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: 15-13 / in Starts: 15-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 0

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	126	11	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	3	2	3	0	0	0	2.57	3.76	30	12	9	1	0	6	50			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.039	2.70	-0.07%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
2	127	17	May 4	PHI		STL	W,6-4	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	9	4	4	3	5	2	0	3.38	4.60	37	12	8	0	1	9	55			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.31	0.147	3.23	0.22%	0.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	128	22	May 9	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS-9		4	8.1	7	5	4	7	5	1	0	3.70	4.86	38	10	9	1	0	7	49			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.127	2.86	-0.17%	-1.78	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
4	129	27	May 15	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(2-1)	5	8.2	11	4	4	3	6	2	1	3.82	5.02	41	7	13	3	0	11	49			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.028	2.65	0.03%	0.16	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out a1
5	130	32	May 20(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,17-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.00	4.62	34	11	11	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.89	0.330	1.76	0.39%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a17
6	131	37	May 27	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	L(3-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.82	4.34	36	12	15	4	0	4	64			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.23	0.166	1.93	0.16%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
7	132	41	May 31	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	7.1	11	4	3	8	6	1	1	2.93	4.59	41	9	14	5	0	3	40			5	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.131	1.87	-0.09%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
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
8	133	46	Jun 4	PHI		PIT	L,4-12	GS-3	L(3-4)	3	2.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.56	4.77	15	1	6	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.305	1.20	-0.24%	-3.79	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
9	134	47	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	6-GF		0	4.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.34	4.67	16	3	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.195	1.18	0.15%	1.95	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
10	135	51	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-3		6	2.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.78	4.86	14	2	3	1	0	6	25			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.267	1.38	-0.19%	-3.98	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d4
11	136	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	W(4-4)	1	9.0	8	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.57	4.61	40	16	8	2	3	7	62			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	2	.87	0.042	1.23	0.04%	1.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
12	137	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(4-5)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.64	4.75	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.226	2.26	-0.16%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
13	138	57	Jun 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	W(5-5)	1	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.47	4.51	33	14	13	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.187	.60	0.09%	2.57	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
14	139	63	Jun 24(2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.44	4.37	26	4	12	2	0	7	51			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.013	.49	0.01%	1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	140	65	Jun 28	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.34	4.37	29	7	13	2	0	5	64			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.295	1.03	0.18%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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	141	68	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-6)	2	7.0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.29	4.31	24	7	13	4	0	0	65			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.73	0.045	1.38	0.05%	1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	142	70	Jul 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,8-9	10-12	BS(1)	1	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.36	4.36	13	0	8	3	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	-0.461	2.98	-0.24%	-0.49	10b --- 0 out a1	12b 3 out tie
18	143	74	Jul 6	PHI		BRO	L,2-6	GS-1	L(5-7)	2	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.61	4.36	4	2	1	1	0	1	30			0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.292	1.05	-0.18%	-3.38	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d3
19	144	76	Jul 8	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	4.34	4	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.017	.15	0.01%	0.49	10t --- 0 out d2	10t end d 2
20	145	77	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	W,11-6	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	14	6	6	1	6	1	0	3.76	4.23	41	13	7	0	0	14	40			1	0	0	40	4	1	0	1	0	0	.26	0.057	.05	0.01%	-1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	146	82	Jul 16	PHI		STL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-7)	3	8.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.67	4.24	35	14	12	3	0	5	56			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.83	0.090	.41	0.03%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	147	87	Jul 20	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS-		3	9.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.62	4.10	36						66						33			0		0
23	148	91	Jul 24	PHI	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-	L(7-8)	3	4.1	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.83	4.05	22						25						22			0		0
24	149	95	Jul 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.60	3.92	33	5	18	3	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.832	.66	0.21%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
25	150	100	Aug 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.86	26	7	13	2	3	4	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.204	.16	0.02%	2.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	151	105	Aug 5(2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,12-7	GS-		3	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.72	3.88	6						26						5			0		0
27	152	107	Aug 7(2)	PHI		BSN	W,1-0	GS-10		1	10.0	8	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.50	3.81	40	18	8	1	0	5	77			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.813	.36	0.12%	4.88	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
28	153	111	Aug 12(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	3.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.040	.18	0.01%	0.40	1b start a 1	1b --- 2 out a1
							15-13		W-L:8-9,BSv:1	2.9	168.0	172	69	65	59	65	13	2	3.48	3.80	720	0.84		10%	2%	125	52	0	---%	6	5	0	651	20	6	2	14	0	8	1.12	1.653	1.44	0.36%	16.63

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