Russ Van Atta
Russell Van Atta (Sheriff)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 184 lb.

Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ
High School: Augusta (Augusta, NJ)
School: Pennsylvania State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1933
Final Game: May 11, 1939
Died: October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 23 105 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 82 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 87 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 SLB AL 0 0 11.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 10 9 0 7 6 1 1 0 38 42 2.286 11.6 0.0 9.0 7.7 0.86
7 Seasons 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 80 1.542 9.8 0.4 4.1 4.3 1.04

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
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 83 1.668 10.6 0.5 4.4 4.4 0.99 83
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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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
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 6.27 89.0 108 69 62 3 46 39 2 1.730 10.9 4.7 3.9 0.85 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 7 8 .467 4.50 136.0 146 76 68 8 61 65 2 1.522 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 4.70 113.0 111 66 59 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 9 9 8 0 7 7 1 2.000 10.1 7.9 7.9 1.00 0.0 2
7 Seasons 37 45 .451 4.59 767.0 808 435 391 38 354 364 10 1.515 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 InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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