Hal Kelleher vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Hal Kelleher
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Hal Kelleher 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 5.95 and 1.894 for Hal Kelleher. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Kelleher and Deacon Meyers

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.34
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
5.95
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.2
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
11.63
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.41
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.74
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
43.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
7.42
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.42
7.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
37.56
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Hal Kelleher and Deacon Meyers

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Kelleher and Deacon Meyers

Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
757.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.02
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
33.63
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
171.43
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.72
38.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
39.25
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
8
114.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.25
5.25
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Kelleher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Hal Kelleher
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67