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Russ Derry

Alva Russell Derry

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 7, 1916 in Princeton, MO
High School: Princeton HS (Princeton, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1944
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/Cardinals 1944-1949

Final Game: September 30, 1949
Died: October 26, 2004 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, MO
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1937	20	NYY-min	C	142	532	532		154	30	12	8						.289	.289	.436	.726		232						JOP · WA
1938	21	NYY-min	C	117	424	424		129	22	11	24						.304	.304	.578	.882		245						JOP · WA
1939	22	NYY-min	B	134	505	505		157	24	11	40						.311	.311	.640	.950		323						NFK · PIED
1940	23	NYY-min	A,AA	136	473	473		116	24	8	10						.245	.245	.393	.638		186						BNG,KCY · EL,AA
1941	24	NYY-min	AA,A	79	290	249	27	50	8	5	3	30	1		32	43	.201	.294	.309	.604		77		1	8			KCY,BNG · AA,EL
1942	25	NYY-min	AA	112	368	329	61	92	17	4	22	65	11	7	37	58	.280	.354	.556	.910		183	3	1	1			NWK · IL
1943	26	NYY-min	AA	40	165	153	24	48	11	1	6	19	2	5	9	29	.314	.356	.516	.872		79		1	2			NWK · IL
1944	27	NYY	AL	38	135	114	14	29	3	0	4	14	1	0	20	19	.254	.366	.386	.752	112	44	0	0	1		O79
1945	28	NYY	AL	78	286	253	37	57	6	2	13	45	1	0	31	49	.225	.312	.419	.731	108	106	7	1	1		O897
1946	29	PHA	AL	69	214	184	17	38	8	5	0	14	0	0	27	54	.207	.311	.304	.616	74	56	2	1	2		O7/98

1947	30	STL-min	AAA	143	543	458	78	123	19	9	26	89	15		73	88	.269	.377	.520	.897		238		7	5			ROC · IL
1948	31	STL-min	AAA	108	328	274	51	59	5	2	16	42	9		51	74	.215	.343	.423	.766		116		2	1			ROC · IL
1949	32	STL-min	AAA	148	636	491	120	137	19	4	42	122	6		134	94	.279	.439	.591	1.030		290		6	5			ROC · IL
1949	32	STL	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1950	33	STL-min	AAA	133	552	438	95	123	20	2	30	102	3		110	70	.281	.428	.541	.969		237		3	1			ROC · IL
1951	34	STL-min	AAA	116	410	337	59	84	17	3	19	53	2		68	68	.249	.381	.487	.868		164		4	1			ROC · IL
1952	35	STL-min	AAA	107	355	301	47	82	14	2	19	60	3		52	47	.272	.383	.522	.905		157	3	2	0			CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1953	36	STL-min	AAA	141	532	450	67	111	17	3	20	65	5		79	111	.247	.363	.431	.794		194	4	3	0			CLB · AA
1954	37	NYY-BAL-min	C,AA	73	260	246	7	56	12	0	9	2	0	0	14	10	.228	.269	.386	.655		95		0	0	0		MOD,SAN · CALL,TL
4 Yrs				187	637	553	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	0	78	124	.224	.322	.373	.695	97	206	9	2	4
162 Game Avg.				162	552	479	59	107	15	6	15	63	2		68	107	.224	.322	.373	.695	97	178	8	2	3

NYY (2 yrs)				116	421	367	51	86	9	2	17	59	2	0	51	68	.234	.329	.409	.738	109	150	7	1	2
STL (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				69	214	184	17	38	8	5	0	14	0	0	27	54	.207	.311	.304	.616	74	56	2	1	2

AL (3 yrs)				185	635	551	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	0	78	122	.225	.323	.374	.697	97	206	9	2	4
NL (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	27	NYY	AL	38	135	2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.503	.501	0.4	-0.1	4	$	O79
1945	28	NYY	AL	78	286	2	0	0	1	-2	2	0.2	6	8	0.8	.502	.501	0.7	-0.1	7	$	O897
1946	29	PHA	AL	69	214	-7	0	0	2	-2	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.2	.489	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$	O7/98

1949	32	STL	NL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.468	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
4 Seasons				187	637	-3	1	0	3	-5	-5	-0.6	14	10	0.9	.497	.499	0.6	-0.2	7	$

