Russ Meers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: November 28, 1918 in Tilton, IL us

Died: November 16, 1994 in Lancaster, PA

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 28, 1941 (Age 22-304d, 9,142nd in major league history)
vs. STL 8.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: September 26, 1947 (Age 28-302d)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Russell Harlan Meers

Nicknames: Babe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

3.98

83.2

WHIP

1.482

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 29	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-10		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	17 (4)	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	39 (21)	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	43 (3)	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	45 (1)	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	51 (5)	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	54 (2)	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	L,1-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	59 (4)	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	L,0-11	GF	29	6.1	1	1	0	2	0
9	61 (1)	Jun 26	CHC		PIT	L,0-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	62	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,8-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	65 (2)	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,4-10		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-7		11	2.1	0	1	1	2	0
13	73 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	76 (2)	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	81 (4)	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	88 (6)	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	L,4-12	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	91 (2)	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	92	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,6-12		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	95 (2)	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	GF	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	97 (1)	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	W,10-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	98	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	W,12-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	100 (1)	Aug 4	CHC		STL	L,1-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	105 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	111 (5)	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	114 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	116 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	118 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	122 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	124 (1)	Aug 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-7		7	1.1	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	131 (6)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-13		27	6.2	2	1	1	4	0
31	132	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,1-11	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	145 (12)	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,12-10	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	146	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	152 (5)	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6		18	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
35	153	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,3-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							35gm		64.0	3	12	2	17	0