Russ Meyer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: October 25, 1923 in Peru, IL us

Died: November 16, 1997 in Oglesby, IL

Buried: Peru City Cemetery, Peru, IL

School: Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)

Debut: September 13, 1946 (Age 22-323d, 10,183rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 3.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 28, 1959 (Age 35-246d)
vs. WSH 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Russell Charles Meyer

Nicknames: Rowdy or The Mad Monk

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

ERA

3.99

319

219

1531.1

672

WHIP

1.402

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-16 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 1

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	57	3	Apr 19(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	9	9	6	1	1	0	0	18.00	2.84	20	5	4	0	0	9	11			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.27	-0.498	3.46	-0.81%	-7.03	1b start a 1	4b -23 0 out d5
2	58	9	Apr 26	PHI		NYG	W,12-11	GS-5		6	5.0	7	5	3	5	3	0	0	10.13	3.76	28	4	9	0	0	7	35			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.299	2.14	-0.35%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	59	14	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.82	3.57	35	11	16	5	0	3	66			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.446	2.26	0.52%	2.76	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
4	60	18	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.85	3.59	35	9	14	4	0	8	59			0	0	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.436	3.17	0.59%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	61	24	May 13	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-3	L(2-2)	6	2.2	6	4	3	3	0	1	0	5.34	4.26	17	1	7	0	3	6	29			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.282	2.65	-0.42%	-2.92	1b start a 1	3b 12- 2 out d3
6	62	25	May 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-12	7-7		0	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	6.44	4.76	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.098	.54	-0.13%	-3.00	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 1-3 2 out d5
7	63	31	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6		9	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	6.11	4.89	28	8	8	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.093	2.58	-0.14%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	64	36	May 29(2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	5.66	4.66	27	6	8	1	0	8	45			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.089	1.68	-0.13%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
9	65	38	May 30(2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(3-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.53	4.61	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	0.136	5.88	0.15%	0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	66	43	Jun 3(2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	2	0	0	4.56	4.34	35	6	19	2	0	5	74			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.479	2.50	0.51%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	67	46	Jun 5(2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	7-GF	L(4-4)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.47	4.24	11	8	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.109	4.17	-0.14%	0.48	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
12	68	49	Jun 9	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.0	8	3	1	2	2	0	0	4.04	4.05	36	9	15	3	1	8	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.41	0.194	3.20	0.26%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
13	69	54	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.79	4.00	35	14	8	2	0	9	61			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	0	.49	0.151	1.12	0.21%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
14	70	61	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	W(6-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.47	4.00	37	13	10	0	5	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.303	2.47	0.54%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
15	71	66	Jun 26(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.54	3.90	27	9	5	1	0	8	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.088	4.93	-0.19%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	72	83	Jul 17	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG(5)	L(6-5)	20	5.0	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.55	3.87	21	9	3	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.012	1.86	0.01%	0.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
17	73	88	Jul 22	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.39	3.81	28	5	14	2	0	6	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.116	1.31	0.07%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a2
18	74	91	Jul 24(2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.80	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.193	2.08	0.14%	0.99	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
19	75	95	Jul 30(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	5	3	2	2	7	1	0	3.21	3.74	36						72						34	0	0	0		0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	76	100	Aug 4(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-1	L(8-6)	4	0.2	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.52	3.87	8	1	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.318	.21	-0.05%	-4.10	1b start tie	1b -23 2 out d4
21	77	106	Aug 9	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.86	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
22	78	108	Aug 11	PHI		BRO	L,7-10	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.85	5	1	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.379	.04	0.00%	-1.83	7t --- 0 out a1	7t -2- 2 out d1
23	79	111	Aug 14(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-7)	2	8.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.46	3.75	29	9	10	0	0	4	72			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.248	.01	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
24	80	113	Aug 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-7	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.55	3.83	10	2	3	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.94	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
25	81	116	Aug 20	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	GS-7	W(9-7)	2	7.0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.57	3.82	29	9	11	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.021	.02	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	82	120	Aug 25(1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	7.0	7	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.71	3.93	33	13	10	3	2	5	40			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.286	.04	-0.01%	-1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
27	83	125	Aug 28(2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(10-8)	2	9.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.61	3.85	32	11	15	2	0	4	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.345	.00	0.00%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	84	128	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.62	3.90	30	8	6	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.059	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
29	85	133	Sep 5(2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(11-8)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	1	3.53	3.84	34	6	17	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.406	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	86	136	Sep 8	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(12-8)	2	9.0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.39	3.78	31	11	13	0	0	1	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.555	.00	0.00%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
31	87	139	Sep 11(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	GS-	W(13-8)	2	8.1	9	3	3	5	7	0	0	3.39	3.73	39						55						34	1	0	0		0
32	88	143	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-8)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.22	3.71	34	10	15	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.554	.00	0.00%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
33	89	147	Sep 21(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.12	3.69	31						72						31	1	1	0		0
34	90	150	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-8	3-5		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.66	8	4	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.17	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.39	3b -2- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d5
35	91	151	Sep 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	7-GF	W(16-8)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	3.64	10	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.216	.00	0.00%	1.59	7b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 2
36	92	152	Sep 28	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-8)	2	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.91	3.60	36	16	8	2	0	6	75			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.606	.00	0.00%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	93	154	Oct 2	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	GS-3		3	2.2	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.08	3.63	16	7	5	3	0	1	25			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-2.12	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d3
							21-16		W-L:17-8,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.1	213.0	200	84	73	70	78	14	1	3.08	3.63	893	0.85		8%	2%	154	55	1	100%	11	2	1	812	30	7	2	15	0	12	1.08	2.563	1.42	0.64%	17.74

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