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Russ Kemmerer

Russell Paul Kemmerer (Rusty, Dutch or Kimmersak)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: November 1, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA
Schools: Glenville State College (Glenville, WV), University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1954 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/Colt.45's/RedSox 1954-1963

Final Game: June 23, 1963 (Age 31)
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 22 BOS AL 5 3 .625 3.82 19 9 3 2 1 0 75.1 71 35 32 4 41 37 2 2 1 328 109 1.487 8.5 0.5 4.9 4.4 0.90
1955 23 BOS AL 1 1 .500 7.27 7 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 18 14 14 3 15 1 13 0 0 2 82 61 1.904 9.3 1.6 7.8 6.8 0.87
1957 25 TOT AL 7 11 .389 4.95 40 26 4 6 0 0 176.1 219 112 97 20 73 5 82 2 0 6 795 78 1.656 11.2 1.0 3.7 4.2 1.12
1957 25 BOS AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 19 97 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
1957 25 WSH AL 7 11 .389 4.96 39 26 4 6 0 0 172.1 214 110 95 20 71 4 81 2 0 5 776 78 1.654 11.2 1.0 3.7 4.2 1.14
1958 26 WSH AL 6 15 .286 4.61 40 30 2 6 0 0 224.1 234 122 115 25 74 5 111 4 1 7 968 83 1.373 9.4 1.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1959 27 WSH AL 8 17 .320 4.50 37 28 5 8 0 0 206.0 221 116 103 20 71 3 89 4 2 10 894 88 1.417 9.7 0.9 3.1 3.9 1.25
1960 28 TOT AL 6 5 .545 3.59 39 10 9 2 1 2 138.0 129 60 55 7 55 4 86 2 0 6 586 108 1.333 8.4 0.5 3.6 5.6 1.56
1960 28 WSH AL 0 2 .000 7.79 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 18 15 15 2 10 0 10 1 0 1 79 52 1.615 9.3 1.0 5.2 5.2 1.00
1960 28 CHW AL 6 3 .667 2.98 36 7 9 2 1 2 120.2 111 45 40 5 45 4 76 1 0 5 507 129 1.293 8.3 0.4 3.4 5.7 1.69
1961 29 CHW AL 3 3 .500 4.38 47 2 10 0 0 2 96.2 102 53 47 10 26 1 35 0 0 2 404 90 1.324 9.5 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.35
1962 30 TOT MLB 7 4 .636 4.03 56 2 21 0 0 3 96.0 102 48 43 13 26 2 40 3 0 5 408 95 1.333 9.6 1.2 2.4 3.8 1.54
1962 30 CHW AL 2 1 .667 3.86 20 0 6 0 0 0 28.0 30 14 12 3 11 1 17 0 0 3 125 103 1.464 9.6 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.55
1962 30 HOU NL 5 3 .625 4.10 36 2 15 0 0 3 68.0 72 34 31 10 15 1 23 3 0 2 283 92 1.279 9.5 1.3 2.0 3.0 1.53
1963 31 HOU NL 0 0 5.65 17 0 4 0 0 1 36.2 48 28 23 1 8 0 12 0 2 3 164 57 1.527 11.8 0.2 2.0 2.9 1.50
9 Yrs 43 59 .422 4.46 302 109 60 24 2 8 1066.2 1144 588 529 103 389 21 505 17 7 42 4629 87 1.437 9.7 0.9 3.3 4.3 1.30
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .422 4.46 50 18 10 4 0 1 176 189 97 88 17 64 84 3 1 7 766 87 1.437 9.7 0.9 3.3 4.3 1.30
WSH (4 yrs) 21 45 .318 4.76 119 87 11 20 0 0 620.0 687 363 328 67 226 12 291 11 3 23 2717 82 1.473 10.0 1.0 3.3 4.2 1.29
CHW (3 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.63 103 9 25 2 1 4 245.1 243 112 99 18 82 6 128 1 0 10 1036 107 1.325 8.9 0.7 3.0 4.7 1.56
BOS (3 yrs) 6 4 .600 4.47 27 11 5 2 1 0 96.2 94 51 48 7 58 2 51 2 2 4 429 94 1.572 8.8 0.7 5.4 4.7 0.88
HOU (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 4.64 53 2 19 0 0 4 104.2 120 62 54 11 23 1 35 3 2 5 447 77 1.366 10.3 0.9 2.0 3.0 1.52
AL (8 yrs) 38 56 .404 4.44 249 107 41 24 2 4 962.0 1024 526 475 92 366 20 470 14 5 37 4182 88 1.445 9.6 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.28
NL (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 4.64 53 2 19 0 0 4 104.2 120 62 54 11 23 1 35 3 2 5 447 77 1.366 10.3 0.9 2.0 3.0 1.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1954 22 BOS AL 75.1 19 9 35 4.18 4.24 0.05 0.00 108.4 4.55 3 0.4 .8 -0.1 0.9 9 .519 .502
1955 23 BOS AL 17.1 7 2 14 7.27 4.28 0.23 0.00 112.0 4.53 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .424 .497
1957 25 BOS AL 4.0 1 0 2 4.50 4.10 0.19 0.00 110.0 4.30 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.0 0 .493 .500
1957 25 WSH AL 172.1 39 26 110 5.74 4.25 -0.65 0.00 102.4 5.02 -13 -1.4 .8 -0.1 -0.0 -1 .464 .491
1958 26 WSH AL 224.1 40 30 122 4.89 4.26 -0.43 0.00 101.5 4.75 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.4 14 .491 .498
