Dick Egan vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Dick Egan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Egan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Deacon Meyers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.422 compared to 5.15 and 1.549 for Dick Egan. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Egan and Deacon Meyers

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.15
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
9.68
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.15
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.62
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
6.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
40.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.58
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
5.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
36.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Dick Egan and Deacon Meyers

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.58
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.22
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.21
86.21
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Egan and Deacon Meyers

Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
8880
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67