Jim Russell
James William Russell
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1942
Final Game: October 1, 1951
Died: November 24, 1987 in Orlando, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
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 /O
1943 24 PIT NL 146 614 533 79 138 19 11 4 44 12 77 67 .259 .354 .358 .712 103 191 13 1 3 *O/3
1944 25 PIT NL 152 664 580 109 181 34 14 8 66 6 79 63 .312 .399 .460 .859 137 267 8 5 0 *O MVP-29
1945 26 PIT NL 146 589 510 88 145 24 8 12 77 15 71 40 .284 .377 .433 .810 121 221 7 5 3 *O
1946 27 PIT NL 146 591 516 68 143 29 6 8 50 11 67 54 .277 .362 .403 .765 115 208 11 2 6 *O/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 *O
1948 29 BSN NL 89 374 322 44 85 18 1 9 54 4 46 31 .264 .361 .410 .771 109 132 8 3 3 O
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 *O
1950 31 BRO NL 77 246 214 37 49 8 2 10 32 1 31 36 .229 .329 .425 .755 95 91 6 1 0 O
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 /O
10 Seasons 1035 4145 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 3021 2631 414 729 127 47 40 288 51 358 286 .277 .367 .407 .774 113 1070 51 15 17
BSN (2 yrs) 219 860 737 101 181 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 89 91 8 2 0

Advanced Batting

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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 614 411 67 4.4 92 .290 .259 .268 .354 .337 .358 .364 .712 .701 103 .549 3.6 0.4 .689 .266 .099 6.0
1944 25 PIT NL 664 407 105 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 589 375 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 591 390 75 5.2 94 .297 .277 .265 .362 .341 .403 .371 .765 .711 115 .609 11.5 1.2 .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 374 248 47 5.0 101 .270 .264 .268 .361 .342 .410 .396 .771 .738 109 .556 5.5 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 4.7 110 .232 .229 .272 .329 .349 .425 .422 .755 .771 95 .496 -2.0 -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 Seasons 4145 2737 516 5.0 99 .288 .267 .271 .360 .343 .400 .387 .760 .730 108 .571 49.4 5.1 .745 .289 .133 62.7
162 Game Avg. 649 428 81 5.0 99 .288 .267 .271 .360 .343 .400 .387 .760 .730 108 .571 8 1 .745 .289 .133 10
PIT (6 yrs) 3021 1970 391 5.3 98 .299 .277 .272 .367 .344 .407 .382 .774 .725 113 .605 52.7 5.4 .765 .285 .130 44.8
BSN (2 yrs) 860 581 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 4.3 109 .223 .216 .272 .326 .349 .401 .421 .727 .770 89 .459 -4.0 -0.4 .694 .344 .185 1.8

Cumulative Batting

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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 24 151 629 547 81 139 19 11 4 44 12 78 71 .254 .348 .351 .699 100 192 13 1 3
1944 25 303 1293 1127 190 320 53 25 12 110 18 157 134 .284 .374 .407 .782 119 459 21 6 3
1945 26 449 1882 1637 278 465 77 33 24 187 33 228 174 .284 .375 .415 .791 120 680 28 11 6
1946 27 595 2473 2153 346 608 106 39 32 237 44 295 228 .282 .372 .412 .785 119 888 39 13 12
1947 28 723 3021 2631 414 729 127 47 40 288 51 358 286 .277 .367 .407 .774 113 1070 51 15 17
1948 29 812 3395 2953 458 814 145 48 49 342 55 404 317 .276 .366 .407 .773 113 1202 59 18 20
1949 30 942 3881 3368 515 910 167 49 57 396 58 468 385 .270 .363 .400 .762 110 1346 68 20 25
1950 31 1019 4127 3582 552 959 175 51 67 428 59 499 421 .268 .361 .401 .762 109 1437 74 21 25
1951 32 1035 4145 3595 554 959 175 51 67 428 59 0 503 427 .267 .360 .400 .760 108 1437 76 22 25

Neutralized Batting

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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 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 24 153 651 565 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 26 153 605 528 87 147 24 8 12 76 15 72 42 .278 .370 .422 .793 82 146
1946 27 153 624 548 78 158 32 7 9 57 12 74 56 .288 .375 .422 .797 86 146
1947 28 134 561 495 67 122 21 8 8 50 7 64 61 .246 .335 .370 .705 61 128
1948 29 93 388 337 46 89 19 1 9 56 4 48 32 .264 .361 .407 .767 49 89
1949 30 135 501 432 60 101 23 1 8 57 3 67 71 .234 .339 .347 .687 51 130
1950 31 80 253 221 36 49 8 2 10 32 1 31 38 .222 .320 .412 .732 29 77
1951 32 17 19 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .263 .000 .263 0 16
10 Seasons 1081 4307 3757 579 1006 183 54 68 446 61 528 445 .268 .361 .400 .761 543 1035
162 Game Avg. 162 645 563 87 151 27 8 10 67 9 79 67 .268 .361 .400 .761 81 1035

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 (1684th)

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  664 (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)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 NL  137 (10th)

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

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  32 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  3.2 (9th)

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 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Steve Henderson (947)
  6. Floyd Robinson (944)
  7. Mitch Webster (943)
  8. Sam Mele (938)
  9. Irv Noren (936)
  10. Johnny Wyrostek (932)
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  1. Leon Culberson (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Fox (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Heinie Mueller (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. David DeJesus (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Lumley (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Coco Crisp (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Casey Stengel (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jay Johnstone (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Wyrostek (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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