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Jack
Russell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 178
 
Born: October 24, 1905 in Usa, TX, PARIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1932    1933   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 PIT NL $ 4,657,143 70 22 24 23 63 65 64 82 82 82
1931 25 PIT NL $ 4,657,143 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
1932 26 OAK AL $ 4,657,143 8 3 4 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
1933 27 OAK AL $ 6,000,000 8 3 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1934 28 OAK AL $ 6,000,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1935 29 OAK AL $ 6,000,000 7 3 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,657,143 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 70 22 24 23 63 65 64 82 82 82
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 PIT NL $ 4,657,143   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
1931 25 PIT NL $ 4,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1932 26 OAK AL $ 4,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1933 27 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1934 28 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 29 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
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
1930 24 PIT NL 15 14 .517 39 39 7 0 0 280.0 346 137 6 89 53 4.40 .306 .355 .379 .735 13.1
1931 25 PIT NL 6 8 .429 19 19 3 0 0 132.7 161 69 8 44 31 4.68 .303 .356 .405 .761 6.1
1932 26 PIT NL 10 11 .476 26 26 9 1 0 200.3 234 93 2 62 36 4.18 .292 .342 .360 .701 10.1
  OAK AL 5 5 .500 12 12 4 0 0 91.7 131 55 1 21 17 5.40 .337 .370 .411 .782 1.8
  TOT   15 16 .484 38 38 13 1 0 292.0 365 148 3 83 53 4.56 .307 .351 .376 .727 11.9
1933 27 OAK AL 18 14 .563 37 37 13 3 0 274.3 322 122 6 79 61 4.00 .296 .342 .374 .716 16.8
1934 28 OAK AL 15 18 .455 40 40 10 1 0 288.7 365 147 6 77 73 4.58 .313 .355 .392 .747 17.2
1935 29 OAK AL 5 3 .625 10 10 3 0 0 75.7 79 28 4 15 9 3.33 .274 .307 .389 .696 7.0
6 Years Sim 74 73 .503 183 183 49 5 0 1343.3 1638 651 33 387 280 4.36 .304 .349 .383 .733 72.0
Season Average 12 12 .500 30 30 8 0 0 223.9 273 108 5 64 46 4.36 .304 .349 .383 .733  
Career Highs 18 18 .625 40 40 13 3 0 292.0 365 148 8 89 73 4.68 .313 .356 .405 .761  
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   812 296 10 190 169   .291 .336 .357 .693
vs LH   826 355 23 197 111   .318 .366 .411 .777
Home 43 35 .551 94 94 25 4 0 704.0 808 292 13 204 140 3.73 .291 .340 .361 .701
Away 31 38 .449 89 89 24 1 0 639.3 830 359 20 183 140 5.05 .317 .362 .407 .768
Mar/Apr 12 19 .387 39 39 10 2 0 283.3 361 150 9 80 57 4.76 .317 .361 .411 .772
May 20 9 .690 39 39 12 0 0 297.3 325 117 6 92 63 3.54 .283 .336 .343 .679
June 15 13 .536 31 31 9 1 0 237.3 279 101 7 61 50 3.83 .292 .335 .369 .703
July 11 10 .524 26 26 8 0 0 179.0 222 83 3 50 30 4.17 .303 .348 .370 .718
August 9 11 .450 26 26 3 2 0 192.0 248 117 3 59 40 5.48 .317 .365 .407 .772
Sep/Oct 7 11 .389 22 22 7 0 0 154.3 203 83 5 45 40 4.84 .320 .365 .414 .779
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
1930 24 PIT NL 39 95 8 13 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 25 .137 .153 .147 .300 0.5 0.0
1931 25 PIT NL 19 38 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .105 .125 .105 .230 -0.6 0.0
1932 26 PIT NL 26 56 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 17 .071 .119 .107 .226 -1.2 0.0
  OAK AL 12 32 5 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .313 .353 .406 .759 4.5 0.6
  TOT   38 88 7 14 0 1 1 7 0 0 5 24 .159 .204 .216 .420 3.3 0.6
1933 27 OAK AL 37 93 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 30 .108 .106 .118 .225 -2.3 0.0
1934 28 OAK AL 40 86 7 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 24 .186 .202 .209 .412 3.9 0.0
1935 29 OAK AL 10 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .115 .115 .115 .231 -1.0 0.0
