Cowboy Jones vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Cowboy Jones
Pre-GenerationalColoradoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Cowboy Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cowboy Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.469 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Cowboy Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cowboy Jones and Deacon Meyers

Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.65
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.75
58.75
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.61
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
10.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.88
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.51
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.574
0.574
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.55
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2307
39.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
5.66
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2120
36.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Cowboy Jones and Deacon Meyers

Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.17
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
3.49
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.657
2.657
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.977
1.977
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cowboy Jones and Deacon Meyers

Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
70
187.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
538.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
85.71
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
66.96
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.75
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
10.56
28.28
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
112.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
131.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
16
42.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
24
64.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
9.3
24.9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.68
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
66
176.79
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
3.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.68
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Cowboy Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.68
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Cowboy Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67