Russ Meers vs. Lee Stange — Career Comparison

Russ Meers
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Stange
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Stange built a career as a starting pitcher and Russ Meers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Stange posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.289 compared to 3.98 and 1.482 for Russ Meers. By the career numbers, Lee Stange had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Meers and Lee Stange

Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.63
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
2.66
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.46
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.45
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.41
50.41
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.98
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.56
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
27
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3648
27
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.2
9
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
9
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.18
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1172
8.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.05
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.16
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.55
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
3.76
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
5.31
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.86
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.26
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
38.83
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5100
37.75
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.94
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.52
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.09
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
33.35
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
35.04
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Russ Meers and Lee Stange

Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
2.66
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.93
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3646
27
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215.1
9
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.6
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.78
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.7
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.442
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.638
0.638
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.82
34.82
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Meers and Lee Stange

Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
1433.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
583.78
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
600
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
494.59
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
38.92
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
9.91
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.39
7.12
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
42.16
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
89.19
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.08
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.59
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.03
-0.93
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-8.25
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.62
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
48.65
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
201.08
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
51.89
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.86
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Stange
Career
Per 600 PA