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Russ Meers
Russell Harlan Meers (Babe)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 28, 1941
Final Game September 26, 1947
Born November 28, 1918 in Tilton, IL
Died November 16, 1994 in Lancaster, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 22 CHC NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    8.0    5    2    1   0    0    5   1   0    30       0  1.13  3.52  313 0.625
 1946 27 CHC NL   1   2   7   2   0   0   2  0   11.3   10    6    4   0   10    2   0   4    53       0  3.18  3.31  104 1.765
 1947 28 CHC NL   2   0  35   1   0   0  16  0   64.3   61   34   32   5   38   28   2   4   278       0  4.48  3.94   88 1.539
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500   3   3  43   4   0   0  18  0   83.7   76   42   37   5   48   35   3   8   361       0  3.98  3.82   96 1.482
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  62   5   0   0  26  0  121.0  109   60   53   7   69   50   4  11   522   0   0  3.98  3.82   96 1.482
 Career High      2   2  35   2   0   0  16  0   64.3   61   34   32   5   38   28   2   4   278   0   0  4.48  3.94   88 1.539

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 22 CHC NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 27 CHC NL   7    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  473    1   1           0   0
 1947 28 CHC NL  35   14    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   6  .143  .143  .143  -23    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       43   17    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .176  .176  .176   -3    3   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         64    4   11   0  0   0    4   0  0   0  26  .176  .176  .176   -3   11   4   0   0   0   4
 Career High     35   14    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6                           2   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 22 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0    91| .000  .261| .000  .331| .000  .368| .000  .699|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1946 27 CHC NL    2    1    1  26.8    91|1.000  .260|1.000  .335|1.000  .364|2.000  .699| 473  .970   0.5   0.0     
 1947 28 CHC NL   14   13    0   0.0   102| .143  .269| .143  .344| .143  .399| .286  .743| -23  .000  -2.5  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        18   16    1   1.7   100| .176  .268| .176  .342| .176  .393| .352  .735|  -3  .138  -2.5  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 22 CHC NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.10 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1946 27 CHC NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.01 2.39 2.23 2 11.3 1947 28 CHC NL P 35 3 12 2 0 .882 .968 0.43 0.91 2.10 2.11 1 64.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 22 CHC NL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.10 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1946 27 CHC NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.01 2.39 2.23 2 11.3 1947 28 CHC NL P 35 3 12 2 0 .882 .968 0.43 0.91 2.10 2.11 1 64.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 43 4 15 2 0 .905 .969 0.44 0.93 2.04 2.14 4 83.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 43 4 15 2 0 .905 .969 0.44 0.93 2.04 2.13 4 84
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1946 NL-4-9

Games Finished
1947 NL-16-9

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 1, 1941: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Nashville (Southern Association).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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