Jim Faulkner vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Jim Faulkner
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Faulkner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Faulkner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.516 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Jim Faulkner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Faulkner and Deacon Meyers

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.26
23.26
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.75
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
10.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
40.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.41
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
36.47
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Jim Faulkner and Deacon Meyers

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Faulkner and Deacon Meyers

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
534.78
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
43.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
143.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
52.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
39.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67