Herb Karpel vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Herb Karpel
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Karpel 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 10.8 and 2.400 for Herb Karpel. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Karpel and Deacon Meyers

Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
10.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
10.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
21.6
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.6
21.6
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.88
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
10.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Herb Karpel and Deacon Meyers

Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Herb Karpel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Karpel and Deacon Meyers

Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
600
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Herb Karpel
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67