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: 14-15 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 1

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	28	1	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	3	3	4	2	2	0	3.86	7.62	31	8	9	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.061	3.33	-0.10%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	29	6	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	1	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.25	4.88	32	14	7	0	3	1	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.440	2.45	0.61%	3.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
3	30	12	May 2	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	GS-3		6	2.1	6	3	1	2	1	0	0	2.45	4.83	15	4	2	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.253	2.46	-0.32%	-2.62	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 1 out d2
4	31	17	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.65	3.89	31	9	13	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.607	1.76	0.63%	4.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	32	19	May 14	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.24	3.17	30	14	4	0	0	4	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.694	1.72	0.59%	4.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	33	21	May 16	CHC		CIN	L,11-13	10-GF(10)	L(3-2)	1	1.0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.45	3.32	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.414	3.32	-0.35%	-1.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
7	34	24	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-	W(4-2)	3	6.2	8	3	3	6	4	0	0	1.84	3.46	32						44						26	1	0	0		0
8	35	27	May 23(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-8	3-5	L(4-3)	2	3.0	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	2.49	3.65	18	1	7	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.449	2.68	-0.43%	-3.68	3b 123 0 out a4	5b 3 out d3
9	36	30	May 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-5	L(4-4)	3	5.0	3	3	2	5	3	0	0	2.60	3.74	22	7	6	1	0	1	49			2	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.085	1.31	-0.07%	-0.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
10	37	35	May 31(1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	GS-6		3	5.1	5	3	3	6	8	0	0	2.83	3.68	27	2	6	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.028	1.57	-0.02%	0.31	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a1
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
11	38	42	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.66	3.60	27	9	10	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.220	.54	0.06%	2.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
12	39	47	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	7	4	2	3	5	0	0	2.58	3.48	37	15	7	1	2	7	63			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	3	1.54	0.110	.42	0.02%	0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	40	50	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-4	L(5-6)	4	3.2	4	4	4	9	2	0	0	2.92	3.75	24	7	2	1	0	4	30			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.258	.61	-0.08%	-2.79	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
14	41	52	Jun 17(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.73	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.19	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	42	56	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS-8	W(6-6)	2	7.1	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.95	3.61	32	15	10	5	0	3	46			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.013	.46	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
16	43	61	Jun 27(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(7-6)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.86	3.63	35						68						33	0	0	0		0
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
17	44	66	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.70	3.58	35	11	10	1	0	8	67			1	2	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.316	.61	0.12%	3.60	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
18	45	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-10	GS-3		3	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.91	3.57	11	4	0	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.180	.29	-0.04%	-2.29	1b start a 5	3b 1-3 0 out a3
19	46	76	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.68	3.48	28	13	9	0	0	2	85			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.707	.43	0.15%	4.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	47	79	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,10-12	GS-2		4	1.2	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.03	3.48	11	3	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.165	.19	-0.03%	-3.36	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out a2
21	48	82	Jul 18(2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-7)	1	7.0	12	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.15	3.51	33	4	10	0	1	12	40			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.54	-0.250	.34	-0.03%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	49	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-8)	4	8.0	6	4	2	2	8	1	0	3.09	3.49	33	12	5	0	0	6	64			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.58	-0.118	.02	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
23	50	93	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	GS-4		4	4.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.27	3.65	19	3	7	1	2	6	35			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.291	.03	-0.01%	-2.06	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d2
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
24	51	99	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-1		6	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.38	3.67	4	2	1	1	0	0	41			1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.156	.01	0.00%	-1.59	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d2
25	52	107	Aug 15(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-6		10	5.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.50	3.66	23	8	6	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start a 2	6b -2- 2 out a2
26	53	111	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	GS-	L(9-9)	2	7.1	8	6	5	5	3	0	0	3.63	3.68	32						38						27	1	1	0		0
27	54	116	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	GS-2	L(9-10)	5	1.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	3.77	3.70	12	2	1	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d2
28	55	121	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.1	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.76	3.70	26	5	8	2	0	6	43			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.31	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a2
Sept				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
29	56	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	W(10-10)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.61	3.65	33	11	12	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.143	.00	0.00%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
							14-15		W-L:10-10	3.6	164.2	157	75	66	77	89	7	1	3.61	3.65	703	1.18		5%	2%	120	52	3	100%	9	3	2	618	29	5	3	11	0	5	1.14	0.358	.95	0.73%	3.76

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