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Russ Van Atta

Russell Van Atta (Sheriff)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ
High School: Augusta HS (Augusta, NJ)
School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1933
Teams (by GP): Browns/Yankees 1933-1939

Final Game: May 11, 1939
Died: October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ
Buried: Frankford Plains Cemetery, Newton, NJ
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Standard Batting

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
1933 27 NYY AL 26 67 60 8 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 8 .283 .306 .317 .623 70 19 0 5 1
1934 28 NYY AL 28 30 29 5 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 .207 .207 .379 .586 52 11 0 1 1
1935 29 TOT AL 58 50 43 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .209 .227 .256 .483 23 11 0 6 1
1935 29 NYY AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 29 SLB AL 53 49 42 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .214 .233 .262 .494 26 11 0 6 1
1936 30 SLB AL 53 29 29 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .172 .172 .241 .414 0 7 0 0 1
1937 31 SLB AL 16 15 13 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .462 .533 .692 1.226 206 9 0 0 1
1938 32 SLB AL 25 33 30 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .133 .133 .200 .333 -17 6 0 3 1
1939 33 SLB AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 208 226 206 24 47 8 1 2 17 1 0 5 34 .228 .246 .306 .552 42 63 0 0 15
162 Game Avg. 162 176 160 19 37 6 1 2 13 1 0 4 26 .228 .246 .306 .552 42 49 0 12
SLB (5 yrs) 149 128 116 11 24 6 0 1 7 1 0 3 22 .207 .227 .284 .511 28 33 0 0 9
NYY (3 yrs) 59 98 90 13 23 2 1 1 10 0 0 2 12 .256 .272 .333 .605 62 30 0 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1933 27 NYY AL 26 67 -3 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .514 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1
1934 28 NYY AL 28 30 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1935 29 NYY AL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1935 29 SLB AL 53 49 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1936 30 SLB AL 53 29 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1937 31 SLB AL 16 15 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.3 0 4 0.3 .521 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1938 32 SLB AL 25 33 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1939 33 SLB AL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
7 Seasons 208 226 -21 1 0 0 24 4 0.3 7 11 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.0 11 $
SLB (5 yrs) 149 128 -15 0 0 0 14 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 3 $
NYY (3 yrs) 59 98 -5 0 0 0 10 5 0.4 3 8 0.5 .508 .501 0.5 0.0 8 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1933 27 NYY AL 67 48 6 3.4 101 .327 .283 .273 .306 .344 .317 .394 .623 .737 70 .346 -2.6 -0.2 .488 .067 .033
1934 28 NYY AL 30 24 2 2.2 106 .208 .207 .280 .207 .353 .379 .404 .586 .757 52 .184 -2.4 -0.2 .478 .172 .172 .0
1935 29 TOT AL 50 40 3 2.0 114 .231 .209 .291 .227 .364 .256 .420 .483 .784 23 .157 -5.1 -0.5 .353 .070 .047
1935 29 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .281 .000 .353 .000 .406 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1935 29 SLB AL 49 39 3 2.1 114 .237 .214 .291 .233 .364 .262 .421 .494 .785 26 .163 -4.8 -0.5 .364 .071 .048
1936 30 SLB AL 29 24 1 1.1 123 .238 .172 .301 .172 .377 .241 .442 .414 .820 0 .050 -4.7 -0.4 .292 .069 .069
1937 31 SLB AL 15 7 5 18.9 117 .500 .462 .290 .533 .365 .692 .432 1.226 .797 206 .912 2.2 0.2 1.571 .385 .231 .0
1938 32 SLB AL 33 29 1 0.9 117 .174 .133 .289 .133 .368 .200 .430 .333 .798 -17 .039 -5.5 -0.5 .269 .100 .067 .0
1939 33 SLB AL 2 2 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .289 .000 .364 .000 .427 .000 .791 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 226 174 18 2.8 111 .265 .228 .285 .246 .359 .306 .416 .552 .775 42 .248 -18.8 -1.8 .434 .107 .078 1.3
162 Game Avg. 176 136 14 2.8 111 .265 .228 .285 .246 .359 .306 .416 .552 .775 42 .248 -18.8 -1.8 .434 .107 .078 1
SLB (5 yrs) 128 101 10 2.6 117 .247 .207 .293 .227 .368 .284 .430 .511 .798 28 .221 -13.5 -1.2 .402 .112 .078 1.0
NYY (3 yrs) 98 73 8 2.9 103 .286 .256 .276 .272 .347 .333 .397 .605 .744 62 .286 -5.3 -0.5 .478 .100 .078 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1933 27 NYY AL 67 0.0% 11.9% 3.0% 3.0% 12% 4.00 7.5 8.6 78%
1934 28 NYY AL 30 3.3% 13.3% 0.0% 6.7% 33% 7.3 29.0 9.7 80%
1935 29 TOT AL 50 0.0% 8.0% 2.0% 4.0% 22% 4.00 10.8 10.8 78%
1935 29 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1935 29 SLB AL 49 0.0% 8.2% 2.0% 4.1% 22% 4.00 10.5 10.5 78%
1936 30 SLB AL 29 0.0% 27.6% 0.0% 6.9% 40% 3.6 29.0 72%
1937 31 SLB AL 15 6.7% 13.3% 13.3% 6.7% 17% 1.00 6.5 13.0 13.0 67%
1938 32 SLB AL 33 0.0% 21.2% 0.0% 6.1% 50% 4.3 30.0 70%
1939 33 SLB AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
7 Yrs 226 0.9% 15.0% 2.2% 4.9% 23% 6.80 6.1 103.0 12.1 75%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.6% 8.5% 6.8% 27% 1.02 10.4 63.6 7.7 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 27 26 67 60 8 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 8 .283 .306 .317 .623 70 19 0 5
1934 28 54 97 89 13 23 2 1 1 10 0 0 2 12 .258 .275 .337 .612 64 30 0 6
1935 29 112 147 132 18 32 4 1 1 14 0 0 3 16 .242 .259 .311 .570 50 41 0 12
1936 30 165 176 161 19 37 6 1 1 15 0 0 3 24 .230 .244 .298 .542 41 48 0 12
1937 31 181 191 174 22 43 6 1 2 16 0 0 5 26 .247 .268 .328 .596 54 57 0 12
1938 32 206 224 204 24 47 8 1 2 17 1 0 5 33 .230 .249 .309 .558 44 63 0 15
1939 33 208 226 206 24 47 8 1 2 17 1 0 5 34 .228 .246 .306 .552 42 63 0 0 15

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1933 27 28 70 63 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 2 9 .270 .292 .302 .594 5 26
1934 28 29 31 30 5 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 .200 .200 .367 .567 2 28
1935 29 61 51 44 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 .182 .200 .227 .427 2 58
1936 30 55 30 30 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 .167 .167 .233 .400 1 53
1937 31 17 15 13 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .462 .533 .692 1.226 4 16
1938 32 26 36 33 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 .152 .152 .212 .364 1 25
1939 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
7 Yrs 218 235 215 23 47 8 1 2 15 1 5 35 .219 .236 .293 .529 15 208
162 Game Avg. 162 175 160 17 35 6 1 1 11 1 4 26 .219 .236 .293 .529 11 208

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