Adam Russell

Adam William Russell (twitter: @AdamRussell36)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: April 14, 1983 in North Olmsted, OH
High School: North Olmsted HS (North Olmsted, OH)
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2008
Teams (by GP): Rays/Padres/WhiteSox 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.135, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2004	21	CHW-min	Rk,A	4	2	.667	3.75	17	6	2	0	0	0	48.0	49	22	20	5	25	0	36	1	0	1	210		1.542	9.2	0.9	4.7	6.8	1.44	GRF,KAN · PION,SALL
2005	22	CHW-min	A	9	7	.563	3.78	24	24	0	0	0	0	126.1	116	61	53	10	55	0	82	6	0	5	542		1.354	8.3	0.7	3.9	5.8	1.49	KAN · SALL
2006	23	CHW-min	A+,AA	10	6	.625	3.43	27	27	0	0	0	0	149.2	139	68	57	10	58	0	108	10	1	7	635		1.316	8.4	0.6	3.5	6.5	1.86	WSM,BIR · CARL,SOUL
2007	24	CHW-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.80	38	20	1	0	0	1	138.2	159	81	74	8	58	0	95	6	0	3	622		1.565	10.3	0.5	3.8	6.2	1.64	BIR · SOUL
2008	25	CHW-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.89	25	0	7	0	0	0	37.1	28	13	12	3	19	0	28	1	0	2	160		1.259	6.8	0.7	4.6	6.8	1.47	CHR · IL
2008	25	CHW	AL	4	0	1.000	5.19	22	0	16	0	0	0	26.0	30	15	15	1	10	1	22	2	0	3	118	89	1.538	10.4	0.3	3.5	7.6	2.20
2009	26	CHW-SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.56	43	0	23	0	0	9	68.1	51	27	27	6	24	1	58	3	0	3	273		1.098	6.7	0.8	3.2	7.6	2.42	CHR,POR · IL,PCL
2009	26	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	3.65	15	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	13	6	5	0	11	0	14	0	0	0	61	107	1.946	9.5	0.0	8.0	10.2	1.27
2010	27	SDP-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.88	50	0	31	0	0	14	51.2	58	30	28	4	32	3	51	3	0	4	244		1.742	10.1	0.7	5.6	8.9	1.59	POR · PCL
2010	27	SDP	NL	0	0		4.02	12	0	3	0	0	0	15.2	14	8	7	0	5	0	18	0	0	1	63	94	1.213	8.0	0.0	2.9	10.3	3.60
2011	28	TBD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.24	15	0	5	0	0	1	17.0	14	8	8	2	12	0	14	0	0	0	76		1.529	7.4	1.1	6.4	7.4	1.17	DHM · IL
2011	28	TBR	AL	1	2	.333	3.03	36	0	14	0	0	0	32.2	31	13	11	2	20	1	13	3	0	1	147	124	1.561	8.5	0.6	5.5	3.6	0.65
2012	29	ATL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.86	17	0	6	0	0	1	22.0	18	9	7	0	13	1	23	1	0	1	95		1.409	7.4	0.0	5.3	9.4	1.77	GWI · IL
4 Yrs				8	3	.727	3.95	85	0	34	0	0	0	86.2	88	42	38	3	46	2	67	5	0	5	389	102	1.546	9.1	0.3	4.8	7.0	1.46
162 Game Avg.				6	2	.727	3.95	68	0	27	0	0	0	69	70	34	30	2	37	2	54	4	0	4	311	102	1.546	9.1	0.3	4.8	7.0	1.46

SDP (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.86	27	0	4	0	0	0	28.0	27	14	12	0	16	0	32	0	0	1	124	99	1.536	8.7	0.0	5.1	10.3	2.00
TBR (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.03	36	0	14	0	0	0	32.2	31	13	11	2	20	1	13	3	0	1	147	124	1.561	8.5	0.6	5.5	3.6	0.65
CHW (1 yr)				4	0	1.000	5.19	22	0	16	0	0	0	26.0	30	15	15	1	10	1	22	2	0	3	118	89	1.538	10.4	0.3	3.5	7.6	2.20

