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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 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
1946 22 CHC NL 0 0 3.18 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.0 21 7 6 2 10 10 0 0 1 78 104 1.824 11.1 1.1 5.3 5.3 1.00
1947 23 CHC NL 3 2 .600 3.40 23 2 9 1 0 0 45.0 43 17 17 4 14 22 1 0 2 185 116 1.267 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
1948 24 CHC NL 10 10 .500 3.66 29 26 2 8 3 0 164.2 157 75 67 8 77 89 1 1 3 702 107 1.421 8.6 0.4 4.2 4.9 1.16
1949 25 PHI NL 17 8 .680 3.08 37 28 5 14 2 1 213.0 199 84 73 14 70 78 1 2 4 877 128 1.263 8.4 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.11 MVP-19
1950 26 PHI NL 9 11 .450 5.30 32 25 3 3 0 1 159.2 193 108 94 21 67 74 2 2 4 710 77 1.628 10.9 1.2 3.8 4.2 1.10
1951 27 PHI NL 8 9 .471 3.48 28 24 3 7 2 0 168.0 172 69 65 13 55 65 2 0 9 720 110 1.351 9.2 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.18
1952 28 PHI NL 13 14 .481 3.14 37 32 3 14 1 1 232.1 235 99 81 10 65 92 2 0 2 982 117 1.291 9.1 0.4 2.5 3.6 1.42
1953 29 BRO NL 15 5 .750 4.56 34 32 1 10 2 0 191.1 201 109 97 25 63 106 1 0 4 819 94 1.380 9.5 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.68
1954 30 BRO NL 11 6 .647 3.99 36 28 4 6 2 0 180.1 193 89 80 17 49 70 2 0 2 767 103 1.342 9.6 0.8 2.4 3.5 1.43
1955 31 BRO NL 6 2 .750 5.42 18 11 1 2 1 0 73.0 86 46 44 8 31 6 26 0 0 3 327 75 1.603 10.6 1.0 3.8 3.2 0.84
1956 32 TOT NL 1 6 .143 6.21 21 9 7 0 0 0 58.0 72 41 40 11 26 4 29 2 0 0 268 61 1.690 11.2 1.7 4.0 4.5 1.12
1956 32 CHC NL 1 6 .143 6.32 20 9 6 0 0 0 57.0 71 41 40 11 26 4 28 2 0 0 264 60 1.702 11.2 1.7 4.1 4.4 1.08
1956 32 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1957 33 BOS AL 0 0 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 74 2.600 18.0 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
1959 35 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 4.50 18 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 12 12 3 11 0 10 1 0 2 107 89 1.458 9.0 1.1 4.1 3.8 0.91
13 Seasons 94 73 .563 3.99 319 219 47 65 13 5 1531.1 1606 761 679 136 541 10 672 15 5 36 6570 99 1.402 9.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.24
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .563 3.99 40 28 6 8 2 1 194 203 96 86 17 68 85 2 1 5 830 99 1.402 9.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.24
PHI (4 yrs) 47 42 .528 3.64 134 109 14 38 5 3 773.0 799 360 313 58 257 309 7 4 19 3289 106 1.366 9.3 0.7 3.0 3.6 1.20
CHC (4 yrs) 14 18 .438 4.12 76 38 18 9 3 1 283.2 292 140 130 25 127 4 149 4 1 6 1229 94 1.477 9.3 0.8 4.0 4.7 1.17
BRO (3 yrs) 32 13 .711 4.47 88 71 6 18 5 0 444.2 480 244 221 50 143 6 202 3 0 9 1913 93 1.401 9.7 1.0 2.9 4.1 1.41
KCA (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.50 18 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 12 12 3 11 0 10 1 0 2 107 89 1.458 9.0 1.1 4.1 3.8 0.91
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 74 2.600 18.0 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
NL (11 yrs) 93 73 .560 3.98 299 218 39 65 13 4 1502.1 1572 744 664 133 527 10 661 14 5 34 6435 99 1.397 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.66 20 1 8 0 0 1 29.0 34 17 15 3 14 0 11 1 0 2 135 86 1.655 10.6 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1950 26 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 5.4
1953 29 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 6.23 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 3 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 24 2.769 16.6 4.2 8.3 10.4 1.25
1955 31 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.09 4 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 5 4 2 6 1 10 0 0 0 55 1.886 12.3 1.5 4.6 7.7 1.67
3 WS 0 1 .000 3.09 4 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 5 4 2 6 1 10 0 0 0 55 1.886 12.3 1.5 4.6 7.7 1.67

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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 -11 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 -20 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 -20 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

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
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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-19-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL--3.085--7th

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL--17--4th
1953 NL--15--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL--.680--4th
1953 NL--.750--3rd
1954 NL--.647--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 NL--1.263--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL--8.409--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL--2.518--9th
1954 NL--2.446--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL--4.864--5th
1953 NL--4.986--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL--232.3--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1952 NL--32--8th
1953 NL--32--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL--14--10th
1952 NL--14--9th
1953 NL--10--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 NL--3--6th
1953 NL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL--25--8th

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--235--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--1.683--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL--.437--6th
1949 NL--.592--10th
1952 NL--.387--1st

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL--97--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL--9--1st
1953 NL--4--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL--982--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL--128--8th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 40 (633), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (920), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 Don Elston and Randy Jackson.

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.

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