Jose Diaz vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Jose Diaz
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Diaz 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 9.39 and 2.609 for Jose Diaz. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Diaz and Russ Meyer

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.43
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.14
13.14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
12.91
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.91
12.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.8
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
3.95
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.87
5.87
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.826
1.826
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.52
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
51.65
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.609
2.609
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
37.57
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jose Diaz and Russ Meyer

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5.87
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Diaz and Russ Meyer

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
319
336.38
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
600
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
510.37
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
58
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
48.51
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.33
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.49
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.11
10.66
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
71.7
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
82.25
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.42
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.36
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.72
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.44
-3.62
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA