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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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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

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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 53 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 -18 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 Seasons 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 27 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 NYY AL 27 P 26 40 7 32 1 1 .975 1.50 .960 1.18
1934 NYY AL 28 P 28 17 3 13 1 0 .941 0.57 .959 1.11
1935 TOT AL 29 P 58 35 2 28 5 1 .857 0.52 .954 1.12
1935 NYY AL 29 P 5 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.12
1935 SLB AL 29 P 53 34 2 28 4 1 .882 0.57 .953 1.12
1936 SLB AL 30 P 52 32 3 28 1 0 .969 0.60 .956 1.04
1937 SLB AL 31 P 16 18 2 14 2 0 .889 1.00 .956 1.09
1938 SLB AL 32 P 25 26 3 21 2 3 .923 0.96 .954 1.12
1939 SLB AL 33 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
7 Seasons P 207 168 20 136 12 5 .929 0.75 .957 1.10
7 Seasons TOT 207 168 20 136 12 5 .929 0.75 .885 1.10

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

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Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

September 12, 1932: Purchased by the New York Yankees from St Paul (American Association) for cash plus 2 players to be named. cash plus 2 players to be named

May 15, 1935: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.

May 14, 1939: Purchased by Toronto (International) from the St. Louis Browns.

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