Jim Ellis vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Jim Ellis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ellis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Ellis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.864 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Jim Ellis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ellis and Deacon Meyers

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
40.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Jim Ellis and Deacon Meyers

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ellis and Deacon Meyers

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.02
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.43
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
32.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
112.15
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
30.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67