Jamie Arnold vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.73 and 1.652 for Jamie Arnold. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Russ Meyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.89
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
34.64
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6014
35.35
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Russ Meyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.15
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.83
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.41
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Russ Meyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
336.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
58
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.33
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
24.16
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
26.36
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
17.01
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
153.95
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA