Rusty Meacham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 155lb (190cm, 70kg)

Born: January 27, 1968 in Stuart, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 33rd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Indian River State College (Fort Pierce, FL).

School: Indian River State College (Fort Pierce, FL)

Debut: June 29, 1991 (Age 23-153d, 15,974th in major league history)
vs. CLE 7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: June 20, 2001 (Age 33-144d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Russell Loren Meacham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.43

218

343.0

198

WHIP

1.382

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1988	20	DET-min	Rk,A	9	4	.692	2.61	19	14	1	2	2	0	100.0	92	33	29	5	28	1	101	9	6	7				1.200	8.3	0.5	2.5	9.1	3.61	BRS,FAY APPY,SALL
1989	21	DET-min	A	15	7	.682	2.16	27	24	2	6	2	0	166.2	162	48	40	7	35	2	113	3	3	2				1.182	8.7	0.4	1.9	6.1	3.23	FAY,LAK SALL,FLOR
1990	22	DET-min	AA	15	9	.625	3.13	26	26	0	9	3	0	178.0	161	70	62	11	36	0	123	4	1	5				1.107	8.1	0.6	1.8	6.2	3.42	LON EL
1991	23	DET-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.09	26	17	4	3	1	2	125.1	117	53	43	8	40	3	70	1	0	5	517			1.253	8.4	0.6	2.9	5.0	1.75	TOL IL
1991	23	DET	AL	2	1	.667	5.20	10	4	1	0	0	0	27.2	35	17	16	4	11	0	14	0	1	0	126	81	4.92	1.663	11.4	1.3	3.6	4.6	1.27
1992	24	KCR	AL	10	4	.714	2.74	64	0	20	0	0	2	101.2	88	39	31	5	21	5	64	1	0	4	412	147	2.81	1.072	7.8	0.4	1.9	5.7	3.05
1993	25	KCR-min	AAA	0	0		4.82	7	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	10	5	5	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	37			1.179	9.6	1.0	1.0	9.6	10.00	OMA AA
1993	25	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	5.57	15	0	11	0	0	0	21.0	31	15	13	2	5	1	13	3	0	0	104	84	4.13	1.714	13.3	0.9	2.1	5.6	2.60
1994	26	KCR-min	AAA	1	1	.500	7.00	8	0	5	0	0	1	9.0	9	7	7	0	3	0	16	0	1	1	40			1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	16.0	5.33	OMA AA
1994	26	KCR	AL	3	3	.500	3.73	36	0	15	0	0	4	50.2	51	23	21	7	12	1	36	2	0	4	213	135	4.33	1.243	9.1	1.2	2.1	6.4	3.00
1995	27	KCR	AL	4	3	.571	4.98	49	0	26	0	0	2	59.2	72	36	33	6	19	5	30	1	0	0	262	96	4.41	1.525	10.9	0.9	2.9	4.5	1.58
1996	28	KCR-SEA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.12	30	6	10	0	0	4	72.0	69	37	33	6	23	0	59	2	1	3	311			1.278	8.6	0.8	2.9	7.4	2.57	OMA,TAC AA,PCL
1996	28	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	5.74	15	5	3	0	0	1	42.1	57	28	27	9	13	1	25	4	0	1	192	87	5.96	1.654	12.1	1.9	2.8	5.3	1.92

1997	29	BOS-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.78	28	2	9	0	0	1	43.1	54	23	23	6	15	2	42	2	0	5	196			1.592	11.2	1.2	3.1	8.7	2.80	PAW IL
1998	30	STL-PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.50	53	2	16	0	0	5	82.0	103	44	41	11	23	6	81	3	0	5	366			1.537	11.3	1.2	2.5	8.9	3.52	MEM,NVL PCL
1999	31	HOU-CIN-min	AAA	4	7	.364	5.73	33	6	13	0	0	2	77.0	94	53	49	12	24	3	66	3	1	3	347			1.532	11.0	1.4	2.8	7.7	2.75	NOR,INA PCL,IL
2000	32	HOU-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.20	33	4	8	0	0	0	57.1	43	16	14	5	14	1	56	3	0	2	227			0.994	6.8	0.8	2.2	8.8	4.00	NOR PCL
2000	32	HOU	NL	0	0		11.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	46	11.49	2.143	15.4	5.8	3.9	5.8	1.50
2001	33	TBD-min	AAA	2	1	.667	0.87	27	0	26	0	0	15	31.0	17	4	3	2	5	0	30	1	0	1	114			0.710	4.9	0.6	1.5	8.7	6.00	DHM IL
2001	33	TBD	AL	1	3	.250	5.60	24	0	5	0	0	0	35.1	39	24	22	3	10	0	13	2	0	2	158	80	4.44	1.387	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
8 Yrs				23	17	.575	4.43	218	9	83	0	0	9	343.0	381	188	169	39	93	13	198	13	1	11	1490	103	4.24	1.382	10.0	1.0	2.4	5.2	2.13
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.575	4.43	65	3	25	0	0	3	103	114	56	51	12	28	4	59	4	0	3	446	103	4.24	1.382	10.0	1.0	2.4	5.2	2.13

KCR (4 yrs)				19	12	.613	3.79	164	0	72	0	0	8	233.0	242	113	98	20	57	12	143	7	0	8	991	119	3.67	1.283	9.3	0.8	2.2	5.5	2.51
TBD (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.60	24	0	5	0	0	0	35.1	39	24	22	3	10	0	13	2	0	2	158	80	4.44	1.387	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.74	15	5	3	0	0	1	42.1	57	28	27	9	13	1	25	4	0	1	192	87	5.96	1.654	12.1	1.9	2.8	5.3	1.92
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		11.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	46	11.49	2.143	15.4	5.8	3.9	5.8	1.50
DET (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.20	10	4	1	0	0	0	27.2	35	17	16	4	11	0	14	0	1	0	126	81	4.92	1.663	11.4	1.3	3.6	4.6	1.27

AL (7 yrs)				23	17	.575	4.34	213	9	81	0	0	9	338.1	373	182	163	36	91	13	195	13	1	11	1467	105	4.14	1.371	9.9	1.0	2.4	5.2	2.14
NL (1 yr)				0	0		11.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	46	11.49	2.143	15.4	5.8	3.9	5.8	1.50

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