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Russ Meyer
Russell Charles Meyer (Rowdy or The Mad Monk)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 13, 1946
Final Game June 28, 1959
Born October 25, 1923 in Peru, IL
Died November 16, 1998 in Oglesby, IL

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 22 CHC NL   0   0   4   1   0   0   1  1   17.0   21    7    6   2   10   10   0   1    78       0  3.18  3.31  104 1.824
 1947 23 CHC NL   3   2  23   2   1   0   9  0   45.0   43   17   17   4   14   22   1   2   185       0  3.40  3.94  116 1.267
 1948 24 CHC NL  10  10  29  26   8   3   2  0  164.7  157   75   67   8   77   89   1   3   702       1  3.66  3.92  107 1.421
 1949 25 PHI NL  17   8  37  28  14   2   5  1  213.0  199   84   73  14   70   78   1   4   877       2  3.08  3.96  128 1.263 MVP-19
 1950 26 PHI NL   9  11  32  25   3   0   3  1  159.7  193  108   94  21   67   74   2   4   710       2  5.30  4.06   77 1.628
 1951 27 PHI NL   8   9  28  24   7   2   3  0  168.0  172   69   65  13   55   65   2   9   720       0  3.48  3.84  110 1.351
 1952 28 PHI NL  13  14  37  32  14   1   3  1  232.3  235   99   81  10   65   92   2   2   982       0  3.14  3.66  117 1.291
 1953 29 BRO NL  15   5  34  32  10   2   1  0  191.3  201  109   97  25   63  106   1   4   819       0  4.56  4.28   94 1.380
 1954 30 BRO NL  11   6  36  28   6   2   4  0  180.3  193   89   80  17   49   70   2   2   767       0  3.99  4.11  103 1.342
 1955 31 BRO NL   6   2  18  11   2   1   1  0   73.0   86   46   44   8   31   26   0   3   327   6   0  5.42  4.08   75 1.603
 1956 32 TOT NL   1   6  21   9   0   0   7  0   58.0   72   41   40  11   26   29   2   0   268   4   0  6.21  3.81   61 1.690
         CHC NL   1   6  20   9   0   0   6  0   57.0   71   41   40  11   26   28   2   0   264   4   0  6.32  3.81   60 1.702
         CIN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    1   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.92  inf 1.000
 1957 33 BOS AL   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  0    5.0   10    5    3   0    3    1   0   0    28   0   0  5.40  3.98   74 2.600
 1959 35 KCA AL   1   0  18   0   0   0   7  1   24.0   24   12   12   3   11   10   1   2   107   0   0  4.50  4.02   89 1.458
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .563  94  73 319 219  65  13  47  5 1531.3 1606  761  679 136  541  672  15  36  6570  10   5  3.99  3.96   99 1.402
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  40  27   8   1   5  0  193.3  202   96   85  17   68   84   1   4   830   1   0  3.99  3.96   99 1.402
 Career High     17  14  37  32  14   3   9  1  232.3  235  109   97  25   77  106   2   9   982   6   2  3.08  4.28  128 1.263
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 22 CHC NL   4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .200  .333  .200   54    1   0           0   0
 1947 23 CHC NL  23   12    2    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   1  .250  .250  .250   35    3   0           0   0
 1948 24 CHC NL  29   56    1    6   0  1   0    3   0      0  19  .107  .107  .143  -32    8   7           0   0
 1949 25 PHI NL  37   70    3   10   2  1   0    4   0      2  19  .143  .167  .200   -1   14   6           0   1 MVP-19
 1950 26 PHI NL  32   50    2    7   1  0   0    0   0      3  20  .140  .189  .160   -6    8   7           0   0
 1951 27 PHI NL  28   48    4    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   3   8  .104  .157  .104  -28    5  13           0   1
 1952 28 PHI NL  37   79    4    7   1  0   1    6   0  0   3  23  .089  .133  .139  -24   11   5           1   4
 1953 29 BRO NL  34   75    6   11   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  21  .147  .179  .160  -11   12   6           0   2
 1954 30 BRO NL  36   47    3    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   5  20  .043  .135  .043  -52    2  14   0       0   1
 1955 31 BRO NL  18   27    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .037  .071  .074  -62    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1956 32 TOT NL  21   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .083  .154  .083  -33    1   2   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  20   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .083  .154  .083  -33    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1957 33 BOS AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  437    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 35 KCA AL  18    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     319  484   26   55   6  2   1   25   0  0  22 146  .114  .154  .140  -20   68  62   0   0   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        246   13   28   3  1   1   13   0  0  11  74  .114  .154  .140  -20   35  31   0   0   1   5
 Career High     37   79    6   11   2  1   1    6   0  0   5  23                          14  14   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 22 CHC NL    6    4    0   0.0    91| .200  .260| .333  .335| .200  .364| .533  .699|  54  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1947 23 CHC NL   12    9    1   3.0   102| .250  .269| .250  .344| .250  .399| .500  .743|  35  .305  -1.1  -0.1     
