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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:19PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1032. Jose Offerman… #1033. Gene Alley… #1034. Bucky Harris… #1035. JIM RUSSELL… #1036. Jim Davenport… #1037. Red Kress… #1038. Jorge Orta… 

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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 .712 102 191 13 1 3 *O/3
1944 25 PIT NL 152 664 580 109 181 34 14 8 66 6 79 63 .312 .399 .460 .859 136 267 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 .765 114 208 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 94 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 88 91 8 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 23 PIT NL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O
1943 24 PIT NL 614 4 2 0 0 3 -6 19 22 2.3 19 2.0 0.3 $ *O/3
1944 25 PIT NL 664 32 3 0 0 4 -7 19 51 5.4 47 5.0 0.4 $ *O MVP-29
1945 26 PIT NL 589 19 2 0 0 4 -6 19 38 3.9 34 3.6 0.3 $ *O
1946 27 PIT NL 591 6 0 0 0 -5 -4 21 18 1.9 23 2.5 -0.6 $ *O/3
1947 28 PIT NL 548 -7 1 0 0 2 -2 19 13 1.3 11 1.1 0.2 $ *O
1948 29 BSN NL 374 3 -1 0 0 6 -1 13 20 2.0 14 1.5 0.5 $ O
1949 30 BSN NL 486 -7 0 0 0 -7 -2 18 2 0.2 9 0.9 -0.7 $ *O
1950 31 BRO NL 246 -1 0 0 0 3 -2 9 9 0.9 6 0.6 0.3 $ O
1951 32 BRO NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /O
10 Seasons 4145 45 7 0 0 10 -30 138 170 17.5 160 16.9 0.6 $
PIT (6 yrs) 3021 52 8 0 0 8 -25 97 140 14.6 132 14.0 0.6 $
BSN (2 yrs) 860 -4 -1 0 0 -1 -3 31 22 2.2 23 2.4 -0.2 $
BRO (2 yrs) 264 -3 0 0 0 3 -2 10 8 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 PIT NL 23 OF 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .981 2.33
1942 PIT NL 23 CF 3 3 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .978 2.63
1943 PIT NL 24 OF 134 304 285 16 3 3 .990 2.25 .977 2.41
1943 PIT NL 24 1B 6 38 38 0 0 3 1.000 6.33 .992 10.48
1943 PIT NL 24 LF 134 127 117 303 284 16 3 3 .990 2.24 .977 2.26
1943 PIT NL 24 RF 4 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .977 2.20
1943 PIT NL 24 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.75
1944 PIT NL 25 OF 149 370 345 20 5 7 .986 2.45 .980 2.47 MVP-29
1944 PIT NL 25 LF 140 136 129 355 330 20 5 6 .986 2.50 .981 2.35 MVP-29
1944 PIT NL 25 CF 6 5 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .985 2.97 MVP-29
1944 PIT NL 25 RF 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.10 MVP-29
1945 PIT NL 26 OF 140 331 313 9 9 1 .973 2.30 .978 2.45
1945 PIT NL 26 LF 139 131 124 330 312 9 9 1 .973 2.31 .970 2.34
1945 PIT NL 26 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.90
1946 PIT NL 27 OF 134 326 308 7 11 1 .966 2.35 .977 2.38
1946 PIT NL 27 1B 5 46 43 2 1 6 .978 9.00 .991 9.98
1946 PIT NL 27 CF 68 67 66 179 171 3 5 1 .972 2.56 .979 2.85
1946 PIT NL 27 LF 67 61 58 147 137 4 6 0 .959 2.10 .975 2.26
1947 PIT NL 28 OF 119 356 343 6 7 3 .980 2.93 .977 2.42
1947 PIT NL 28 CF 96 94 94 293 284 4 5 0 .983 3.00 .978 2.79
1947 PIT NL 28 RF 23 22 21 63 59 2 2 2 .968 2.65 .978 2.14
1947 PIT NL 28 LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1948 BSN NL 29 OF 84 251 246 3 2 0 .992 2.96 .978 2.39
1948 BSN NL 29 CF 82 81 79 246 241 3 2 0 .992 2.98 .984 2.84
1948 BSN NL 29 LF 2 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .970 2.30
1949 BSN NL 30 OF 120 279 269 3 7 3 .975 2.27 .977 2.48
1949 BSN NL 30 CF 95 81 76 222 213 3 6 3 .973 2.27 .979 2.97
1949 BSN NL 30 LF 29 25 19 69 68 0 1 0 .986 2.34 .974 2.47
1950 BRO NL 31 OF 55 135 131 3 1 0 .993 2.44 .978 2.31
1950 BRO NL 31 LF 53 48 36 397.0 124 120 3 1 0 .992 2.79 2.32 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 BRO NL 31 CF 3 2 2 23.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.30 3.67 .980 2.78 2.73
1951 BRO NL 32 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .980 2.40
1951 BRO NL 32 LF 4 1 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.75 .977 2.31 2.33
10 Seasons OF 942 2367 2255 67 45 18 .981 2.46 .978 2.42
9 Seasons LF 569 532 486 411.0 1339 1262 52 25 10 .981 2.76 2.31 .976 2.29 2.31
9 Seasons CF 356 333 325 23.0 976 945 13 18 4 .982 4.30 2.69 .980 2.78 2.86
3 Seasons RF 30 29 25 69 65 2 2 2 .971 2.23 .978 2.14
2 Seasons 1B 11 84 81 2 1 9 .988 7.55 .992 10.25
10 Seasons TOT 953 2451 2336 69 46 27 .981 2.52 .978 2.51
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 (1713th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 NL  5.4 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 NL  5.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 NL  5.0 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  0.5 (6th)

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)

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)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  52 (91st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1944 NL  149 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1944 NL  345 (5th)
1946 NL  308 (5th)
1947 NL  343 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1943 NL  16 (5th)
1944 NL  20 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1945 NL  9 (4th)
1946 NL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1943 NL  2.24 (2nd)
1944 NL  2.50 (1st)
1945 NL  2.31 (3rd)
Career  2.31 (11th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1943 NL  .990 (2nd)
1944 NL  .986 (3rd)
1945 NL  .973 (3rd)
Career  .981 (69th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  3.00 (1st)
1948 NL  2.98 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  .983 (3rd)
1948 NL  .992 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  2.93 (1st)
1948 NL  2.96 (2nd)
Career  2.47 (87th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1943 NL  .990 (3rd)
1948 NL  .992 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1203), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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