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Bill
Russell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 21, 1948 in Usa, KS, PITTSBURG
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 20 NYG NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1970 21 SEM AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 7 8
1971 22 SEM AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1972 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1973 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
1974 25 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7
1975 26 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1976 27 SEM AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
1977 28 SEM AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1978 29 SEM AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1979 30 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1980 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1981 32 COL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 33 COL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 20 AAA   56 202 19 51 6 2 1 18 6 1 12 18 .252 .294 .317 .611 19.2  
    AA   81 326 38 102 25 4 4 26 3 2 27 24 .313 .365 .451 .816 50.0  
1970 21 AAA   94 326 35 72 15 2 4 32 6 2 25 32 .221 .276 .316 .592 28.7  
1971 22 AA   112 428 46 120 26 1 1 43 6 3 41 48 .280 .343 .353 .696 51.7  
1972 23 AA   114 494 56 139 31 4 5 39 14 3 33 34 .281 .326 .391 .717 61.9  
1973 24 AA   137 575 58 145 30 3 2 41 10 3 46 60 .252 .308 .325 .633 57.8  
1974 25 AA   137 580 77 159 35 1 1 38 11 4 41 55 .274 .322 .343 .665 62.9  
1975 26 AA   137 530 43 127 27 5 2 43 5 3 49 57 .240 .304 .321 .625 51.9  
1976 27 AA   137 586 57 148 33 8 7 40 11 6 39 61 .253 .299 .372 .671 63.4  
1977 28 AA   137 520 50 151 26 3 4 64 12 2 49 62 .290 .351 .375 .726 69.4  
1978 29 AA   137 537 45 134 20 2 1 47 10 4 44 58 .250 .306 .300 .606 50.2  
1979 30 CLN NL 64 128 14 33 5 3 0 12 5 1 8 20 .258 .307 .344 .650 13.2 2.2
1980 31 CLN NL 68 176 13 39 7 2 1 16 6 0 10 18 .222 .262 .301 .563 14.4 0.9
    AAA   53 187 15 53 11 1 1 16 5 1 11 15 .283 .323 .369 .692 21.9  
1981 32 AA   134 446 51 123 26 1 1 46 8 3 37 47 .276 .331 .345 .677 50.8  
1982 33 AA   137 516 46 125 23 5 6 39 3 3 49 83 .242 .308 .341 .649 54.6  
2 Years Sim 132 304 27 72 12 5 1 28 11 1 18 38 .237 .281 .319 .600 27.6 3.1
3 Years AAA 203 715 69 176 32 5 6 66 17 4 48 65 .246 .293 .330 .624 69.7  
11 Years AA 1400 5538 567 1473 302 37 34 466 93 36 455 589 .266 .322 .352 .674 624.6  
14 Years Minors 1603 6253 636 1649 334 42 40 532 110 40 503 654 .264 .319 .350 .669 694.3  
162 Game Average 373 33 88 14 6 1 34 13 1 22 46 .237 .281 .319 .600 33.9  
Career Highs 68 176 14 39 7 3 1 16 6 1 10 20 .258 .307 .344 .650 14.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   184 19 43 8 5 1 19 9 1 9 22 .234 .272 .348 .620 17.7
vs LH   120 8 29 4 0 0 9 2 0 9 16 .242 .295 .275 .570 10.1
Home 66 150 13 32 4 3 0 12 5 0 7 18 .213 .247 .280 .527 10.5
Away 66 154 14 40 8 2 1 16 6 1 11 20 .260 .313 .357 .670 17.3
RISP   54 0 14 4 0 1 25 0 0 5 5 .259 .317 .389 .706 6.7
Pinch Hitting   12 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .500 .917 2.0
Close/Late   50 4 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 9 .260 .288 .320 .608 4.4
Mar/Apr 27 51 6 11 1 1 0 4 1 0 3 4 .216 .259 .275 .534 3.6
May 25 61 6 15 5 1 1 11 3 0 8 9 .246 .333 .410 .743 8.9
June 18 37 4 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 2 .216 .237 .270 .507 2.1
July 9 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.9
August 10 24 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 .208 .269 .333 .603 2.0
Sep/Oct 43 114 8 30 5 1 0 7 4 1 4 14 .263 .286 .325 .610 10.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1979 30 CLN NL 2B 16 8 100.0 21 40 2 11 .968 5.49   0.4
    SS 13 8 85.0 13 44 4 7 .934 6.04   0.4
    3B 19 5 70.7 4 19 1 3 .958 2.93   0.1
    RF 10 3 47.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.2
1980 31 CLN NL 3B 24 22 172.7 14 51 1 4 .985 3.39   0.8
    CF 21 21 163.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.6
    SS 8 7 54.0 5 26 1 6 .969 5.17   0.3
    2B 16 3 45.0 7 28 1 3 .972 7.00   0.2
    1B 3 2 20.0 25 2 0 4 1.000 12.15   0.0
  3B 43 27 243.3 18 70 2 7 .978 3.25   0.9
  CF 21 21 163.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.6
  2B 32 11 145.0 28 68 3 14 .970 5.96   0.7
  SS 21 15 139.0 18 70 5 13 .946 5.70   0.7
  RF 10 3 47.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.2
  1B 3 2 20.0 25 2 0 4 1.000 12.15   0.0
Career Totals   130 79 758.0 148 210 10 38 .973 4.25   3.1
Career Highs   72 55 454.7 96 107 7 21 .985 4.60    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Steve Staggs (988)
  2. Von Joshua (978)
  3. Jim Mason (972)
  4. Winston Llenas (967)
  5. Mark Belanger (966)
  6. Spook Jacobs (958)
  7. Ben Geraghty (957)
  8. Ed Busch (956)
  9. Marty Barrett (955)
  10. Babe Barna (955)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 59th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1969
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/1/1970 (Going to NYG: LF Vada Pinson. Going to SEM: SS Bill Russell, SS Tex Nelson)
Injured on 7/5/1971 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/11/1972 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/8/1972 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Injured on 8/19/1973 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/16/1975 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/26/1977 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Released by Seattle on 4/3/1979
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1979 to a minor league deal
Had first career hit on 4/16/1979, off Masanori Murakami (NYA)
Injured on 5/3/1980 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/1980, off Dave Pagan (LAD)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 2/14/1981 (Going to COL: 2B Larry Bowa, C Bob Didier, P Mike Jones, RF Bill Russell. Going to CLN: SS Frank Taveras)
Injured on 6/7/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
 
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