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: 3-18 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 5

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	279	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9		99	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	2	0	2.00	5.37	35	17	3	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.214	3.13	0.30%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	280	8	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	5.0	9	6	6	4	5	1	0	5.14	5.37	28	5	5	0	0	9	26			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.418	3.14	-0.58%	-3.49	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
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	281	13	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	GS-8		4	8.0	10	5	4	1	5	1	1	4.91	4.69	36	7	12	0	3	10	48			0	0	0	32	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.25	-0.292	1.86	-0.26%	-1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	282	20	May 13(2)	CHC		STL	L,7-14	7-GF(7)		10	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	4.65	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.42	7t 12- 2 out d7	7t end d 7
5	283	23	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-	W(1-1)	3	8.1	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.82	3.67	33						73						32			0		0
6	284	29	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	7	4.0	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.41	3.87	22	6	6	2	1	6	30			0	0	0	17	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.15	-0.202	.93	-0.10%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
7	285	34	May 30(1)	CHC		MLN	W,10-9	GS-1		4	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	3	1	5.09	5.03	6	1	1	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.261	.20	-0.07%	-2.75	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d3
8	286	35	May 30(2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	6-7		-1	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.94	5.04	7	2	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.198	.53	-0.07%	-3.63	6t 1-- 0 out d1	7t -23 0 out d4
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	287	40	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	7.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	0	5.82	5.28	31	14	11	5	0	0	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	.79	-0.132	.41	-0.04%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	288	45	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-2	L(1-4)	5	1.0	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	6.50	5.42	8	2	0	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	-0.258	.65	-0.06%	-2.51	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 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	289	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6			44	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.22	5.24	8												8			0		0
12	290	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.13	5.20	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.35	-0.002	.02	0.00%	0.53	7b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
13	291	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.88	5.17	8	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.053	.01	0.00%	1.04	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d2
14	292	95	Jul 30(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.80	5.19	3	0	2	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.25	-0.149	.01	0.00%	-0.47	6b 123 1 out a1	6b 3 out d1
15	293	96	Jul 30(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.13	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
16	294	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.75	5.08	5	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
17	295	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	5.06	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.41	7b 12- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
18	296	112	Aug 15(2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	GS-3	L(1-5)	7	3.0	5	6	6	3	2	2	0	6.38	5.48	17	3	4	1	1	5	24			0	0	0	13	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.06	-0.335	.00	0.00%	-4.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
19	297	121	Aug 23(2)	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	7-GF(7)		7	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.27	5.42	5	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d8	7t end d 8
20	298	122	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	L(1-6)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.32	5.37	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-0.53	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
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
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Redlegs
21	299	140	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-8	8-GF(8)		18	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.21	5.28	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
							3-18		W-L:1-6,BSv:1	3.1	58.0	72	41	40	26	29	11	2	6.21	5.28	268	1.30		8%	5%	55	41	11	36%	2	0	0	231	10	2	6	5	3	0	1.09	-2.285	1.37	-0.87%	-16.47

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