Russ Meyer vs. Ed Weiland — Career Comparison

Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Weiland
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Russ Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Weiland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 8.25 and 1.792 for Ed Weiland. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Meyer and Ed Weiland

Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.75
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.43
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
8.25
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
12.38
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.38
12.38
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.8
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.75
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.63
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
43.5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.25
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9.75
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.792
1.792
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
39.75
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Russ Meyer and Ed Weiland

Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
27
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340.1
9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Meyer and Ed Weiland

Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
336.38
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
484
510.37
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
58
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.33
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.49
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.36
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
52.72
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.44
-3.62
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.2
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
153.95
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Ed Weiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Weiland
Career
Per 600 PA