Jack Fifield vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Jack Fifield
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fifield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Fifield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.59 and WHIP 1.551 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Jack Fifield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fifield and Deacon Meyers

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.17
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.65
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.75
58.75
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.93
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.59
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1565
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521.2
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
616
10.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
3.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
40.3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
6.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.551
1.551
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2110
36.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Jack Fifield and Deacon Meyers

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.19
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1572
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
524
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
1.96
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
2.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.986
1.986
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.977
1.977
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fifield and Deacon Meyers

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
69
188.18
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
534.55
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
103.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
81.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.8
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
41.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
139.09
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
155.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
49.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
30
81.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.89
43.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
51.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
24
65.45
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.17
9.17
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
0.79
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67