Rick Kester vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Rick Kester
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Kester 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 5.98 and 1.746 for Rick Kester. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Kester and Deacon Meyers

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.98
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.84
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.84
10.84
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
41.83
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.746
1.746
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
36.3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.349
0.349
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Rick Kester and Deacon Meyers

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.69
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.12
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Kester and Deacon Meyers

Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
1400
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-60.71
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67