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: 12-6 / in Starts: 9-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	261	4	Apr 16	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.37	31	15	11	3	0	0	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.472	2.39	0.89%	4.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	262	10	Apr 21	BRO		PHI	W,14-4	GS-3		4	2.1	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	1.59	4.04	13	5	6	4	0	0	39			0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.28	-0.220	5.82	-0.60%	-2.02	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out tie
3	263	16	Apr 30	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	CG	W(2-0)	8	9.0	5	5	4	4	3	1	0	2.66	4.24	36	15	14	3	0	0	58			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.306	3.11	0.88%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
4	264	25	May 11	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-10	GS-1	L(2-1)	10	1.0	3	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.64	4.95	8	1	4	1	0	0	26			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.430	7.25	-1.27%	-4.49	1b start a 2	1b 3 out d3
5	265	36	May 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-15	4-5		12	1.1	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	6.75	4.75	11	2	4	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.126	3.70	-0.35%	-3.58	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 123 1 out d5
6	266	41	May 30(1)	BRO		PIT	W,8-4	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	7.1	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	6.30	4.60	32	10	16	8	0	1	45			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.191	3.01	0.51%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a5
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
7	267	50	Jun 6	BRO		STL	W,5-4	5-7		6	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.79	4.45	9	3	3	2	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.164	3.41	0.39%	2.66	5t 123 1 out d3	7t 3 out d1
8	268	56	Jun 12(2)	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	GS-4		5	4.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	5.40	4.41	17	5	8	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.22	0.099	6.17	0.30%	1.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
9	269	64	Jun 22	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-6		9	5.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.89	4.14	22	6	10	4	0	1	58			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.179	4.02	0.34%	1.61	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a1
10	270	68	Jun 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS-5		3	4.2	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.40	4.01	21	7	10	6	0	0	52			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	0.220	2.67	0.28%	2.01	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
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
11	271	101	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,5-4	7-7	BS(1)	32	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.03	6	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.50	-0.139	1.81	-0.06%	-0.50	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out tie
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
12	272	106	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.2	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.53	4.03	19	3	12	4	0	2	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.067	.50	0.02%	0.52	1b start a 4	4b 12- 2 out a4
13	273	108	Aug 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.61	4.00	7	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.058	.06	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
14	274	122	Aug 24	BRO		CHC	W,9-5	GS-8	W(4-1)	18	7.1	8	5	4	4	5	0	0	4.65	3.83	33	10	14	8	0	0	45			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.144	.14	-0.01%	-2.38	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a4
15	275	130	Aug 31	BRO		MLN	L,8-13	5-5		6	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.07	3.88	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.102	.03	0.00%	-2.02	5t --- 0 out d3	5t 1-- 1 out d5
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
16	276	140	Sep 9(2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,16-9	GS-8	W(5-1)	8	7.0	16	8	8	2	0	3	0	5.61	4.39	38	16	16	3	0	4	11			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-4.45	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a5
17	277	148	Sep 17	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	4-6	L(5-2)	7	2.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.66	4.50	10	4	6	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.061	.00	0.00%	0.00	4t 12- 1 out tie	6t 3 out d2
18	278	154	Sep 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-0	3-5	W(6-2)	7	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.42	4.35	10	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.184	.00	0.00%	1.49	3b --- 0 out a2	5b 3 out a2
							12-6		W-L:6-2,BSv:1	5.6	73.0	86	46	44	31	26	8	0	5.42	4.35	327	0.77		23%	0%	11	46	5	0%	1	1	1	287	20	2	6	6	3	2	.96	0.454	2.33	1.31%	-6.29

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