1959 27 WSH AL 206.0 37 28 116 5.07 4.42 -0.38 0.00 101.5 4.87 -3 -0.3 .4 -0.1 1.3 12 .492 .498
1960 28 WSH AL 17.1 3 3 15 7.79 4.67 -0.08 0.08 101.5 4.90 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .338 .497
1960 28 CHW AL 120.2 36 7 45 3.36 4.34 0.28 -0.10 98.2 3.90 8 0.9 1.3 -0.1 1.9 17 .525 .506
1961 29 CHW AL 96.2 47 2 53 4.93 4.64 -0.00 -0.17 98.2 4.39 -5 -0.6 .7 -0.1 0.2 2 .488 .497
1962 30 CHW AL 28.0 20 0 14 4.50 4.46 0.16 -0.18 100.3 4.13 -1 -0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 1 .496 .499
1962 30 HOU NL 68.0 36 2 34 4.50 4.40 -0.58 -0.15 96.7 4.68 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.7 8 .503 .501
1963 31 HOU NL 36.2 17 0 28 6.87 3.94 -0.52 -0.17 103.4 4.43 -10 -1.1 .6 0.1 -0.6 -7 .433 .493
9 Seasons 1066.2 302 109 588 4.96 4.34 -0.28 -0.05 101.4 4.64 -34 -3.5 .8 -0.6 5.2 49 .488 .498
WSH (4 yrs) 620.0 119 87 363 5.27 4.32 -0.47 0.00 101.7 4.87 -25 -2.5 .8 -0.3 2.3 21 .479 .496
CHW (3 yrs) 245.1 103 9 112 4.11 4.47 0.15 -0.14 98.4 4.12 2 0.3 .8 -0.2 2.2 20 .503 .501
BOS (3 yrs) 96.2 27 11 51 4.75 4.24 0.08 0.00 109.1 4.53 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.5 5 .493 .500
HOU (2 yrs) 104.2 53 2 62 5.33 4.24 -0.56 -0.16 99.1 4.59 -9 -1.0 .8 0.0 0.1 2 .480 .497

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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 IBB Pos Awards
1954 22 BOS AL 19 26 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 3 1 0 2 0 1
1955 23 BOS AL 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 25 TOT AL 40 57 46 4 3 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 21 .065 .140 .217 .357 -3 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1957 25 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 25 WSH AL 39 56 45 4 3 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 21 .067 .143 .222 .365 -1 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1958 26 WSH AL 40 73 69 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .159 .183 .159 .343 -4 11 2 0 2 0 0 1
1959 27 WSH AL 37 71 60 1 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 25 .133 .212 .150 .362 2 9 2 0 5 0 0 1
1960 28 TOT AL 39 46 33 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .000 .105 .000 .105 -69 0 2 0 8 1 0 1
1960 28 WSH AL 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1960 28 CHW AL 36 39 29 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .000 .063 .000 .063 -81 0 2 0 7 1 0 1
1961 29 CHW AL 47 17 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .200 .294 .267 .561 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 30 TOT MLB 56 14 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .364 .462 .364 .825 131 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 30 CHW AL 20 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 221 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 30 HOU NL 36 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .333 .733 106 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 31 HOU NL 17 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 302 314 265 13 34 3 0 2 16 0 0 23 113 .128 .197 .162 .359 -0 43 7 0 25 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 168 142 7 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 12 61 .128 .197 .162 .359 -0 23 4 0 13 1
WSH (4 yrs) 119 207 178 8 22 2 0 2 12 0 0 14 75 .124 .188 .169 .356 -1 30 4 0 15 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 27 30 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .120 .214 .120 .334 -10 3 1 0 2 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 103 60 46 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 22 .087 .173 .109 .282 -22 5 2 0 8 1 0
HOU (2 yrs) 53 17 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .313 .353 .313 .665 92 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 249 297 249 12 29 3 0 2 16 0 0 22 109 .116 .188 .153 .340 -6 38 7 0 25 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 53 17 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .313 .353 .313 .665 92 5 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1954 22 BOS AL 19 26 -3 0 -0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1
