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Russ Bauers

Russell Lee Bauers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 10, 1914 in Townsend, WI
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1936
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Browns 1936-1950

Final Game: May 6, 1950
Died: January 21, 1995 in Hines, IL
Buried: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wabeno, WI
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	21	PHI-min	A	3	1	.750	2.53	10						32.0	34	15	9		14							1.500	9.6		3.9			HZL · NYPL
1936	22	ATL-PIT-min	A1,A	9	3	.750	4.74	17						106.1	126	60	56		22							1.392	10.7		1.9			KNX,SCR · SOUA,NYPL
1936	22	PIT	NL	0	0		33.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	11	15	4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1937	23	PIT	NL	13	6	.684	2.88	34	19	9	11	2	1	187.2	174	70	60	2	80	118	4	0	5	807	133	1.353	8.3	*0.1*	3.8	5.7	1.48
1938	24	PIT	NL	13	14	.481	3.07	40	34	6	12	2	3	243.0	207	102	83	7	99	117	6	0	6	1008	123	1.259	7.7	0.3	3.7	4.3	1.18
1939	25	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	3.35	15	8	4	1	0	1	53.2	46	27	20	4	25	12	1	0	1	226	115	1.323	7.7	0.7	4.2	2.0	0.48
1940	26	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	7.63	15	2	2	0	0	0	30.2	42	29	26	2	18	11	2	0	3	153	51	1.957	12.3	0.6	5.3	3.2	0.61
1941	27	SFG-min	AA	1	1	.500	2.70	7						20.0	18		6		9	9						1.350	8.1		4.0	4.0	1.00	JER · IL
1941	27	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	5.54	8	5	0	1	0	0	37.1	40	28	23	1	25	20	0	0	1	176	66	1.741	9.6	0.2	6.0	4.8	0.80

1942	28	PIT-min	A	9	7	.563	2.71	23	21					136.0	134	51	41		48							1.338	8.9		3.2			ALB · EL
1946	32	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	3.53	15	2	8	2	0	1	43.1	45	17	17	1	19	22	1	0	1	189	95	1.477	9.3	0.2	3.9	4.6	1.16

1947	33	CHC-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.92	25	21		9	2		147.0	162	79	64		63	84	1	1	3			1.531	9.9		3.9	5.1	1.33	LOS · PCL
1948	34	CHC-min	AAA	3	9	.250	4.93	32			3	0		95.0	112	59	52		49	43	2	0	1			1.695	10.6		4.6	4.1	0.88	LOS · PCL
1949	35	BAL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.64	4	2		1	1		22.0	14	6	4		4	10	0	0	0			0.818	5.7		1.6	4.1	2.50	BLT · IL
1950	36	BAL-min	AAA	13	6	.684	3.36	25	23		16	2		182.0	199	83	68		59	107	5	1	3			1.418	9.8		2.9	5.3	1.81	BLT · IL
1950	36	SLB	AL	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	127	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1951	37	BAL-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.00	29	28		15	3		195.0	200	90	65		50	128	2	0	3			1.282	9.2		2.3	5.9	2.56	TTO · IL
1952	38	BAL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.43	24	19		6	1		128.0	133	69	63		43	60	3	0	3			1.375	9.4		3.0	4.2	1.40	TTO · IL
1953	39	BAL-min	AA	7	3	.700	3.38	27	0		0	0		64.0	63	26	24	7	29	40	0	0	0			1.438	8.9	1.0	4.1	5.6	1.38	SAN · TL
1954	40	CHC-min	AA	0	0			1																								BMT · TL
8 Yrs				31	30	.508	3.53	129	71	30	27	4	6	599.0	562	282	235	17	271	300	15	0	17	2581	107	1.391	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.508	3.53	44	24	10	9	1	2	204	191	96	80	6	92	102	5	0	6	878	107	1.391	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11

PIT (6 yrs)				29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	0	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11
CHC (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.53	15	2	8	2	0	1	43.1	45	17	17	1	19	22	1	0	1	189	95	1.477	9.3	0.2	3.9	4.6	1.16
SLB (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	127	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

