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Russ Christopher

Russell Ormand Christopher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 12, 1917 in Richmond, CA
High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1942-1948

Final Game: October 1, 1948
Died: December 5, 1954 in Richmond, CA
Buried: Sunset Mausoleum, El Cerrito, CA
Relatives: Brother of Loyd Christopher
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All-Star

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
1938	20	CVS	D	7	5	.583	4.50	13	12					106.0	119	71	53		52							1.613	10.1		4.4			CVS · WTNM
1939	21	NYY-min	D	18	7	.720	3.68	32	25					225.0	228	121	92		78							1.360	9.1		3.1			ELP · AZTX
1940	22	NYY-min	B	8	8	.500	4.72	20						141.0	153	89	74		52							1.454	9.8		3.3			WEN · WINT
1941	23	NYY-min	AA	16	7	.696	2.82	31			12	3		185.0	160	75	58		77	69	2	0	3			1.281	7.8		3.7	3.4	0.90	NWK · IL
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	100	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	99	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	116	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	106	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	141	1.390	8.4	0.5	4.1	2.1	0.52
7 Yrs				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	141	1.390	8.4	0.5	4.1	2.1	0.52

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	Awards
1942	24	PHA	AL	165.0	30	18	78	4.25	4.20	-0.29	0.00	105.9	4.76	8	0.9	1.0	-0.1	1.7	20	.530	.505	$
1943	25	PHA	AL	133.0	24	15	58	3.92	3.87	-0.26	0.00	103.4	4.27	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.2	13	.523	.503	$
1944	26	PHA	AL	215.1	35	24	91	3.80	4.16	0.02	0.00	99.9	4.13	8	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.0	22	.525	.505	$
1945	27	PHA	AL	227.1	33	27	92	3.64	4.05	0.03	0.00	100.2	4.03	11	1.3	1.0	-0.2	2.4	24	.538	.508	$	MVP-32
1946	28	PHA	AL	119.1	30	13	71	5.35	4.10	-0.25	0.00	101.2	4.41	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.455	.492	$
1947	29	PHA	AL	80.2	44	0	30	3.35	4.24	0.24	0.00	102.6	4.10	7	0.8	1.0	-0.0	1.3	13	.518	.505	$
1948	30	CLE	AL	59.0	45	0	21	3.20	4.78	0.56	0.00	96.0	4.05	5	0.6	2.4	0.3	1.3	11	.512	.503	$
7 Seasons				999.2	241	97	441	3.97	4.14	-0.05	0.00	101.6	4.26	31	3.6	1.4	-0.3	9.3	99	.515	.503	$

PHA (6 yrs)				940.2	196	97	420	4.02	4.10	-0.09	0.00	101.9	4.27	26	3.0	1.0	-0.6	8.0	88	.515	.503	$
CLE (1 yr)				59.0	45	0	21	3.20	4.78	0.56	0.00	96.0	4.05	5	0.6	2.4	0.3	1.3	11	.512	.503	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1 WS							0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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

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
1948	30	CLE	AL	45	255	223	21	55	12	3	3	1	1	27	14	.247	.328	.368	.696	.252	82	6	0	5	0	5
1 Yr				45	255	223	21	55	12	3	3	1	1	27	14	.247	.328	.368	.696	.252	82	6	0	5	0	5
162 Game Avg.				68	385	337	32	83	18	5	5	2	2	41	21	.247	.328	.368	.696	.252	124	9	0	8	0	8
MLB Averages																.258	.329	.323	.652	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	30	CLE	AL	8.4	0.8	259	0.6	7.3	-6.7	1.59	0.5	-0.2	6.0	0.6	1.59	5.9	24	14	7
7 Yrs				21.3	2.2	259	0.6	7.3	-6.7	1.59	0.5	-0.2	6.0	0.6	1.59	5.9	24	14	7

