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: 20-16 / in Starts: 19-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	225	3	Apr 15	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.14	5.11	31	10	13	4	0	1	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.005	1.53	-0.01%	-1.14	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a4
2	226	8	Apr 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-7		7	6.1	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.73	3.90	26	8	11	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.053	3.50	-0.09%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
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	227	17	May 5	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-0)	11	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.82	3.11	35	15	11	2	0	2	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	2	.60	0.239	1.96	0.47%	4.64	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
4	228	22	May 11	BRO		MLN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.54	3.49	26	6	15	7	0	1	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.188	4.52	0.45%	2.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	229	28	May 16(2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	6.0	4	3	0	1	2	0	0	2.10	3.27	23	7	12	4	0	1	59			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.071	3.18	-0.17%	0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
6	230	30	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,3-9	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	3.19	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
7	231	32	May 22	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	GS-2		2	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.21	3.19	9	1	6	5	0	0	42			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.140	4.15	-0.26%	-1.55	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d1
8	232	37	May 27	BRO		PHI	L,5-11	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	3.17	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
9	233	38	May 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-17	4-4		0	0.2	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.23	7	1	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.077	1.11	-0.15%	-3.81	4b --- 0 out d4	4b -2- 2 out d8
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
10	234	42	Jun 1	BRO	@	MLN	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.66	3.26	37	12	17	7	0	0	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.607	6.24	1.57%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	235	45	Jun 5(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	6	5	3	1	2	2	0	2.72	3.57	33	14	12	2	0	4	60			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.226	2.56	0.63%	-0.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	236	51	Jun 10	BRO	@	STL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.03	3.60	27	10	13	6	0	1	41			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.025	5.52	-0.08%	-0.43	1b start a 2	7b -23 0 out a3
13	237	56	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	L,6-7	GS-4		4	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.39	3.63	18	4	10	5	0	1	35			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.253	5.60	-0.85%	-1.88	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
14	238	60	Jun 19	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	GS-9	W(6-2)	3	8.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.13	3.44	29	12	14	3	0	1	71			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.468	4.38	1.37%	4.07	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a6
15	239	65	Jun 24	BRO		CIN	W,9-6	GS-2		4	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.52	3.60	11	2	7	3	0	0	32			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.300	5.12	-0.93%	-2.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
16	240	67	Jun 26	BRO		STL	W,7-6	7-9		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.55	10	7	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.088	2.69	0.27%	1.59	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
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	241	71	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-4		4	4.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.33	3.61	18	6	8	2	0	1	49			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.080	8.03	0.40%	1.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
18	242	75	Jul 5(1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS-3		3	2.1	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.35	3.61	15	4	8	4	0	2	36			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.129	7.18	-0.36%	-1.07	1b start a 2	3b 123 1 out a1
19	243	79	Jul 8	BRO		NYG	L,2-11	5-7		2	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.68	3.75	13	3	4	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.018	2.76	-0.08%	-2.61	5t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 1-3 1 out d7
20	244	84	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.47	3.68	33	15	13	6	0	2	61			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.288	6.71	0.66%	2.83	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
21	245	89	Jul 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-6	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	9	6	6	2	3	2	1	3.69	3.85	39	16	16	6	0	1	46			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.154	3.47	-0.32%	-1.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
22	246	94	Jul 23	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(7-3)	4	5.2	8	6	5	0	1	1	0	3.90	3.87	24	7	15	9	0	1	32			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	2	0	2	1.31	-0.427	4.83	-0.95%	-3.05	1b start a 3	6b --- 2 out d2
23	247	99	Jul 28	BRO		CHC	W,3-1	GS-9	W(8-3)	4	8.1	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.71	3.78	33	8	15	7	1	2	71			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.298	6.50	1.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
Aug				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
24	248	103	Aug 1	BRO		MLN	L,6-14	GS-3	L(8-4)	3	2.0	8	6	6	0	0	2	0	4.09	3.98	14	5	6	3	0	3	16			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.356	4.17	-1.12%	-4.57	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d3
25	249	108	Aug 6	BRO		CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.88	3.88	32	13	15	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.304	2.71	0.76%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
26	250	111	Aug 10	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.85	3.86	4	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.007	.63	0.02%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	251	114	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-1		3	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.03	3.85	6	2	2	1	0	2	32			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.243	10.34	-1.64%	-2.71	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d3
28	252	117	Aug 17	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	3-GF(8)		2	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.92	3.81	25	12	9	3	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	.90	0.228	6.31	0.96%	2.62	3b -2- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
29	253	122	Aug 22(2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-6	GS-5	L(9-5)	4	4.2	5	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.11	3.93	20	5	9	3	0	1	31			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.211	6.29	-0.84%	-2.68	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d5
30	254	127	Aug 29(1)	BRO	@	MLN	W,12-4	GS-7		6	6.2	10	2	2	0	5	0	0	4.05	3.79	30	10	15	7	0	0	51			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.259	8.32	1.17%	1.13	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 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
31	255	132	Sep 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.93	3.73	38	12	16	7	0	0	63			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.186	2.78	0.71%	2.64	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
32	256	136	Sep 6(1)	BRO		PIT	L,6-9	GS-5		3	4.1	7	6	5	1	4	1	0	4.10	3.75	20	5	8	3	0	2	30			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.389	5.13	-1.34%	-3.63	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d1
33	257	143	Sep 12(2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.14	3.71	23	9	6	2	0	3	42			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.187	7.79	-0.57%	-0.84	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out tie
34	258	146	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	L,3-9	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	3.70	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.97	0.03%	0.94	7t 12- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d6
35	259	148	Sep 19	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-7	L(10-6)	2	7.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	3.64	24	11	12	5	0	0	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.211	2.00	0.27%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
36	260	153	Sep 25	BRO		PIT	W,10-5	GS-6	W(11-6)	5	5.1	9	4	3	2	1	1	0	3.99	3.70	25	8	12	7	0	2	35			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a6
							20-16		W-L:11-6	3.4	180.1	193	89	80	49	70	17	2	3.99	3.70	767	0.77		23%	0%	42	50	4	0%	4	4	0	703	36	1	0	14	4	9	.96	0.603	4.41	0.98%	2.52

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