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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-16 / in Starts: 18-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	47 (24-13-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
S Hollmig	2
E Miller	1
W Jones	0
P Caballero	0
A Seminick	0

Most Driven In By
R Ashburn	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	57	3 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-11	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.38	0.011	1.03	0.02%	0.12	P
2	58	9 (5)	Apr 26	PHI		NYG	W,12-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.43	-0.011	.83	-0.01%	-0.10	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	59	14 (4)	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.46	-0.038	.90	-0.05%	-0.80	P
4	60	18 (3)	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.72	-0.094	1.63	-0.13%	-1.51	P
5	61	24 (5)	May 13	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.84	-0.024	2.06	-0.04%	-0.23	P
6	62	25	May 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-12	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
7	63	31 (5)	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.93	-0.048	2.37	-0.07%	-0.41	P
8	64	36 (4)	May 29 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.38	-0.010	.94	-0.01%	-0.10	P
9	65	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	66	43 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.31	-0.024	.56	-0.03%	-0.31	P
11	67	46 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	1.81	-0.046	3.82	-0.06%	-0.23	P
12	68	49 (2)	Jun 9	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	.80	-0.064	1.82	-0.09%	-0.96	P
13	69	54 (4)	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.130	.130	.174	.304	9	.42	0.115	.94	0.16%	1.75	P
14	70	61 (6)	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.222	.407	9	.76	0.007	2.27	0.01%	0.82	P
15	71	66 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.207	.407	9	1.47	0.003	5.39	0.01%	-0.30	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	72	83 (16)	Jul 17	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.290	.509	9	.85	0.014	1.45	0.02%	0.02	P
17	73	88 (4)	Jul 22	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.200	.265	.465	9	1.21	-0.098	1.27	-0.06%	-1.16	P
18	74	91 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.200	.265	.465	9						P
19	75	95 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	76	100 (4)	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	9						P
21	77	106 (5)	Aug 9	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	9						P
22	78	108 (1)	Aug 11	PHI		BRO	L,7-10	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	9						P
23	79	111 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.200	.256	.456	9	1.54	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-0.45	P
24	80	113 (1)	Aug 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.250	.445	9	.00	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.76	P
25	81	116 (2)	Aug 20	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.268	.501	9	.80	0.063	.02	0.00%	0.52	P
26	82	120 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.222	.256	.478	9	1.00	-0.056	.05	0.00%	-0.55	P
27	83	125 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.239	.447	9	1.14	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.58	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	84	128 (2)	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,6-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.229	.429	9	1.06	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
29	85	133 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.204	.231	.434	9	.80	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
30	86	136 (2)	Sep 8	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.161	.190	.214	.404	9	1.02	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-1.95	P
31	87	139 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	GS-0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.169	.197	.237	.434	9						P
32	88	143 (3)	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.185	.222	.407	9	.65	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-1.11	P
33	89	147 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.149	.174	.209	.383	9						P
34	90	150 (2)	Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-8	3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.174	.209	.383	9						P
35	91	151	Sep 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.206	.377	9	1.08	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
36	92	152	Sep 28	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367	9	.88	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
37	93	154 (1)	Oct 2	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367	9						P
							21-16		78	70	3	10	2	1	0	4	2	0	19	0	6		1	1	0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367		.83	-0.995	1.03	-0.33%	-10.35

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