Sonny Dixon vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Sonny Dixon
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Sonny Dixon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sonny Dixon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Sonny Dixon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Dixon and Deacon Meyers

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.49
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.17
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
10.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.57
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.88
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
3.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.627
0.627
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
39.22
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.78
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
4.83
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1066
36.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Sonny Dixon and Deacon Meyers

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
6.38
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
2.17
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
5.69
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.67
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.48
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.9
98.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Dixon and Deacon Meyers

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
886.96
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
61
530.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.02
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.43
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
34.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
147.83
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
43.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
32.62
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
21
182.61
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67