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	17-20 / in Starts: 16-16
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	74 (36-26-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (29-17-8)

Most Driven In
S Burgess	2
S Lopata	1
J Mayo	1
Self	1
G Hamner	0
C Ryan	0
P Caballero	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1
J Wyrostek	1
R Ashburn	1
B Nicholson	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 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	154	3 (2)	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.43	-0.026	1.06	-0.04%	-0.43	P
2	155	8 (4)	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.02	-0.100	3.61	-0.11%	-0.96	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	156	13 (4)	May 2	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.56	-0.121	2.76	-0.13%	-0.79	P
4	157	18 (4)	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	158	23 (4)	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.31	-0.016	.39	-0.01%	-0.82	P
6	159	27 (3)	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.061	1.73	-0.05%	-0.51	P
7	160	31 (3)	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.28	-0.032	3.19	-0.03%	-0.30	P
8	161	35 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	1.34	-0.039	1.67	-0.03%	-0.02	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
9	162	41 (5)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	9	1.09	-0.030	.68	-0.01%	-0.31	P
10	163	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	2-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	9						P
11	164	45 (2)	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	9						P
12	165	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.68	0.092	.08	0.01%	0.54	P
13	166	55 (5)	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.03	-0.051	.14	0.00%	-0.37	P
14	167	61 (5)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.069	.069	.069	.138	9	1.41	-0.092	.11	0.00%	-1.31	P
15	168	65 (3)	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.065	.094	.065	.158	9	1.24	-0.069	.11	0.00%	-0.93	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	169	69 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.088	.114	.118	.232	9	1.34	-0.035	.08	0.00%	-0.28	P
17	170	75 (5)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.081	.105	.108	.213	9	.64	0.020	.03	0.00%	0.44	P
18	171	78 (2)	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.098	.100	.198	9	1.14	-0.092	.07	0.00%	-0.75	P
19	172	83 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.071	.093	.095	.188	9	1.69	-0.108	.08	0.00%	-0.84	P
20	173	85 (1)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.093	.095	.188	9						P
21	174	87 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.070	.091	.093	.184	9	4.61	-0.102	.12	0.00%	-0.46	P
22	175	89 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.085	.104	.106	.211	9	.19	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.93	P
23	176	94 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.082	.100	.102	.202	9	1.04	-0.119	.03	0.00%	-3.05	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
24	177	99 (4)	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.080	.098	.100	.198	9	1.61	-0.045	.23	0.00%	-0.57	P
25	178	103 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.093	.109	.167	.276	9	.45	-0.043	.08	-0.01%	0.99	P
26	179	108 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.107	.164	.271	9	.45	-0.011	.04	0.00%	-0.10	P
27	180	111 (2)	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.086	.117	.155	.272	9	.38	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.98	P
28	181	116 (4)	Aug 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.082	.111	.148	.259	9	.87	-0.075	.06	0.00%	-0.79	P
29	182	120 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.076	.103	.136	.239	9	.23	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-2.11	P
30	183	122 (1)	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.076	.103	.136	.239	9						P
31	184	126 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.088	.114	.147	.261	9						P
Sept		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
32	185	132 (5)	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.082	.107	.137	.244	9	1.65	-0.210	.01	0.00%	-1.51	P
33	186	135 (2)	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.107	.137	.244	8						P
34	187	138 (2)	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.082	.107	.137	.244	9						P
35	188	143 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.103	.132	.234	9	.82	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
36	189	148 (4)	Sep 21	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	.089	.122	.139	.261	9	.43	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.46	P
37	190	152 (3)	Sep 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.089	.133	.139	.272	9	1.71	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
							17-20		88	79	4	7	1	0	1	6	3	0	23	1	5		1	4	0	0	.089	.133	.139	.272		.97	-1.417	.43	-0.44%	-17.20

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