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Russell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 26, 1915 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
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
1939 24 CLE AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8
1940 25 CLE AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8
1941 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1942 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1943 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1944 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1945 30 CLE AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1946 31 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 32 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1948 33 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 8
1949 34 PIT NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1939 24 AA   137 539 77 186 32 3 24 88 4 4 53 44 .345 .404 .549 .953 107.8  
1940 25 AAA   137 540 56 164 34 1 10 57 5 7 54 46 .304 .367 .426 .793 80.3  
1941 26 CLE AL 117 276 36 90 13 2 4 51 1 1 20 25 .326 .372 .431 .804 40.0 7.3
1942 27 CLE AL 136 357 43 100 16 4 2 43 0 0 20 13 .280 .322 .364 .686 36.2 4.8
1943 28 CLE AL 98 247 32 78 10 1 3 28 0 0 7 16 .316 .335 .401 .735 27.3 3.8
1944 29 CLE AL 75 202 22 47 4 1 0 9 0 0 14 12 .233 .280 .262 .542 12.5 0.0
    AAA   31 122 17 40 7 0 3 19 0 2 13 11 .328 .393 .459 .852 20.3  
1945 30 CLE AL 15 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .167 .377 0.5 0.0
    AAA   111 428 53 125 16 1 18 69 6 5 48 35 .292 .363 .460 .824 70.2  
1946 31 AAA   137 471 53 137 21 1 8 52 2 4 64 31 .291 .376 .391 .766 70.0  
1947 32 AAA   66 56 7 20 2 1 1 11 0 0 6 2 .357 .419 .482 .901 10.5  
1948 33 AAA   136 501 71 156 28 4 13 85 7 6 54 34 .311 .378 .461 .839 83.1  
1949 34 AAA   125 443 54 132 27 0 10 64 0 5 54 52 .298 .374 .427 .801 68.2  
5 Years Sim 441 1100 135 318 43 8 9 131 1 1 62 68 .289 .328 .367 .695 116.5 15.9
7 Years AAA 743 2561 311 774 135 8 63 357 20 29 293 211 .302 .373 .435 .808 402.6  
1 Years AA 137 539 77 186 32 3 24 88 4 4 53 44 .345 .403 .549 .952 107.8  
8 Years Minors 880 3100 388 960 167 11 87 445 24 33 346 255 .310 .378 .455 .833 510.4  
162 Game Average 404 49 116 15 2 3 48 0 0 22 24 .289 .328 .367 .695 42.8  
Career Highs 136 357 43 100 16 4 4 51 1 1 20 25 .326 .372 .431 .804 40.0  
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   470 67 128 18 4 7 53 0 0 25 36 .272 .311 .372 .684 52.4
vs LH   630 68 190 25 4 2 78 1 1 37 32 .302 .340 .363 .704 74.7
Home 211 509 64 150 18 4 3 59 1 1 26 26 .295 .330 .363 .694 58.2
Away 230 591 71 168 25 4 6 72 0 0 36 42 .284 .326 .371 .696 68.9
RISP   274 0 77 11 5 0 110 0 0 16 18 .281 .320 .358 .677 30.1
Pinch Hitting   63 11 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 6 .238 .284 .270 .553 4.7
Close/Late   120 21 36 6 2 2 14 0 0 7 8 .300 .339 .433 .772 16.6
Mar/Apr 85 186 25 55 9 0 3 25 0 0 13 12 .296 .342 .392 .734 24.1
May 75 161 26 41 8 0 2 15 0 0 11 13 .255 .299 .342 .640 16.4
June 74 198 19 48 5 0 1 21 0 0 7 11 .242 .268 .283 .551 14.0
July 77 186 21 54 8 3 0 22 0 0 9 12 .290 .321 .366 .687 20.8
August 69 217 28 72 6 3 3 34 1 1 13 15 .332 .375 .429 .804 32.1
Sep/Oct 61 152 16 48 7 2 0 14 0 0 9 5 .316 .358 .388 .746 19.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 26 CLE AL 3B 79 69 570.0 33 151 6 10 .968 2.91   2.2
    SS 26 1 51.7 12 25 1 3 .974 6.45   0.3
    2B 5 3 26.0 11 6 2 4 .895 5.88   0.0
1942 27 CLE AL 3B 80 72 632.0 56 164 15 11 .936 3.13   2.1
    SS 28 7 113.0 26 48 2 13 .974 5.89   0.7
    2B 13 9 75.7 23 43 1 7 .985 7.85   0.5
    1B 4 0 5.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 11.13   0.0
1943 28 CLE AL 3B 62 51 439.3 33 107 4 8 .972 2.87   1.6
    SS 24 0 51.7 8 33 0 4 1.000 7.14   0.4
    2B 10 0 18.0 6 9 1 3 .938 7.50   0.1
1944 29 CLE AL 3B 35 33 257.0 20 105 6 9 .954 4.38   1.5
    SS 25 8 97.3 14 46 1 10 .984 5.55   0.4
    2B 12 11 82.7 25 41 1 10 .985 7.19   0.3
1945 30 CLE AL 3B 3 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 3 1 11.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
  3B 259 226 1910.3 142 529 31 38 .956 3.16   7.3
  SS 106 17 324.7 61 155 4 31 .982 5.99   1.8
  2B 40 23 202.3 65 99 5 24 .970 7.30   0.9
  1B 6 0 8.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 11.43   0.0
Career Totals   411 266 2446.0 278 784 40 93 .964 3.91   10.1
Career Highs   125 88 826.3 111 256 18 31 1.000 5.17    
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
1943 28 CLE AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Hillis Layne (990)
  2. Fred Haney (963)
  3. Skeeter Barnes (958)
  4. Del Unser (956)
  5. Pete Suder (951)
  6. Frank Welch (947)
  7. Doc Prothro (947)
  8. Frankie Frisch (947)
  9. Wally Roettger (945)
  10. Kevin Seitzer (944)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 50th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1939
Had first career hit (double) on 4/7/1941, off Hal Newhouser (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1941, off Roger Wolff (BRK)
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Cleveland on 10/4/1945
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/15/1946 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
10/19/1946: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 5/27/1947 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/22/1949 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/22/1949 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/26/1949 with a Sore Back, out for one week
 
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