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
1942	24	PHA	AL	30	18	4	12	2	1	6	5	13	.278	0	0	10	0	9	50%	47.4	79	11	8	4	3.5		7.1
1943	25	PHA	AL	24	15	4	5	6	1	3	8	7	.533	0	0	5	0	10	67%	53.6	72	31	4	5	3.7		7.4
1944	26	PHA	AL	35	24	12	12	0	2	2	12	12	.500	0	0	13	1	12	50%	53.8	80	20	9	10	2.9		7.6
1945	27	PHA	AL	33	27	12	13	2	0	5	13	13	.500	0	0	17	2	18	67%	56.0	99	-3	9	11	3.0		8.1
1946	28	PHA	AL	30	13	4	6	3	3	2	5	8	.385	0	0	1	0	3	23%	46.0	67	24	4	6	4.7		5.9
5 Yrs				152	97	36	48	13	7	18	43	53	.448	0	0	46	3	52	54%	52	99	-3	34	36	3.4		7.4
MLB Averages													.500						55%	51	115	-11			4.2	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1942	24	PHA	AL	30	12	10	0	1	0	1	0		0	0														11	0		0	9.5
1943	25	PHA	AL	24	9	8	1	3	0	2	0		0	0														7	2		0	7.3
1944	26	PHA	AL	35	11	10	2	2	0	1	0		0	0														8	0		1	9.3
1945	27	PHA	AL	33	6	5	1	0	0	2	0		0	0														2	3		1	4.2
1946	28	PHA	AL	30	17	13	1	1	0	0	0		0	0														12	1		1	7.5
1947	29	PHA	AL	44	44	38	10	7	0	12	0		0	0														22	5		11	5.5
1948	30	CLE	AL	45	45	28	3	2	22	17	5	77%	24	1	72	25	35%	7	1.593	24	14	7	24	8	13	34	11	23	19	23	16	3.9
7 Yrs				241	144	112	18	16	22	35	5	159%	24	1	72	25	35%		1.593	24	14	7	24	8	13	34	11	85	30	23	30	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1942	24	PHA	AL	718		1.1%	8.1%	13.8%	3.6%	17%		75%
1943	25	PHA	AL	570		0.5%	9.8%	10.2%	1.8%	8%		77%
1944	26	PHA	AL	913		0.7%	9.2%	6.9%	2.1%	10%		81%
1945	27	PHA	AL	949		1.0%	10.5%	7.9%	2.9%	13%		78%
1946	28	PHA	AL	520		1.0%	15.2%	8.5%	1.5%	7%		74%
1947	29	PHA	AL	332		1.2%	9.9%	9.9%				78%
1948	30	CLE	AL	255	53%	1.2%	5.5%	10.6%	7.1%	33%	1.66	81%	58	6	10%
7 Yrs				4257	53%	0.9%	10.0%	9.4%	2.5%	12%	1.66	78%	58	6	10%
MLB Averages					49%	1.3%	9.8%	9.7%	3.2%	13%	0.95	84%			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
1942	24	PHA	AL		154			8												2
1943	25	PHA	AL		120			3												2
1944	26	PHA	AL		200			6												5
1945	27	PHA	AL		213			9												0
1946	28	PHA	AL		119			5												0
1947	29	PHA	AL		70			4												1
1948	30	CLE	AL	255	55			3	0	34	2	1	1	2	30	13	2	43%	5	1	0	104	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7 Yrs				255	931			38	0	34	2	1	1	2	30	13	2	43%	5	11	0	104	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	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	100	1.533	8.4	0.4	5.4	3.2	0.59	100
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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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	4.06	164.0	162	82	74	8	104	58	3	1.622	8.9	5.7	3.2	0.56	0.4	30
1943	25	7	7	.500	4.06	133.0	133	67	60	3	64	56	3	1.481	9.0	4.3	3.8	0.88	0.2	24
1944	26	14	10	.583	3.33	216.0	217	89	80	7	68	84	10	1.319	9.0	2.8	3.5	1.24	0.3	35
1945	27	12	12	.500	3.87	223.0	240	107	96	10	85	98	10	1.457	9.7	3.4	4.0	1.15	0.4	33
1946	28	5	8	.385	4.83	121.0	130	72	65	5	48	80	3	1.471	9.7	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	2.80	61.0	57	21	19	3	28	14	0	1.393	8.4	4.1	2.1	0.50	0.4	45
7 Yrs		56	51	.523	3.81	997.0	1013	469	422	40	432	422	29	1.449	9.1		3.8	0.98	0.4	241

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1945--not played	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 AL (32, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	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 Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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