Reb Russell

Ewell Albert Russell

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 12, 1889 in Jackson, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1913
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Pirates 1913-1923

Final Game: September 30, 1923
Died: September 30, 1973 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1912	23	FTW	B	4	4	.500		13						70.1	41	17			10							0.725	5.2		1.3			FTW · TL
1913	24	CHW	AL	22	16	.579	1.90	52	36	10	26	8	4	316.2	250	89	67	2	79	122	7	4	6	1221	154	1.039	7.1	0.1	2.2	3.5	1.54	MVP-14
1914	25	CHW	AL	7	12	.368	2.90	38	23	8	8	1	1	167.1	168	80	54	3	33	79	3	0	5	663	93	1.201	9.0	0.2	1.8	4.2	2.39
1915	26	CHW	AL	11	10	.524	2.59	41	25	15	10	3	2	229.1	215	90	66	0	47	90	6	0	2	918	115	1.142	8.4	*0.0*	1.8	3.5	1.91
1916	27	CHW	AL	18	11	.621	2.42	56	25	16	16	5	3	264.1	207	88	71	1	42	112	1	0	5	983	114	*0.942*	7.0	0.0	1.4	3.8	2.67
1917	28	CHW	AL	15	5	.750	1.95	35	24	8	11	5	3	189.1	170	61	41	1	32	54	1	0	1	728	137	1.067	8.1	0.0	1.5	2.6	1.69
1918	29	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	2.60	19	15	3	10	2	0	124.2	117	45	36	0	33	38	0	0	2	506	106	1.203	8.4	0.0	2.4	2.7	1.15
1919	30	MNE	AA	1	0	1.000		1																								MNE · AA
1919	30	CHW	AL	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2							0.00
1920	31	MNE	AA	0	1	.000		3																								MNE · AA
1921	32	MNE	AA	1	0	1.000		5																								MNE · AA
7 Yrs				80	59	.576	2.33	242	148	60	81	24	13	1291.2	1128	453	335	7	267	495	18	4	21	5021	121	1.080	7.9	0.0	1.9	3.4	1.85
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.576	2.33	42	26	10	14	4	2	225	197	79	58	1	47	86	3	1	4	875	121	1.080	7.9	0.0	1.9	3.4	1.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1913	24	CHW	AL	316.2	52	36	89	2.53	4.03	0.22	0.00	100.0	3.82	48	5.9	1.0	-0.3	8.5	76	.613	.536	$	MVP-14
1914	25	CHW	AL	167.1	38	23	80	4.30	3.73	0.16	0.00	98.0	3.50	-13	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	0	.460	.491	$
1915	26	CHW	AL	229.1	41	25	90	3.53	3.87	0.09	0.00	101.0	3.81	8	0.9	1.0	-0.2	2.8	29	.523	.506	$
1916	27	CHW	AL	264.1	56	25	88	3.00	3.65	0.19	0.00	97.0	3.36	11	1.3	1.0	-0.2	3.5	34	.524	.508	$
1917	28	CHW	AL	189.1	35	24	61	2.90	3.57	-0.03	0.00	100.0	3.60	14	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.4	31	.552	.511	$
1918	29	CHW	AL	124.2	19	15	45	3.25	3.71	-0.11	0.00	97.2	3.72	6	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.8	16	.540	.505	$
1919	30	CHW	AL	0.0	1	0	0					88.0				1.0	0.0					$
7 Seasons				1291.2	242	148	453	3.16	3.79	0.12	0.00	99.0	3.64	74	9.2	1.0	-1.1	19.9	187	.536	.509	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1917	28	CHW	AL	WS	W	NYG	0	0		inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3						0.00
1 WS							0	0		inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3						0.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	29	CHW	AL	510	0.0%	7.5%	6.5%	1.8%	8%	84%
1919	30	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%			50%
2 Yrs				512	0.0%	7.4%	6.6%	1.8%	8%	83%
MLB Averages					0.8%	7.6%	7.4%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1913	24	22	16	.579	1.90	52	36	10	26	8	4	316.2	250	89	67	2	79	122	7	4	6	1221	154	1.039	7.1	0.1	2.2	3.5	1.54	154
1914	25	29	28	.509	2.25	90	59	18	34	9	5	484.0	418	169	121	5	112	201	10	4	11	1884	127	1.095	7.8	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.79	127
1915	26	40	38	.513	2.36	131	84	33	44	12	7	713.1	633	259	187	5	159	291	16	4	13	2802	122	1.110	8.0	0.1	2.0	3.7	1.83	122
1916	27	58	49	.542	2.38	187	109	49	60	17	10	977.2	840	347	258	6	201	403	17	4	18	3785	120	1.065	7.7	0.1	1.9	3.7	2.01	120
1917	28	73	54	.575	2.31	222	133	57	71	22	13	1167.0	1010	408	299	7	233	457	18	4	19	4513	122	1.065	7.8	0.1	1.8	3.5	1.96	122
1918	29	80	59	.576	2.33	241	148	60	81	24	13	1291.2	1127	453	335	7	266	495	18	4	21	5019	121	1.078	7.9	0.0	1.9	3.4	1.86	121
1919	30	80	59	.576	2.33	242	148	60	81	24	13	1291.2	1128	453	335	7	267	495	18	4	21	5021	121	1.080	7.9	0.0	1.9	3.4	1.85	121

