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Russell Charles Meyer

First name: Russ

Last name: Meyer

Birthdate: 1923-10-25

Bats: B   Throws: R

RetroID: meyer101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1946CHN0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1947CHN0.20.00.20.00.10.10
1948CHN0.80.00.8-0.10.10.70
1949PHI1.00.01.0-0.20.10.90
1950PHI0.80.00.80.10.30.51
1951PHI0.80.00.80.20.40.41
1952PHI1.10.01.1-0.10.30.91
1953BRO1.00.01.0-0.10.20.81
1954BRO0.80.00.8-0.10.10.70
1955BRO0.40.00.4-0.2-0.10.50
1956CHN0.20.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
1957BOS0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1959KC10.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career7.20.07.2-0.81.35.94

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1946CHN6000000000008.70.00.00.00.00
1947CHN12-1-10000000109.10.00.00.00.00
1948CHN63-10-1000000007-39.2-0.30.00.0-0.30
1949PHI78-10-10-1-1000008-49.4-0.40.00.0-0.40
1950PHI60-8-800000007-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
1951PHI64-9-90100000809.20.00.00.00.00
1952PHI88-13-13000000010-38.7-0.30.00.0-0.30
1953BRO84-12-120-10000010-310.8-0.30.00.0-0.30
1954BRO66-11-1100000008-310.3-0.30.00.0-0.30
1955BRO30-6-600000003-310.2-0.30.00.0-0.30
1956CHN15-2-20-1000001-29.1-0.20.00.0-0.20
1957BOS1000000000009.70.00.00.00.00
1959KC12-1-100000000-19.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career569-83-83-1-20000063-23--2.30.00.0-2.30

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1946 CHN NL 4 0.7 17.0 7 7 -1 4.25 8.2 0.00 0.03 1 0.86 1 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 2
1947 CHN NL 23 2.0 45.3 17 23 0 1.97 9.5 -0.22 0.03 5 0.87 5 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.9 4
1948 CHN NL 29 7.8 164.7 75 79 0 5.68 9.2 0.11 0.03 7 1.05 7 0.8 4.7 3.1 2.4 14
1949 PHI NL 37 9.6 213.0 84 103 3 5.76 9.1 0.03 0.03 17 1.00 17 1.9 6.7 2.9 3.9 20
1950 PHI NL 32 7.2 159.7 108 81 -5 4.99 10.2 0.06 0.09 -19 1.02 -19 -1.9 1.7 5.5 -0.4 5
1951 PHI NL 28 7.7 168.0 68 82 0 6.00 9.1 0.05 0.09 16 1.05 16 1.8 5.7 2.1 3.4 17
1952 PHI NL 37 10.6 232.3 99 104 -1 6.28 8.8 0.06 0.09 10 1.03 10 1.1 6.4 4.2 3.3 19
1953 BRO NL 34 8.6 191.3 108 96 2 5.63 10.0 0.11 0.09 -10 1.01 -10 -1.0 3.3 5.3 0.8 10
1954 BRO NL 36 7.6 180.3 89 90 2 5.01 9.6 0.07 0.09 2 0.97 2 0.2 4.0 3.6 1.8 12
1955 BRO NL 18 3.2 73.0 45 33 0 4.06 9.5 0.05 0.09 -10 1.04 -10 -1.1 0.5 2.7 -0.4 2
1956 CHN NL 20 2.5 57.0 41 27 -2 2.85 9.7 -0.11 0.09 -12 0.97 -12 -1.2 0.1 2.5 -0.6 0
1956 CIN NL 1 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 1.00 2.8 -0.20 0.09 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
1957 BOS AL 2 0.2 5.0 5 2 -1 2.50 9.0 -0.15 -0.09 -2 0.77 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0
1959 KC1 AL 18 0.8 24.0 12 11 0 1.33 9.1 -0.28 -0.09 -1 0.48 -1 -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 1
Career 319 68.5 1531.6 758 738 -3 4 4 0.9 35.3 33.5 15.3 106

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1946 CHN 5 0.0 0
1947 CHN 7 0.0 0
1948 CHN 25 0.0 0
1949 PHI 34 0.0 0
1950 PHI 35 0.0 0
1951 PHI 25 -1.0 -1
1952 PHI 43 -2.0 -2
1953 BRO 43 0.0 0
1954 BRO 39 -1.0 -1
1955 BRO 24 2.0 2
1956 CIN 1 0.0 0
1956 CHN 18 1.0 1
1957 BOS 5 0.0 0
1959 KC1 3 0.0 0
307 -1.0 -1

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1953BRO0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1955BRO0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1953BRO10000000000010.40.00.00.00.00
1955BRO2-1-100000000-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career3-1-100000000-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1950 PHI MLB 2 0.1 1.7 1 1 0 0.85 11.6 -0.24 0.00 0 1.58 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
1953 BRO MLB 1 0.4 4.3 4 3 0 4.30 12.6 0.09 0.00 -1 2.68 -2 -0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0
1955 BRO MLB 1 0.2 5.7 0 3 0 5.70 7.7 0.11 0.00 3 0.18 2 0.3 0.4 -0.2 0.4 1
Career 4 0.7 11.7 5 7 0 2 0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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