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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
Team: Yankees 1939-1946

Final Game: August 4, 1946
Died: March 26, 2005 in Fort Myers, FL
Buried: Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, FL
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All-Star

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
1937	22	NYY-min	AA	8	8	.500	3.63	27	13					119.0	129	59	48		45							1.462	9.8		3.4			NWK · IL
1938	23	NYY-min	AA	17	8	.680	3.15	32	27					206.0	200	86	72		73							1.325	8.7		3.2			NWK · IL
1939	24	NYY-min	AA	5	4	.556	1.97	10	8					64.0	38	15	14		17							0.859	5.3		2.4			NWK · IL
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-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	3			0	0		8.0	13	4	3		2	4	0	0	0			1.875	14.6		2.2	4.5	2.00	KCY · AA
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
1947	32	NYY-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.57	22	20	1	10	1		136.0	169	87	69		55	50	2	0	2			1.647	11.2		3.6	3.3	0.91	NWK,KCY · IL,AA
1948	33	DET-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.95	26			1	0		60.0	69	36	33		22	21	1	0	1			1.517	10.4		3.3	3.2	0.95	SLE · PCL
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 (v2.1): 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
1939	24	NYY	AL	116.0	21	11	37	2.87	5.15	0.55	0.00	93.7	4.31	18	1.8	1.0	-0.1	2.7	33	.584	.511	$
1940	25	NYY	AL	189.1	30	24	79	3.76	5.03	0.26	0.00	91.0	4.34	11	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.3	30	.535	.507	$
1941	26	NYY	AL	209.2	28	27	85	3.65	4.76	0.40	0.00	95.2	4.14	10	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.4	31	.538	.507	$	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	0.5	5	.525	.501	$
1943	28	NYY	AL	101.2	24	14	53	4.69	3.71	0.20	0.00	99.7	3.50	-14	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.437	.491	$

1946	31	NYY	AL	18.2	8	3	9	4.34	3.93	0.36	0.00	101.5	3.61	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.479	.499	$
6 Seasons				680.2	120	84	278	3.68	4.68	0.36	0.00	94.4	4.07	26	2.4	1.0	-0.4	6.9	92	.520	.502	$

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
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

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
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	1.1%	7.9%	12.4%			79%
6 Yrs				2839	1.4%	11.0%	8.9%	2.8%	13%	77%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	6	2838	124	1.280	8.2	0.5	3.3	4.1	1.23	124

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
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1941	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 Ink	Pitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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