Dick Matthews vs. Jouett Meekin — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jouett Meekin
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Jouett Meekin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.07 and 1.494 for Jouett Meekin. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Jouett Meekin

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
1.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
1.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.06
95.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
0.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
4.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7816
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2605.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2837
9.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
3.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
3.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11543
39.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706
5.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10398
35.92
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Jouett Meekin

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
1.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7899
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2633
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
2.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.99
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.51
90.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.753
1.753
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Jouett Meekin

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
173.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1172
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
562.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267
136.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
101.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
15.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
12.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
7.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
35.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119.95
61.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
199.66
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
339
173.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
83.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
67.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
142.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130.61
66.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
35.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
118
60.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
9.93
9.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
8.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
8.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Jouett Meekin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100