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Russ Kemmerer
Russell Paul Kemmerer (Rusty, Dutch, or Kimmersak)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
Schools Glenville State College, University of Pittsburgh

Debut June 27, 1954
Final Game June 23, 1963
Born November 1, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 22 BOS AL   5   3  19   9   2   1   3  0   75.3   71   35   32   4   41   37   2   1   328       2  3.82  4.10  107 1.487
 1955 23 BOS AL   1   1   7   2   0   0   2  0   17.3   18   14   14   3   15   13   0   2    82   1   0  7.27  4.28   59 1.904
 1957 25 TOT AL   7  11  40  26   6   0   4  0  176.3  219  112   97  20   73   82   2   6   795   5   0  4.95  3.87   78 1.656
         BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    5    2    2   0    2    1   0   1    19   1   0  4.50  3.98   88 1.750
         WSH AL   7  11  39  26   6   0   4  0  172.3  214  110   95  20   71   81   2   5   776   4   0  4.96  3.86   78 1.654
 1958 26 WSH AL   6  15  40  30   6   0   2  0  224.3  234  122  115  25   74  111   4   7   968   5   1  4.61  3.81   83 1.373
 1959 27 WSH AL   8  17  37  28   8   0   5  0  206.0  221  116  103  20   71   89   4  10   894   3   2  4.50  3.94   88 1.417
 1960 28 TOT AL   6   5  39  10   2   1   9  2  138.0  129   60   55   7   55   86   2   6   586   4   0  3.59  3.81  106 1.333
         WSH AL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   17.3   18   15   15   2   10   10   1   1    79   0   0  7.79  3.95   51 1.615
         CHW AL   6   3  36   7   2   1   9  2  120.7  111   45   40   5   45   76   1   5   507   4   0  2.98  3.79  127 1.293
 1961 29 CHW AL   3   3  47   2   0   0  10  2   96.7  102   53   47  10   26   35   0   2   404   1   0  4.38  3.90   89 1.324
 1962 30 TOT      7   4  56   2   0   0  21  3   96.0  102   48   43  13   26   40   3   5   408   2   0  4.03  3.80   94 1.333
         CHW AL   2   1  20   0   0   0   6  0   28.0   30   14   12   3   11   17   0   3   125   1   0  3.86  3.93  102 1.464
         HOU NL   5   3  36   2   0   0  15  3   68.0   72   34   31  10   15   23   3   2   283   1   0  4.10  3.74   91 1.279
 1963 31 HOU NL   0   0  17   0   0   0   4  1   36.7   48   28   23   1    8   12   0   3   164   0   2  5.65  3.16   56 1.527
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .422  43  59 302 109  24   2  60  8 1066.7 1144  588  529 103  389  505  17  42  4629  21   7  4.46  3.86   86 1.437
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  49  18   3   0   9  1  176.3  189   97   87  17   64   83   2   6   765   3   1  4.46  3.86   86 1.437
 Career High      8  17  56  30   8   1  21  3  224.3  234  122  115  25   74  111   4  10   968   5   2  3.59  4.10  107 1.324
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 BOS AL  19   21    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  11  .143  .250  .143    6    3   2   0       0   1
 1955 23 BOS AL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 25 TOT AL  40   46    4    3   1  0   2    6   0  0   4  21  .065  .140  .217   -3   10   7   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         WSH AL  39   45    4    3   1  0   2    6   0  0   4  21  .067  .143  .222   -1   10   7   0   0   0   0
 1958 26 WSH AL  40   69    3   11   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  28  .159  .183  .159   -4   11   2   0   0   0   2
 1959 27 WSH AL  37   60    1    8   1  0   0    5   0  0   6  25  .133  .212  .150    2    9   5   0   0   0   2
 1960 28 TOT AL  39   33    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  15  .000  .105  .000  -69    0   8   1   0   0   2
         WSH AL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .333  .000   -1    0   1   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  36   29    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  14  .000  .063  .000  -81    0   7   1   0   0   2
 1961 29 CHW AL  47   15    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .200  .294  .267   52    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 30 TOT     56   11    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .364  .462  .364  131    4   1   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  20    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .500  .667  .500  221    1   1   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL  36    9    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .333  .400  .333  106    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 31 HOU NL  17    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   70    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      302  265   13   34   3  0   2   16   0  0  23 113  .128  .197  .162   -0   43  25   1   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        142    7   18   2  0   1    9   0  0  12  61  .128  .197  .162   -0   23  13   1   0   0   4
 Career High     56   69    4   11   1  0   2    6   0  0   6  28                          11   8   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 22 BOS AL   26   21    1   1.3   108| .143  .278| .250  .355| .143  .406| .393  .761|   6  .100  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1955 23 BOS AL    3    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .277| .000  .358| .000  .412| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1957 25 TOT AL   57   50    2   1.1    98| .065  .261| .140  .333| .217  .394| .357  .726|  -3  .071  -6.9  -0.7   0%
         BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .270| .000  .343| .000  .407| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         WSH AL   56   49    2   1.1    98| .067  .261| .143  .332| .222  .393| .365  .726|  -1  .074  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1958 26 WSH AL   73   62    2   0.9    96| .159  .259| .183  .328| .159  .394| .342  .722|  -4  .050  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1959 27 WSH AL   71   59    2   0.9    98| .133  .260| .212  .332| .150  .398| .362  .730|   2  .053  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1960 28 TOT AL   46   44    0   0.0   101| .000  .264| .105  .337| .000  .403| .105  .740| -69  .000  -8.0  -0.8   0%
         WSH AL    7    5    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .333  .338| .000  .405| .333  .743|  -1  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
         CHW AL   39   39    0   0.0   101| .000  .263| .063  .337| .000  .403| .063  .740| -81  .000  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1961 29 CHW AL   17   12    1   2.2   103| .200  .263| .294  .338| .267  .409| .561  .747|  52  .205  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1962 30 TOT      14    8    2   6.7    98| .364  .262| .462  .329| .364  .399| .826  .728| 131  .669   0.6   0.1   0%
         CHW AL    4    2    1  13.5   103| .500  .263| .667  .335| .500  .410|1.167  .745| 221  .879   0.5   0.1   0%
         HOU NL   10    6    1   4.5    97| .333  .261| .400  .328| .333  .397| .733  .724| 106  .490   0.1   0.0   0%
 1963 31 HOU NL    7    5    1   5.4    84| .286  .247| .286  .308| .286  .370| .572  .678|  70  .642  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       314  264   11   1.1    99| .128  .262| .197  .333| .162  .398| .359  .731|  -0  .076 -37.4  -3.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 22 BOS AL P 19 4 14 2 2 .900 .957 0.95 0.93 2.15 2.01 9 75.3 1955 23 BOS AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.83 1.04 1.98 2 17.3 1957 25 TOT AL P 40 4 20 3 2 .889 .964 0.60 0.86 1.23 1.99 26 176.3 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 WSH AL P 39 4 20 3 2 .889 .964 0.62 0.86 1.25 1.99 26 172.3 1958 26 WSH AL P 40 13 37 2 2 .962 .963 1.25 0.82 2.01 1.95 30 224.3 1959 27 WSH AL P 37 18 36 3 1 .947 .956 1.46 0.85 2.36 2.05 28 206.0 1960 28 TOT AL P 39 12 22 1 1 .971 .969 0.87 0.78 2.22 1.96 10 138.0 WSH AL P 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 0.77 3.64 1.98 3 17.3 CHW AL P 36 9 18 1 1 .964 .968 0.75 0.78 2.01 1.96 7 120.7 1961 29 CHW AL P 47 8 21 2 2 .935 .954 0.62 0.83 2.70 2.05 2 96.7 1962 30 TOT P 56 8 21 2 1 .935 .951 0.52 0.81 2.72 2.07 2 96.0 CHW AL P 20 2 9 2 0 .846 .957 0.55 0.79 3.54 2.09 0 28.0 HOU NL P 36 6 12 0 1 1.000 .947 0.50 0.82 2.38 2.06 2 68.0 1963 31 HOU NL P 17 5 8 0 1 1.000 .949 0.76 0.84 3.19 2.06 0 36.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 22 BOS AL P 19 4 14 2 2 .900 .957 0.95 0.93 2.15 2.01 9 75.3 1955 23 BOS AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.83 1.04 1.98 2 17.3 1957 25 TOT AL P 40 4 20 3 2 .889 .964 0.60 0.86 1.23 1.99 26 176.3 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 WSH AL P 39 4 20 3 2 .889 .964 0.62 0.86 1.25 1.99 26 172.3 1958 26 WSH AL P 40 13 37 2 2 .962 .963 1.25 0.82 2.01 1.95 30 224.3 1959 27 WSH AL P 37 18 36 3 1 .947 .956 1.46 0.85 2.36 2.05 28 206.0 1960 28 TOT AL P 39 12 22 1 1 .971 .969 0.87 0.78 2.22 1.96 10 138.0 WSH AL P 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 0.77 3.64 1.98 3 17.3 CHW AL P 36 9 18 1 1 .964 .968 0.75 0.78 2.01 1.96 7 120.7 1961 29 CHW AL P 47 8 21 2 2 .935 .954 0.62 0.83 2.70 2.05 2 96.7 1962 30 TOT P 56 8 21 2 1 .935 .951 0.52 0.81 2.72 2.07 2 96.0 CHW AL P 20 2 9 2 0 .846 .957 0.55 0.79 3.54 2.09 0 28.0 HOU NL P 36 6 12 0 1 1.000 .947 0.50 0.82 2.38 2.06 2 68.0 1963 31 HOU NL P 17 5 8 0 1 1.000 .949 0.76 0.84 3.19 2.06 0 36.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 302 72 181 15 12 .944 .959 0.84 0.83 2.13 2.01 109 1066.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 302 72 181 15 12 .944 .959 0.84 0.83 2.13 2.00 109 1067
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 Allow.
1957 AL-20-10
1958 AL-25-6

Hits Allowed
1957 AL-219-8
1958 AL-234-4
1959 AL-221-5

Losses
1958 AL-15-3
1959 AL-17-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1957 AL-97-6
1958 AL-115-2
1959 AL-103-5

Wild Pitches
1957 AL-6-5
1958 AL-7-4
1959 AL-10-4

Batters Faced
1958 AL-968-9

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 29, 1957: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Milt Bolling and Faye Throneberry to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.

May 18, 1960: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Washington Senators.

June 22, 1962: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Dean Stone.


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