown of San Francisco at the age of 42, and is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.