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Bill Russell
William Ellis Russell (Ropes)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS
High School: Pittsburg (Pittsburg, KS)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1969
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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
1969 20 LAD NL 98 238 212 35 48 6 2 5 15 4 1 22 45 .226 .301 .344 .645 86 73 3 1 2 1 1 98/7
1970 21 LAD NL 81 304 278 30 72 11 9 0 28 9 1 16 28 .259 .303 .363 .667 82 101 5 3 4 3 1 98/76
1971 22 LAD NL 91 223 211 29 48 7 4 2 15 6 3 11 39 .227 .265 .327 .592 72 69 2 0 0 1 2 498/67
1972 23 LAD NL 129 477 434 47 118 19 5 4 34 14 7 34 64 .272 .326 .366 .693 99 159 4 2 5 2 9 *6/987
1973 24 LAD NL 162 666 615 55 163 26 3 4 56 15 7 34 63 .265 .301 .337 .638 79 207 9 1 9 7 20 *6 AS,MVP-32
1974 25 LAD NL 160 625 553 61 149 18 6 5 65 14 5 53 53 .269 .336 .351 .686 96 194 18 4 11 4 25 *6/9
1975 26 LAD NL 84 282 252 24 52 9 2 0 14 5 0 23 28 .206 .277 .258 .535 52 65 6 2 4 1 6 6
1976 27 LAD NL 149 590 554 53 152 17 3 5 65 15 5 21 46 .274 .301 .343 .644 85 190 14 3 6 6 9 *6 AS
1977 28 LAD NL 153 673 634 84 176 28 6 4 51 16 7 24 43 .278 .304 .360 .664 78 228 23 2 9 4 1 *6
1978 29 LAD NL 155 672 625 72 179 32 4 3 46 10 6 30 34 .286 .320 .365 .684 92 228 17 2 12 3 8 *6
1979 30 LAD NL 153 670 627 72 170 26 4 7 56 6 9 24 43 .271 .297 .359 .656 80 225 20 1 14 4 2 *6
1980 31 LAD NL 130 500 466 38 123 23 2 3 34 13 2 18 44 .264 .295 .341 .636 79 159 6 3 12 1 0 *6 AS
1981 32 LAD NL 82 290 262 20 61 9 2 0 22 2 1 19 20 .233 .284 .282 .567 64 74 13 1 5 3 3 *6
1982 33 LAD NL 153 576 497 64 136 20 2 3 46 10 2 63 30 .274 .357 .340 .697 99 169 14 4 8 4 11 *6
1983 34 LAD NL 131 502 451 47 111 13 1 1 30 13 9 33 31 .246 .302 .286 .588 65 129 5 4 12 2 4 *6
1984 35 LAD NL 89 298 262 25 70 12 1 0 19 4 4 25 24 .267 .329 .321 .649 85 84 7 0 9 2 1 68/4
1985 36 LAD NL 76 192 169 19 44 6 1 0 13 4 0 18 9 .260 .333 .308 .641 83 52 2 1 3 1 1 67/45
1986 37 LAD NL 105 242 216 21 54 11 0 0 18 7 0 15 23 .250 .302 .301 .603 73 65 6 2 7 2 2 679/458
18 Seasons 2181 8020 7318 796 1926 293 57 46 627 167 69 483 667 .263 .310 .338 .648 82 2471 174 36 132 51 106
162 Game Avg. 162 596 544 59 143 22 4 3 47 12 5 36 50 .263 .310 .338 .648 82 184 13 3 10 4 8
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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 25 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 4 19 18 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .389 .421 .389 .810 7 0 0 0 0 1
1974 25 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 18 18 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .333 .556 6 2 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 18 18 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .333 .611 6 1 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 27 26 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .154 .185 .231 .416 6 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 18 17 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .412 .444 .471 .915 8 1 0 0 0 1
1978 29 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 28 26 1 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 .423 .464 .500 .964 13 1 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 5 19 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .250 .368 .313 .681 5 0 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 19 16 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .313 .353 .438 .790 7 0 0 2 0 1
1981 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 6 26 25 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 6 0 0 1 0 0
1983 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 17 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .286 .375 .286 .661 4 0 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons (10 Series) 49 209 194 14 57 5 3 0 19 3 3 11 15 .294 .332 .351 .682 68 5 0 4 0 3
1 NLDS 5 19 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .250 .368 .313 .681 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 21 91 83 8 28 2 1 0 8 1 0 5 6 .337 .375 .386 .761 32 2 0 3 0 3
