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Tony LaRussa
Anthony LaRussa Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 10, 1963
  vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 6, 1973
Born October 4, 1944 in Tampa, FL

Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 18 KCA AL  34   44    4   11   1  1   0    1   0  0   7  12  .250  .346  .318   84   14   1   1   0   0   0
 1968 23 OAK AL   5    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  109    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 24 OAK AL   8    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 25 OAK AL  52  106    6   21   4  1   0    6   0  0  15  19  .198  .301  .255   57   27   0   1   1   1   0
 1971 26 TOT     32   15    4    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .133  .188  .133   -8    2   0   0   0   0   2
         OAK AL  23    8    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL   9    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .286  .375  .286   86    2   0   0   0   0   2
 1973 28 CHC NL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      132  176   15   35   5  2   0    7   0  0  23  37  .199  .292  .250   53   44   1   2   1   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        216   18   43   6  2   0    9   0  0  28  45  .199  .292  .250   53   54   1   2   1   1   2
 Career High     52  106    6   21   4  1   0    6   0  0  15  19                          27   1   1   1   1   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 18 KCA AL   53   35    6   4.6    99| .250  .262| .346  .329| .318  .404| .664  .734|  84  .544  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1968 23 OAK AL    3    2    0   0.0    75| .333  .231| .333  .299| .333  .343| .666  .642| 109  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1969 24 OAK AL    8    8    0   0.0    91| .000  .248| .000  .324| .000  .375| .000  .699|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1970 25 OAK AL  123   86    9   2.8    95| .198  .254| .301  .328| .255  .388| .556  .716|  57  .315  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1971 26 TOT      16   15    0   0.0    94| .133  .259| .188  .329| .133  .382| .321  .711|  -8  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         OAK AL    8    8    0   0.0    91| .000  .253| .000  .324| .000  .375| .000  .700|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         ATL NL    8    7    0   0.0    97| .286  .266| .375  .334| .286  .390| .661  .724|  86  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1973 28 CHC NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       203  146   15   2.8    95| .199  .256| .292  .328| .250  .390| .542  .718|  53  .315 -10.7  -1.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 18 KCA AL SS 14 23 22 2 7 .957 .966 3.21 4.56 3.82 4.78 10 106.0 2B 3 6 3 0 1 1.000 .978 3.00 4.67 5.06 5.06 1 16.0 1970 25 OAK AL 2B 44 67 89 5 21 .969 .979 3.55 4.64 5.39 5.35 28 260.3 1971 26 TOT 2B 16 12 7 2 4 .905 .979 1.19 4.81 4.38 5.42 1 39.0 OAK AL 2B 7 4 1 1 1 .833 .980 0.71 4.76 3.75 5.33 0 12.0 SS 4 4 5 0 1 1.000 .968 2.25 4.33 10.12 4.95 0 8.0 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.75 1.29 3.09 0 7.0 ATL NL 2B 9 8 6 1 3 .933 .979 1.56 4.86 4.67 5.47 1 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 18 KCA AL 2B 3 6 3 0 1 1.000 .978 3.00 4.67 5.06 5.06 1 16.0 1970 25 OAK AL 2B 44 67 89 5 21 .969 .979 3.55 4.64 5.39 5.35 28 260.3 1971 26 TOT 2B 16 12 7 2 4 .905 .979 1.19 4.81 4.38 5.42 1 39.0 OAK AL 2B 7 4 1 1 1 .833 .980 0.71 4.76 3.75 5.33 0 12.0 ATL NL 2B 9 8 6 1 3 .933 .979 1.56 4.86 4.67 5.47 1 27.0 1971 26 OAK AL 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.75 1.29 3.09 0 7.0 1963 18 KCA AL SS 14 23 22 2 7 .957 .966 3.21 4.56 3.82 4.78 10 106.0 1971 26 OAK AL SS 4 4 5 0 1 1.000 .968 2.25 4.33 10.12 4.95 0 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 63 85 99 7 26 .963 .979 2.92 4.69 5.25 5.34 30 315.3 SS* 18 27 27 2 8 .964 .966 3.00 4.51 4.26 4.79 10 114.0 3B* 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.75 1.29 3.09 0 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 83 112 127 10 34 .960 .976 2.88 4.60 4.93 5.17 40 436
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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.

Youngest Player
1963 AL-18-3

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Transactions 

June 6, 1962: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

August 14, 1971: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Oakland Athletics.

October 20, 1972: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Phoebus.

Before 1974 Season: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Cubs.

April 4, 1975: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 7, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

December 15, 1976: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Randy Wiles.

September 29, 1977: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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