Deacon Meyers vs. Kerry Wood — Career Comparison

Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kerry Wood
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Deacon Meyers and Kerry Wood are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kerry Wood posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 4.75) and WHIP (1.283 vs 1.422). Deacon Meyers had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.51 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Kerry Wood had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Deacon Meyers and Kerry Wood

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.56
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.91
39.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
3.67
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
7.06
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
4.34
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
10.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.32
10.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.42
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.65
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5863
38.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
3.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.54
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5001
32.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Deacon Meyers and Kerry Wood

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.07
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
1.28
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.91
39.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Deacon Meyers and Kerry Wood

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
666.83
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
513.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
87.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.8
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
19.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.41
28.82
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
127.72
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
103.96
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
23
34.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
47.52
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
71.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.59
23.16
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
11
16.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
114
169.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA