Russ Meyer
Russell Charles Meyer (Rowdy and The Mad Monk)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1923 in Peru, IL
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1946
Final Game: June 28, 1959
Died: November 16, 1998 in Oglesby, IL
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 22 CHC NL 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 54 1 0 0 0 /1
1947 23 CHC NL 23 12 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 3 0 0 0 1
1948 24 CHC NL 29 63 56 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 19 .107 .107 .143 .250 -32 8 0 0 7 1
1949 25 PHI NL 37 78 70 3 10 2 1 0 4 0 2 19 .143 .167 .200 .367 -1 14 1 0 6 1 MVP-19
1950 26 PHI NL 32 60 50 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 20 .140 .189 .160 .349 -6 8 0 0 7 1
1951 27 PHI NL 28 64 48 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .104 .157 .104 .261 -28 5 1 0 13 1
1952 28 PHI NL 37 88 79 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 23 .089 .133 .139 .272 -24 11 4 1 5 1
1953 29 BRO NL 34 84 75 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .147 .179 .160 .339 -12 12 2 0 6 1
1954 30 BRO NL 36 66 47 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 20 .043 .135 .043 .177 -52 2 1 0 14 0 1
1955 31 BRO NL 18 30 27 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .037 .071 .074 .146 -62 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 32 TOT NL 21 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 32 CHC NL 20 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 32 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 33 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 35 KCA AL 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 319 569 484 26 55 6 2 1 25 0 0 22 146 .114 .154 .140 .294 -21 68 9 1 62 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 289 246 13 28 3 1 1 13 0 11 74 .114 .154 .140 .294 -21 35 5 1 31
PHI (4 yrs) 134 290 247 13 29 4 1 1 14 0 0 11 70 .117 .158 .154 .312 -15 38 6 1 31
CHC (4 yrs) 76 96 85 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 23 .129 .149 .153 .302 -17 13 0 0 9 0 0
BRO (3 yrs) 88 180 149 10 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 51 .094 .146 .107 .253 -33 16 3 0 22 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 299 566 481 26 54 6 2 1 24 0 0 22 144 .112 .153 .139 .292 -21 67 9 1 62 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 20 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1946 22 CHC NL 6 4 0 0.0 91 .200 .200 .260 .333 .335 .200 .364 .533 .699 54 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1947 23 CHC NL 12 9 1 3.0 102 .273 .250 .269 .250 .344 .250 .399 .500 .743 35 .305 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1948 24 CHC NL 63 57 1 0.5 99 .162 .107 .264 .107 .338 .143 .391 .250 .728 -32 .016 -10.4 -1.1 .160 .036 .036
1949 25 PHI NL 78 67 2 0.8 101 .196 .143 .267 .167 .340 .200 .399 .367 .739 -1 .039 -10.2 -1.0 .262 .086 .057
1950 26 PHI NL 60 50 2 1.1 106 .233 .140 .267 .189 .344 .160 .414 .349 .758 -6 .062 -7.8 -0.8 .256 .080 .020
1951 27 PHI NL 64 57 1 0.5 102 .125 .104 .266 .157 .340 .104 .403 .261 .743 -28 .016 -8.8 -0.9 .182 .063 .000
1952 28 PHI NL 88 81 1 0.3 96 .109 .089 .260 .133 .333 .139 .387 .272 .721 -24 .010 -13.6 -1.4 .197 .089 .051 .0
1953 29 BRO NL 84 72 2 0.7 112 .204 .147 .278 .179 .349 .160 .433 .339 .782 -12 .030 -12.7 -1.2 .227 .053 .013
1954 30 BRO NL 66 60 0 0.0 112 .074 .043 .279 .135 .351 .043 .431 .177 .782 -52 .000 -11.1 -1.1 .152 .106 .000
1955 31 BRO NL 30 28 0 0.0 109 .059 .037 .270 .071 .342 .074 .428 .146 .769 -62 .000 -6.4 -0.6 .115 .074 .037
1956 32 TOT NL 15 13 0 0.0 102 .111 .083 .263 .154 .330 .083 .415 .237 .745 -33 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
1956 32 CHC NL 15 13 0 0.0 102 .111 .083 .263 .154 .330 .083 .415 .237 .745 -33 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
1957 33 BOS AL 1 0 1 104 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .343 1.000 .407 2.000 .750 437 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1959 35 KCA AL 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .262 .000 .334 .000 .402 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 569 500 11 0.6 104 .160 .114 .268 .154 .341 .140 .408 .294 .750 -21 .023 -84.7 -8.5 .208 .072 .027 .0
162 Game Avg. 289 254 6 0.6 104 .160 .114 .268 .154 .341 .140 .408 .294 .750 -21 .023 -84.7 -8.5 .208 .072 .027
PHI (4 yrs) 290 255 6 0.6 101 .159 .117 .265 .158 .339 .154 .399 .312 .738 -15 .027 -40.3 -4.1 .223 .081 .036 .0
CHC (4 yrs) 96 83 2 0.6 99 .177 .129 .264 .149 .337 .153 .394 .302 .731 -17 .028 -14.1 -1.4 .203 .047 .024
BRO (3 yrs) 180 160 2 0.3 112 .143 .094 .277 .146 .348 .107 .431 .253 .780 -33 .008 -30.2 -3.0 .181 .074 .013
KCA (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .262 .000 .334 .000 .402 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 1 104 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .343 1.000 .407 2.000 .750 437 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
