Russ Christopher
Russell Ormand Christopher
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 12, 1917 in Richmond, CA
High School: Richmond (Richmond, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: October 1, 1948
Died: December 5, 1954 in Richmond, CA
Relatives: Brother of Loyd Christopher
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1942 24 PHA AL 4 13 .235 3.82 30 18 10 10 0 1 165.0 154 78 70 8 99 58 3 0 2 718 99 1.533 8.4 0.4 5.4 3.2 0.59
1943 25 PHA AL 5 8 .385 3.45 24 15 8 5 0 2 133.0 120 58 51 3 58 56 3 1 2 569 98 1.338 8.1 0.2 3.9 3.8 0.97
1944 26 PHA AL 14 14 .500 2.97 35 24 10 13 1 1 215.1 200 91 71 6 63 84 9 1 5 903 117 1.221 8.4 0.3 2.6 3.5 1.33
1945 27 PHA AL 13 13 .500 3.17 33 27 5 17 2 2 227.1 213 92 80 9 75 100 9 0 0 949 108 1.267 8.4 0.4 3.0 4.0 1.33 MVP-32
1946 28 PHA AL 5 7 .417 4.30 30 13 13 1 0 0 119.1 119 71 57 5 44 79 3 0 0 520 82 1.366 9.0 0.4 3.3 6.0 1.80
1947 29 PHA AL 10 7 .588 2.90 44 0 38 0 0 12 80.2 70 30 26 4 33 33 0 0 1 333 132 1.277 7.8 0.4 3.7 3.7 1.00
1948 30 CLE AL 3 2 .600 2.90 45 0 28 0 0 17 59.0 55 21 19 3 27 14 0 0 1 255 140 1.390 8.4 0.5 4.1 2.1 0.52
7 Seasons 54 64 .458 3.37 241 97 112 46 3 35 999.2 931 441 374 38 399 424 27 2 11 4247 106 1.330 8.4 0.3 3.6 3.8 1.06
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .458 3.37 48 20 23 9 1 7 201 187 89 75 8 80 85 5 0 2 854 106 1.330 8.4 0.3 3.6 3.8 1.06
PHA (6 yrs) 51 62 .451 3.40 196 97 84 46 3 18 940.2 876 420 355 35 372 410 27 2 10 3992 104 1.327 8.4 0.3 3.6 3.9 1.10
CLE (1 yr) 3 2 .600 2.90 45 0 28 0 0 17 59.0 55 21 19 3 27 14 0 0 1 255 140 1.390 8.4 0.5 4.1 2.1 0.52

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 30 CLE AL WS W BSN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 PHA AL 27

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1942 24 4 13 .235 3.82 30 18 10 10 0 1 165.0 154 78 70 8 99 58 3 0 2 718 99 1.533 8.4 0.4 5.4 3.2 0.59 99
1943 25 9 21 .300 3.65 54 33 18 15 0 3 298.0 274 136 121 11 157 114 6 1 4 1287 99 1.446 8.3 0.3 4.7 3.4 0.73 99
1944 26 23 35 .397 3.37 89 57 28 28 1 4 513.1 474 227 192 17 220 198 15 2 9 2190 105 1.352 8.3 0.3 3.9 3.5 0.90 105
1945 27 36 48 .429 3.31 122 84 33 45 3 6 740.2 687 319 272 26 295 298 24 2 9 3139 106 1.326 8.3 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.01 106
1946 28 41 55 .427 3.44 152 97 46 46 3 6 860.0 806 390 329 31 339 377 27 2 9 3659 102 1.331 8.4 0.3 3.5 3.9 1.11 102
1947 29 51 62 .451 3.40 196 97 84 46 3 18 940.2 876 420 355 35 372 410 27 2 10 3992 104 1.327 8.4 0.3 3.6 3.9 1.10 104
1948 30 54 64 .458 3.37 241 97 112 46 3 35 999.2 931 441 374 38 399 424 27 2 11 4247 106 1.330 8.4 0.3 3.6 3.8 1.06 106

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
1942 24 9 9 .500 4.12 164.0 162 83 75 8 104 58 3 1.622 8.9 5.7 3.2 0.56 0.4 30
1943 25 7 7 .500 3.99 133.0 132 66 59 3 64 56 3 1.474 8.9 4.3 3.8 0.88 0.2 24
1944 26 14 10 .583 3.28 217.0 215 88 79 6 68 85 10 1.304 8.9 2.8 3.5 1.25 0.2 35
1945 27 13 12 .520 3.76 225.0 236 104 94 10 83 99 10 1.418 9.4 3.3 4.0 1.19 0.4 33
1946 28 5 8 .385 4.76 121.0 129 71 64 5 48 80 3 1.463 9.6 3.6 6.0 1.67 0.4 30
1947 29 5 3 .625 3.19 79.0 74 31 28 4 35 32 0 1.380 8.4 4.0 3.6 0.91 0.5 44
1948 30 4 2 .667 2.95 61.0 57 22 20 3 28 14 0 1.393 8.4 4.1 2.1 0.50 0.4 45
7 Seasons 57 51 .528 3.77 1000.0 1005 465 419 39 430 424 29 1.435 9.0 3.8 0.99 0.4 241

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1945-AL-32-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL--14--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL--1.221--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL--8.433--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL--3.959--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL--44--4th
1948 AL--45--5th

Saves s c a p y
1947 AL--12--3rd
1948 AL--17--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1945 AL--100--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 AL--17--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 AL--9--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--99--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1945 AL--1.333--9th

Losses s c a p y
1944 AL--14--7th
1945 AL--13--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1945 AL--80--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1944 AL--5--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 AL--9--1st
1945 AL--9--2nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1947 AL--38--2nd
1948 AL--28--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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