Russ Meyer
Chicago Cubs 1946–1948; Philadelphia Phillies 1949–1952; Brooklyn Dodgers 1953–1955; Chicago Cubs 1956; Cincinnati Redlegs 1956; Boston Red Sox 1957; Kansas City Athletics 1959
Percentile snapshot
1954 season — qualified pitchers
of 57 qualified 1954 pitchers (min 154 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 64.8 | 55.5 | .284 | 0.2 |
| 1947 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 25.8 | 35.5 | .231 | 0.7 |
| 1948 | 29 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .143 | .250 | -51.1 | -31.9 | .112 | 1.7 |
| 1949 | 37 | 78 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .167 | .200 | .367 | -15.4 | -1.9 | .169 | 4.2 |
| 1950 | 32 | 60 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .189 | .160 | .349 | -14.7 | -6.0 | .169 | -0.8 |
| 1951 | 28 | 64 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .157 | .104 | .261 | -38.0 | -27.2 | .133 | 2.1 |
| 1952 | 37 | 88 | 79 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .133 | .139 | .272 | -38.6 | -23.7 | .132 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 34 | 84 | 75 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .179 | .160 | .339 | -22.5 | -11.1 | .160 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 36 | 66 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .135 | .043 | .177 | -65.9 | -51.5 | .106 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 18 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .037 | .071 | .074 | .146 | -77.7 | -61.5 | .072 | -0.7 |
| 1956 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | -41.1 | -33.5 | .126 | -1.2 |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 504.3 | 436.2 | .925 | 0.0 |
| 1959 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 17.0 | 3.18 | 1.824 | 5.29 | 4.44 | 134.1 | 104.2 | 0.2 |
| 1947 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 45.0 | 3.40 | 1.267 | 4.40 | 3.75 | 95.4 | 115.5 | 0.7 |
| 1948 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 157 | 67 | 77 | 89 | 8 | 164.7 | 3.66 | 1.421 | 4.86 | 3.54 | 92.0 | 105.0 | 1.7 |
| 1949 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 199 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 14 | 213.0 | 3.08 | 1.263 | 3.30 | 3.65 | 90.8 | 130.3 | 4.2 |
| 1950 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 94 | 67 | 74 | 21 | 159.7 | 5.30 | 1.628 | 4.17 | 4.54 | 112.6 | 76.0 | -0.8 |
| 1951 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 172 | 65 | 55 | 65 | 13 | 168.0 | 3.48 | 1.351 | 3.48 | 3.63 | 94.6 | 110.2 | 2.1 |
| 1952 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 235 | 81 | 65 | 92 | 10 | 232.3 | 3.14 | 1.291 | 3.56 | 3.05 | 83.7 | 116.2 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 201 | 97 | 63 | 106 | 25 | 191.3 | 4.56 | 1.380 | 4.99 | 4.21 | 97.2 | 94.9 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 193 | 80 | 49 | 70 | 17 | 180.3 | 3.99 | 1.342 | 3.49 | 3.72 | 89.4 | 104.1 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 73.0 | 5.42 | 1.603 | 3.21 | 4.29 | 104.6 | 75.7 | -0.7 |
| 1956 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 40 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 58.0 | 6.21 | 1.690 | 4.50 | 5.15 | 136.6 | 60.7 | -1.2 |
| 1957 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.40 | 2.600 | 1.80 | 3.80 | 95.3 | 73.9 | 0.0 |
| 1959 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 24.0 | 4.50 | 1.458 | 3.75 | 4.76 | 119.5 | 88.5 | 0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-08-07 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949-06-14 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950-07-02 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1953-06-19 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1948-09-03 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-08-27 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 8.2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 1953-07-20 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 8.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1948-05-14 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1952-08-24 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1953-06-19 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.