Vern Fear vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Vern Fear
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth 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 Vern Fear 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 7.88 and 1.500 for Vern Fear. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Fear and Deacon Meyers

Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
40.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Vern Fear and Deacon Meyers

Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Vern Fear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Fear and Deacon Meyers

Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Vern Fear
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67