Bill Dawley vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Bill Dawley
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dawley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dawley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 3.99 and 1.409 for Russ Meyer. By the career numbers, Bill Dawley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dawley and Russ Meyer

Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.26
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.52
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.57
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.43
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.42
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
3.99
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1412
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
470.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
8.03
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1606
9.44
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.94
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.8
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
3.18
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.67
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
5.58
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
3.95
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1952
37.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6570
38.61
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.41
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.67
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.47
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.73
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1727
33.02
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6014
35.35
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Dawley and Russ Meyer

Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.26
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1412
27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470.2
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.61
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.07
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.74
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.68
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.7
96.7
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dawley and Russ Meyer

Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
275
3437.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
336.38
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
525
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
58
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.33
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.11
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.07
38.34
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
137.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
150
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
50
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
26.36
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
44.94
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.2
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
137.5
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.36
4.36
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dawley
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA