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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 CHC NL 22 P 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.00
1947 CHC NL 23 P 23 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.30 .971 0.91
1948 CHC NL 24 P 29 39 12 26 1 0 .974 1.31 .962 0.91
1949 PHI NL 25 P 37 43 14 28 1 3 .977 1.14 .951 0.91 MVP-19
1950 PHI NL 26 P 32 39 8 31 0 4 1.000 1.22 .959 0.97
1951 PHI NL 27 P 28 27 5 21 1 1 .963 0.93 .963 0.96
1952 PHI NL 28 P 37 49 8 37 4 6 .918 1.22 .955 0.98
1953 BRO NL 29 P 34 44 8 33 3 1 .932 1.21 .957 0.87
1954 BRO NL 30 P 36 28 180.1 35 5 27 3 0 .914 1.60 0.89 .963 2.07 0.87
1955 BRO NL 31 P 18 11 73.0 22 1 21 0 1 1.000 2.71 1.22 .945 2.03 0.83
1956 TOT NL 32 P 21 9 58.0 22 5 17 0 2 1.000 3.41 1.05 .968 2.05 0.83
1956 CHC NL 32 P 20 9 57.0 21 4 17 0 2 1.000 3.32 1.05 .967 2.05 0.83
1956 CIN NL 32 P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.80
1957 BOS AL 33 P 2 1 5.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20 2.00 .950 1.98 0.85
1959 KCA AL 35 P 18 0 24.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.22 .950 2.06 0.85
13 Seasons P 319 49 340.1 339 69 257 13 19 .962 8.62 1.02 .958 2.06 0.91
13 Seasons TOT 319 49 340.1 339 69 257 13 19 .962 8.62 1.02 .919 2.06 0.91

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 CHC NL 22 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHC NL 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CHC NL 24 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 25 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 26 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 27 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 28 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 29 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 30 36 28 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 31 18 11 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 32 20 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 33 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 35 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 319 49 319 319 319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 30 779 84% 31% 37 81% 1 5 1 4 30 26 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 63%
1955 BRO NL 31 335 83% 30% 22 95% 0 1 0 1 22 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1956 CHC NL 32 175 78% 30% 13 100% 0 3 0 3 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1956 CIN NL 32 4 75% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 33 31 87% 19% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1959 KCA AL 35 114 79% 27% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1438 83% 30% 80 89% 1 11 1 10 72 54 10 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 15 67%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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.

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