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 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
1928	22	HFD	A	8	4	.667	2.37	24						95.0	85	31	25		35							1.263	8.1		3.3			HFD · EL
1929	23	STP	AA	4	9	.308	4.93	34						115.0	127	82	63		49							1.530	9.9		3.8			STP · AA
1930	24	STP	AA	3	5	.375	5.34	29						113.0	137	89	67		50							1.655	10.9		4.0			STP · AA
1931	25	STP	AA	13	5	.722	5.06	35						162.0	189	105	91		62							1.549	10.5		3.4			STP · AA
1932	26	STP	AA	22	17	.564		51						303.0	318	153			123							1.455	9.4		3.7			STP · AA
1933	27	NYY	AL	12	4	*.750*	4.18	26	22	3	10	2	1	157.0	160	81	73	8	63	76	1	0	3	687	93	1.420	9.2	0.5	3.6	4.4	1.21
1934	28	NYY	AL	3	5	.375	6.34	28	9	9	0	0	0	88.0	107	69	62	3	46	39	2	1	1	403	65	1.739	10.9	0.3	4.7	4.0	0.85
1935	29	TOT	AL	9	16	.360	5.30	58	17	25	1	0	3	175.0	206	121	103	10	91	90	3	0	4	811	90	1.697	10.6	0.5	4.7	4.6	0.99
1935	29	NYY	AL	0	0		3.86	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	5	5	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	23	114	1.929	9.6	0.0	7.7	5.8	0.75
1935	29	SLB	AL	9	16	.360	5.34	53	17	23	1	0	3	170.1	201	116	101	10	87	87	3	0	4	788	89	1.691	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.6	1.00
1936	30	SLB	AL	4	7	.364	6.60	52	9	20	2	0	2	122.2	164	101	90	9	68	59	2	0	3	591	81	1.891	12.0	0.7	5.0	4.3	0.87
1937	31	SLB	AL	1	2	.333	5.52	16	6	4	1	0	0	58.2	74	41	36	2	32	34	0	0	2	280	88	1.807	11.4	0.3	4.9	5.2	1.06
1938	32	SLB	AL	4	7	.364	6.06	25	12	5	3	1	0	104.0	118	75	70	7	61	35	1	0	3	481	82	1.721	10.2	0.6	5.3	3.0	0.57
1939	33	TTO	AA	0	1	.000	15.00	2						3.0	5	6	5		6							3.667	15.0		18.0			TTO · IL
1939	33	SLB	AL	0	0		11.57	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	10	9	0	7	6	1	1	0	38	44	2.286	11.6	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86
7 Yrs				33	41	.446	5.60	207	76	66	17	3	6	712.1	838	498	443	39	368	339	10	2	16	3291	83	1.693	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.3	0.92
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.446	5.60	50	18	16	4	1	1	171	201	120	106	9	88	81	2	0	4	791	83	1.693	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.3	0.92

SLB (5 yrs)				18	32	.360	5.95	148	45	52	7	1	5	462.2	566	343	306	28	255	221	7	1	12	2178	84	1.774	11.0	0.5	5.0	4.3	0.87
NYY (3 yrs)				15	9	.625	4.94	59	31	14	10	2	1	249.2	272	155	137	11	113	118	3	1	4	1113	81	1.542	9.8	0.4	4.1	4.3	1.04

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
1933	27	NYY	AL	157.0	26	22	81	4.64	4.92	-0.25	0.00	93.3	4.83	2	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.4	22	.506	.501	$
1934	28	NYY	AL	88.0	28	9	69	7.06	5.11	0.26	0.00	92.0	4.45	-26	-2.2	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-15	.420	.486	$
1935	29	NYY	AL	4.2	5	0	5	9.64	5.10	0.32	0.00	96.6	4.62	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.452	.499	$
1935	29	SLB	AL	170.1	53	17	116	6.13	5.40	-0.24	0.00	104.5	5.89	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.0	16	.492	.497	$
1936	30	SLB	AL	122.2	52	9	101	7.41	5.90	-0.38	0.00	103.2	6.48	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	4	.479	.493	$
1937	31	SLB	AL	58.2	16	6	41	6.29	5.30	-0.31	0.00	104.0	5.84	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.482	.498	$
1938	32	SLB	AL	104.0	25	12	75	6.49	5.53	-0.40	0.00	100.4	5.95	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.2	7	.474	.496	$
1939	33	SLB	AL	7.0	2	1	10	12.86	5.97	-0.53	0.00	110.0	7.15	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.325	.498	$
7 Seasons				712.1	207	76	498	6.29	5.36	-0.23	0.00	99.6	5.59	-59	-5.1	1.0	-0.4	0.7	32	.475	.496	$

