Russ Meers vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Russ Meers
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb 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. Russ Meers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.482 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Russ Meers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Meers and Cleon Webb

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.63
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.33
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.98
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.2
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.18
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
5.16
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.76
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.86
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
38.83
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
40
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.94
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.52
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
33.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Russ Meers and Cleon Webb

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
27
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.48
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.442
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Meers and Cleon Webb

Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
1433.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
9.91
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
21.64
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.03
-0.93
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meers
Career
Per 600 PA
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA