Bert Abbey vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Abbey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Bert Abbey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Deacon Meyers

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.65
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.03
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.75
58.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
4.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Deacon Meyers

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.12
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
2.74
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
2.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.911
1.911
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Deacon Meyers

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
535.71
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
21
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
54
128.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67