4 WS 23 99 95 5 25 2 2 0 8 2 3 3 8 .263 .286 .326 .612 31 3 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 LAD NL 20 OF 86 45 492.0 139 132 4 3 1 .978 8.8 21.5 5.8 3.9 2.0 3 2.49 1.58 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 LAD NL 20 RF 61 29 307.1 71 68 1 2 0 .972 1.7 6.6 1.7 2.8 -1.1 0 2.02 1.13 .975 1.89 1.60
1969 LAD NL 20 CF 24 16 170.2 57 53 3 1 1 .982 5.1 35.9 3.1 0.5 2.6 2 2.95 2.33 .977 2.30 2.07
1969 LAD NL 20 LF 8 0 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 171.4 1.0 0.6 0.5 1 3.86 0.75 .967 1.67 1.30
1970 LAD NL 21 OF 79 67 615.1 178 167 8 3 1 .983 12.2 23.8 7.2 5.1 2.2 5 2.56 2.22 .976 2.07 1.78
1970 LAD NL 21 RF 57 47 435.1 125 116 6 3 1 .976 7.6 20.9 5.6 4.5 1.1 2 2.52 2.14 .976 2.00 1.68
1970 LAD NL 21 CF 24 20 179.0 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 4.3 28.8 1.3 0.6 0.8 3 2.82 2.33 .977 2.34 2.07
1970 LAD NL 21 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1970 LAD NL 21 SS 1 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 5.06 4.20
1971 LAD NL 22 2B 41 35 308.2 196 81 108 7 21 .964 0.9 3.5 1.9 0.6 1.3 -1 5.51 4.61 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 LAD NL 22 OF 40 16 204.1 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 14.7 2.5 0.2 2.5 0 2.20 1.25 .978 2.19 1.92
1971 LAD NL 22 RF 35 10 147.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 9.8 1.2 -0.7 2.0 0 2.08 0.97 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 LAD NL 22 CF 10 6 54.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 31.1 1.4 0.9 0.6 0 3.33 2.00 .980 2.63 2.30
1971 LAD NL 22 SS 6 1 18.1 7 1 5 1 2 .857 -0.4 -26.2 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 2.95 1.00 .971 5.15 4.47
1971 LAD NL 22 LF 3 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -36.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 1.53
1972 LAD NL 23 SS 121 118 1060.0 670 197 439 34 69 .949 -3.3 -3.7 -2.3 -5.7 3.4 -1 5.40 5.26 .968 5.04 4.48
1972 LAD NL 23 OF 6 0 8.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 83.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 5.19 0.83 .980 2.18 1.97
1972 LAD NL 23 RF 4 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 100.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75
1972 LAD NL 23 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1972 LAD NL 23 LF 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 180.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 1.35 1.70
1973 LAD NL 24 SS 162 162 1489.2 834 243 560 31 106 .963 11.0 8.9 10.0 11.6 -1.7 1 4.85 4.96 .961 4.93 4.31 AS,MVP-32
1974 LAD NL 25 SS 160 154 1379.0 724 194 491 39 68 .946 5.7 5.0 7.7 -1.1 8.9 -2 4.47 4.28 .962 4.97 4.26
1974 LAD NL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1974 LAD NL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1975 LAD NL 26 SS 83 81 677.1 335 94 230 11 27 .967 9.5 16.8 10.5 3.7 6.8 -1 4.31 3.90 .963 4.99 4.21
1976 LAD NL 27 SS 149 145 1301.2 755 251 476 28 90 .963 2.7 2.5 0.7 -10.2 10.9 2 5.03 4.88 .964 5.05 4.48 AS
1977 LAD NL 28 SS 153 149 1320.0 786 234 523 29 102 .963 15.1 13.7 12.1 -0.4 12.5 3 5.16 4.95 .963 5.02 4.30
1978 LAD NL 29 SS 155 151 1334.0 809 245 533 31 91 .962 2.4 2.2 4.4 -5.2 9.6 -2 5.25 5.02 .966 4.88 4.25
1979 LAD NL 30 SS 150 148 1296.0 700 218 452 30 70 .957 -12.2 -11.3 -9.2 -0.2 -8.9 -3 4.65 4.47 .965 5.00 4.51
1980 LAD NL 31 SS 129 120 1081.1 585 179 387 19 57 .968 6.1 6.8 7.1 2.0 5.1 -1 4.71 4.39 .966 5.02 4.30 AS
1981 LAD NL 32 SS 80 78 669.2 403 128 261 14 49 .965 5.1 9.1 5.1 -2.9 8.0 0 5.23 4.86 .960 5.10 4.44
1982 LAD NL 33 SS 150 146 1285.1 747 216 502 29 64 .961 11.6 10.8 15.6 6.4 9.2 -4 5.03 4.79 .967 5.01 4.38
1983 LAD NL 34 SS 127 122 1054.1 606 192 392 22 61 .964 5.1 5.8 8.1 6.2 1.9 -3 4.99 4.60 .967 4.85 4.16
1984 LAD NL 35 SS 65 56 478.0 255 81 165 9 29 .965 -4.3 -10.8 -4.3 -2.7 -1.5 0 4.63 3.78 .965 4.87 3.98
1984 LAD NL 35 CF 18 16 134.2 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 -4.6 -41.0 -4.6 -1.6 -3.0 0 2.27 1.89 .988 2.71 2.41
1984 LAD NL 35 OF 18 16 134.2 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -4.6 -41.0 -4.6 -1.6 -3.0 0 2.14 1.78 .978 2.27 1.91
1984 LAD NL 35 2B 5 1 14.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 0 6.43 2.00 .980 5.40 4.72
1985 LAD NL 36 SS 23 19 169.0 99 27 64 8 11 .919 -2.3 -16.3 -2.3 -3.1 0.7 0 4.85 3.96 .965 4.88 4.26
1985 LAD NL 36 LF 21 15 140.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -0.8 -6.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.41 1.05 .978 1.92 1.50
1985 LAD NL 36 OF 21 15 140.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.8 -6.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.47 1.10 .979 2.20 1.88
1985 LAD NL 36 2B 8 5 45.1 28 10 17 1 0 .964 0.2 5.3 1.2 0.1 1.1 -1 5.36 3.38 .982 5.46 4.82
1985 LAD NL 36 3B 5 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 1.12 0.20 .900 2.92 2.46
1986 LAD NL 37 OF 48 21 222.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 3.6 19.5 1.6 0.5 1.1 2 1.99 1.02 .978 2.19 1.82
1986 LAD NL 37 SS 32 14 175.2 104 36 64 4 13 .962 -2.5 -17.1 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 -1 5.12 3.13 .963 4.75 3.96
1986 LAD NL 37 LF 28 12 132.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 3.7 33.6 1.7 1.5 0.3 2 2.45 1.29 .975 1.97 1.44
1986 LAD NL 37 RF 20 9 88.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -2.7 -0.2 -1.0 0.7 0 1.33 0.65 .977 1.99 1.63
1986 LAD NL 37 2B 8 6 64.0 39 20 18 1 4 .974 -0.2 -3.8 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 5.34 4.75 .979 5.20 4.54
1986 LAD NL 37 3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1986 LAD NL 37 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00
17 Seasons SS 1746 1664 14797.1 8421 2536 5546 339 909 .960 49.5 4.0 61.5 -1.3 62.9 -12 4.92 4.63 .964 4.98 4.32
8 Seasons OF 299 180 1818.2 477 454 16 7 2 .985 22.3 14.7 12.3 8.4 4.3 10 2.33 1.57 .976 2.11 1.82
6 Seasons RF 178 95 984.2 245 232 8 5 1 .980 10.8 13.2 8.8 5.8 3.0 2 2.19 1.35 .977 1.98 1.67
6 Seasons CF 78 58 542.1 169 161 7 1 1 .994 6.3 13.9 1.3 0.4 1.1 5 2.79 2.15 .980 2.45 2.18
4 Seasons 2B 62 47 432.0 273 114 150 9 25 .967 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.1 1.8 -2 5.50 4.26 .979 5.43 4.80
6 Seasons LF 62 27 291.2 67 64 2 1 0 .985 5.2 21.4 2.2 2.2 0.2 3 2.04 1.06 .976 1.93 1.45
2 Seasons 3B 6 1 17.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -14.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 0.53 0.17 .900 2.81 2.42
18 Seasons TOT 2113 1892 17065.0 9172 3104 5713 355 936 .961 72.4 5.1 76.4 7.9 69.1 10 -14 4.65 4.17 .927 4.68 3.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1973 *
1976 *
1980 (SS)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-NL-32-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 NL--162--1st
1974 NL--160--5th
Career--2181--130th

At Bats s c a p y
1973 NL--615--9th
1977 NL--634--5th
1978 NL--625--8th
1979 NL--627--10th
Career--7318--208th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 NL--673--9th

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL--176--8th

Triples s c a p y
1970 NL--9--5th

Singles s c a p y
1973 NL--130--9th
1976 NL--127--10th
1977 NL--138--6th
1978 NL--140--4th
1979 NL--133--9th
Career--1530--180th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 NL--14--6th
1980 NL--12--8th
1983 NL--12--4th
Career--132--231st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL--20--4th
1974 NL--25--1st
Career--106--99th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1974 NL--18--7th
1977 NL--23--3rd
1978 NL--17--7th
1979 NL--20--4th
1981 NL--13--3rd
Career--174--153rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1977 NL--14.744--7th
1978 NL--18.382--3rd
1979 NL--14.581--6th
1982 NL--16.567--4th
1983 NL--14.548--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 NL--484--7th
1977 NL--501--1st
1978 NL--484--8th
1979 NL--504--4th
Career--5818--160th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (648), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

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1985Los Angeles Dodgers$450,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$900,000
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