NL (11 yrs) 566 498 10 0.5 104 .158 .112 .268 .153 .341 .139 .408 .292 .750 -21 .019 -84.6 -8.5 .206 .073 .027 .0
AL (2 yrs) 3 2 1 13.5 102 1.000 .333 .265 .333 .337 .333 .403 .667 .741 81 .886 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 26 PHI NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 29 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 31 BRO NL WS NYY W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1946 22 CHC NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.00 83%
1947 23 CHC NL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 12.0 92%
1948 24 CHC NL 63 0.0% 30.2% 0.0% 1.6% 17% 2.9 18.7 59%
1949 25 PHI NL 78 0.0% 24.4% 2.6% 3.9% 30% 9.50 3.7 17.5 65%
1950 26 PHI NL 60 0.0% 33.3% 5.0% 1.7% 14% 6.67 2.5 50%
1951 27 PHI NL 64 0.0% 12.5% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 2.67 6.0 12.0 63%
1952 28 PHI NL 88 1.1% 26.1% 3.4% 2.3% 29% 7.67 3.4 79.0 13.2 63%
1953 29 BRO NL 84 0.0% 25.0% 3.6% 1.2% 9% 7.00 3.6 37.5 64%
1954 30 BRO NL 66 0.0% 30.3% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.4 23.5 2.90 41%
1955 31 BRO NL 30 0.0% 33.3% 3.3% 3.3% 100% 10.00 2.7 13.5 1.25 57%
1956 32 TOT NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.0 0.33 60%
1956 32 CHC NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.0 0.33 60%
1957 33 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.0 100%
1959 35 KCA AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
13 Seasons 569 0.2% 25.7% 3.9% 1.6% 16% 6.64 3.3 484.0 19.4 1.90 59%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 BRO NL 0 0 43% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 31 BRO NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 32 TOT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 0 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 BRO NL 66 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 93% 17 1 6% 20 9 45% 41 2 5% 2 1 50% 6 3 50% 0
1955 31 BRO NL 30 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0 0% 5 1 20% 23 2 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1956 32 TOT NL 8 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 7
1956 32 CHC NL 8 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 7
1957 33 BOS AL 1 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 KCA AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
13 Seasons 107 100% 55 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 62 310% 27 9 33% 30 11 37% 73 5 7% 5 2 40% 7 4 57% 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 22 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 54 1 0 0 0
1947 23 27 18 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .235 .278 .235 .513 42 4 0 0 0
1948 24 56 81 73 3 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 20 .137 .149 .164 .313 -14 12 0 0 7
1949 25 93 159 143 6 20 2 2 0 8 0 3 39 .140 .158 .182 .339 -7 26 1 0 13
1950 26 125 219 193 8 27 3 2 0 8 0 6 59 .140 .166 .176 .342 -7 34 1 0 20
1951 27 153 283 241 12 32 3 2 0 12 0 0 9 67 .133 .164 .162 .326 -11 39 2 0 33
1952 28 190 371 320 16 39 4 2 1 18 0 0 12 90 .122 .156 .156 .312 -15 50 6 1 38
1953 29 224 455 395 22 50 5 2 1 20 0 0 15 111 .127 .161 .157 .318 -14 62 8 1 44
1954 30 260 521 442 25 52 5 2 1 22 0 0 20 131 .118 .158 .145 .302 -18 64 9 1 58 0
1955 31 278 551 469 26 53 6 2 1 24 0 0 21 141 .113 .153 .141 .293 -21 66 9 1 60 0 0
1956 32 299 566 481 26 54 6 2 1 24 0 0 22 144 .112 .153 .139 .292 -21 67 9 1 62 0 0
1957 33 301 567 482 26 55 6 2 1 25 0 0 22 144 .114 .154 .141 .296 -20 68 9 1 62 0 0
1958 34 301 567 482 26 55 6 2 1 25 0 0 22 144 .114 .154 .141 .296 -20 68 9 1 62 0 0
1959 35 319 569 484 26 55 6 2 1 25 0 0 22 146 .114 .154 .140 .294 -21 68 9 1 62 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 22 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 4
1947 23 24 13 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 23
1948 24 30 59 59 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 29
1949 25 38 74 72 3 10 2 1 0 4 0 2 20 .139 .162 .194 .357 2 37
1950 26 33 54 51 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 21 .118 .167 .137 .304 1 32
1951 27 29 55 51 5 6 0 0 0 5 0 4 8 .118 .182 .118 .299 1 28
1952 28 39 85 81 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 3 24 .074 .118 .123 .241 1 37
1953 29 35 80 77 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 3 22 .143 .175 .156 .331 2 34
1954 30 38 54 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 .000 .093 .000 .093 0 36
1955 31 19 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .034 .000 .034 0 18
1956 32 22 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 21
1957 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1959 35 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
13 Seasons 332 526 502 22 39 5 1 1 22 0 23 153 .078 .120 .098 .217 10 319
162 Game Avg. 162 257 245 11 19 2 0 0 11 0 11 75 .078 .120 .098 .217 5 319

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  13 (5th)
1954 NL  14 (4th)

                           

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