Rusty Meacham | Major Leaguer 1991-2001

Full Name: Russell Loren Meacham
Born: January 27,1968 in Stuart, Florida
Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Martin County (Stuart,FL)
College: Indian River Community College

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Drafted: Selected by Detroit Tigers in 33rd Round (857th overall) of 1987 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [May 11,1988] - signed [Oct 23,1991] - Claimed on waivers by Royals from Tigers. [Jun 21,1996] - Traded by Royals to Mariners for Jose Amado. [Dec 20,1996] - Granted free agency [Jan 7,1997] - re-signed by Mariners [Mar 25,1997] - Released by Mariners [Mar 28,1997] - Released by Mariners. [May 6,1997] - Signed by Red Sox [May 8,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Oct 15,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 17,1997] - Granted free agency [Dec 18,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Jul 14,1998] - Released by Cardinals. [Jul 25,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Oct 15,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 16,1998] - Granted free agency [Feb 2,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Feb 10,1999] - Signed by Reds [Jun 4,1999] - Released by Reds. [Jun 26,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Astros. [Oct 14,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 15,2000] - Granted free agency [Jan 30,2001] - Signed by Devil Rays [Jan 31,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays. [Oct 8,2001] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1988	Bristol	App	20	Det	Rk	9	1	1.43	13	9	2	2	1	0	75.1	55	14	12	2	22	85	5		6.57	0.24	2.63	10.16	1.02	--
	Fayettevil	SAL	20	Det	A	0	3	6.20	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	37	19	17	3	6	16	2		13.50	1.09	2.19	5.84	1.74	--
1989	Fayettevil	SAL	21	Det	A	10	3	2.29	16	15	2	0	1	0	102.0	103	33	26	4	23	74	2		9.09	0.35	2.03	6.53	1.24	--
	Lakeland	FSL	21	Det	A+	5	4	1.95	11	9	4	2	1	0	64.2	59	15	14	3	12	39	0		8.21	0.42	1.67	5.43	1.10	--
1990	London	East	22	Det	AA	15	9	3.13	26	26	9	3	0	0	178.0	161	70	62	11	36	123	5		8.14	0.56	1.82	6.22	1.11	--
1991	Toledo	IL	23	Det	AAA	9	7	3.09	26	17	3	1	4	2	125.1	117	53	43	8	40	70	5		8.40	0.57	2.87	5.03	1.25	--
	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	2	1	5.21	10	4	0	0	1	0	27.2	35	17	16	4	11	14	0	1	11.39	1.30	3.58	4.56	1.66	31%
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	10	4	2.74	64	0	0	0	20	2	101.2	88	39	31	5	21	64	4	0	7.79	0.44	1.86	5.67	1.07	51%
1993	Omaha	Amer	25	Kc	AAA	0	0	4.82	7	0	0	0	2	0	9.1	10	5	5	1	1	10	0		9.65	0.96	0.96	9.65	1.18	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	2	2	5.57	15	0	0	0	11	0	21.0	31	15	13	2	5	13	0	0	13.29	0.86	2.14	5.57	1.71	48%
1994	Omaha	Amer	26	Kc	AAA	1	1	7.00	8	0	0	0	5	1	9.0	9	7	7	0	3	16	1	1	9.00	0.00	3.00	16.00	1.33	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	3	3	3.73	36	0	0	0	15	4	50.2	51	23	21	7	12	36	4	0	9.06	1.24	2.13	6.40	1.24	50%
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	4	3	4.98	49	0	0	0	26	2	59.2	72	36	33	6	19	30	0	0	10.86	0.91	2.87	4.53	1.53	49%
1996	Tacoma	PCL	28	Sea	AAA	2	1	2.29	7	2	0	0	2	2	19.2	13	7	5	0	5	20	1	0	5.95	0.00	2.29	9.16	0.92	--
	Omaha	Amer	28	Kc	AAA	3	3	4.82	23	4	0	0	8	2	52.1	56	30	28	6	18	39	2	1	9.63	1.03	3.10	6.71	1.41	--
	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	1	1	5.74	15	5	0	0	3	1	42.1	57	28	27	9	13	25	1	0	12.12	1.91	2.76	5.32	1.65	37%
1997	Pawtucket	IL	29	Bos	AAA	3	3	4.78	28	2	0	0	9	1	43.1	54	23	23	6	15	42	5	0	11.22	1.25	3.12	8.72	1.59	--
1998	Memphis	PCL	30	Stl	AAA	1	2	5.16	38	0	0	0	10	2	52.1	68	30	30	9	15	56	3	0	11.70	1.55	2.58	9.63	1.59	--
	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	2	1	3.34	15	2	0	0	6	3	29.2	35	14	11	2	8	25	2	0	10.62	0.61	2.43	7.59	1.45	--
1999	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	1	3	6.98	16	1	0	0	6	1	29.2	38	27	23	6	15	19	2	0	11.53	1.82	4.55	5.77	1.79	--
	NewOrleans	PCL	31	Hou	AAA	3	4	4.94	17	5	0	0	7	1	47.1	56	26	26	6	9	47	1	1	10.65	1.14	1.71	8.94	1.37	--
2000	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	4	3	2.20	33	4	0	0	8	0	57.1	43	16	14	5	14	56	2	0	6.75	0.78	2.20	8.79	0.99	--
	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	0	0	11.59	5	0	0	0	2	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	3	0	0	15.45	5.79	3.86	5.79	2.15	60%
2001	Durham	IL	33	Tb	AAA	2	1	0.87	27	0	0	0	26	15	31.0	17	4	3	2	5	30	1	0	4.94	0.58	1.45	8.71	0.71	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	33	Tb	MLB	1	3	5.60	24	0	0	0	5	0	35.1	39	24	22	3	10	13	2	0	9.93	0.76	2.55	3.31	1.39	38%
2002	Long Islnd	Atl	34		Ind	9	6	4.42	45	8	1	0	30	9	97.2	103	51	48	14	20	72	7	1	9.49	1.29	1.84	6.64	1.26	--
2003	Nashua	Atl	35		Ind	2	3	2.21	30	0	0	0	19	6	36.2	46	10	9	3	8	23	3	0	11.29	0.74	1.96	5.65	1.47	--
2005	Yuma	Gold	37		Ind	4	7	5.54	16	16	1	0	0	0	91.0	124	74	56	10	10	61	4	3	12.26	0.99	0.99	6.03	1.47	--
2006	Yuma	Gold	38		Ind	0	1	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	2	0	1	0	0	31.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	3.50	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						23	17	4.43	218	9	0	0	83	9	343.0	381	188	169	39	93	198	11	1	10.00	1.02	2.44	5.20	1.38	46%
Minor League Totals - 16 Season(s)						85	66	3.57	409	126	22	8	145	45	1,178.1	1211	533	467	103	285	924	53		9.25	0.79	2.18	7.06	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1991	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	p	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	p		15	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
	Memphis	PCL	30	Stl	AAA	p		38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1999	NewOrleans	PCL	31	Hou	AAA	p		17	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1000	--
	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	p		16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	p		33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Tampa Bay	AL	33	Tb	MLB	p	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Yuma	Gold	37		Ind	p-ph		17	36	7	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	0	1	.250	.250	.306	556	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)								195	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)								136	58	8	12	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	4	0	1	.207	.207	.293	500	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1988	Bristol	App	20	Det	Rk	P	13			3	19	0	22	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1988	Fayettevil	SAL	20	Det	A	P	6			3	1	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	--

