Rusty Meacham
Russell Loren Meacham
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 27, 1968 in Stuart, FL
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 33rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed May 11, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1991
Final Game: June 20, 2001
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1991 23 DET AL 2 1 .667 5.20 10 4 1 0 0 0 27.2 35 17 16 4 11 0 14 0 1 0 126 80 1.663 11.4 1.3 3.6 4.6 1.27
1992 24 KCR AL 10 4 .714 2.74 64 0 20 0 0 2 101.2 88 39 31 5 21 5 64 1 0 4 412 148 1.072 7.8 0.4 1.9 5.7 3.05
1993 25 KCR AL 2 2 .500 5.57 15 0 11 0 0 0 21.0 31 15 13 2 5 1 13 3 0 0 104 82 1.714 13.3 0.9 2.1 5.6 2.60
1994 26 KCR AL 3 3 .500 3.73 36 0 15 0 0 4 50.2 51 23 21 7 12 1 36 2 0 4 213 134 1.243 9.1 1.2 2.1 6.4 3.00
1995 27 KCR AL 4 3 .571 4.98 49 0 26 0 0 2 59.2 72 36 33 6 19 5 30 1 0 0 262 96 1.525 10.9 0.9 2.9 4.5 1.58
1996 28 SEA AL 1 1 .500 5.74 15 5 3 0 0 1 42.1 57 28 27 9 13 1 25 4 0 1 192 86 1.654 12.1 1.9 2.8 5.3 1.92
2000 32 HOU NL 0 0 11.57 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 43 2.143 15.4 5.8 3.9 5.8 1.50
2001 33 TBD AL 1 3 .250 5.60 24 0 5 0 0 0 35.1 39 24 22 3 10 0 13 2 0 2 158 80 1.387 9.9 0.8 2.5 3.3 1.30
8 Seasons 23 17 .575 4.43 218 9 83 0 0 9 343.0 381 188 169 39 93 13 198 13 1 11 1490 102 1.382 10.0 1.0 2.4 5.2 2.13
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .575 4.43 65 3 25 0 0 3 103 114 56 51 12 28 4 59 4 0 3 446 102 1.382 10.0 1.0 2.4 5.2 2.13
KCR (4 yrs) 19 12 .613 3.79 164 0 72 0 0 8 233.0 242 113 98 20 57 12 143 7 0 8 991 119 1.283 9.3 0.8 2.2 5.5 2.51
TBD (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.60 24 0 5 0 0 0 35.1 39 24 22 3 10 0 13 2 0 2 158 80 1.387 9.9 0.8 2.5 3.3 1.30
SEA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.74 15 5 3 0 0 1 42.1 57 28 27 9 13 1 25 4 0 1 192 86 1.654 12.1 1.9 2.8 5.3 1.92
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 11.57 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 43 2.143 15.4 5.8 3.9 5.8 1.50
DET (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.20 10 4 1 0 0 0 27.2 35 17 16 4 11 0 14 0 1 0 126 80 1.663 11.4 1.3 3.6 4.6 1.27
AL (7 yrs) 23 17 .575 4.34 213 9 81 0 0 9 338.1 373 182 163 36 91 13 195 13 1 11 1467 104 1.371 9.9 1.0 2.4 5.2 2.14
NL (1 yr) 0 0 11.57 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 43 2.143 15.4 5.8 3.9 5.8 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 23 DET AL 10 126 111 17 35 8 0 4 1 0 11 14 .315 .368 .495 .863 .323 55 2 0 1 3 0
1992 24 KCR AL 64 412 378 39 88 15 3 5 0 1 21 64 .233 .269 .328 .597 .261 124 10 1 3 9 5
1993 25 KCR AL 15 104 95 15 31 6 1 2 1 0 5 13 .326 .375 .474 .849 .358 45 1 3 0 1 1
1994 26 KCR AL 36 213 194 23 51 12 1 7 1 0 12 36 .263 .307 .443 .750 .284 86 2 2 1 4 1
1995 27 KCR AL 49 262 237 36 72 15 4 6 1 1 19 30 .304 .352 .477 .829 .322 113 7 1 1 4 5
1996 28 SEA AL 15 192 174 28 57 6 1 9 0 1 13 25 .328 .385 .529 .914 .340 92 5 4 0 1 1
2000 32 HOU NL 5 23 21 6 8 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .381 .435 .810 1.244 .333 17 1 0 0 0 0
2001 33 TBD AL 24 158 141 24 39 14 2 3 2 0 10 13 .277 .325 .468 .793 .279 66 2 2 1 4 0
8 Seasons 218 1490 1351 188 381 76 12 39 6 3 93 198 .282 .328 .443 .771 .300 598 30 13 7 26 13
162 Game Avg. 65 446 405 56 114 23 4 12 2 1 28 59 .282 .328 .443 .771 .300 179 9 4 2 8 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1991 23 DET AL 10 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 40 54 25 7 1 0 2 7.1 9.9 4.8 81 2 1 1 0 100