1955 23 BOS AL 7 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
1957 25 BOS AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .482 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1957 25 WSH AL 39 56 -7 0 -0 0 6 -1 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1958 26 WSH AL 40 73 -8 0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1959 27 WSH AL 37 71 -8 -0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 1
1960 28 WSH AL 3 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1960 28 CHW AL 36 39 -9 0 -0 0 4 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.6 .485 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -4 1
1961 29 CHW AL 47 17 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 1
1962 30 CHW AL 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 1
1962 30 HOU NL 36 10 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
1963 31 HOU NL 17 7 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
9 Seasons 302 314 -39 0 -1 0 35 -5 -0.6 10 5 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 -0.1 5
WSH (4 yrs) 119 207 -25 -0 -1 0 23 -3 -0.3 6 4 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 -0.1 4
BOS (3 yrs) 27 30 -4 0 -0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0
CHW (3 yrs) 103 60 -10 0 -0 0 7 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .497 .499 -0.3 -0.1 -1
HOU (2 yrs) 53 17 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 2

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1954 BOS AL 22 P 19 9 2 75.1 20 4 14 2 2 .900 2.15 0.95 .959 2.01 1.99 7 4 36% 48% 2
1955 BOS AL 23 P 7 2 0 17.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.29 .955 1.97 1.97 1 0 0% 47% 0
1957 TOT AL 25 P 40 26 6 176.1 27 4 20 3 2 .889 1.22 0.60 .963 1.99 2.00 5 8 62% 47% 1
1957 BOS AL 25 P 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 25 P 39 26 6 172.1 27 4 20 3 2 .889 1.25 0.62 .963 1.99 2.00 5 8 62% 47% 1
1958 WSH AL 26 P 40 30 6 224.1 52 13 37 2 2 .962 2.01 1.25 .963 1.95 1.93 12 5 29% 47% 0
1959 WSH AL 27 P 37 28 8 206.0 57 18 36 3 1 .947 2.36 1.46 .955 2.05 2.03 12 2 14% 40% 0
1960 TOT AL 28 P 39 10 2 138.0 35 12 22 1 1 .971 2.22 0.87 .967 1.96 1.95 3 3 50% 40% 1
1960 WSH AL 28 P 3 3 0 17.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.63 2.33 .967 1.97 1.93 1 0 0% 40% 0
1960 CHW AL 28 P 36 7 2 120.2 28 9 18 1 1 .964 2.01 0.75 .967 1.96 1.95 2 3 60% 40% 1
1961 CHW AL 29 P 47 2 0 96.2 31 8 21 2 2 .935 2.70 0.62 .954 2.05 2.02 4 2 33% 36% 1
1962 TOT MLB 30 P 56 2 0 96.0 31 8 21 2 1 .935 2.72 0.52 .952 2.07 2.06 8 4 33% 35% 1
1962 CHW AL 30 P 20 0 0 28.0 13 2 9 2 0 .846 3.54 0.55 .958 2.09 2.07 2 0 0% 36% 0
1962 HOU NL 30 P 36 2 0 68.0 18 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.38 0.50 .948 2.06 2.05 6 4 40% 34% 1
1963 HOU NL 31 P 17 0 0 36.2 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 3.19 0.76 .951 2.06 2.06 2 0 0% 42% 1
9 Seasons P 302 109 24 1066.2 268 72 181 15 12 .944 2.13 0.84 .959 2.01 2.00 54 28 34% 43% 7
9 Seasons TOT 302 109 24 1066.2 268 72 181 15 12 .944 2.13 0.84 .959 2.01 2.00 54 28 34% 43% 7
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  20 (10th)
1958 AL  25 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  219 (8th)
1958 AL  234 (4th)
1959 AL  221 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1958 AL  15 (3rd)
1959 AL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  97 (6th)
1958 AL  115 (2nd)
1959 AL  103 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (5th)
1958 AL  7 (4th)
1959 AL  10 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 AL  968 (9th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1957 AL  3 (4th)
1959 AL  3 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (546th), 4.5 career WAR/6.0 7yr-peak WAR/5.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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