Terry Larkin vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Terry Larkin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Terry Larkin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Terry Larkin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.43 and WHIP 1.117 compared to 3.99 and 1.409 for Russ Meyer. By the career numbers, Terry Larkin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Terry Larkin and Russ Meyer

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.01
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.87
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.01
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.51
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.46
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.43
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.66
52.66
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.65
68.65
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.99
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.38
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.43
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
3.99
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4702
27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567.1
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
9.34
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1606
9.44
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.71
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
3.18
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
2.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.48
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6659
38.24
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6570
38.61
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.28
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
5.29
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6535
37.53
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Terry Larkin and Russ Meyer

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
1.04
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5901
27
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
0.73
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
1.9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.35
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.34
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
652
2.98
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
2.64
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.34
88.34
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.537
2.537
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.022
1.022
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Terry Larkin and Russ Meyer

Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
223
150.34
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
319
336.38
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
890
600
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
569
600
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
845
569.66
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
133.48
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
55
58
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
103.15
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
19.55
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.33
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.11
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.67
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.34
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.51
48.88
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
175.28
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
243
163.82
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
70.79
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
46.52
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
25
26.36
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
116.63
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80.99
54.6
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.02
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
28.31
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
23.2
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
45.84
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.09
13.09
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA