Deacon Meyers vs. Dick Selma — Career Comparison

Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Selma as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Selma posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.380 compared to 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Dick Selma had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Deacon Meyers and Dick Selma

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.45
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.58
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.76
24.76
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.74
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3558
38.12
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3116
33.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Deacon Meyers and Dick Selma

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2526
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.56
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
2.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
2.23
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.52
24.52
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Deacon Meyers and Dick Selma

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
860.18
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
538.94
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.92
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.58
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
8.1
21.51
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.81
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.58
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
20
53.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5.98
15.88
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
76
201.77
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100