Pete Fries vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Fries 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 6.48 and 1.920 for Pete Fries. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Fries and Deacon Meyers

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.65
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.75
58.75
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Deacon Meyers

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Deacon Meyers

Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.02
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.43
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67