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

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

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	P
2	8 (4)	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (4)	May 2	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	18 (4)	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	0	5	1	6	0
5	23 (4)	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
6	27 (3)	May 18	PHI		STL	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
7	31 (3)	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	35 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	41 (5)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-10	GS	10	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	42	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5		13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
11	45 (2)	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	55 (5)	Jun 18	PHI		STL	L,1-7	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	61 (5)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	GS	30	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	65 (3)	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	69 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
17	75 (5)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	78 (2)	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	P
19	83 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	85 (1)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	87 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	89 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	94 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	99 (4)	Aug 1	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	103 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	108 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	111 (2)	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	116 (4)	Aug 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
29	120 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	122 (1)	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	126 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	132 (5)	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	0	2	0	2	2	P
33	135 (2)	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	138 (2)	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,6-3	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	143 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	148 (4)	Sep 21	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	152 (3)	Sep 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							37gm		232.1	8	37	4	49	6