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: 17-20 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 4

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	154	3	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.1	4	3	3	4	5	2	0	3.24	5.75	32	9	10	2	0	4	64			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.294	2.47	-0.43%	0.92	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d1
2	155	8	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.11	4.28	30	10	9	0	2	9	41			1	1	0	28	0	1	1	2	0	0	.79	-0.167	1.42	-0.18%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
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	156	13	May 2	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	L(0-3)	9	8.1	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.80	3.45	32	19	0	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.077	2.43	-0.08%	0.33	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
4	157	18	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-	L(0-4)	4	7.0	8	5	1	1	2	0	0	3.23	3.17	33						50						31			0		0
5	158	23	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	W(1-4)	6	9.0	11	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.95	3.15	36	10	9	0	2	11	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	0	0	.49	0.168	.62	0.13%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	159	27	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(1-5)	3	8.0	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.21	3.06	35	10	10	0	0	11	44			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.040	1.02	-0.04%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	160	31	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS-5	L(1-6)	5	5.0	4	4	3	4	4	0	0	3.42	3.07	23	7	8	3	0	0	45			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.169	1.71	-0.14%	-1.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	161	35	May 30(1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-6)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.92	2.96	30	11	15	4	0	1	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.497	1.07	0.37%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
9	162	41	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	GS-2		4	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.57	2.99	10	1	3	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.355	.78	-0.13%	-3.57	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d3
10	163	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	2-4		0	2.2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.56	3.11	13	4	4	0	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.030	.26	-0.01%	0.07	2b 1-3 1 out d2	4b 3 out d4
11	164	45	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-	L(2-7)	2	7.0	12	5	3	0	3	1	0	3.59	3.13	35						40						35			0		0
12	165	49	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-7)	5	8.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.46	3.25	30	9	7	2	0	5	65			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.220	.12	0.02%	1.33	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
13	166	55	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	GS-7	L(3-8)	3	6.0	12	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.74	3.38	30	9	6	3	0	12	27			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	-0.217	.14	-0.02%	-2.56	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d3
14	167	61	Jun 24(2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-8)	5	7.1	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.54	3.26	30	9	9	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.227	.09	0.01%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
15	168	65	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.78	3.17	26	11	6	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.194	.10	-0.01%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a1
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
16	169	69	Jul 2(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-9)	2	7.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.53	3.07	27	11	10	3	0	1	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.179	.06	0.01%	2.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	170	75	Jul 6(2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.34	3.05	30	6	16	1	4	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.465	.04	0.01%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
18	171	78	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-10)	5	8.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	1	3.34	3.02	36	7	11	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.068	.07	0.00%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	172	83	Jul 17(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-11)	4	8.0	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.27	2.94	32	9	9	4	2	11	55			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.096	.04	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	173	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	2.93	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.58	0.188	.11	0.00%	0.87	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
21	174	87	Jul 20(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	L(6-12)	1	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	2.93	4	1	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	-0.168	.07	0.00%	-0.16	9b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
22	175	89	Jul 22(1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	W(7-12)	1	9.0	10	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.28	2.95	38	13	10	3	0	9	49			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.30	0.025	.01	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
23	176	94	Jul 27(1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	4	1	2	0	0	3.43	2.93	22	4	8	2	0	7	32			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.265	.03	-0.01%	-3.33	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a1
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	177	99	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS-4		4	3.1	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.47	2.92	16	7	4	2	0	5	38			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.270	.18	-0.02%	-2.06	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d1
25	178	103	Aug 7(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	W(8-12)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.39	2.95	35	16	8	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.46	-0.041	.09	-0.01%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
26	179	108	Aug 11(2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	GS-5		3	5.0	8	3	1	2	1	0	0	3.34	2.96	25	12	8	4	0	2	42			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	-0.128	.08	-0.01%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
27	180	111	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(9-12)	2	9.0	9	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.27	2.93	40	10	16	3	0	9	60			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.30	0.383	.03	0.01%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	181	116	Aug 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(10-12)	5	9.0	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.11	2.91	37	15	11	1	3	9	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.460	.11	0.02%	3.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
29	182	120	Aug 24(2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-4	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	5	4	4	4	8	0	0	3.15	2.86	38	15	7	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.12	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.25	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a10
30	183	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.12	2.89	9	3	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.82	0.438	.03	0.00%	1.56	9b -2- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
31	184	126	Aug 30(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS-		3	3.2	1	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.15	2.90	16						51						12			0		0
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
32	185	132	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(11-13)	4	10.1	10	4	1	7	3	0	0	3.04	2.95	49	16	13	1	2	10	59			0	0	0	41	1	0	1	2	0	2	2.24	-0.208	.02	0.00%	-0.35	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
33	186	135	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	2.96	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	187	138	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	GS-		3	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.11	2.97	14						38						12			0		0
35	188	143	Sep 14(2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(12-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.02	2.92	33	9	15	2	0	6	74			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.487	.00	0.00%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	189	148	Sep 21	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(13-13)	6	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.98	2.92	37	17	9	0	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.172	.00	0.00%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	190	152	Sep 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	GS-3	L(13-14)	4	3.0	6	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.10	3.01	15	2	5	1	2	6	33			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
							17-20		W-L:13-14,Sv:1	3.5	232.1	235	99	80	65	92	10	1	3.10	3.01	982	1.13		8%	3%	188	53	7	14%	4	7	0	904	36	4	5	23	0	17	1.05	1.144	.43	-0.52%	15.06

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