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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-11 / in Starts: 23-9
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	21 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	62 (31-24-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
D Thompson	1
G Hodges	1

Most Driven In By
J Robinson	3
J Gilliam	2
D Snider	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	191	2 (1)	Apr 15	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.40	-0.024	3.90	-0.04%	-0.33	P
2	192	6 (3)	Apr 21	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.73	-0.038	2.51	-0.08%	-0.37	P
3	193	10 (3)	Apr 25	BRO		NYG	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.78	-0.063	2.15	-0.11%	-0.90	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	194	15 (4)	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.73	-0.132	6.25	-0.29%	-1.39	P
5	195	22 (6)	May 12	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.78	-0.061	2.97	-0.14%	-0.55	P
6	196	24 (1)	May 15	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
7	197	28 (3)	May 19	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.81	-0.081	2.80	-0.17%	-1.12	P
8	198	33 (4)	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,16-2	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.70	-0.173	6.45	-0.39%	-1.87	P
9	199	37 (3)	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.77	-0.039	2.82	-0.09%	-0.34	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	200	42 (4)	Jun 2	BRO		MLN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240	9	1.37	0.034	8.10	0.12%	0.28	P
11	201	48 (5)	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.23	-0.036	5.88	-0.10%	-0.35	P
12	202	52 (3)	Jun 12	BRO		CHC	W,7-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	.64	-0.017	2.94	-0.05%	-0.26	P
13	203	59 (6)	Jun 19 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.226	.419	9	.73	0.083	2.57	0.17%	0.46	P
14	204	64 (4)	Jun 24	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.212	.394	9	.52	-0.027	1.97	-0.06%	-0.43	P
15	205	68 (3)	Jun 28	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.184	.342	9	.39	-0.053	2.65	-0.22%	-1.58	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	206	72 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.179	.333	9	.32	-0.009	1.71	-0.03%	-0.12	P
17	207	75 (2)	Jul 6	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-2	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.167	.310	9	.48	-0.037	2.61	-0.12%	-0.61	P
18	208	81 (5)	Jul 11	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.163	.302	9	.40	-0.011	2.59	-0.04%	-0.12	P
19	209	86 (4)	Jul 18	BRO		STL	W,14-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.159	.295	9	1.45	-0.035	10.14	-0.15%	-0.38	P
20	210	89 (2)	Jul 20	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.146	.271	9	.72	-0.079	4.26	-0.28%	-1.36	P
21	211	94 (4)	Jul 25	BRO		MLN	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.137	.255	9	.39	-0.042	3.55	-0.23%	-1.06	P
22	212	98 (3)	Jul 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.113	.113	.132	.245	9	.66	-0.039	2.80	-0.10%	-0.68	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	213	103 (4)	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.143	.268	9	1.59	0.149	9.37	0.53%	0.61	P
24	214	106 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.143	.268	9						P
25	215	109 (2)	Aug 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.150	.153	.303	9	.42	0.005	1.21	0.01%	0.01	P
26	216	113 (3)	Aug 15	BRO		PIT	W,14-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.148	.150	.298	9	.87	-0.025	1.56	-0.03%	-0.38	P
27	217	118 (4)	Aug 19	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.131	.145	.148	.293	9	.74	-0.022	.94	-0.02%	-0.25	P
28	218	122 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.143	.169	.159	.328	9	.52	0.038	.54	0.02%	0.51	P
29	219	127 (4)	Aug 27	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.188	.167	.355	9	.30	-0.006	.22	0.00%	-0.18	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	220	133 (5)	Sep 2	BRO		MLN	L,8-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.183	.162	.345	9	1.56	-0.096	.43	-0.02%	-1.44	P
31	221	135 (1)	Sep 4	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.178	.157	.335	9	1.17	-0.095	.52	-0.03%	-1.22	P
32	222	142 (6)	Sep 11	BRO	@	MLN	L,8-9	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.176	.155	.331	9	.86	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
33	223	149 (6)	Sep 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.179	.160	.339	9	1.04	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
34	224	155 (5)	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.147	.179	.160	.339	9	.92	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
							23-11		84	75	6	11	1	0	0	2	3	0	21	0	6		0	2	0	0	.147	.179	.160	.339		.84	-1.012	3.01	-1.90%	-16.57

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