1989	Fayettevil	SAL	21	Det	A	P	16			9	21	3	33	3	-	-	-	.909	--
1989	Lakeland	FSL	21	Det	A+	P	11			6	9	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1990	London	East	22	Det	AA	P	26			15	43	1	59	2	-	-	-	.983	--

1991	Toledo	IL	23	Det	AAA	P	26			12	19	0	31	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
1991	Detroit	AL	23	Det	MLB	P	10		27.2	4	4	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.60

1992	Kansas Cty	AL	24	Kc	MLB	P	64		101.2	13	18	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	2.74

1993	Omaha	Amer	25	Kc	AAA	P	7			2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	25	Kc	MLB	P	15		21	2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.57

1994	Omaha	Amer	26	Kc	AAA	P	8			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1994	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	P	36		50.2	1	9	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.78

1995	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	P	49		59.2	5	9	1	15	3	-	-	-	.933	2.11

1996	Omaha	Amer	28	Kc	AAA	P	23			1	14	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Tacoma	PCL	28	Sea	AAA	P	7			1	3	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	P	15		42.1	3	3	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	1.28

1997	Pawtucket	IL	29	Bos	AAA	P	28			2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Memphis	PCL	30	Stl	AAA	P	38			4	5	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	P	15			3	4	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--

1999	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	P	16			2	7	0	9	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	NewOrleans	PCL	31	Hou	AAA	P	17			3	7	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	P	33			2	14	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	P	5		4.2	1	0	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

2001	Durham	IL	33	Tb	AAA	P	27			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Tampa Bay	AL	33	Tb	MLB	P	24		35.1	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.04

2002	Atl	34		Ind	P	45	-	-	6	17	1	24	1	-	-	-	.958	--

2003	Atl	35		Ind	P	30	-	-	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2005	Gold	37		Ind	P	16	-	-	1	11	3	15	0	-	-	-	.800	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1991	*100,000		617,627	80
1992	*109,000		798,185	80
1993	220,000		815,723	48
1994	*50,000		914,157	80
1995	465,000		831,504	32
1996	*109,000		835,262	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	75
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	73

Career:	$1,428,000	estimate

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