Charlie Buffinton vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Charlie Buffinton
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Buffinton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Buffinton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.234 compared to 3.99 and 1.409 for Russ Meyer. By the career numbers, Charlie Buffinton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Russ Meyer

Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.09
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.87
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.05
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.62
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.55
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.4
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.43
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.52
60.52
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.29
56.29
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.65
68.65
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
0.93
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.38
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
2.96
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
679
3.99
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10212
27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3404
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3344
8.84
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1606
9.44
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.23
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
2.26
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
3.18
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1700
4.49
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
3.95
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.46
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14465
38.24
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6570
38.61
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.28
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1824
4.82
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13578
35.9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Russ Meyer

Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
1.12
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14889
27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4963
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
1.66
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
1.6
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
3.59
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
3.26
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.903
2.903
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.022
1.022
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Russ Meyer

Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
152.27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
319
336.38
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2309
600
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
569
600
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2214
575.31
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
543
141.1
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
55
58
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
117.71
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
17.41
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.33
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.16
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.11
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
1.82
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
23.39
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.41
48.44
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
172.28
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
638
165.79
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
63.66
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
66.26
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
25
26.36
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
128.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214.84
55.83
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.04
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
23.65
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
23.2
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.62
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.25
20.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA