Russ Meyer (baseball)
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| Russ Meyer | ||
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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: October 25, 1923 | ||
| Died: November 16, 1998 (aged 75) | ||
| Batted: Both | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 13, 1946 for the Chicago Cubs |
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| Final game | ||
| June 28, 1959 for the Kansas City Athletics |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss | 94-73 | |
| ERA | 3.99 | |
| Strikeouts | 672 | |
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Russell Charles Meyer (born October 25, 1923, in Peru, Illinois – died November 16, 1998, in Oglesby, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942, Meyer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago Cubs on September 13, 1946, and appear in his final game on June 28, 1959.
The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Meyer is prominent in many of these stories.
Meyer is one of only three pitchers in Major League history have gone at least 23-straight road starts without a loss: Allie Reynolds set the record with 25 consecutive road starts without a loss spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons, a feat current San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young fell one short of, at 24. Meyer went 24 consecutive road starts without a loss during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.[1]
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- ^ Player Profile: Chris Young 32 (2006 Career Highlights). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
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