John Russell

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: January 5, 1961 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Norman HS (Norman, OK) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (13th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Norman HS (Norman, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: June 22, 1984 (Age 23-169d, 14,906th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1993 (Age 32-270d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John William Russell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.2

1087

245

.225

113

RBI

129

OBP

.282

SLG

.371

OPS

.653

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 34 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 9 go ahead

3 Tms
PHI	29
TEX	3
ATL	2

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	15

Outs
2	15
0	11
1	8

13 Opps
CHC	5
CIN	5
PIT	4
SDP	4
LAD	3
HOU	3
NYM	2
ATL	2
STL	2
OAK	1
CAL	1
MON	1
BAL	1

30 Pitchers
Mark Thurmond	2
Scott Sanderson	2
Tom Browning	2
Jerry Reuss	2
Bob Forsch	1
Jim Deshaies	1
Lee Smith	1
Mario Soto	1
Tom Funk	1
Ron Darling	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Dave Dravecky	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Danny Cox	1
Ray Krawczyk	1
Lee Tunnell	1
Scott Bailes	1
Ed Lynch	1
Mike Smith	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Joe Niekro	1
Rick Mahler	1
Terry Leach	1
Ed Whitson	1
Mike Mussina	1
David Palmer	1
Ted Power	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Scott Terry	1

13 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	17
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	10
8	3
78	2
89	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	29
6	2
1	1
7+	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	7
12-	3
-2-	2
123	1

52 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	21
1 on	9
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	1
2	7
3	2
4	6
5	2
6	6
7	4
8	3
9	1
Extra	2

1-3	10
4-6	14
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	7
-1	4
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	14
Tied	7
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	29
3-2	2
0-0	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	21
LF	9
PH	3
RF	1

OrderPos
7th	24
6th	4
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-06-25	PHI		NYM	Ron Darling	behind 1-8	b 5	0	---		1	9	PH	0.016	4%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1984-09-06	PHI	@	STL	Bob Forsch	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	---		1	6	9	0.133	86%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1985-05-27	PHI		SDP	Mark Thurmond	behind 1-4	b 2	2	12-		3	9	PH	0.279	51%		Home Run; O. Virgil Scores; S. Jeltz Scores
4	4	2	1	1985-07-05	PHI		CIN	Tom Browning	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	-2-		2	7	7	0.128	94%		Home Run; O. Virgil Scores/unER
5	5	3	1	1985-07-22	PHI		HOU	Joe Niekro	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123		4	6	7	0.289	86%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores; G. Wilson Scores; O. Virgil Scores
6	6	4	1	1985-07-26	PHI		ATL	Rick Mahler	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---		1	6	7	0.096	76%		Home Run
7	7	5	1	1985-08-05	PHI	@	STL	Danny Cox	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---		1	7	7	0.041	93%		Home Run
8	8	6	1	1985-09-01	PHI	@	LAD	Jerry Reuss	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---		1	7	7	0.132	79%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1985-09-08	PHI	@	SDP	Mark Thurmond	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	7	0.118	58%		Home Run
10	10	8	1	1985-10-04 (2)	PHI		PIT	Lee Tunnell	behind 0-4	b 4	2	1--		2	7	7	0.139	25%		Home Run; O. Virgil Scores
11	11	9	1	1985-10-06	PHI		PIT	Rick Rhoden	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	12-		3	7	7	0.162	93%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores; G. Wilson Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1986-04-09	PHI	@	CIN	Ted Power	ahead 3-1	t 11	2	1--		2	7	2	0.063	98%		Home Run; G. Gross Scores/unER; J. Russell Scores/unER
13	13	2	1	1986-05-23	PHI	@	LAD	Jerry Reuss	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	12-		3	8	2	0.159	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); V. Hayes Scores; R. Schu Scores
14	14	3	1	1986-05-31	PHI		SDP	Dave Dravecky	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---		1	7	2	0.229	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1986-06-24	PHI		CHC	Lee Smith	tied 6-6	b 10	0	---		1	7	2	0.367	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	1986-06-25	PHI		CHC	Scott Sanderson	behind 2-3	b 4	2	1--		2	7	2	0.270	66%		Home Run; V. Hayes Scores
17	17	6	1	1986-07-03	PHI		CIN	Scott Terry	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	1--		2	7	2	0.045	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Hayes Scores
18	18	7	1	1986-07-07	PHI		ATL	David Palmer	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	1--		2	7	2	0.102	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line); G. Gross Scores
19	19	8	1	1986-07-24	PHI		HOU	Tom Funk	behind 2-9	b 9	0	---		1	7	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	9	1	1986-08-03	PHI		CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-		2	7	2	0.209	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); V. Hayes Scores
21	21	10	1	1986-08-26	PHI	@	LAD	Ed Vande Berg	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---		1	7	2	0.222	44%		Home Run (LF-CF)
22	22	11	1	1986-09-01	PHI		SDP	Ed Whitson	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---		1	7	2	0.132	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	12	1	1986-09-08	PHI	@	CHC	Ed Lynch	behind 3-5	t 4	2	---		1	7	2	0.104	33%		Home Run
24	24	13	1	1986-09-22	PHI	@	PIT	Ray Krawczyk	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	1--		2	7	2	0.080	96%		Home Run; G. Wilson Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1987-05-01	PHI		CIN	Mario Soto	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	2	0.108	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	1987-06-17	PHI	@	CHC	Jamie Moyer	behind 2-5	t 8	1	---		1	9	PH	0.052	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1987-06-21	PHI	@	NYM	Terry Leach	behind 2-6	t 6	2	---		1	7	7	0.041	9%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1988-07-09	PHI	@	CIN	Tom Browning	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	2	0.118	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
29	29	2	1	1988-09-25	PHI		MON	Dennis Martínez	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	7	2	0.056	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1989-08-18	ATL		PIT	Mike Smith	ahead 9-6	b 6	2	1--		2	8	2	0.060	98%		Home Run; J. Blauser Scores
31	31	2	1	1989-09-26	ATL	@	HOU	Jim Deshaies	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---		1	8	2	0.125	32%		Home Run
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1990-06-09	TEX	@	CAL	Scott Bailes	behind 2-7	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	2	1	1990-06-11	TEX	@	OAK	Scott Sanderson	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	8,(3-2) BCBFFFBX	1	7	2	0.083	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1993-04-12	TEX		BAL	Mike Mussina	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	7	2	0.153	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)