Russ Meyer stats
Bio
- Age
- 103 yearsOct 25, 1923
Russ Meyer played 13 MLB seasons, 1946 to 1959.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 319
- W
- 94
- L
- 73
- ERA
- 3.99
- IP
- 1,531.1
- K
- 672
- BB
- 541
- WHIP
- 1.40
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | CHC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 17.0 | 10 | 10 | 1.82 |
| 1947 | CHC | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3.40 | 45.0 | 22 | 14 | 1.27 |
| 1948 | CHC | 29 | 10 | 10 | 3.66 | 164.2 | 89 | 77 | 1.42 |
| 1949 | PHI | 37 | 17 | 8 | 3.08 | 213.0 | 78 | 70 | 1.26 |
| 1950 | PHI | 32 | 9 | 11 | 5.30 | 159.2 | 74 | 67 | 1.63 |
| 1951 | PHI | 28 | 8 | 9 | 3.48 | 168.0 | 65 | 55 | 1.35 |
| 1952 | PHI | 37 | 13 | 14 | 3.14 | 232.1 | 92 | 65 | 1.29 |
| 1953 | LAD | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4.56 | 191.1 | 106 | 63 | 1.38 |
| 1954 | LAD | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3.99 | 180.1 | 70 | 49 | 1.34 |
| 1955 | LAD | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5.42 | 73.0 | 26 | 31 | 1.60 |
| 1956 |  CHC/CIN | 21 | 1 | 6 | 6.21 | 58.0 | 29 | 26 | 1.69 |
| 1957 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.60 |
| 1959 | ATH | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 24.0 | 10 | 11 | 1.46 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 3.60
- IP
- 10.0
- K
- 10
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 2.20
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 65
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 3.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CHC | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PHI | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | LAD | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | LAD | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | LAD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHC/CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 103 yearsOct 25, 1923
- Debut
- 1946
What were Russ Meyer's career stats?
Russ Meyer played 13 seasons for the Cubs, the Phillies, the Dodgers, the Red Sox and the Athletics. He had 94 wins and 672 strikeouts with a 3.99 ERA over 1,531.1 innings. His best season was 1949: 17 wins, a 3.08 ERA and 78 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1946 to 1959
Championships
- 1955 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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