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Jim Russell

James William Russell

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1942
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Dodgers 1942-1951

Final Game: October 1, 1951
Died: November 24, 1987 in Orlando, FL
Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Fayette City, PA
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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
1942 23 PIT NL 5 15 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 0 /8O
1943 24 PIT NL 146 613 533 79 138 19 11 4 44 12 77 67 .259 .354 .358 .712 102 191 13 1 3 *7O/398
1944 25 PIT NL 152 663 580 109 181 34 14 8 66 6 79 63 .312 .399 .460 .859 137 267 8 5 0 *O7/89 MVP-29
1945 26 PIT NL 146 588 510 88 145 24 8 12 77 15 71 40 .284 .377 .433 .810 121 221 7 5 3 *O7/8
1946 27 PIT NL 146 592 516 68 143 29 6 8 50 11 67 54 .277 .362 .403 .765 114 208 11 2 6 *O87/3
1947 28 PIT NL 128 548 478 68 121 21 8 8 51 7 63 58 .253 .343 .381 .723 89 182 12 2 5 *O89/7
1948 29 BSN NL 89 375 322 44 85 18 1 9 54 4 46 31 .264 .361 .410 .771 109 132 8 3 3 O8/7
1949 30 BSN NL 130 486 415 57 96 22 1 8 54 3 64 68 .231 .337 .347 .684 88 144 9 2 5 *O87
1950 31 BRO NL 77 246 214 37 49 8 2 10 32 1 31 36 .229 .329 .425 .755 94 91 6 1 0 O7/8
1951 32 BRO NL 16 18 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .278 .000 .278 -19 0 2 1 0 /7O
10 Yrs 1035 4144 3595 554 959 175 51 67 428 59 0 503 427 .267 .360 .400 .760 108 1437 76 22 25
162 Game Avg. 162 649 563 87 150 27 8 10 67 9 79 67 .267 .360 .400 .760 108 225 12 3 4
PIT (6 yrs) 723 3019 2631 414 729 127 47 40 288 51 358 286 .277 .367 .407 .774 113 1070 51 15 17
BSN (2 yrs) 219 861 737 101 181 40 2 17 108 7 110 99 .246 .347 .374 .722 97 276 17 5 8
BRO (2 yrs) 93 264 227 39 49 8 2 10 32 1 0 35 42 .216 .326 .401 .727 88 91 8 2 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
1942 23 PIT NL 5 15 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .442 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /8O
1943 24 PIT NL 146 613 2 -0 0 3 -7 -2 -0.2 18 17 1.6 .498 .499 1.3 -0.4 14 $ *7O/398
1944 25 PIT NL 152 663 29 -0 0 4 -7 26 2.7 20 46 4.7 .518 .517 4.3 -0.3 42 $ *O7/89 MVP-29
1945 26 PIT NL 146 588 15 0 0 4 -6 13 1.4 18 30 3.1 .509 .508 2.7 -0.2 26 $ *O7/8
1946 27 PIT NL 146 592 10 -0 0 -5 -4 0 0.0 21 21 2.1 .500 .500 2.6 -1.0 26 $ *O87/3
1947 28 PIT NL 128 548 -7 -0 0 2 -2 -7 -0.7 19 12 1.2 .494 .495 1.0 0.1 10 $ *O89/7
1948 29 BSN NL 89 375 5 0 1 6 -1 12 1.2 13 25 2.5 .514 .508 1.9 0.6 19 $ O8/7
1949 30 BSN NL 130 486 -6 0 0 -7 -2 -14 -1.5 17 3 0.1 .489 .491 0.9 -0.9 10 $ *O87
1950 31 BRO NL 77 246 -2 1 0 3 -2 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .500 .500 0.5 0.0 5 $ O7/8
1951 32 BRO NL 16 18 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /7O
10 Seasons 1035 4144 42 0 1 10 -31 22 2.2 135 158 15.6 .502 .501 14.8 -2.2 148 $
PIT (6 yrs) 723 3019 47 -2 0 8 -25 27 2.9 96 124 12.5 .504 .503 11.7 -1.9 116 $
BSN (2 yrs) 219 861 -0 1 1 -1 -3 -2 -0.3 30 28 2.6 .499 .499 2.8 -0.3 29 $
BRO (2 yrs) 93 264 -4 1 -0 3 -3 -3 -0.4 9 6 0.5 .497 .499 0.3 0.0 3 $