NL (7 yrs)				31	30	.508	3.53	128	71	29	27	4	6	597.0	556	278	234	17	270	300	15	0	17	2570	107	1.384	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	127	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1936	22	PIT	NL	1.1	1	1	5	33.75	4.85	-0.07	0.00	102.0	5.03	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.205	.498	$
1937	23	PIT	NL	187.2	34	19	70	3.36	4.59	0.10	0.00	98.0	4.40	22	2.4	1.0	-0.1	3.8	40	.571	.515	$
1938	24	PIT	NL	243.0	40	34	102	3.78	4.37	0.26	0.00	100.1	4.12	10	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.9	32	.528	.507	$
1939	25	PIT	NL	53.2	15	8	27	4.53	4.56	-0.15	0.00	99.6	4.69	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.5	6	.509	.501	$
1940	26	PIT	NL	30.2	15	2	29	8.51	4.43	-0.30	0.00	99.3	4.69	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-10	.415	.492	$
1941	27	PIT	NL	37.1	8	5	28	6.75	3.82	0.06	0.00	99.9	3.76	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.356	.493	$

1946	32	CHC	NL	43.1	15	2	17	3.53	3.84	-0.08	0.00	99.3	3.90	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.514	.501	$

1950	36	SLB	AL	2.0	1	0	4	18.00	4.48	-0.81	0.00	98.0	5.18	-3	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-3	.284	.499	$
8 Seasons				599.0	129	71	282	4.24	4.39	0.10	0.00	99.3	4.26	3	0.9	1.0	-0.2	5.6	60	.507	.501	$

PIT (6 yrs)				553.2	113	69	261	4.24	4.43	0.12	0.00	99.3	4.28	4	0.9	1.0	-0.2	5.1	56	.508	.501	$
CHC (1 yr)				43.1	15	2	17	3.53	3.84	-0.08	0.00	99.3	3.90	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.514	.501	$
SLB (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	4	18.00	4.48	-0.81	0.00	98.0	5.18	-3	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-3	.284	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1950	36	SLB	AL	1	12	10	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.636	.800	1.436	.600	8	1	0	1	0	1
1 Yr				1	12	10	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.636	.800	1.436	.600	8	1	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	816	680	272	408	136	0	0	0	0	68	0	.600	.636	.800	1.436	.600	544	68	0	68	0	68
MLB Averages																.265	.336	.340	.676	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	36	SLB	AL	-0.9	-0.1	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.2	-0.2	-2.9	-0.2	0.06	-3.5	0	0	1
8 Yrs				14.0	1.7	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.2	-0.2	-2.9	-0.2	0.06	-3.5	0	0	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1936	22	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0		0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	0	1	7.2		1.3
1937	23	PIT	NL	34	19	10	5	4	3	3	13	6	.684	0	0	11	2	13	68%	55.4	79	24	9	4	5.3		7.5
1938	24	PIT	NL	40	34	12	12	10	0	4	19	14	.576	0	0	12	2	19	56%	53.2	86	31	21	6	4.1		6.5
1939	25	PIT	NL	15	8	1	3	4	0	0	3	5	.375	0	0	1	0	2	25%	44.4	68	30	3	3	4.2		4.3
1940	26	PIT	NL	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.0	43	21	1	1	3.3		4.3
1941	27	PIT	NL	8	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	.200	0	0	1	0	1	20%	37.4	70	10	0	4	5.8		5.2

1946	32	CHC	NL	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	2	0	2	100%	66.0	74	58	0	1	3.5		9.0
7 Yrs				128	71	25	25	21	3	8	39	31	.557	0	0	27	4	37	52%	51	86	10	34	20	4.6		6.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	116	-35			4.6	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1937	23	PIT	NL	34	15	9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0													11	2		3	9.1
1938	24	PIT	NL	40	6	6	1	2	0	3	0	0	0													6	0		1	11.8
1939	25	PIT	NL	15	7	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0													4	1		0	8.1
1940	26	PIT	NL	15	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0													7	3		2	5.1
1941	27	PIT	NL	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0													3	0		0	11.3

1946	32	CHC	NL	15	13	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0													7	3		1	5.8

1950	36	SLB	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.062	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
7 Yrs				128	58	30	6	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0		.062	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	39	9	1	7	7.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1936	22	PIT	NL	11		0.0%	0.0%	36.4%				36%
1937	23	PIT	NL	807		0.3%	14.6%	9.9%	2.4%	11%		73%
1938	24	PIT	NL	1008		0.7%	11.6%	9.8%	1.8%	9%		76%
1939	25	PIT	NL	226		1.8%	5.3%	11.1%	1.8%	9%		78%
1940	26	PIT	NL	153		1.3%	7.2%	11.8%				76%
1941	27	PIT	NL	176		0.6%	11.4%	14.2%	0.6%	3%		73%

