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Russ Derry
Alva Russell Derry

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 4, 1944
Final Game September 30, 1949
Born October 7, 1916 in Princeton, MO
Died October 26, 2004 in Kansas City, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 27 NYY AL  38  114   14   29   3  0   4   14   1  0  20  19  .254  .366  .386  112   44   1           0   0
 1945 28 NYY AL  78  253   37   57   6  2  13   45   1  0  31  49  .225  .312  .419  107  106   1           1   7
 1946 29 PHA AL  69  184   17   38   8  5   0   14   0  0  27  54  .207  .311  .304   73   56   2           1   2
 1949 32 STL NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      187  553   68  124  17  7  17   73   2  0  78 124  .224  .322  .373   96  206   4   0   0   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   59  107  15  6  15   63   2  0  68 107  .224  .322  .373   96  178   3   0   0   2   8
 Career High     78  253   37   57   8  5  13   45   1  0  31  54  .225  .312  .419  107  106   2   0   0   1   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 27 NYY AL  135   86   16   5.0    94| .254  .271| .366  .339| .386  .371| .752  .710| 112  .599   2.4   0.3 100%
 1945 28 NYY AL  286  204   33   4.3    92| .225  .267| .312  .340| .419  .363| .731  .704| 107  .552   1.0   0.1 100%
 1946 29 PHA AL  214  150   17   3.0    95| .207  .262| .311  .337| .304  .377| .615  .714|  73  .359  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1949 32 STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .276| .000  .350| .000  .414| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       637  442   66   4.0    94| .224  .267| .322  .339| .373  .370| .695  .708|  96  .500  -3.6  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 27 NYY AL OF 28 54 2 3 0 .949 .974 2.00 2.35 16 0 12 1945 28 NYY AL OF 68 170 4 4 2 .978 .978 2.56 2.27 10 44 15 1946 29 PHA AL OF 50 127 3 2 2 .985 .977 2.60 2.24 45 2 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 27 NYY AL OF 28 54 2 3 0 .949 .974 2.00 2.35 16 0 12 1945 28 NYY AL OF 68 170 4 4 2 .978 .978 2.56 2.27 10 44 15 1946 29 PHA AL OF 50 127 3 2 2 .985 .977 2.60 2.24 45 2 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 146 351 9 9 4 .976 .977 2.47 2.28 71 46 32 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 146 351 9 9 4 .976 .977 2.47 2.28
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1945 AL-13-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1798) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2473) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

April 29, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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