James Clayton Russell
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.
Born: January 8, 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
High Schools: Colleyville Heritage HS (Colleyville, TX), Heritage HS (Heritage, TX)
Schools: Navarro College (Corsicana, TX), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 37th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Heritage HS (Heritage, TX), the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Navarro College (Corsicana, TX) and the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-Rk | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.778 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | |
| 2007 | 21 | Cubs | ARIZ | Rk | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| 2007 | 21 | Peoria | MIDW | A | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 2.25 | |
| 2008 | 22 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AA-A+ | CHC | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.44 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 | 147 | 82 | 77 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 553 | 1.453 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 2.26 |
| 2008 | 22 | Daytona | FLOR | A+ | CHC | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.51 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 1.195 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 1.85 |
| 2008 | 22 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.36 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.1 | 111 | 64 | 61 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 390 | 1.575 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 2.48 |
| 2009 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | CHC | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.03 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.2 | 116 | 49 | 46 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 448 | 1.403 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 2.57 |
| 2009 | 23 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 1.459 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 2.89 |
| 2009 | 23 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.43 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | 71 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 287 | 1.371 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 2.42 |
| 2010 | 24 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | 0 | 0 | 5.73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1.364 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 2.50 | |
| 4 Seasons | 11 | 16 | .407 | 4.68 | 71 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250.0 | 277 | 138 | 130 | 38 | 74 | 1 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1080 | 1.404 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 2.42 | |||||
| AA (2 seasons) | AA | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.98 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.1 | 156 | 88 | 82 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 551 | 1.541 | 11.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 2.59 | ||||
| AAA (2 seasons) | AAA | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.76 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.2 | 82 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 334 | 1.370 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 2.43 | ||||
| A (1 season) | A | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 2.25 | |||||
| Rk (1 season) | Rk | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||||
| A+ (1 season) | A+ | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.51 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 1.195 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 1.85 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-Rk | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 21 | Cubs | ARIZ | Rk | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 21 | Peoria | MIDW | A | CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 22 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AA-A+ | CHC | 26 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .188 | .000 | .188 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 22 | Daytona | FLOR | A+ | CHC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 22 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | 18 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .188 | .000 | .188 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | CHC | 37 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 23 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 23 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | 26 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 24 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 Seasons | 71 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .071 | .182 | .107 | .289 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| AA (2 seasons) | AA | 29 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .053 | .174 | .053 | .227 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| AAA (2 seasons) | AAA | 31 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| A (1 season) | A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rk (1 season) | Rk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| A+ (1 season) | A+ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | CG | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | SB | CS | CS% | lgCS% | PO | Rctch | Rtz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-Rk | CHC | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |||||
| 2007 | 21 | Cubs | ARIZ | Rk | CHC | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007 | 21 | Peoria | MIDW | A | CHC | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0% | |||||
| 2008 | 22 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AA-A+ | CHC | P | 26 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 0.88 | 19 | 8 | 30% | |||||
| 2008 | 22 | Daytona | FLOR | A+ | CHC | P | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.88 | 6 | 3 | 33% | |||||
| 2008 | 22 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | P | 18 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 0.89 | 13 | 5 | 28% | |||||
| 2009 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | CHC | P | 37 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 0.57 | 11 | 3 | 21% | |||||
| 2009 | 23 | Tennessee | SOUL | AA | CHC | P | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 3 | 2 | 40% | |||||
| 2009 | 23 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | P | 26 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 0.46 | 8 | 1 | 11% | |||||
| 2010 | 24 | Iowa | PCL | AAA | CHC | P | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 2 | 0 | 0% | |||||
| 4 Seasons | 71 | 52 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 0.69 | 33 | 11 | 25% | |||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Rk | CHC | 2007-08-21 | 2007-08-21 | |
| 2007 | 21 | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | A | CHC | 2007-08-25 | 2007-08-30 | |
| 2008 | 22 | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | A+ | CHC | 2008-04-05 | 2008-08-29 | |
| 2008 | 22 | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | AA | CHC | 2008-05-02 | 2008-08-03 | |
| 2009 | 23 | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | AA | CHC | 2009-04-09 | 2009-05-26 | |
| 2009 | 23 | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | AAA | CHC | 2009-06-01 | 2009-09-07 | |
| 2010 | 24 | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | AAA | CHC | 2010-06-14 | 2010-06-25 | |
| 2010 | 24 | Chicago Cubs | National League | MLB | CHC | 1 | 2010-04-05 | 2010-10-02 |
| 2011 | 25 | Chicago Cubs | National League | MLB | CHC | 1 | 2011-04-01 | 2011-09-28 |
| 2012 | 26 | Chicago Cubs | National League | MLB | CHC | 1 | 2012-04-09 | 2012-10-01 |
| 2013 | 27 | Chicago Cubs | National League | MLB | CHC | 1 | 2013-04-01 | 2013-05-24 |
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