1946	32	CHC	NL	189		0.5%	11.6%	10.1%	1.6%	7%		75%

1950	36	SLB	AL	12	67%	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	16.7%	33%		83%	4	1	25%
8 Yrs				2582	67%	0.7%	11.6%	10.5%	1.8%	8%		75%	4	1	25%
MLB Averages					49%	1.5%	9.7%	9.8%	3.6%	15%	0.95	83%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1936	22	PIT	NL		2			0												0
1937	23	PIT	NL		174			2												5
1938	24	PIT	NL		207			7												6
1939	25	PIT	NL		46			4												1
1940	26	PIT	NL		42			2												3
1941	27	PIT	NL		40			1												1

1946	32	CHC	NL		45			1												1

1950	36	SLB	AL	12	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				12	562			17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	17	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1936	22	0	0		33.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	11	15	4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	15
1937	23	13	6	.684	3.10	35	20	9	11	2	1	189.0	176	75	65	2	84	118	5	5	818	124	1.376	8.4	0.1	4.0	5.6	1.40	124
1938	24	26	20	.565	3.08	75	54	15	23	4	4	432.0	383	177	148	9	183	235	11	11	1826	124	1.310	8.0	0.2	3.8	4.9	1.28	124
1939	25	28	24	.538	3.11	90	62	19	24	4	5	485.2	429	204	168	13	208	247	12	12	2052	123	1.312	7.9	0.2	3.9	4.6	1.19	123
1940	26	28	26	.519	3.38	105	64	21	24	4	5	516.1	471	233	194	15	226	258	14	15	2205	113	1.350	8.2	0.3	3.9	4.5	1.14	113
1941	27	29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	108
1942	28	29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	108
1943	29	29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	108
1944	30	29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	108
1945	31	29	29	.500	3.53	113	69	21	25	4	5	553.2	511	261	217	16	251	278	14	16	2381	108	1.376	8.3	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	108
1946	32	31	30	.508	3.53	128	71	29	27	4	6	597.0	556	278	234	17	270	300	15	17	2570	107	1.384	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	107
1947	33	31	30	.508	3.53	128	71	29	27	4	6	597.0	556	278	234	17	270	300	15	17	2570	107	1.384	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	107
1948	34	31	30	.508	3.53	128	71	29	27	4	6	597.0	556	278	234	17	270	300	15	17	2570	107	1.384	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	107
1949	35	31	30	.508	3.53	128	71	29	27	4	6	597.0	556	278	234	17	270	300	15	17	2570	107	1.384	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	107
1950	36	31	30	.508	3.53	129	71	30	27	4	6	599.0	562	282	235	17	271	300	15	17	2581	107	1.391	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.5	1.11	107

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1936	22	0	0		27.00	1.0	2	3	3	0	4	0	1	6.000	18.0	36.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1937	23	14	7	.667	2.94	193.0	183	70	63	2	84	121	4	1.383	8.5	3.9	5.6	1.44	0.1	34
1938	24	16	11	.593	3.22	246.0	219	98	88	7	105	118	6	1.317	8.0	3.8	4.3	1.12	0.3	40
1939	25	3	2	.600	3.50	54.0	49	23	21	4	27	12	1	1.407	8.2	4.5	2.0	0.44	0.7	15
1940	26	1	2	.333	7.88	32.0	45	31	28	2	19	11	2	2.000	12.7	5.3	3.1	0.58	0.6	15
1941	27	1	3	.250	5.68	38.0	42	27	24	1	26	21	0	1.789	9.9	6.2	5.0	0.81	0.2	8

1946	32	2	2	.500	4.29	42.0	50	22	20	1	21	21	1	1.690	10.7	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.2	15

1950	36	0	0		9.00	1.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.000	54.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
8 Yrs		37	27	.578	3.68	607.0	596	275	248	17	287	304	15	1.455	8.8		4.5	1.06	0.3	129

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1937 NL 3.8 (6th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1937 NL 2.88 (4th) 1938 NL 3.07 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1937 NL .684 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 8.345 (7th) 1938 NL 7.667 (2nd)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 5.659 (3rd) 1938 NL 4.333 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1938 NL 243.0 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1937 NL 118 (9th) 1938 NL 117 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1938 NL 34 (3rd)
Shutouts s c a p y 1937 NL 2 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1937 NL 80 (9th) 1938 NL 99 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 0.096 (1st) 1938 NL 0.259 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1938 NL 14 (7th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1937 NL 5 (9th) 1938 NL 6 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1938 NL 6 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1937 NL 133 (5th) 1938 NL 123 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 21 (7th) 1938 NL 17 (6th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 2.1 (7th) 1938 NL 1.8 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1936 NL born 1914-05-10 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Bernie Boland (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Sowders (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Sullivan (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Buhl (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Chalmers (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Sutthoff (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Keegan (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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