1996 28 SEA AL 15 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 2 0 0 2 40% 40 59 23 9 3 1 1 7.2 8.2 4.7 81 2 0 3 0 112
2 Seasons 25 9 3 2 4 1 0 5 4 .556 1 2 0 0 3 33% 40 59 23 16 4 1 3 7.2 9.0 4.8 81 4 1 4 0 112
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1991 23 DET AL 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 7 0.840 2 2 2 2 0 4 3 3 4 1 4 1 4.2 22
1992 24 KCR AL 64 64 20 10 4 6 2 4 33% 21 15 55 17 31% 7 1.277 26 24 14 22 13 29 33 31 42 11 43 14 4.8 23
1993 25 KCR AL 15 15 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 75% 8 1.192 5 5 5 3 4 8 4 11 7 2 7 3 4.2 23
1994 26 KCR AL 36 36 15 3 3 5 4 1 80% 12 7 39 9 23% 8 1.070 18 7 11 16 7 13 20 16 16 12 17 5 4.2 22
1995 27 KCR AL 49 49 26 4 3 3 2 1 67% 10 7 40 23 58% 8 0.605 14 9 23 14 7 28 22 27 16 15 19 8 3.7 19
1996 28 SEA AL 15 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 14 6 43% 3 0.744 2 4 2 2 0 8 7 3 5 3 6 2 5.6 31
2000 32 HOU NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 0.080 0 0 4 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 2.8 18
2001 33 TBD AL 24 24 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 16 7 44% 7 0.720 5 6 12 6 4 14 11 13 13 5 14 2 4.4 24
8 Seasons 218 209 83 20 15 15 9 6 60% 49 34 179 70 39% 0.940 72 57 73 66 35 108 102 107 103 50 111 35 4.3 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1991 23 DET AL 126 43% 3.2% 11.1% 8.7% 9.5% 34% 0.55 0.92 76% 33% 6.8% 8% 18 2 11%
1992 24 KCR AL 412 39% 1.2% 15.5% 5.1% 5.6% 26% 0.95 1.25 77% 16% 3.6% 15% 84 10 12%
1993 25 KCR AL 104 42% 1.9% 12.5% 4.8% 8.7% 29% 0.82 0.72 78% 20% 5.6% 18% 22 1 5%
1994 26 KCR AL 213 37% 3.3% 16.9% 5.6% 9.4% 39% 1.08 1.50 73% 20% 10.8% 16% 35 2 6%
1995 27 KCR AL 262 49% 2.3% 11.5% 7.3% 9.5% 35% 0.85 1.14 78% 25% 6.1% 13% 52 7 13%
1996 28 SEA AL 192 48% 4.7% 13.0% 6.8% 8.3% 28% 0.67 0.74 73% 20% 11.8% 16% 54 5 9%
2000 32 HOU NL 23 26% 13.0% 13.0% 8.7% 13.0% 38% 2.75 2.67 65% 6% 100.0% 25% 9 1 11%
2001 33 TBD AL 158 46% 1.9% 8.2% 6.3% 12.0% 49% 0.46 0.66 82% 26% 4.1% 13% 31 2 6%
8 Seasons 1490 43% 2.6% 13.3% 6.2% 8.5% 33% 0.80 1.05 77% 21% 7.1% 14% 305 30 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1991 23 DET AL 126 457 3.63 273 60% 25% 12% 25% 37% 75% 0% 45% 83% 54% 5% 6 2 14% 18 5 1 14% 1 4 0 0 0
1992 24 KCR AL 412 1478 3.59 945 64% 22% 15% 29% 34% 78% 4% 50% 81% 58% 4% 15 8 21% 88 42 6 20% 13 2 0 0 0
1993 25 KCR AL 104 347 3.34 212 61% 20% 14% 27% 39% 80% 3% 49% 82% 52% 4% 4 2 21% 22 10 1 15% 5 1 0 0 1
1994 26 KCR AL 205 761 3.71 498 65% 23% 16% 30% 31% 77% 2% 51% 79% 57% 4% 8 7 20% 42 20 1 17% 6 0 8 0 0
1995 27 KCR AL 262 913 3.48 568 62% 26% 13% 24% 37% 74% 6% 46% 82% 60% 5% 12 4 17% 44 21 1 30% 2 3 0 0 0
1996 28 SEA AL 192 713 3.71 426 60% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 1% 43% 81% 59% 6% 11 7 11% 22 8 1 44% 2 3 0 0 0
2000 32 HOU NL 23 89 3.87 61 69% 20% 16% 34% 30% 80% 0% 55% 80% 65% 0% 0 0 22% 5 2 1 67% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 33 TBD AL 158 566 3.58 366 65% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 0% 49% 85% 65% 2% 3 2 16% 26 17 1 23% 2 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1482 5324 3.59 3349 63% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 3% 48% 82% 59% 4% 59 32 18% 267 125 13 24% 31 14 8 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1991 23 DET AL 126 35 10 1 4 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 4 0 100% 0 0 