Russ Meyer (baseball)

Russ Meyer (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name = Russ Meyer
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position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date|1923|10|25
deathdate = death date and age|1998|11|16|1923|10|25
bats =Both
throws = Right
debutdate =September 13
debutyear =1946
debutteam =Chicago Cubs
finaldate =June 28
finalyear =1959
finalteam =Kansas City Athletics
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value =94-73
stat2label =ERA
stat2value =3.99
stat3label =Strikeouts
stat3value =672
teams =
*Chicago Cubs (1946-1948)
*Philadelphia Phillies (1949-1952)
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-1955)
*Chicago Cubs (1956)
*Cincinnati Reds (1956)
*Boston Red Sox (1957)
*Kansas City Athletics (1959)
highlights =
*1955 World Series Championship
*Also participated in the 1950 & 1953 World Series
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Russell Charles Meyer (born October 25, 1923, in Peru, Illinois – died November 16, 1998, in Oglesby, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942, Meyer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago Cubs on September 13, 1946, and appear in his final game on June 28, 1959.

The book "" (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Meyer is prominent in many of these stories.

Meyer is one of only three pitchers in Major League history have gone at least 23-straight road starts without a loss: Allie Reynolds set the record with 25 consecutive road starts without a loss spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons, a feat current San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young fell one short of, at 24. Meyer went 24 consecutive road starts without a loss during the 1953 and 1954 seasons. [cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=432934&y=2006|accessdate=2007-05-31|date=2007|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P. |title=Player Profile: Chris Young 32 (2006 Career Highlights)|work=]

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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/meyerru01.shtml Russ Meyer at "Baseball Reference.com"]


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