Russ Van Atta

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 184lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ us

Died: October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ

Buried: Frankford Plains Cemetery, Newton, NJ

High School: Augusta HS (Augusta, NJ)

School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 26-308d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 11, 1939 (Age 32-324d)
vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Russell Van Atta

Nicknames: Sheriff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

5.60

207

712.1

339

WHIP

1.693

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-20 / in Starts: 3-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 5

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	181	2	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	18.00	6.05	6	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-1.40	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
2	182	8	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,1-7	5-GF		5	4.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.06	4.18	17	11	2	1	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.135	.57	-0.17%	-0.74	5t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 6
3	183	11	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	2	4.2	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.50	5.05	19	9	3	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.011	1.76	0.01%	0.54	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	184	19	May 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-9	GS-7	L(0-2)	8	7.0	11	8	7	2	1	1	0	6.35	5.23	35	23	0	0	0	9	24			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.242	.76	-0.14%	-4.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
5	185	26	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,2-16	5-6		11	1.0	2	6	6	5	1	0	0	9.00	5.83	9	1	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.043	.16	-0.02%	-4.17	5t 12- 2 out d5	6t 1-- 2 out d10
6	186	29	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	8.0	10	6	5	6	5	0	0	7.96	5.28	39	12	6	1	4	10	39			2	0	0	31	3	1	2	2	0	0	.78	-0.165	.32	-0.04%	-1.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
7	187	31	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8.54	5.48	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.177	.87	-0.05%	-1.08	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 123 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	188	35	Jun 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.26	5.45	11	3	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.018	.13	0.00%	0.29	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
9	189	41	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-5	L(0-4)	7	5.0	12	5	5	3	2	0	0	8.37	5.24	29	5	10	0	2	9	22			0	0	0	24	2	1	2	0	0	0	.97	-0.219	.37	-0.05%	-2.18	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d4
10	190	48	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,8-12	9-GF		6	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	8.65	5.35	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-1.40	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
11	191	60	Jun 28	SLB		CHW	L,9-10	8-8		11	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.66	5.40	6	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.52	-0.082	.03	0.00%	-0.40	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
12	192	62	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.50	5.36	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.02	8t --3 1 out d10	8t 3 out d11
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	193	67	Jul 4(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-5)	3	7.0	11	5	4	1	2	0	0	7.95	4.96	32	16	2	0	0	11	38			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	0	1	.77	-0.069	.01	0.00%	-0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
14	194	73	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	7-8	H(2)	8	1.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	8.06	4.86	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.05	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
15	195	81	Jul 24(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-11	GS-	L(0-6)	10	6.0	6	6	5	3	0	0	0	7.99	4.83	29						35						25					0
16	196	87	Jul 31(1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6		W(1-6)	6	6.0	4	2	2	6	1	0	0	7.46	4.92	25												18					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	197	95	Aug 7(2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	4-7		6	3.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	7.20	4.93	11	7	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.09	4t 1-- 2 out d7	7t 3 out d6
18	198	97	Aug 9(2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-8	GS-2	L(1-7)	1	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	7.52	5.00	7	0	2	0	1	3	33			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out tie
19	199	104	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	4-7		6	4.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	7.48	5.17	19	6	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.60	4b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
20	200	112	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	5-7		7	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.15	5.07	11	4	3	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.045	.00	0.00%	2.19	5b -23 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
21	201	118	Aug 27(2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS-8	W(2-7)	2	8.0	8	5	5	6	2	0	1	6.99	5.08	37	8	12	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	202	126	Sep 4(2)	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	CG(7)		7	7.0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	6.51	5.04	28	7	13	1	2	1	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.341	.00	0.00%	3.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
23	203	132	Sep 11(2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(3-7)	6	9.0	7	3	3	3	5	2	0	6.16	5.12	38						63						34	1	0			0
24	204	135	Sep 17(1)	SLB		WSH	L,9-10	GS-8		5	7.0	13	8	6	2	1	1	0	6.27	5.14	35	11	8	3	0	13	22			1	0	0	33	2	2	0	2	0	1	1.01	-0.327	.00	0.00%	-4.40	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a1
25	205	154	Oct 1(2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-7)	13	5.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.97	5.04	18						62						16	0	0			0
							4-20		W-L:4-7,Hld:2	4.8	104.0	118	75	69	61	35	7	1	5.97	5.04	482	1.70		3%	6%	90	41	9	56%	4	0	0	409	19	9	5	11	0	3	.77	-1.449	.27	-0.45%	-17.38

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