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 24 KCR AL 412 88 31 1 5 0 12 4 1 4 1 33 22 3 67% 9 4 0 163 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1993 25 KCR AL 104 31 4 0 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 9 4 0 44% 4 0 0 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 26 KCR AL 213 51 7 0 7 0 10 3 4 4 3 12 7 2 58% 1 4 0 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1995 27 KCR AL 262 72 8 3 6 0 13 4 2 3 3 25 17 1 68% 3 0 1 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1996 28 SEA AL 192 57 5 0 9 0 8 5 4 7 2 10 6 1 60% 1 1 0 81 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2000 32 HOU NL 23 8 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 33 TBD AL 158 39 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 11 10 0 91% 4 2 0 66 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Seasons 1490 381 67 6 39 0 52 20 19 27 12 106 72 7 68% 22 11 1 595 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1991 23 2 1 .667 5.20 10 4 1 0 0 0 27.2 35 17 16 4 11 0 14 0 1 0 126 80 1.663 11.4 1.3 3.6 4.6 1.27 80
1992 24 12 5 .706 3.27 74 4 21 0 0 2 129.1 123 56 47 9 32 5 78 1 1 4 538 125 1.198 8.6 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.44 125
1993 25 14 7 .667 3.59 89 4 32 0 0 2 150.1 154 71 60 11 37 6 91 4 1 4 642 116 1.271 9.2 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.46 116
1994 26 17 10 .630 3.63 125 4 47 0 0 6 201.0 205 94 81 18 49 7 127 6 1 8 855 121 1.264 9.2 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.59 121
1995 27 21 13 .618 3.94 174 4 73 0 0 8 260.2 277 130 114 24 68 12 157 7 1 8 1117 113 1.324 9.6 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.31 113
1996 28 22 14 .611 4.19 189 9 76 0 0 9 303.0 334 158 141 33 81 13 182 11 1 9 1309 108 1.370 9.9 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.25 108
1997 29 22 14 .611 4.19 189 9 76 0 0 9 303.0 334 158 141 33 81 13 182 11 1 9 1309 108 1.370 9.9 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.25 108
1998 30 22 14 .611 4.19 189 9 76 0 0 9 303.0 334 158 141 33 81 13 182 11 1 9 1309 108 1.370 9.9 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.25 108
1999 31 22 14 .611 4.19 189 9 76 0 0 9 303.0 334 158 141 33 81 13 182 11 1 9 1309 108 1.370 9.9 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.25 108
2000 32 22 14 .611 4.30 194 9 78 0 0 9 307.2 342 164 147 36 83 13 185 11 1 9 1332 106 1.381 10.0 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.23 106
2001 33 23 17 .575 4.43 218 9 83 0 0 9 343.0 381 188 169 39 93 13 198 13 1 11 1490 102 1.382 10.0 1.0 2.4 5.2 2.13 102

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1991 23 1 1 .500 5.88 26.0 36 19 17 4 11 13 0 1.808 12.5 3.8 4.5 1.18 1.4 10
1992 24 7 4 .636 3.00 99.0 92 37 33 5 22 62 1 1.152 8.4 2.0 5.6 2.82 0.5 64
1993 25 1 1 .500 5.32 22.0 31 14 13 2 5 14 3 1.636 12.7 2.0 5.7 2.80 0.8 15
1994 26 5 3 .625 3.25 72.0 68 29 26 9 16 51 3 1.167 8.5 2.0 6.4 3.19 1.1 36
1995 27 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 78 39 35 6 21 33 1 1.523 10.8 2.9 4.6 1.57 0.8 49
1996 28 1 3 .250 5.27 41.0 53 27 24 8 12 24 4 1.585 11.6 2.6 5.3 2.00 1.8 15
2000 32 0 0 9.00 5.0 7 6 5 3 2 3 0 1.800 12.6 3.6 5.4 1.50 5.4 5
2001 33 1 3 .250 5.25 36.0 38 23 21 3 10 13 2 1.333 9.5 2.5 3.3 1.30 0.8 24
8 Seasons 19 19 .500 4.28 366.0 403 194 174 40 99 213 14 1.372 9.9 5.2 2.15 1.0 218

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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