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Old 10-02-2022, 12:15 AM   #485
luckymann
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Out of the Shadows: Deacon Meyers

That September RoY Award prompts the spotlight being shone for a minute on Deacon Meyers.

Not, I'm afraid, that there's much light to be shone in this instance. Born in Columbia, Tennessee just before the turn of the century, George Allen Meyers - if Jim Riley is to be believed - was the starting pitcher for the very first game ever played by the St. Louis Stars, in 1922, after a switch in ownership saw the name changed from the Giants.

Seamheads gives him a career 26-20 record with roughly league average ERA (4.61 / 102 adj.) over his six NeL seasons, ending in 1926 with the Dayton Marcos - the same city in which he died in 1978. He does not make the cut for EC's MLEs, although the game gives him 9 pWAR all up.

Deacon has come into the EL fairly hot, entering as a highly-touted FA last year and signing a juicy 6-year / $3.5m contract with the Elite Giants. After a brief cameo in the TL with the Black Sox, Deacon got the call up and has delivered on his promise - going 13-10 / 116 ERA+ to this point and helping keep the EGs in that ferocious FC American race that is currently playing out.

He still seems to have a sliver of upside, so things look pretty good for Mr Meyers.


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