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Russ
Bauers		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 10, 1914 in Usa, WI, TOWNSEND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1939    1940    1942    1944    1945    1946   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 22 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1937 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1938 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1939 25 NYA AL $ 3,728,571 9 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1940 26 NYA AL $ 3,728,571 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1941 27 NYA AL $ 4,121,429 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1942 28 NYA AL $ 6,600,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1943 29 NYA AL $ 6,600,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1944 30 NYA AL $ 6,600,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1945 31 NYA AL $ 6,600,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1946 32 NYA AL $ 6,600,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1947 33 NYA AL $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1948 34 BRK NL $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1949 35 BRK NL $ 7,500,000 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1950 36 BRK NL $ 7,500,000 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 25 NYA AL $ 3,728,571   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 26 NYA AL $ 3,728,571   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 27 NYA AL $ 4,121,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 28 NYA AL $ 6,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 29 NYA AL $ 6,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 30 NYA AL $ 6,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1945 31 NYA AL $ 6,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1946 32 NYA AL $ 6,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1947 33 NYA AL $ 7,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1948 34 BRK NL $ 7,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1949 35 BRK NL $ 7,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1950 36 BRK NL $ 7,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1936 22 NYA AL 19 16 .543 44 44 5 1 0 311.7 323 149 9 147 109 4.30 .271 .350 .370 .721 18.2
1937 23 NYA AL 20 11 .645 42 42 2 0 0 282.7 291 113 10 149 121 3.60 .266 .353 .360 .713 18.5
1938 24 NYA AL 18 14 .563 40 40 4 0 0 287.7 265 130 5 140 150 4.07 .248 .334 .344 .678 19.6
1939 25 NYA AL 21 11 .656 41 41 13 0 0 317.7 317 155 16 113 137 4.39 .261 .325 .373 .698 15.8
1940 26 NYA AL 21 18 .538 43 43 16 2 0 336.0 339 144 17 118 162 3.86 .259 .322 .370 .691 19.0
1941 27 NYA AL 16 19 .457 41 41 17 0 0 326.0 358 153 10 117 157 4.22 .277 .339 .385 .724 20.5
1942 28 NYA AL 20 19 .513 41 41 18 2 0 320.7 345 146 6 115 130 4.10 .279 .340 .367 .707 26.0
1943 29 NYA AL 19 13 .594 39 39 13 1 0 305.0 313 134 11 116 118 3.95 .266 .331 .380 .711 23.2
1944 30 NYA AL 19 12 .613 39 39 13 1 0 309.0 293 123 12 106 140 3.58 .250 .312 .346 .658 27.5
1945 31 NYA AL 25 9 .735 41 41 17 3 0 332.0 292 121 10 138 156 3.28 .235 .310 .328 .638 31.7
1946 32 NYA AL 16 10 .615 36 36 12 2 0 275.3 275 127 15 112 137 4.15 .261 .331 .366 .697 19.4
1947 33 NYA AL 15 21 .417 42 42 17 1 0 333.0 339 166 23 141 133 4.49 .266 .338 .385 .723 17.6
1948 34 BRK NL 19 12 .613 41 41 14 1 0 317.0 286 146 20 143 140 4.15 .243 .324 .350 .674 21.6
1949 35 BRK NL 13 23 .361 39 39 13 2 0 297.7 330 158 21 128 118 4.78 .284 .354 .393 .746 17.4
1950 36 BRK NL 9 18 .333 35 35 5 0 0 248.0 299 153 27 140 88 5.55 .301 .386 .418 .804 8.7
15 Years Sim 270 226 .544 604 604 179 16 0 4599.3 4665 2118 212 1923 1996 4.14 .264 .336 .369 .705 304.9
Season Average 18 15 .545 40 40 11 1 0 306.6 311 141 14 128 133 4.14 .264 .336 .369 .705  
Career Highs 25 23 .735 44 44 18 3 0 336.0 358 166 27 149 162 5.55 .301 .386 .418 .804  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2148 978 107 772 1051   .253 .316 .355 .670
vs LH   2517 1140 105 1151 945   .274 .355 .382 .737
Home 136 108 .557 305 305 79 7 0 2328.6 2374 1102 106 970 985 4.26 .265 .337 .372 .709
Away 134 118 .532 299 299 100 9 0 2270.6 2291 1016 106 953 1011 4.03 .263 .336 .366 .702
Mar/Apr 44 40 .524 107 107 29 2 0 815.3 839 357 35 366 323 3.94 .267 .343 .365 .708
May 64 26 .711 106 106 40 4 0 839.3 794 341 30 322 344 3.66 .250 .319 .342 .661
