Russ Meyer
1946–1959 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
319G
.114AVG
.154OBP
.140SLG
More career statistics
55H
1HR
25RBI
0SB
94–73W–L
1,531.1IP
672K
3.99ERA
219GS
5SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 146 | 147 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,570 | 6,600 |
| Pitching · p er | 679 | 678 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,606 | 1,607 |
| Pitching · p hr | 136 | 135 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,594 | 4,595 |
| Pitching · p k | 672 | 675 |
| Pitching · p w | 541 | 544 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | 569 | 484 | 26 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | .114 | .154 | .140 | .294 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,531.3 | 319 | 219 | 65 | 94 | 73 | 5 | 1,606 | 761 | 679 | 136 | 541 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 3.99 | 1.402 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1947-06-23 to 1947-06-28
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1950-09-08 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1951-08-07 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1948-06-15 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 157 | 262 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 59 | .126 | .145 | .139 |
| Away | 162 | 307 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 88 | .103 | .127 | .142 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .143 | .130 | .167 |
| May | 62 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 27 | .058 | .088 | .058 |
| June | 70 | 123 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | .168 | .171 | .187 |
| July | 63 | 116 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 35 | .107 | .129 | .146 |
| August | 53 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | .116 | .167 | .159 |
| September | 42 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | .091 | .120 | .130 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 136 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 34 | .143 | .147 | .188 |
| new-york-giants | 43 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | .153 | .214 | .153 |
| chicago-cubs | 42 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 38 | .086 | .117 | .105 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 31 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .119 | .188 |
| cincinnati-reds | 31 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .116 | .170 | .116 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 29 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .051 | .045 | .051 |
| boston-braves | 25 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .140 | .235 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .042 | .040 | .042 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Chicago Cubs | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 17 | 10 |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 23 | 12 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 45 | 23 |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 29 | 56 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .107 | 164 | 89 |
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 37 | 70 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .143 | 213 | 78 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies | 32 | 50 | 7 | – | – | – | .140 | 159 | 74 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 48 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .104 | 168 | 65 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Phillies | 37 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | .089 | 232 | 92 |
| 1953 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 75 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .147 | 191 | 106 |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 47 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .043 | 180 | 70 |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 18 | 27 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .037 | 73 | 26 |
| 1956 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 21 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 58 | 29 |
| 1957 |  Boston Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 5 | 1 |
| 1959 |  Kansas City Athletics | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 12 |