 1948 24 CHC NL   63   57    1   0.5    99| .107  .264| .107  .338| .143  .391| .250  .729| -32  .016 -10.4  -1.1     
 1949 25 PHI NL   78   67    2   0.8   101| .143  .267| .167  .340| .200  .399| .367  .739|  -1  .039 -10.2  -1.0     
 1950 26 PHI NL   60   50    2   1.1   106| .140  .267| .189  .344| .160  .414| .349  .758|  -6  .062  -7.8  -0.8     
 1951 27 PHI NL   64   57    1   0.5   102| .104  .266| .157  .340| .104  .403| .261  .743| -28  .016  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1952 28 PHI NL   88   81    1   0.3    96| .089  .260| .133  .333| .139  .387| .272  .721| -24  .010 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1953 29 BRO NL   84   72    2   0.7   112| .147  .277| .179  .348| .160  .431| .339  .779| -11  .031 -12.6  -1.2   0%
 1954 30 BRO NL   66   60    0   0.0   112| .043  .279| .135  .351| .043  .431| .178  .782| -52  .000 -11.1  -1.1   0%
 1955 31 BRO NL   30   28    0   0.0   108| .037  .269| .071  .340| .074  .426| .145  .766| -62  .000  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1956 32 TOT NL   15   13    0   0.0   102| .083  .263| .154  .330| .083  .415| .237  .745| -33  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL   15   13    0   0.0   102| .083  .263| .154  .330| .083  .415| .237  .745| -33  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1957 33 BOS AL    1    0    1         104|1.000  .270|1.000  .343|1.000  .407|2.000  .750| 437         0.5   0.0   0%
 1959 35 KCA AL    2    2    0   0.0   100| .000  .262| .000  .334| .000  .402| .000  .736|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      569  500   11   0.6   104| .114  .268| .154  .341| .140  .408| .294  .749| -20  .023 -84.6  -8.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1946 22 CHC NL   P    4      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  2.12  2.22    1   17.0
 1947 23 CHC NL   P   23      1    6    0    1 1.000  .972  0.30  0.91  1.40  2.12    2   45.0
 1948 24 CHC NL   P   29     12   26    1    0  .974  .962  1.31  0.91  2.08  2.11   26  164.7
 1949 25 PHI NL   P   37     14   28    1    3  .977  .952  1.14  0.91  1.77  2.04   28  213.0
 1950 26 PHI NL   P   32      8   31    0    4 1.000  .961  1.22  0.97  2.20  2.12   25  159.7
 1951 27 PHI NL   P   28      5   21    1    1  .963  .963  0.93  0.96  1.39  2.14   24  168.0
 1952 28 PHI NL   P   37      8   37    4    6  .918  .953  1.22  0.98  1.74  2.18   32  232.3
 1953 29 BRO NL   P   34      8   33    3    1  .932  .956  1.21  0.87  1.93  2.06   32  191.3
 1954 30 BRO NL   P   36      5   27    3    0  .914  .961  0.89  0.87  1.60  2.07   28  180.3
 1955 31 BRO NL   P   18      1   21    0    1 1.000  .948  1.22  0.83  2.71  2.03   11   73.0
 1956 32 TOT NL   P   21      5   17    0    2 1.000  .969  1.05  0.83  3.41  2.05    9   58.0
         CHC NL   P   20      4   17    0    2 1.000  .968  1.05  0.83  3.32  2.05    9   57.0
         CIN NL   P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.80  9.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1957 33 BOS AL   P    2      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.85  7.20  1.98    1    5.0
 1959 35 KCA AL   P   18      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.22  0.85  1.50  2.06    0   24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 22 CHC NL   P    4      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  2.12  2.22    1   17.0
 1947 23 CHC NL   P   23      1    6    0    1 1.000  .972  0.30  0.91  1.40  2.12    2   45.0
 1948 24 CHC NL   P   29     12   26    1    0  .974  .962  1.31  0.91  2.08  2.11   26  164.7
 1949 25 PHI NL   P   37     14   28    1    3  .977  .952  1.14  0.91  1.77  2.04   28  213.0
 1950 26 PHI NL   P   32      8   31    0    4 1.000  .961  1.22  0.97  2.20  2.12   25  159.7
 1951 27 PHI NL   P   28      5   21    1    1  .963  .963  0.93  0.96  1.39  2.14   24  168.0
 1952 28 PHI NL   P   37      8   37    4    6  .918  .953  1.22  0.98  1.74  2.18   32  232.3
 1953 29 BRO NL   P   34      8   33    3    1  .932  .956  1.21  0.87  1.93  2.06   32  191.3
 1954 30 BRO NL   P   36      5   27    3    0  .914  .961  0.89  0.87  1.60  2.07   28  180.3
 1955 31 BRO NL   P   18      1   21    0    1 1.000  .948  1.22  0.83  2.71  2.03   11   73.0
 1956 32 TOT NL   P   21      5   17    0    2 1.000  .969  1.05  0.83  3.41  2.05    9   58.0
         CHC NL   P   20      4   17    0    2 1.000  .968  1.05  0.83  3.32  2.05    9   57.0
         CIN NL   P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.80  9.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1957 33 BOS AL   P    2      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.85  7.20  1.98    1    5.0
 1959 35 KCA AL   P   18      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.22  0.85  1.50  2.06    0   24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 319     69  257   13   19  .962  .958  1.02  0.91  1.92  2.10  219 1531.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       319     69  257   13   19  .962  .958  1.02  0.91  1.92  2.10  219   1531