June 49 35 .583 101 101 33 5 0 774.3 769 337 37 326 328 3.92 .260 .334 .368 .701
July 36 45 .444 98 98 18 1 0 723.6 776 404 37 324 338 5.02 .276 .351 .384 .736
August 41 36 .532 96 96 30 2 0 731.0 716 322 29 292 345 3.96 .258 .328 .367 .695
Sep/Oct 36 44 .450 96 96 31 2 0 715.6 771 357 44 293 318 4.49 .276 .345 .391 .736
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
1936 22 NYA AL 44 117 6 23 2 0 0 11 0 0 4 30 .197 .221 .214 .435 5.4 0.0
1937 23 NYA AL 42 106 11 26 1 0 1 15 0 0 3 20 .245 .266 .283 .549 7.7 0.0
1938 24 NYA AL 40 111 6 29 1 2 1 15 0 0 2 26 .261 .274 .333 .608 10.2 0.8
1939 25 NYA AL 41 120 12 28 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 24 .233 .244 .267 .511 8.1 0.0
1940 26 NYA AL 43 119 9 20 4 0 0 14 0 0 1 24 .168 .175 .202 .377 2.3 0.0
1941 27 NYA AL 41 109 6 27 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 19 .248 .255 .266 .521 7.3 0.0
1942 28 NYA AL 41 103 9 28 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 21 .272 .292 .301 .593 8.9 0.8
1943 29 NYA AL 39 120 13 28 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 25 .233 .252 .258 .510 7.0 0.0
1944 30 NYA AL 39 99 6 19 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 23 .192 .214 .192 .406 4.2 0.0
1945 31 NYA AL 41 118 8 16 1 0 0 10 1 0 4 30 .136 .164 .144 .308 0.7 0.0
1946 32 NYA AL 36 106 8 24 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 25 .226 .234 .245 .479 5.1 0.0
1947 33 NYA AL 45 125 8 27 3 0 1 16 0 0 4 33 .216 .238 .264 .502 7.2 0.0
1948 34 BRK NL 41 115 9 23 1 0 1 12 0 0 5 28 .200 .233 .235 .468 6.3 0.0
1949 35 BRK NL 39 100 8 24 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .240 .248 .260 .508 6.2 0.0
1950 36 BRK NL 35 72 3 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .208 .213 .208 .422 4.1 0.0
15 Years Sim 607 1640 122 357 27 3 4 151 1 0 38 368 .218 .235 .245 .480 90.6 1.5
162 Game Average 437 32 95 7 0 1 40 0 0 10 98 .218 .235 .245 .480 24.2  
Career Highs 45 125 13 29 4 2 1 16 1 0 5 33 .272 .292 .333 .608 10.2  
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   1105 84 247 20 2 2 107 0 0 29 236 .224 .243 .251 .493 58.4
vs LH   535 38 110 7 1 2 44 1 0 9 132 .206 .218 .234 .452 21.4
Home 305 764 63 164 12 1 2 70 0 0 18 165 .215 .232 .241 .473 35.6
Away 302 876 59 193 15 2 2 81 1 0 20 203 .220 .237 .249 .486 44.2
RISP   453 0 100 9 1 3 149 0 0 8 120 .221 .231 .265 .496 24.2
Close/Late   133 6 28 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 27 .211 .221 .233 .454 5.4
Mar/Apr 107 296 20 60 4 0 0 27 0 0 3 80 .203 .211 .216 .427 9.2
May 106 295 27 67 6 1 1 29 1 0 7 71 .227 .243 .264 .508 17.0
June 101 289 25 70 6 1 2 33 0 0 6 54 .242 .256 .291 .547 19.8
July 98 261 14 59 6 1 0 23 0 0 4 56 .226 .237 .257 .494 13.3
August 99 258 18 51 1 0 0 22 0 0 9 51 .198 .224 .202 .425 8.9
Sep/Oct 96 241 18 50 4 0 1 17 0 0 9 56 .207 .236 .237 .473 11.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 22 NYA AL P 44 44 311.7 21 60 2 6 .976 2.34    
1937 23 NYA AL P 42 42 282.7 14 66 4 4 .952 2.55    
1938 24 NYA AL P 40 40 287.7 20 48 3 4 .958 2.13    
1939 25 NYA AL P 41 41 317.7 21 47 4 5 .944 1.93    
1940 26 NYA AL P 43 43 336.0 19 56 3 7 .962 2.01    
1941 27 NYA AL P 41 41 326.0 24 68 3 2 .968 2.54    
1942 28 NYA AL P 41 41 320.7 19 65 1 3 .988 2.36    
1943 29 NYA AL P 39 39 305.0 23 66 8 5 .918 2.63    
1944 30 NYA AL P 39 39 309.0 18 61 2 2 .975 2.30    
1945 31 NYA AL P 41 41 332.0 19 52 3 1 .959 1.92    
1946 32 NYA AL P 36 36 275.3 20 60 2 8 .976 2.62    
1947 33 NYA AL P 42 42 333.0 21 67 5 2 .946 2.38    
    RF 1 1 26.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.01   0.0
1948 34 BRK NL P 41 41 317.0 20 66 2 5 .977 2.44    
1949 35 BRK NL P 39 39 297.7 12 61 1 3 .986 2.21    
1950 36 BRK NL P 35 35 248.0 14 47 1 4 .984 2.21    
  P 604 604 4599.3 285 890 44 61 .964 2.30    
  RF 1 1 26.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.01   0.0
Career Totals   605 605 4626.0 288 890 45 61 .963 2.29    
Career Highs   44 44 359.7 24 68 8 8 .988 2.63    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1937 23 NYA AL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 22.3 26 13 2 9 9 5.24 .295 .361 .455 .815
1939 25 NYA AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 23 13 1 9 5 9.24 .390 .471 .593 1.064
1943 29 NYA AL 2 3 .400 5 5 1 0 0 39.7 48 22 5 18 19 4.99 .294 .365 .454 .819