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
1942 23 PIT NL 15 13 0 0.0 89 .100 .071 .259 .133 .332 .071 .360 .205 .692 -40 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
1943 24 PIT NL 613 411 67 4.4 92 .290 .259 .269 .354 .339 .358 .366 .712 .704 102 .549 3.1 0.3 .689 .266 .099 6.0
1944 25 PIT NL 663 407 105 6.9 97 .340 .312 .273 .399 .340 .460 .383 .859 .723 137 .714 31.5 3.2 .877 .295 .148 6.9
1945 26 PIT NL 588 375 82 5.9 100 .290 .284 .278 .377 .348 .433 .384 .810 .732 121 .640 15.9 1.6 .839 .318 .149 13.3
1946 27 PIT NL 592 390 75 5.2 95 .297 .277 .266 .362 .342 .403 .372 .765 .714 114 .609 10.8 1.1 .750 .277 .126 9.3
1947 28 PIT NL 548 374 62 4.4 108 .274 .253 .278 .343 .353 .381 .412 .723 .765 89 .477 -7.3 -0.7 .688 .274 .128 7.5
1948 29 BSN NL 375 248 47 5.0 101 .270 .264 .268 .361 .342 .410 .396 .771 .738 109 .556 5.4 0.5 .755 .301 .146 5.5
1949 30 BSN NL 486 333 48 3.9 100 .260 .231 .264 .337 .337 .347 .396 .684 .733 88 .422 -4.7 -0.5 .649 .277 .116 4.4
1950 31 BRO NL 246 171 30 4.7 111 .232 .229 .273 .329 .351 .425 .424 .755 .774 94 .496 -2.2 -0.2 .725 .346 .196 1.8
1951 32 BRO NL 18 15 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .270 .278 .344 .000 .409 .278 .753 -19 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .333 .308 .000
10 Yrs 4144 2737 516 5.0 100 .288 .267 .271 .360 .344 .400 .388 .760 .731 108 .572 47.8 4.9 .745 .289 .133 62.7
162 Game Avg. 649 428 81 5.0 100 .288 .267 .271 .360 .344 .400 .388 .760 .731 108 .572 7 1 .745 .289 .133 10
PIT (6 yrs) 3019 1970 391 5.3 98 .299 .277 .273 .367 .344 .407 .383 .774 .727 113 .605 51.4 5.3 .765 .285 .130 44.8
BSN (2 yrs) 861 581 95 4.4 100 .264 .246 .266 .347 .339 .374 .396 .722 .735 97 .483 0.7 0.1 .695 .288 .129 9.9
BRO (2 yrs) 264 186 30 4.3 110 .223 .216 .273 .326 .350 .401 .423 .727 .773 88 .459 -4.3 -0.4 .694 .344 .185 1.8

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
1942 23 PIT NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.5 67%
1943 24 PIT NL 613 0.7% 10.9% 12.6% 5.6% 25% 0.87 8.0 133.3 12.1 75%
1944 25 PIT NL 663 1.2% 9.5% 11.9% 8.5% 31% 0.80 9.2 72.5 8.8 77%
1945 26 PIT NL 588 2.0% 6.8% 12.1% 7.5% 30% 0.56 12.8 42.5 6.6 78%
1946 27 PIT NL 592 1.4% 9.1% 11.3% 7.3% 30% 0.81 9.6 64.5 10.3 77%
1947 28 PIT NL 548 1.5% 10.6% 11.5% 6.8% 31% 0.92 8.2 59.8 9.4 75%
1948 29 BSN NL 375 2.4% 8.3% 12.3% 7.5% 33% 0.67 10.4 35.8 6.0 0.75 75%
1949 30 BSN NL 486 1.7% 14.0% 13.2% 6.4% 32% 1.06 6.1 51.9 7.7 0.88 70%
1950 31 BRO NL 246 4.1% 14.6% 12.6% 8.1% 41% 1.16 5.9 21.4 6.7 0.70 68%
1951 32 BRO NL 18 0.0% 33.3% 22.2% 0.0% 1.50 2.2 5.00 39%
10 Yrs 4144 1.6% 10.3% 12.1% 7.1% 31% 0.85 8.4 53.7 8.4 0.81 75%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.4% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.5 60.5 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 23 PIT NL -2.5 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 24 PIT NL 3.1 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 25 PIT NL 30.8 3.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 26 PIT NL 15.9 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 PIT NL 10.8 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 PIT NL -7.3 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 BSN NL 5.4 0.5 236 0.2 4.3 -4.1 1.04 -0.1 0.3 3.8 0.4 1.01 0.7 1.66 3
1949 30 BSN NL -4.7 -0.5 395 0.9 7.5 -6.6 1.09 -0.5 1.4 2.2 0.2 1.03 -4.7 1.80 9
1950 31 BRO NL -2.2 -0.2 254 1.2 5.4 -4.2 1.02 0.8 0.4 8.1 0.8 0.97 8.6 1.57 21
1951 32 BRO NL -2.1 -0.2 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.01 -0.0 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 1.20 -0.7 1.10 11
10 Yrs 47.1 4.8 903 2.1 17.4 -15.3 1.05 0.2 1.8 12.5 1.2 1.01 3.9 1.50 44

