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: 7-16 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 8

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	5	2	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,1-7	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.68	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
2	6	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	3-4		4	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	6.00	10.68	8	3	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.136	1.64	-0.20%	-1.01	3t --- 0 out tie	4t 3 out d2
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	7	14	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		8	3.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	6.00	7.34	17	4	4	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.48	-0.022	1.69	-0.05%	-0.40	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
4	8	17	May 8(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	2-2		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.88	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.044	2.73	0.09%	0.90	2b 12- 1 out d3	2b 3 out d3
5	9	19	May 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-8		1	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	9.00	7.10	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.110	2.60	-0.26%	-2.41	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d3
6	10	23	May 15	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	3-6		4	4.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	1	7.36	5.22	20	5	5	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.063	1.41	-0.16%	-0.02	3t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d5
7	11	28	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.23	4.75	7	0	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.255	4.62	0.53%	2.48	6t -23 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
8	12	30	May 24	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.79	4.46	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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	13	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	7-GF	W(1-0)	7	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.96	4.39	7	3	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	0.400	12.65	0.91%	1.30	7b -2- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
10	14	42	Jun 5(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	3-GF(8)		3	5.2	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.09	4.18	22	6	8	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.015	.74	-0.05%	1.16	3b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 6
11	15	45	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	8-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.15	2	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.036	2.52	-0.09%	-0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b --3 1 out d1
12	16	51	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	L,1-6			4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.11	2												2					0
13	17	54	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.13	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.024	7.66	-0.07%	-0.20	7t 123 1 out d2	7t 123 2 out d3
14	18	55	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	4.07	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.020	1.21	0.06%	0.50	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
15	19	58	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	7-GF	W(2-0)	2	2.1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.71	4.40	9	2	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.138	4.18	0.32%	0.59	7t -23 2 out tie	9t end a 3
16	20	63	Jun 28(1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.28	4.05	35	10	11	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.171	1.41	0.21%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
17	21	72	Jul 6(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	GS-1	L(3-1)	7	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.05	3	0	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.170	2.36	-0.21%	-2.01	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d1
18	22	73	Jul 10(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	5-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.01	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.008	.90	-0.01%	0.38	5b 123 0 out d3	5b 3 out d5
19	23	74	Jul 10(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	7-GF(10)	L(3-2)	-1	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.86	4.01	13	5	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.99	-0.088	4.05	-0.11%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out d3	10b end d 1
20	24	76	Jul 12(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.98	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
21	25	78	Jul 13(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8			0	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.50	3.96	12												11					0
22	26	84	Jul 20(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	6-7	H(1)	6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	3.94	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.059	.93	0.02%	0.41	6b 12- 2 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out a2
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
23	27	153	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,3-5	9-GF		67	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.87	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							7-16		W-L:3-2,Hld:1	3.5	45.1	43	17	17	15	23	4	1	3.38	3.87	186	0.90		11%	4%	35	48	16	25%	1	2	0	167	11	0	4	3	0	0	.79	0.424	2.32	0.93%	5.29

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