1945 31 NYA AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 15 14 2 10 3 8.59 .254 .362 .441 .803
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 9 .250 12 12 2 0 0 89.3 112 62 10 46 36 6.25 .304 .381 .474 .855
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 23 NYA AL 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
1939 25 NYA AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 29 NYA AL 5 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .357 .571
1945 31 NYA AL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 12 30 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .200 .200 .267 .467
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1937-5-3.60
1940-10-3.86
1943-8-3.95
1944-6-3.58
1945-5-3.28
 Wins
1936-9-19
1937-5-20
1938-9-18
1939-3-21
1940-4-21
1941-10-16
1942-5-20
1943-2-19
1944-5-19
1945-1-25
1946-8-16
1948-8-19
CAR-17-270
 Losses
1936-9-16
1940-3-18
1941-3-19
1942-2-19
1947-2-21
1949-2-23
1950-6-18
CAR-9-226
 Winning Pct
1937-4-.645
1939-4-.656
1943-8-.594
1944-6-.613
1945-3-.735
1946-8-.615
 Games Started
1936-1-44
1937-8-42
1940-6-43
1941-8-41
1945-7-41
1947-7-42
1948-8-41
CAR-16-604
 Complete Games
1940-6-16
1941-4-17
1942-3-18
1943-7-13
1944-3-13
1945-4-17
1946-7-12
1947-1-17
1948-4-14
1949-10-13
CAR-27-179
Shutouts
1940-4-2
1942-4-2
1944-9-1
1945-1-3
1946-3-2
1949-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1939-8-317.7
1940-4-336.0
1941-6-326.0
1942-7-320.7
1944-6-309.0
1945-2-332.0
1947-2-333.0
1948-7-317.0
CAR-15-4599.3
 Hits Allowed
1940-4-339
1941-5-358
1942-4-345
1943-10-313
1944-8-293
1945-5-292
1947-3-339
1949-3-330
1950-7-299
CAR-8-4665
 Homeruns Allowed
1950-10-27
 Strikeouts
1938-9-150
1940-8-162
1941-6-157
1945-4-156
1946-3-137
1947-9-133
1948-8-140
 Walks Allowed
1936-2-147
1937-1-149
1938-3-140
1940-10-118
1941-5-117
1942-6-115
1943-8-116
1945-9-138
1946-8-112
1947-7-141
1948-6-143
1949-10-128
1950-10-140
CAR-8-1923
Hits per 9IP
1936-8-9.3
1938-6-8.3
1944-9-8.5
1945-5-7.9
1948-5-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1938-8-4.7
1941-10-4.3
1946-6-4.5
 WHiP
1944-5-1.29
1945-8-1.30
 OAVG
1936-10-.271
1938-6-.248
1944-8-.250
1945-5-.235
1948-7-.243
 OOBP
1944-4-.312
1945-8-.310
 OSLG
1936-5-.370
1937-6-.360
1938-3-.344
1939-10-.373
1940-7-.370
1942-8-.367
1943-10-.380
1944-3-.346
1945-2-.328
1946-8-.366
1948-7-.350
OOPS
1938-7-.678
1940-9-.691
1944-2-.658
1945-2-.638
1948-7-.674
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 187    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Dean Chance (885)
  4. Bobo Newsom (866)
  5. Jerry Reuss (862)
  6. Billy Pierce (854)
  7. Larry French (840)
  8. Paul Foytack (832)
  9. Ernie White (829)
  10. Johnny Antonelli (825)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dizzy Dean (983)
  2. Ralph Winegarner (973)
  3. Ernie White (971)
  4. Don Newcombe (965)
  5. Joe Haynes (962)
  6. Monte Pearson (960)
  7. Ralph Birkofer (960)
  8. Rob Picciolo (958)
  9. Johnny Sain (956)
  10. Dave Ferriss (955)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1936
Had first career hit on 4/6/1936, off Whit Wyatt (OAK)
Earned first career win on 4/6/1936
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/1937, off Roy Mahaffey (BSN)
Injured on 9/22/1937 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1938 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,728,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,728,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1940, winning 2 games with a 3.38 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1940, winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,121,429 through salary arbitration
9/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $6,600,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1942, going 6-1, 2.12
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Injured on 6/25/1943 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/20/1943 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Injured on 9/20/1944 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/1946 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 6/29/1947
Traded from New York (A) to Brooklyn on 3/3/1948 (Going to BRK: LF Roberto Ortiz, P Russ Bauers. Going to NYA: CF Dom Dallessandro, RF Augie Galan)
Injured on 7/30/1949 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/25/1950 with a Broken Hand, out for 4 weeks
 
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