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Marius Russo

Marius Ugo Russo (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 19, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Richmond Hill HS (Queens, NY)
Schools: Brooklyn College, The City University of New York (Brooklyn, NY), Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1939 (Age 24)
Team: Yankees 1939-1946

Final Game: August 4, 1946 (Age 32)
Died: March 26, 2005 in Fort Myers, FL
Buried: Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, FL
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1939 24 NYY AL 8 3 .727 2.41 21 11 5 9 2 2 116.0 86 37 31 6 41 55 1 0 1 462 181 1.095 6.7 0.5 3.2 4.3 1.34
1940 25 NYY AL 14 8 .636 3.28 30 24 2 15 0 1 189.1 181 79 69 17 55 87 1 0 1 786 123 1.246 8.6 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.58
1941 26 NYY AL 14 10 .583 3.09 28 27 1 17 3 1 209.2 195 85 72 8 87 105 1 0 3 886 128 1.345 8.4 0.3 3.7 4.5 1.21 AS
1942 27 NYY AL 4 1 .800 2.78 9 5 3 2 0 0 45.1 41 15 14 2 14 15 1 0 0 184 125 1.213 8.1 0.4 2.8 3.0 1.07
1943 28 NYY AL 5 10 .333 3.72 24 14 6 5 1 1 101.2 89 53 42 7 45 42 2 0 1 431 87 1.318 7.9 0.6 4.0 3.7 0.93
1946 31 NYY AL 0 2 .000 4.34 8 3 2 0 0 0 18.2 26 9 9 1 11 7 0 0 0 89 81 1.982 12.5 0.5 5.3 3.4 0.64
6 Yrs 45 34 .570 3.13 120 84 19 48 6 5 680.2 618 278 237 41 253 311 6 0 6 2838 124 1.280 8.2 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.23
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .570 3.13 40 28 6 16 2 2 227 206 93 79 14 84 104 2 0 2 946 124 1.280 8.2 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1939 24 NYY AL 116.0 21 11 37 2.87 5.15 0.55 0.00 95.2 4.38 18 1.8 1.0 -0.1 2.9 33 .586 .511 $3,600
1940 25 NYY AL 189.1 30 24 79 3.76 5.02 0.26 0.00 91.0 4.33 11 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.7 32 .535 .507 $8,000
1941 26 NYY AL 209.2 28 27 85 3.65 4.74 0.40 0.00 95.4 4.13 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.8 32 .536 .506 $11,000 AS
1942 27 NYY AL 45.1 9 5 15 2.98 4.20 0.46 0.00 92.5 3.45 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .526 .501 $12,000
1943 28 NYY AL 101.2 24 14 53 4.69 3.71 0.20 0.00 99.8 3.50 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .436 .491 $7,500
1946 31 NYY AL 18.2 8 3 9 4.34 3.91 0.36 0.00 101.5 3.60 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.0 -0.0 -0 .479 .499
6 Seasons 680.2 120 84 278 3.68 4.67 0.36 0.00 94.8 4.08 26 2.4 1.0 -0.4 8.1 96 .520 .502 $42,100

Postseason Pitching

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
1941 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 32 0.667 4.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 2.50
1943 28 NYY AL WS W STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 37 0.889 7.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 2 1 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 69 0.778 5.5 0.0 1.5 3.5 2.33
2 WS 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 2 1 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 69 0.778 5.5 0.0 1.5 3.5 2.33

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1941 NYY AL 26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1946 31 NYY AL 8 5 78 9 26 0 0 1 0 0 11 7 .333 .416 .372 .788 .357 29 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 8 5 78 9 26 0 0 1 0 0 11 7 .333 .416 .372 .788 .357 29 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 49 31 482 56 161 0 0 6 0 0 68 43 .333 .416 .372 .788 .357 179 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages .261 .330 .328 .658 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1946 31 NYY AL -1.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.02 0.2 0 0 1
6 Yrs 59.9 5.9 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.02 0.2 0 0 1

