Russ Meers

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Full Name: Russell Harlan Meers	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: September 28, 1941
Birthdate: November 28, 1918	Final Game: September 26, 1947
Birthplace: Tilton, Illinois	MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: November 16, 1994
Deathplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on November 28, 1918 in Tilton, Illinois, Russ Meers (Russell Harlan Meers) played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 3 year career. Meers broke into the bigs on September 28, 1941 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.48 ERA in 64.1 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1941	CHI	N	1	1	0	1	1.12	5	2	1	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	1
1946	CHI	N	7	2	1	2	3.18	2	6	4	0	0	0	11.1	10	0	10	0	4	0
1947	CHI	N	35	1	2	0	4.48	28	34	32	0	0	0	64.1	61	5	38	0	4	2
Total			43	4	3	3	3.98	35	42	37	0	0	0	83.2	76	5	48	0	8	3

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1941	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	CHI	N	P	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	3	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.882
Total			P	43	0	0	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.905

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1941	CHI	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1946	CHI	N	7	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1947	CHI	N	35	14	1	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
Total			43	17	1	3	0	1	.176	.176	.176	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1

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Sold by Nashville (Southern Association) to Chicago Cubs with Marv Felderman (August 1, 1941).

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