Ken Jungels vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Ken Jungels
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Jungels 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 6.8 and 1.796 for Ken Jungels. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Jungels and Deacon Meyers

Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.59
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
10.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.92
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.88
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
42.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
7.53
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
36.37
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Ken Jungels and Deacon Meyers

Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Jungels and Deacon Meyers

Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
1680
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-21.83
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Jungels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Ken Jungels
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67