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1939 24 NYY AL 21 11 8 2 1 1 1 8 3 .727 0 0 9 2 9 82% 64.0 82 45 3 7 6.7 8.7
1940 25 NYY AL 30 24 14 8 2 2 4 15 9 .625 0 0 15 0 16 67% 55.4 76 22 6 10 6.3 7.6
1941 26 NYY AL 28 27 14 10 3 2 4 16 10 .615 0 0 17 3 17 63% 55.2 88 10 5 17 5.0 7.7
1942 27 NYY AL 9 5 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 .600 0 0 2 0 4 80% 56.0 71 29 1 4 6.3 7.4
1943 28 NYY AL 24 14 4 8 2 0 4 6 8 .429 0 0 5 1 9 64% 51.1 86 23 5 7 3.6 6.5
1946 31 NYY AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.7 53 27 0 0 0 2 1.7 3.9
6 Yrs 120 84 43 31 10 5 14 48 35 .578 0 0 48 6 55 65% 55 88 10 0 0 20 47 5.3 7.4
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -20 4.3 4.5 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1939 24 NYY AL 21 10 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 0 6.1
1940 25 NYY AL 30 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 3.8
1941 26 NYY AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1942 27 NYY AL 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6.3
1943 28 NYY AL 24 10 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 3.2
1946 31 NYY AL 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .020 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 4.2
6 Yrs 120 36 19 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .020 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17 11 0 2 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1939 24 NYY AL 463 1.3% 11.9% 8.9% 2.4% 13% 75%
1940 25 NYY AL 786 2.2% 11.1% 7.0% 4.3% 19% 79%
1941 26 NYY AL 886 0.9% 11.9% 9.8% 2.5% 11% 77%
1942 27 NYY AL 184 1.1% 8.2% 7.6% 1.6% 7% 82%
1943 28 NYY AL 431 1.6% 9.7% 10.4% 2.3% 11% 77%
1946 31 NYY AL 89 20% 20.0% 140.0% 220.0% 20.0% 4% 1400% 0 0
6 Yrs 2839 20% 1.5% 11.3% 9.2% 2.9% 13% 80% 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 1.5% 10.6% 10.4% 3.7% 13% 0.93 92% 9%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1939 24 NYY AL 86 6 1
1940 25 NYY AL 181 17 1
1941 26 NYY AL 195 8 3
1942 27 NYY AL 41 2 0
1943 28 NYY AL 89 7 1
1946 31 NYY AL 5 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
6 Yrs 5 618 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
MLB Averages 54% 57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1939 24 8 3 .727 2.41 21 11 5 9 2 2 116.0 86 37 31 6 41 55 1 0 1 462 181 1.095 6.7 0.5 3.2 4.3 1.34 181
1940 25 22 11 .667 2.95 51 35 7 24 2 3 305.1 267 116 100 23 96 142 2 0 2 1248 141 1.189 7.9 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.48 141
1941 26 36 21 .632 3.01 79 62 8 41 5 4 515.0 462 201 172 31 183 247 3 0 5 2134 136 1.252 8.1 0.5 3.2 4.3 1.35 136
1942 27 40 22 .645 2.99 88 67 11 43 5 4 560.1 503 216 186 33 197 262 4 0 5 2318 135 1.249 8.1 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.33 135
1943 28 45 32 .584 3.10 112 81 17 48 6 5 662.0 592 269 228 40 242 304 6 0 6 2749 126 1.260 8.0 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.26 126
1944 29 45 32 .584 3.10 112 81 17 48 6 5 662.0 592 269 228 40 242 304 6 0 6 2749 126 1.260 8.0 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.26 126
1945 30 45 32 .584 3.10 112 81 17 48 6 5 662.0 592 269 228 40 242 304 6 0 6 2749 126 1.260 8.0 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.26 126
1946 31 45 34 .570 3.13 120 84 19 48 6 5 680.2 618 278 237 41 253 311 6 0 6 2838 124 1.280 8.2 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.23 124

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1939 24 10 3 .769 2.19 119.0 86 32 29 6 41 57 1 1.067 6.5 3.1 4.3 1.39 0.5 21
1940 25 12 9 .571 3.28 192.0 186 78 70 17 57 88 1 1.266 8.7 2.7 4.1 1.54 0.8 30
1941 26 14 9 .609 3.13 210.0 200 81 73 8 89 105 1 1.376 8.6 3.8 4.5 1.18 0.3 28
1942 27 2 2 .500 3.27 44.0 46 18 16 2 16 15 1 1.409 9.4 3.3 3.1 0.94 0.4 9
1943 28 5 6 .455 4.59 100.0 101 57 51 8 51 41 2 1.520 9.1 4.6 3.7 0.80 0.7 24
1946 31 0 1 .000 5.00 18.0 28 11 10 1 12 7 0 2.222 14.0 6.0 3.5 0.58 0.5 8
6 Yrs 43 30 .589 3.28 683.0 647 277 249 42 266 313 6 1.337 8.5 4.1 1.18 0.6 120

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1940 AL  3.28 (8th)
1941 AL  3.09 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1940 AL  14 (10th)
1941 AL  14 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL  .636 (7th)
1941 AL  .583 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1940 AL  1.246 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  8.604 (6th)
1941 AL  8.370 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  2.614 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  4.136 (8th)
1941 AL  4.507 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 AL  105 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 AL  17 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 AL  2 (4th)
1941 AL  3 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1940 AL  1.582 (5th)
1941 AL  1.207 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  0.343 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 AL  128 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  26 (7th)
1941 AL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  2.6 (7th)
1941 AL  2.0 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (930), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (408), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (931st), 8.8 career WAR/8.8 7yr-peak WAR/8.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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