6 Years Sim 183 426 32 60 2 2 1 26 0 0 10 131 .141 .159 .162 .321 4.0 0.6
162 Game Average 377 28 53 1 1 0 23 0 0 8 115 .141 .159 .162 .321 3.5  
Career Highs 40 95 8 16 1 1 1 11 0 0 5 30 .186 .204 .216 .420 3.9  
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   302 20 44 1 1 0 15 0 0 9 85 .146 .169 .156 .324 1.1
vs LH   124 12 16 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 46 .129 .135 .177 .312 -0.3
Home 94 202 14 24 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 67 .119 .139 .124 .263 -3.2
Away 89 224 18 36 1 2 1 17 0 0 5 64 .161 .177 .196 .374 3.9
RISP   97 0 13 1 0 1 24 0 0 6 27 .134 .178 .175 .353 1.6
Close/Late   29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .103 .129 .103 .232 -0.7
Mar/Apr 39 89 5 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 32 .135 .161 .135 .296 -0.4
May 39 99 8 14 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 33 .141 .150 .162 .312 -0.3
June 31 74 8 12 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 17 .162 .171 .176 .347 0.6
July 26 52 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 .096 .143 .115 .258 -0.8
August 26 65 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .123 .134 .123 .257 -1.1
Sep/Oct 22 47 4 9 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 12 .191 .208 .298 .506 2.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 24 PIT NL P 39 39 280.0 21 77 2 10 .980 3.15    
1931 25 PIT NL P 19 19 132.7 10 31 1 3 .976 2.78    
1932 26 PIT NL P 26 26 200.3 16 62 2 6 .975 3.50    
  OAK AL P 12 12 91.7 7 29 1 3 .973 3.53    
  TOT   P 38 38 292.0 23 91 3 9 .974 3.51    
1933 27 OAK AL P 37 37 274.3 22 76 3 11 .970 3.22    
1934 28 OAK AL P 40 40 288.7 21 71 3 7 .968 2.87    
1935 29 OAK AL P 10 10 75.7 11 17 2 0 .933 3.33    
Career Totals   183 183 1343.3 108 363 14 40 .971 3.16    
Career Highs   40 40 292.0 23 91 3 11 .980 3.51    
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
1933 27 OAK AL 0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 23.7 40 25 1 8 7 9.51 .374 .417 .523 .941
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 23.7 40 25 1 8 7 9.51 .374 .417 .523 .941
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
1933 27 OAK AL 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1933-8-4.00
 Wins
1933-8-18
 Losses
1934-6-18
 Complete Games
1933-9-13
 Shutouts
1932-6-1
1933-2-3
 Hits Allowed
1933-9-322
1934-9-365
OSLG
1932-3-.360
1933-7-.374
 OOPS
1932-8-.701
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Ivy Andrews (956)
  2. Bill Harris (955)
  3. Orel Hershiser (951)
  4. Ray Burris (949)
  5. Sheriff Blake (949)
  6. Tommy Thomas (948)
  7. Jakie May (946)
  8. Spud Chandler (945)
  9. Ed Durham (944)
  10. Hod Lisenbee (942)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Luis Tiant (995)
  2. Don Rudolph (992)
  3. Joe Moeller (992)
  4. Hod Lisenbee (992)
  5. Don Sutton (990)
  6. Allie Reynolds (990)
  7. Pat Caraway (990)
  8. Tug McGraw (989)
  9. Red Swanson (988)
  10. Bob Muncrief (988)
History
Had first career hit on 4/30/1930, off Sarge Connally (SEM)
Earned first career win on 5/4/1930
Injured on 9/15/1930 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,657,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/15/1931 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,657,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 7/31/1932 (Going to OAK: P Jack Russell. Going to PIT: SS Moe Berg)
7/31/1932: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 8/15/1932 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1932, off George Winn (CIN)
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1932
Injured on 7/29/1933 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1933
Injured on 5/13/1935 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for entire career
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1935, going 2-0, 0.44
 
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