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
1948 29 BSN NL 2 0 28% 79 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 55% 14 7 7 3 2 1 5 1 4
1949 30 BSN NL 5 0 32% 153 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 50% 24 16 8 6 1 4 12 3 9
1950 31 BRO NL 8 0 38% 89 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 57% 12 5 7 6 1 3 3 0 2
1951 32 BRO NL 3 0 40% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Yrs 18 0 34% 325 59 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 11 53% 51 29 22 15 4 8 21 4 16

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
1948 29 BSN NL 375 100% 85 3 0 0 0 1.66 9 1 10 3 4 2 7 0 1 3 300% 45 8 18% 23 7 30% 168 36 21% 21 13 62% 10 4 40% 0
1949 30 BSN NL 486 100% 96 9 1 0 2 1.80 8 1 18 1 6 3 5 0 6 5 83% 95 9 9% 41 13 32% 301 42 14% 26 15 58% 17 12 71% 0
1950 31 BRO NL 246 100% 49 21 3 0 2 1.57 10 0 10 3 7 7 3 0 1 0 0% 57 6 11% 31 6 19% 162 25 15% 16 8 50% 14 6 43% 0
1951 32 BRO NL 18 100% 0 11 0 0 0 1.10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 1 0 0% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 1125 100% 959 44 4 0 4 1.50 67 2 39 7 17 12 15 0 8 25 313% 205 76 37% 96 26 27% 651 103 16% 64 36 56% 41 22 54% 0
MLB Averages 51% 299% 32% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1942 23 5 15 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 0
1943 24 151 628 547 81 139 19 11 4 44 12 78 71 .254 .348 .351 .699 99 192 13 1 3
1944 25 303 1291 1127 190 320 53 25 12 110 18 157 134 .284 .374 .407 .782 119 459 21 6 3
1945 26 449 1879 1637 278 465 77 33 24 187 33 228 174 .284 .375 .415 .791 120 680 28 11 6
1946 27 595 2471 2153 346 608 106 39 32 237 44 295 228 .282 .372 .412 .785 118 888 39 13 12
1947 28 723 3019 2631 414 729 127 47 40 288 51 358 286 .277 .367 .407 .774 113 1070 51 15 17
1948 29 812 3394 2953 458 814 145 48 49 342 55 404 317 .276 .366 .407 .773 112 1202 59 18 20
1949 30 942 3880 3368 515 910 167 49 57 396 58 468 385 .270 .363 .400 .762 109 1346 68 20 25
1950 31 1019 4126 3582 552 959 175 51 67 428 59 499 421 .268 .361 .401 .762 108 1437 74 21 25
1951 32 1035 4144 3595 554 959 175 51 67 428 59 0 503 427 .267 .360 .400 .760 108 1437 76 22 25

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
1942 23 5 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 5
1943 24 153 654 565 90 152 21 12 4 50 13 85 70 .269 .366 .370 .736 76 146
1944 25 158 689 602 113 188 35 15 8 68 6 82 65 .312 .399 .460 .859 109 152
1945 26 153 608 528 87 147 24 8 12 76 15 72 42 .278 .370 .422 .793 82 146
1946 27 153 629 547 77 157 32 7 9 56 12 74 56 .287 .374 .420 .794 85 146
1947 28 134 566 495 67 122 21 8 8 50 7 64 61 .246 .335 .370 .705 61 128
1948 29 93 391 337 46 89 19 1 9 56 4 48 32 .264 .361 .407 .767 49 89
1949 30 135 506 432 60 101 23 1 8 57 3 67 71 .234 .339 .347 .687 51 130
1950 31 80 251 220 35 48 8 2 10 30 1 30 38 .218 .315 .409 .724 28 77
1951 32 17 19 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .263 .000 .263 0 16
10 Yrs 1081 4329 3755 577 1004 183 54 68 443 61 527 445 .267 .361 .399 .760 541 1035
162 Game Avg. 162 649 563 86 150 27 8 10 66 9 79 67 .267 .361 .399 .760 81 1035

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 NL (29, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.7 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1944 NL  .312 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 NL  .399 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1944 NL  .859 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  146 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1944 NL  663 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 NL  109 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  181 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1944 NL  267 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 NL  29 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL  11 (5th)
1944 NL  14 (4th)
1945 NL  8 (8th)
1947 NL  8 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1943 NL  77 (7th)
1944 NL  79 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 NL  67 (7th)
1944 NL  63 (5th)
1946 NL  54 (10th)
1949 NL  68 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1943 NL  12 (3rd)
1945 NL  15 (4th)
1946 NL  11 (9th)
1947 NL  7 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1944 NL  125 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1944 NL  105 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  56 (8th)
1946 NL  43 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 NL  265 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1944 NL  .714 (8th)
1945 NL  .640 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  5 (5th)
1945 NL  5 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1943 NL  6.0 (9th)
1945 NL  13.3 (4th)
1946 NL  9.3 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1945 NL  42.5 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1203), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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