Unknown Howard vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Unknown Howard
UnknownMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Unknown Howard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Unknown Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.636 compared to 3.99 and 1.409 for Russ Meyer. By the career numbers, Unknown Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Unknown Howard and Russ Meyer

Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.43
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
3.99
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
41.73
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.47
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
34.36
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6014
35.35
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.73
41.73
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Unknown Howard and Russ Meyer

Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.022
1.022
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Unknown Howard and Russ Meyer

Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
336.38
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
58
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
48.51
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.33
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.49
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.11
10.66
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
71.7
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
82.25
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.42
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.36
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.72
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.44
-3.62
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.2
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA