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Jeff Russell

Jeffrey Lee Russell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 2, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Wyoming HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Reds/Indians/Athletics 1983-1996
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1996
Relatives: Father of James Russell
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1983 21 CIN NL 10 24 21 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .333 .515 39 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1984 22 CIN NL 34 67 57 2 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 27 .140 .194 .175 .369 3 10 0 0 5 1 0 1
1985 23 TEX AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 24 TEX AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 25 TEX AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 26 TEX AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1989 27 TEX AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9
1990 28 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 29 TEX AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 30 TOT AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 30 TEX AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 30 OAK AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 31 BOS AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 32 TOT AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 32 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 32 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 33 TEX AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 34 TEX AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Yrs 591 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 25 22 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 5 0 0 2 0 0
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
TEX (10 yrs) 446 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 44 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0
OAK (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 547 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 44 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1983 21 CIN NL 10 24 -2 -0 -0 0 3 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1984 22 CIN NL 34 67 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1985 23 TEX AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1986 24 TEX AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $80,000 1
1987 25 TEX AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $105,000 1
1988 26 TEX AL 35 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $190,000 1 AS
1989 27 TEX AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $480,000 1 AS,CYA-9
1990 28 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,166,667 1
1991 29 TEX AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,200,000 1
1992 30 TEX AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,600,000 1
1992 30 OAK AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1993 31 BOS AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,175,000 1
1994 32 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,975,000 1
1994 32 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1995 33 TEX AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $615,000 1
1996 34 TEX AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $615,000 1
14 Seasons 591 92 -11 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 3 3 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.5 3 $13,201,667
TEX (10 yrs) 446 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.4 -0 $8,051,667
BOS (2 yrs) 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $5,150,000
CIN (2 yrs) 44 91 -10 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 3 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $
OAK (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CLE (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1983 21 CIN NL 24 21 1 1.3 99 .143 .143 .267 .182 .336 .333 .395 .515 .731 39 .100 -1.9 -0.2 .421 .238 .190 .0
1984 22 CIN NL 67 55 3 1.5 97 .258 .140 .268 .194 .334 .175 .390 .369 .723 3 .129 -7.5 -0.8 .286 .105 .035
1988 26 TEX AL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .394 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
14 Yrs 92 77 4 1.4 97 .217 .139 .268 .188 .334 .215 .391 .403 .725 11 .118 -9.8 -1.0 .319 .139 .076 .0
162 Game Avg. 25 21 1 1.4 97 .217 .139 .268 .188 .334 .215 .391 .403 .725 11 .118 -9.8 -1.0 .319 .139 .076
CIN (2 yrs) 91 76 4 1.4 97 .222 .141 .268 .190 .334 .218 .391 .408 .725 13 .121 -9.5 -1.0 .324 .141 .077 .0
TEX (10 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .394 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (2 yrs) 91 76 4 1.4 97 .222 .141 .268 .190 .334 .218 .391 .408 .725 13 .121 -9.5 -1.0 .324 .141 .077 .0
AL (12 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .394 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1992 30 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 34 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 27

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 21 CIN NL 24 4.2% 25.0% 4.2% 8.3% 67% 6.00 3.5 21.0 7.0 1.14 58%
1984 22 CIN NL 67 0.0% 40.3% 6.0% 3.0% 25% 6.75 2.1 8.1 1.33 46%
1988 26 TEX AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
14 Yrs 92 1.1% 35.9% 5.4% 4.4% 36% 6.60 2.4 79.0 7.9 0.00 1.20 50% 0% 100%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.0% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.73 5.9 39.2 8.2 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.9% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 21 CIN NL -1.9 -0.2 24 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 .94 -0.1 -0.0 -2.5 -0.3 1.03 -1.1 0
1984 22 CIN NL -7.5 -0.8 68 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 1.25 -0.6 -0.0 -7.2 -0.7 1.09 -7.3 6.38 1
1985 23 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1986 24 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1987 25 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1988 26 TEX AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.47 -0.3 0.02 1
1989 27 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1990 28 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1991 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 30 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 30 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 30 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1993 31 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1994 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1994 32 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1994 32 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1995 33 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1996 34 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
14 Yrs -9.8 -1.0 93 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 1.15 -0.8 -0.0 -10.2 -1.0 1.08 -8.7 3.20 2
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 21 CIN NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 22 CIN NL 0 0 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1988 26 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 0 0 13% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1983 21 CIN NL 24 38% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 6 1 17% 6 1 17% 20 2 10% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1984 22 CIN NL 67 34% 8 1 0 0 0 6.38 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 15 0 0% 16 2 13% 63 7 11% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1988 26 TEX AL 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 92 35% 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.20 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 100% 21 1 5% 22 3 14% 85 9 11% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 59% 75% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 TEX AL 1 6 6.00 4 67% 25% 25% 25% 25% 75% 0% 50% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 1 6 6.00 4 67% 25% 25% 25% 25% 75% 0% 50% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 21 10 24 21 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .333 .515 39 7 1 0 2 0 0
1984 22 44 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0
1985 23 57 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0
1986 24 94 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0
1987 25 146 91 78 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .141 .190 .218 .408 13 17 1 0 7 1 0
1988 26 181 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1989 27 252 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1990 28 279 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1991 29 347 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1992 30 406 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1993 31 457 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1994 32 499 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1995 33 536 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0
1996 34 591 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 11 17 1 0 7 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 21 10 24 21 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 .143 .182 .333 .515 1 10
1984 22 34 67 57 2 8 2 0 0 7 0 4 27 .140 .194 .175 .369 2 34
1988 26 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
3 Yrs 79 92 79 3 11 3 0 1 9 0 5 33 .139 .188 .215 .403 3 79
162 Game Avg. 162 189 162 6 23 6 0 2 18 0 10 68 .139 .188 .215 .403 6 79

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2002 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1988 *
1989 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 AL Rolaids Relief

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 AL (9, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

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