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   2   0   5.40  0  1  0  0   1.2   4   1   0   1 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   6.23  0  0  0  0   4.1   8   3   4   5 
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   5.2   4   0   2   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   4   0   3.09  0  1  0  0  11.2  16   4   6  10 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1949-NL-19-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Sac. Hits
1951 NL-13-5
1954 NL-14-4

ERA
1949 NL-3.08-7

Wins
1949 NL-17-4
1953 NL-15-7

Won-Loss %
1949 NL-.680-5
1953 NL-.750-4
1954 NL-.647-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1949 NL-1.263-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1949 NL-8.41-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1952 NL-2.52-9
1954 NL-2.45-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1948 NL-4.86-5
1953 NL-4.99-10

Innings
1952 NL-232.3-8

Games Started
1952 NL-32-8
1953 NL-32-5

Comp. Games
1949 NL-14-10
1952 NL-14-9
1953 NL-10-10

Shutouts
1948 NL-3-6
1953 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1953 NL-25-8

Hits Allowed
1952 NL-235-6

SO to Walk
1953 NL-1.68-8
1954 NL-1.43-10

Losses
1952 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1953 NL-97-8

Wild Pitches
1951 NL-9-1
1953 NL-4-10

Batters Faced
1952 NL-982-8

Adjusted ERA+
1949 NL-128-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 40 (608) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (974) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (899) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
Before 1944 Season: Sent from the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
October 11, 1948: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs for $20,000.
February 16, 1953: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Milwaukee Braves sent cash to the Cincinnati Reds. The Milwaukee Braves sent Earl Torgeson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to the Milwaukee Braves. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to the Cincinnati Reds. The Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to the Milwaukee Braves.
December 9, 1955: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Don Hoak and Walt Moryn to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Jackson and Don Elston.
September 1, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.
April 13, 1957: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Redlegs.
May 13, 1957: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
April 4, 1959: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Athletics.
July 3, 1959: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Russ Meyer's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1949-NL-19-0.02 Car-1314-0.02 shares	Sac. Hits 1951 NL-13-5 1954 NL-14-4	ERA 1949 NL-3.08-7	Wins 1949 NL-17-4 1953 NL-15-7	Won-Loss % 1949 NL-.680-5 1953 NL-.750-4 1954 NL-.647-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1949 NL-1.263-7
Hits Allowed/9IP 1949 NL-8.41-5	Bases on Balls/9IP 1952 NL-2.52-9 1954 NL-2.45-5	Strikeouts/9IP 1948 NL-4.86-5 1953 NL-4.99-10	Innings 1952 NL-232.3-8	Games Started 1952 NL-32-8 1953 NL-32-5	Comp. Games 1949 NL-14-10 1952 NL-14-9 1953 NL-10-10
Shutouts 1948 NL-3-6 1953 NL-2-10	Home Runs Allow. 1953 NL-25-8	Hits Allowed 1952 NL-235-6	SO to Walk 1953 NL-1.68-8 1954 NL-1.43-10	Losses 1952 NL-14-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1953 NL-97-8
Wild Pitches 1951 NL-9-1 1953 NL-4-10	Batters Faced 1952 NL-982-8	Adjusted ERA+ 1949 NL-128-8