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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1942 PIT NL 23 OF 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .983 2.13 0-3-0
1943 PIT NL 24 OF 134 304 285 16 3 3 .990 2.25 .977 2.27 133-2-2
1943 PIT NL 24 1B 6 38 38 0 0 3 1.000 6.33 .992 9.98
1944 PIT NL 25 OF 149 370 345 20 5 7 .986 2.45 .980 2.31 139-6-4 MVP-29
1945 PIT NL 26 OF 140 331 313 9 9 1 .973 2.30 .978 2.33 139-1-0
1946 PIT NL 27 OF 134 326 308 7 11 1 .966 2.35 .977 2.16 67-68-0
1946 PIT NL 27 1B 5 46 43 2 1 6 .978 9.00 .991 9.28
1947 PIT NL 28 OF 119 356 343 6 7 3 .980 2.93 .977 2.19 1-102-19
1948 BSN NL 29 OF 84 251 246 3 2 0 .992 2.96 .978 2.20 2-82-0
1949 BSN NL 30 OF 120 279 269 3 7 3 .975 2.27 .977 2.25 30-93-0
1950 BRO NL 31 OF 55 135 131 3 1 0 .993 2.44 .978 2.14 53-3-0
1951 BRO NL 32 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 2.22 4-0-0
10 Seasons OF 942 2367 2255 67 45 18 .981 2.46 .978 2.24 568-360-25
2 Seasons 1B 11 84 81 2 1 9 .988 7.55 .992 9.66
10 Seasons TOT 953 2451 2336 69 46 27 .981 2.52 .959 2.33 568-360-25

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 (1667th)

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

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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

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  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
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Obtained by the St. Louis Browns from Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania State Associatio) as part of a minor league working agreement.

August, 1941: Sent from the St. Louis Browns to Memphis (Southern Association) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 13, 1941: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Memphis (Southern Association) in the 1941 minor league draft.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Lyons and Bill Salkeld to the Boston Braves for Johnny Hopp and Danny Murtaugh.

December 24, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves with Ed Sauer and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Luis Olmo.

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