SLB (5 yrs)				462.2	148	45	343	6.67	5.56	-0.33	0.00	103.3	6.07	-32	-2.8	1.0	-0.3	1.0	28	.481	.497	$
NYY (3 yrs)				249.2	59	31	155	5.59	4.99	-0.06	0.00	92.9	4.69	-27	-2.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	5	.460	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1933	27	NYY	AL	685	1.2%	11.1%	9.2%	3.5%	15%	77%
1934	28	NYY	AL	405	0.7%	9.6%	11.4%			76%
1935	29	TOT	AL	812	1.2%	11.1%	11.2%	1.2%	5%	75%
1935	29	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	13.0%	17.4%			70%
1935	29	SLB	AL	789	1.3%	11.0%	11.0%	1.3%	5%	75%
1936	30	SLB	AL	591	1.5%	10.0%	11.5%	2.2%	8%	75%
1937	31	SLB	AL	280	0.7%	12.1%	11.4%	1.1%	4%	73%
1938	32	SLB	AL	481	1.5%	7.3%	12.7%	1.7%	7%	76%
1939	33	SLB	AL	38	0.0%	15.8%	18.4%			61%
7 Yrs				3292	1.2%	10.3%	11.2%	1.8%	7%	75%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.6%	8.5%	3.2%	13%	79%

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+
1933	27	12	4	.750	4.18	26	22	3	10	2	1	157.0	160	81	73	8	63	76	1	0	3	687	93	1.420	9.2	0.5	3.6	4.4	1.21	93
1934	28	15	9	.625	4.96	54	31	12	10	2	1	245.0	267	150	135	11	109	115	3	1	4	1090	80	1.535	9.8	0.4	4.0	4.2	1.06	80
1935	29	24	25	.490	5.10	112	48	37	11	2	4	420.0	473	271	238	21	200	205	6	1	8	1901	84	1.602	10.1	0.5	4.3	4.4	1.03	84
1936	30	28	32	.467	5.44	164	57	57	13	2	6	542.2	637	372	328	30	268	264	8	1	11	2492	84	1.668	10.6	0.5	4.4	4.4	0.99	84
1937	31	29	34	.460	5.45	180	63	61	14	2	6	601.1	711	413	364	32	300	298	8	1	13	2772	84	1.681	10.6	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.99	84
1938	32	33	41	.446	5.54	205	75	66	17	3	6	705.1	829	488	434	39	361	333	9	1	16	3253	84	1.687	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.2	0.92	84
1939	33	33	41	.446	5.60	207	76	66	17	3	6	712.1	838	498	443	39	368	339	10	2	16	3291	83	1.693	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.3	0.92	83

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
1933	27	9	9	.500	4.07	166.0	168	83	75	8	66	80	1	1.410	9.1	3.6	4.3	1.21	0.4	26
1934	28	3	6	.333	6.34	88.0	110	69	62	3	47	39	2	1.784	11.3	4.8	4.0	0.83	0.3	28
1935	29	10	11	.476	4.19	191.0	197	99	89	10	87	98	3	1.487	9.3	4.1	4.6	1.13	0.5	58
1936	30	6	9	.400	4.57	136.0	147	77	69	8	61	65	2	1.529	9.7	4.0	4.3	1.07	0.5	52
1937	31	3	4	.429	4.22	64.0	69	33	30	2	30	37	0	1.547	9.7	4.2	5.2	1.23	0.3	16
1938	32	5	7	.417	4.62	113.0	111	64	58	7	57	38	1	1.487	8.8	4.5	3.0	0.67	0.6	25
1939	33	0	0		9.00	8.0	8	9	8	0	6	7	1	1.750	9.0	6.8	7.9	1.17	0.0	2
7 Yrs		36	46	.439	4.59	766.0	810	434	391	38	354	364	10	1.520	9.5		4.3	1.03	0.4	207

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1933 AL .750 (1st)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 4.357 (6th) 1935 AL 4.629 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1935 AL 58 (1st) 1936 AL 52 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1935 AL 3 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1935 AL 90 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1933 AL 2 (4th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1933 AL 1.206 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1935 AL 16 (2nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1935 AL 25 (2nd) 1936 AL 20 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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