NL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.86	27	0	4	0	0	0	28.0	27	14	12	0	16	0	32	0	0	1	124	99	1.536	8.7	0.0	5.1	10.3	2.00
AL (2 yrs)				5	2	.714	3.99	58	0	30	0	0	0	58.2	61	28	26	3	30	2	35	5	0	4	265	104	1.551	9.4	0.5	4.6	5.4	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008	25	CHW	AL	26.0	22	0	15	5.19	4.78	-0.20	-0.35	108.4	5.02	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	3	.496	.499	$
2009	26	SDP	NL	12.1	15	0	6	4.38	4.54	-0.08	-0.33	93.1	3.99	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.0	1	.496	.500	$
2010	27	SDP	NL	15.2	12	0	8	4.60	4.49	0.35	-0.34	87.8	3.34	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.481	.499	$
2011	28	TBR	AL	32.2	36	0	13	3.58	4.52	0.58	-0.34	88.2	3.17	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.495	.499	$420,800
4 Seasons				86.2	85	0	42	4.36	4.60	0.21	-0.34	94.9	3.88	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.1	0.1	5	.494	.499	$420,800

SDP (2 yrs)				28.0	27	0	14	4.50	4.51	0.16	-0.33	90.1	3.63	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.1	-0	.489	.499	$
TBR (1 yr)				32.2	36	0	13	3.58	4.52	0.58	-0.34	88.2	3.17	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.495	.499	$420,800
CHW (1 yr)				26.0	22	0	15	5.19	4.78	-0.20	-0.35	108.4	5.02	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	3	.496	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	25	CHW	AL	22	118	103	15	30	6	0	1	0	0	10	22	.291	.362	.379	.741	.358	39	2	2	2	1	1	1
2009	26	SDP	NL	15	61	50	6	13	1	0	0	2	1	11	14	.260	.393	.280	.673	.361	14	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	27	SDP	NL	12	63	55	8	14	2	0	0	0	0	5	18	.255	.311	.291	.602	.368	16	2	0	2	1	0	0
2011	28	TBR	AL	36	147	122	13	31	8	0	2	5	1	20	13	.254	.372	.369	.741	.271	45	3	3	2	0	1	2
4 Yrs				85	389	330	42	88	17	0	3	7	2	46	67	.267	.363	.345	.708	.324	114	7	5	6	2	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	311	264	34	70	14	0	2	6	2	37	54	.267	.363	.345	.708	.324	91	6	4	5	2	2	3
MLB Averages																.260	.328	.409	.737	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	25	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	121	-0.0	0.6	-0.7	.34	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	-0.0	0.34	2.8	1	3	16
2009	26	SDP	NL	0.1	0.0	64	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	1.22	-0.1	-0.4	-1.5	-0.2	1.22	-1.2	6	5	4
2010	27	SDP	NL	-0.7	-0.1	64	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.14	0.0	0.3	-1.2	-0.1	0.14	2.1	0	0	11
2011	28	TBR	AL	2.4	0.2	155	-0.9	0.9	-1.8	.49	-0.3	-1.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.49	-2.2	5	2	28
4 Yrs				0.8	0.1	404	-1.4	2.8	-4.2	.50	-0.8	-2.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.50	1.5	12	10	59

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	25	CHW	AL	22	22	16	4	0	0	0	12	6	50%	9	.335	1	3	16	6	1	15	7	15	7	5	10	2	3.5	20
2009	26	SDP	NL	15	15	1	3	1	4	4	6	1	17%	7	1.217	6	5	4	6	6	3	5	10	3	8	3	4	2.5	18
2010	27	SDP	NL	12	12	3	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	8	.144	0	0	11	1	0	11	5	7	7	2	7	3	3.9	21
2011	28	TBR	AL	36	36	14	1	2	2	2	22	12	55%	8	.486	5	2	28	9	2	25	14	22	8	13	12	9	2.7	16
4 Yrs				85	85	34	8	3	6	6	47	22	47%		.499	12	10	59	22	9	54	31	54	25	28	32	18	3.1	18

