Russ Meyer

Full Name: Russell Charles Meyer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: September 13, 1946
Birthdate: October 25, 1923	Final Game: June 28, 1959
Birthplace: Peru, Illinois	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: November 16, 1997
Deathplace: Oglesby, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on October 25, 1923 in Peru, Illinois, Russ Meyer (Russell Charles Meyer) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 13 year career. Meyer broke into the bigs on September 13, 1946 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.66 ERA in 164.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Russ Meyer's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1949, when he posted a 3.08 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 78 batters. However, others believe that it was 1953, when he posted a 4.56 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 106 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1946	CHI	N	4	1	0	0	3.18	10	7	6	0	0	1	17	21	2	10	0	1	0
1947	CHI	N	23	2	3	2	3.40	22	17	17	1	0	0	45	43	4	14	0	2	1
1948	CHI	N	29	26	10	10	3.66	89	75	67	8	3	0	164.2	157	8	77	0	3	1
1949	PHI	N	37	28	17	8	3.08	78	84	73	14	2	1	213	199	14	70	0	4	1
1950	PHI	N	32	25	9	11	5.30	74	108	94	3	0	1	159.2	193	21	67	0	4	2
1951	PHI	N	28	24	8	9	3.48	65	69	65	7	2	0	168	172	13	55	0	9	2
1952	PHI	N	37	32	13	14	3.14	92	99	81	14	1	1	232.1	235	10	65	0	2	2
1953	BRO	N	34	32	15	5	4.56	106	109	97	10	2	0	191.1	201	25	63	0	4	1
1954	BRO	N	36	28	11	6	3.99	70	89	80	6	2	0	180.1	193	17	49	0	2	2
1955	BRO	N	18	11	6	2	5.42	26	46	44	2	1	0	73	86	8	31	6	3	0
1956	CIN	N	1	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1956	CHI	N	20	9	1	6	6.32	28	41	40	0	0	0	57	71	11	26	4	0	2
1956	TOT	N	21	9	1	6	6.21	29	41	40	0	0	0	58	72	11	26	4	0	2
1957	BOS	A	2	1	0	0	5.40	1	5	3	0	0	0	5	10	0	3	0	0	0
1959	KC	A	18	0	1	0	4.50	10	12	12	0	0	1	24	24	3	11	0	2	1
Total	NL		299	218	93	73	3.98	661	744	664	65	13	4	1502.1	1572	133	527	10	34	14
Total	AL		20	1	1	0	4.66	11	17	15	0	0	1	29	34	3	14	0	2	1
Total			319	219	94	73	3.99	672	761	679	65	13	5	1531.1	1606	136	541	10	36	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1946	CHI	N	P	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CHI	N	P	23	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CHI	N	P	29	0	0	12	26	1	0	0	0	0	.974
1949	PHI	N	P	37	0	0	14	28	1	3	0	0	0	.977
1950	PHI	N	P	32	0	0	8	31	0	4	0	0	0	1.000
1951	PHI	N	P	28	0	0	5	21	1	1	0	0	0	.963
1952	PHI	N	P	37	0	0	8	37	4	6	0	0	0	.918
1953	BRO	N	P	34	0	0	8	33	3	1	0	0	0	.932
1954	BRO	N	P	36	28	180.1	5	27	3	0	1	4	4	.914
1955	BRO	N	P	18	0	0	1	21	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CIN	N	P	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CHI	N	P	20	0	0	4	17	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	N	P	21	0	0	5	17	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1957	BOS	A	P	2	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1.000
1959	KC	A	P	18	0	24	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1.000
Total			P	319	29	209.1	69	257	13	19	1	11	4	.962

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1946	CHI	N	4	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1947	CHI	N	23	12	2	3	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1948	CHI	N	29	56	1	6	0	3	.107	.107	.143	0	1	0	19	0	7	0
1949	PHI	N	37	70	3	10	0	4	.143	.167	.200	2	1	2	19	0	6	1
1950	PHI	N	32	50	2	7	0	0	.140	.189	.160	1	0	3	20	0	7	0
1951	PHI	N	28	48	4	5	0	4	.104	.157	.104	0	0	3	8	0	13	1
1952	PHI	N	37	79	4	7	1	6	.089	.133	.139	1	0	3	23	1	5	4
1953	BRO	N	34	75	6	11	0	2	.147	.179	.160	1	0	3	21	0	6	2
1954	BRO	N	36	47	3	2	0	2	.043	.135	.043	0	0	5	20	0	14	1
1955	BRO	N	18	27	1	1	0	2	.037	.071	.074	1	0	1	10	0	2	0
1956	CIN	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	CHI	N	20	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	0	0	1	3	0	2	0
1956	TOT	N	21	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	0	0	1	3	0	2	0
1957	BOS	A	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	KC	A	18	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		299	481	26	54	1	24	.112	.153	.139	6	2	22	144	1	62	9
Total	AL		20	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total			319	484	26	55	1	25	.114	.154	.140	6	2	22	146	1	62	9

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1942).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies for $20000 (October 11, 1948).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers as part of 4-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to Milwaukee Braves; Milwaukee Braves sent cash to Cincinnati Reds; Milwaukee Braves sent Earl Torgeson to Philadelphia Phillies; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to Cincinnati Reds; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to Milwaukee Braves; and Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to Milwaukee Braves (February 16, 1953).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Don Hoak and Walt Moryn to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Randy Jackson and Don Elston (December 9, 1955).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago Cubs (September 1, 1956).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Cincinnati Reds (April 13, 1957).
Released by Boston Red Sox (May 13, 1957).
Signed by Kansas City Athletics (April 4, 1959).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (July 3, 1959).

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