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1913	24	24	9	.727	2.38	303.0	280	89	80	2	88	117	8	1.215	8.3	2.6	3.5	1.33	0.1	52
1914	25	8	8	.500	4.11	149.0	191	76	68	3	38	71	3	1.537	11.5	2.3	4.3	1.87	0.2	38
1915	26	15	9	.625	3.10	221.0	236	84	76	0	52	87	7	1.303	9.6	2.1	3.5	1.67	0.0	41
1916	27	16	11	.593	3.36	244.0	239	101	91	1	48	104	1	1.176	8.8	1.8	3.8	2.17	0.0	56
1917	28	13	6	.684	2.69	174.0	195	58	52	1	37	50	1	1.333	10.1	1.9	2.6	1.35	0.1	35
1918	29	9	7	.563	3.50	144.0	165	62	56	0	47	44	0	1.472	10.3	2.9	2.8	0.94	0.0	19
6 Yrs		85	50	.630	3.08	1235.0	1306	470	423	7	310	473	20	1.309	9.5		3.4	1.53	0.1	241

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1913 AL (14, 8%) 0.08 Career Shares (972nd)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1913 AL 8.8 (2nd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1913 AL 8.5 (2nd) 1916 AL 3.5 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1913 AL 1.90 (4th) 1917 AL 1.95 (5th) Career 2.33 (20th)
Wins s c a p y 1913 AL 22 (3rd) 1916 AL 18 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1916 AL .621 (10th) 1917 AL .750 (2nd) Career .576 (201st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1913 AL 1.039 (2nd) 1916 AL 0.942 (1st) 1917 AL 1.067 (5th) Career 1.080 (11th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 AL 7.105 (5th) 1916 AL 7.048 (5th) Career 7.860 (82nd)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 AL 2.245 (8th) 1914 AL 1.775 (2nd) 1915 AL 1.845 (4th) 1916 AL 1.430 (1st) 1917 AL 1.521 (1st) Career 1.860 (63rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1913 AL 52 (1st) 1916 AL 56 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1913 AL 4 (4th) 1916 AL 3 (8th) 1917 AL 3 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1913 AL 316.7 (2nd)
Games Started s c a p y 1913 AL 36 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1913 AL 26 (2nd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1913 AL 8 (2nd) 1915 AL 3 (8th) 1916 AL 5 (4th) 1917 AL 5 (7th) Career 24 (187th)	Hits s c a p y 1913 AL 250 (8th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1914 AL 2.394 (5th) 1915 AL 1.915 (6th) 1916 AL 2.667 (2nd) 1917 AL 1.688 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 AL 0.057 (7th) 1915 AL 0.000 (1st) 1916 AL 0.034 (4th) 1917 AL 0.048 (8th) Career 0.049 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1913 AL 16 (7th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1913 AL 1,221 (3rd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1915 AL 15 (5th) 1916 AL 16 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1913 AL 154 (5th) 1917 AL 137 (6th) Career 121 (113th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 37 (2nd) 1917 AL 13 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1913 AL 4.1 (2nd) 1917 AL 1.5 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 57 (447), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 28 (469), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 28 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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