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	25	CHW	AL	118	53%	0.9%	18.6%	8.5%	5.9%	23%	0.78	0.87	69%	14%	2.5%	13%	29	2	7%
2009	26	SDP	NL	61	59%	0.0%	23.0%	18.0%	1.6%	8%	0.80	0.57	59%	25%	0.0%	15%	18	0	0%
2010	27	SDP	NL	63	60%	0.0%	28.6%	7.9%	3.2%	14%	0.85	1.42	60%	25%	0.0%	5%	19	2	11%
2011	28	TBR	AL	147	67%	1.4%	8.8%	13.6%	6.8%	32%	1.18	1.63	73%	20%	4.4%	10%	35	3	9%
4 Yrs				389	60%	0.8%	17.2%	11.8%	5.1%	23%	0.94	1.17	67%	20%	2.5%	11%	101	7	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	25	CHW	AL	118	445	3.77	273	61%	30%	14%	26%	31%	70%	2%	43%	81%	53%	7%	8	4	22%	26	17	1	32%	3	3	0	0	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	62	272	4.39	163	60%	29%	18%	31%	22%	71%	0%	43%	75%	56%	5%	3	1	31%	19	9	1	29%	1	2	-1	0	0
2010	27	SDP	NL	63	254	4.03	158	62%	30%	18%	27%	25%	70%	0%	44%	74%	54%	5%	3	1	25%	16	9	1	28%	2	2	0	0	0
2011	28	TBR	AL	148	581	3.93	348	60%	24%	11%	33%	32%	76%	0%	46%	85%	56%	7%	10	2	24%	35	17	1	23%	4	7	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				391	1552	3.97	942	61%	27%	14%	30%	29%	73%	1%	44%	80%	55%	6%	24	8	25%	96	52	4	28%	10	14	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	25	CHW	AL	118	30	7	0	1	0	10	0	1	1	0	17	6	4	35%	1	3	0	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2009	26	SDP	NL	61	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	36	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	27	SDP	NL	63	14	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	5	2	56%	0	1	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2011	28	TBR	AL	147	31	5	0	2	0	9	2	0	0	2	13	6	1	46%	2	1	1	65	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				389	88	15	1	3	0	22	2	1	1	2	40	18	7	45%	4	5	1	167	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	25	4	0	1.000	5.19	22	16	26.0	30	15	15	1	10	1	22	2	3	118	89	1.538	10.4	0.3	3.5	7.6	2.20	89
2009	26	7	1	.875	4.70	37	17	38.1	43	21	20	1	21	1	36	2	3	179	94	1.670	10.1	0.2	4.9	8.5	1.71	94
2010	27	7	1	.875	4.50	49	20	54.0	57	29	27	1	26	1	54	2	4	242	94	1.537	9.5	0.2	4.3	9.0	2.08	94
2011	28	8	3	.727	3.95	85	34	86.2	88	42	38	3	46	2	67	5	5	389	102	1.546	9.1	0.3	4.8	7.0	1.46	102

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	25	1	1	.500	4.85	26.0	29	16	14	1	10	22	2	1.500	10.0	3.5	7.6	2.20	0.3	22
2009	26	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	14	6	5	0	12	13	0	2.167	10.5	9.0	9.8	1.08	0.0	15
2010	27	0	1	.000	5.14	14.0	15	9	8	0	5	16	0	1.429	9.6	3.2	10.3	3.20	0.0	12
2011	28	2	1	.667	3.90	30.0	33	14	13	2	21	12	3	1.800	9.9	6.3	3.6	0.57	0.6	36
4 Yrs		3	4	.429	4.39	82.0	91	45	40	3	48	63	5	1.695	10.0		6.9	1.31	0.3	85

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