NYY (2 yrs)				116	421	4	1	0	1	-3	3	0.3	9	12	1.2	.503	.501	1.1	-0.2	11	$
STL (1 yr)				2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.468	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PHA (1 yr)				69	214	-7	0	0	2	-2	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.2	.489	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	27	NYY	AL	135	86	16	5.0	94	.275	.254	.271	.366	.339	.386	.371	.752	.710	112	.600	2.4	0.2	.765	.316	.132	1.6
1945	28	NYY	AL	286	204	33	4.3	92	.230	.225	.266	.312	.339	.419	.362	.731	.701	108	.552	1.2	0.1	.685	.320	.194	1.9
1946	29	PHA	AL	214	150	17	3.0	94	.292	.207	.261	.311	.335	.304	.376	.616	.711	74	.359	-6.2	-0.6	.568	.245	.098

1949	32	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.275	.000	.350	.000	.412	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				637	442	66	4.0	93	.260	.224	.266	.322	.338	.373	.369	.695	.706	97	.500	-3.1	-0.3	.658	.293	.148	3.6
162 Game Avg.				552	383	57	4.0	93	.260	.224	.266	.322	.338	.373	.369	.695	.706	97	.500	-3.1	-0.3	.658	.293	.148	3

NYY (2 yrs)				421	290	49	4.5	92	.245	.234	.268	.329	.339	.409	.365	.738	.703	109	.567	3.6	0.4	.708	.319	.174	3.6
STL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.275	.000	.350	.000	.412	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
PHA (1 yr)				214	150	17	3.0	94	.292	.207	.261	.311	.335	.304	.376	.616	.711	74	.359	-6.2	-0.6	.568	.245	.098

AL (3 yrs)				635	440	66	4.0	93	.260	.225	.266	.323	.338	.374	.368	.697	.706	97	.503	-2.5	-0.3	.661	.294	.149	3.6
NL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	107		.000	.275	.000	.350	.000	.412	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	27	NYY	AL	135	3.0%	14.1%	14.8%	5.2%	24%	0.95	6.0	28.5	8.1		67%
1945	28	NYY	AL	286	4.6%	17.1%	10.8%	7.3%	37%	1.58	5.2	19.5	5.6		67%
1946	29	PHA	AL	214	0.0%	25.2%	12.6%	6.1%	34%	2.00	3.4		13.1		61%

1949	32	STL	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
4 Yrs				637	2.7%	19.5%	12.2%	6.4%	33%	1.59	4.5	32.5	7.6		65%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.98	9.6	62.8	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	27	NYY	AL	2.3	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	28	NYY	AL	1.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	PHA	AL	-6.2	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	32	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.70	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.5	0.70	2
4 Yrs				-3.5	-0.4	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.70	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.5	0.70	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	32	STL	NL	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	27%	0	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	32	STL	NL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				2	100%	124			2	0	0	0	0.70	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		0	9		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			397%			43%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1944	27	38	135	114	14	29	3	0	4	14	1	20	19	.254	.366	.386	.752	112	44	0	0	1
1945	28	116	421	367	51	86	9	2	17	59	2	51	68	.234	.329	.409	.738	109	150	7	1	2
1946	29	185	635	551	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	78	122	.225	.323	.374	.697	97	206	9	2	4
1947	30	185	635	551	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	78	122	.225	.323	.374	.697	97	206	9	2	4
1948	31	185	635	551	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	78	122	.225	.323	.374	.697	97	206	9	2	4
1949	32	187	637	553	68	124	17	7	17	73	2	78	124	.224	.322	.373	.695	97	206	9	2	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	27	40	142	120	15	31	3	0	4	15	1	21	20	.258	.369	.383	.752	18	38
1945	28	83	309	272	43	64	7	2	15	52	1	35	52	.235	.325	.441	.766	38	78
1946	29	72	228	195	20	42	9	6	0	16	0	30	56	.215	.323	.323	.646	20	69

1949	32	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		197	681	589	78	137	19	8	19	83	2	86	130	.233	.332	.389	.721	76	187
162 Game Avg.		162	560	484	64	113	16	7	16	68	2	71	107	.233	.332	.389	.721	62	187

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