Bill Russell

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Russell was a switch-hitter in 1971.

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS).

High School: Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS)

School: Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS)

Debut: April 7, 1969 (Age 20-168d, 12,768th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1986 (Age 37-345d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: William Ellis Russell

Nicknames: Ropes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

7318

1926

.263

796

RBI

627

167

OBP

.310

SLG

.338

OPS

.648

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-24 / in Starts: 25-24
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1974	NLCS g1	Oct 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	7	.93	0.016	29.13	0.32%	-0.61	SS
2	1974	NLCS g2	Oct 6	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	7	1.32	0.052	37.78	0.95%	-0.26	SS
3	1974	NLCS g3	Oct 8	LAD		PIT	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	8	.10	0.010	1.82	0.11%	0.33	SS
4	1974	NLCS g4	Oct 9	LAD		PIT	W,12-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.421	.389	.810	7	.27	-0.029	10.23	-0.61%	2.12	SS
5	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	LAD		OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.391	.364	.755	7	1.61	-0.094	84.16	-3.15%	-0.56	SS
6	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	LAD		OAK	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.385	.360	.745	7	.64	0.054	33.06	1.55%	0.42	SS
7	1974	WS g3	Oct 15	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.345	.367	.345	.711	8	1.48	-0.173	93.03	-6.00%	-0.61	SS
8	1974	WS g4	Oct 16	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.353	.394	.747	7	1.22	0.214	78.40	8.39%	1.31	SS
9	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.324	.361	.685	7	1.79	-0.162	86.72	-4.34%	-1.22	SS
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1977	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.07	-0.129	33.31	-2.59%	-1.19	SS
11	1977	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	.46	0.024	13.27	0.38%	0.19	SS
12	1977	NLCS g3	Oct 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	2	1.33	0.351	55.26	9.34%	0.89	SS
13	1977	NLCS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	2	.83	0.014	37.35	0.47%	0.00	SS
14	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	2	1.67	-0.078	87.12	-1.70%	0.45	SS
15	1977	WS g2	Oct 12	LAD	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.357	.607	2	.33	-0.009	17.63	-0.24%	-0.22	SS
16	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	LAD		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.313	.531	2	1.23	-0.132	77.02	-5.34%	-1.12	SS
17	1977	WS g4	Oct 15	LAD		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.278	.472	2	1.24	-0.130	75.79	-4.88%	-1.05	SS
18	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	LAD		NYY	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.220	.293	.512	2	.37	0.022	13.00	0.43%	0.18	SS
19	1977	WS g6	Oct 18	LAD	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.222	.273	.495	2	.78	-0.023	59.62	-0.99%	-0.42	SS
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1978	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.50	0.011	15.56	0.20%	0.04	SS
21	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	.55	-0.035	15.66	-0.61%	-0.50	SS
22	1978	NLCS g3	Oct 6	LAD		PHI	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	7	1.05	0.076	18.55	0.87%	1.36	SS
23	1978	NLCS g4	Oct 7	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.412	.444	.471	.915	7	1.93	0.410	73.89	8.68%	1.20	SS
24	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	LAD		NYY	W,11-5	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.478	.545	1.024	2	.18	0.022	9.31	0.65%	0.86	SS
25	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	LAD		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.423	.444	.500	.944	2	1.20	-0.034	63.40	-1.05%	-0.25	SS
26	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	LAD	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.433	.469	.500	.969	2	1.31	-0.029	54.65	-0.67%	0.18	SS
27	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.459	.486	.945	2	1.33	-0.094	81.19	-3.37%	-0.45	SS
28	1978	WS g5	Oct 15	LAD	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.425	.452	.500	.952	2	.80	0.086	66.39	4.51%	0.83	SS
29	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	LAD		NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.419	.457	.488	.945	2	.94	-0.024	84.36	-1.35%	-1.07	SS
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1981	NLDS g1	Oct 6	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.08	-0.078	16.82	-0.65%	-0.48	SS
31	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG(11)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	8	1.88	0.020	31.67	0.28%	0.44	SS
32	1981	NLDS g3	Oct 9	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	8	.41	0.001	4.95	0.01%	0.96	SS
33	1981	NLDS g4	Oct 10	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	.91	0.097	20.54	1.20%	0.84	SS
34	1981	NLDS g5	Oct 11	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.368	.313	.681	8	.88	0.000	36.77	0.00%	0.93	SS
35	1981	NLCS g1	Oct 13	LAD		MON	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.263	.581	8	.66	0.008	20.55	0.11%	-0.30	SS
36	1981	NLCS g2	Oct 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.318	.678	8	1.19	0.053	40.00	1.15%	0.47	SS
37	1981	NLCS g3	Oct 16	LAD	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.320	.677	8	.72	0.005	29.65	0.26%	0.07	SS
38	1981	NLCS g4	Oct 17	LAD	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.344	.286	.629	2	1.13	-0.088	43.24	-1.91%	-0.38	SS
39	1981	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.375	.736	2	1.73	-0.045	143.75	-2.07%	0.15	SS
40	1981	WS g1	Oct 20	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.343	.676	2	.53	-0.039	27.55	-1.10%	-0.50	SS
41	1981	WS g2	Oct 21	LAD	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.333	.659	2	1.01	-0.068	53.77	-1.97%	-0.38	SS
42	1981	WS g3	Oct 23	LAD		NYY	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.341	.674	2	.93	0.021	38.58	0.54%	0.02	SS
43	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	LAD		NYY	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.327	.647	2	1.36	0.007	82.67	-0.07%	-0.62	SS
44	1981	WS g5	Oct 25	LAD		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.298	.302	.600	2	.92	-0.086	75.72	-4.39%	-0.80	SS
45	1981	WS g6	Oct 28	LAD	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.263	.311	.316	.627	2	.91	-0.008	82.45	-0.14%	0.36	SS
1983 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1983	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	1.96	-0.071	61.17	-1.43%	-0.23	SS
47	1983	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	7	.62	0.084	17.57	1.31%	1.02	SS
48	1983	NLCS g3	Oct 7	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	7	.38	-0.037	15.51	-0.86%	-0.61	SS
49	1983	NLCS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	.33	-0.015	12.64	-0.30%	-0.57	SS
									209	194	14	57	5	3	0	19	11	3	15	0	4	0		5	3	3	.294	.332	.351	.682

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