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Jeff Russell
Jeffrey Lee Russell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 13, 1983
  vs. SDP 9.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game September 27, 1996
Born September 2, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 21 CIN NL   4   5  10  10   2   0   0  0   68.3   58   30   23   7   22   40   0   1   282   3   1  3.03  3.78  125 1.171
 1984 22 CIN NL   6  18  33  30   4   2   1  0  181.7  186   97   86  15   65  101   4   3   787   8   3  4.26  3.77   89 1.382
 1985 23 TEX AL   3   6  13  13   0   0   0  0   62.0   85   55   52  10   27   44   2   2   295   1   0  7.55  4.23   56 1.806
 1986 24 TEX AL   5   2  37   0   0   0   9  2   82.0   74   40   31  11   31   54   1   5   338   2   0  3.40  4.31  127 1.280
 1987 25 TEX AL   5   4  52   2   0   0  12  3   97.3  109   56   48   9   52   56   2   6   442   5   1  4.44  4.52  102 1.654
 1988 26 TEX AL  10   9  34  24   5   0   1  0  188.7  183   86   80  15   66   88   7   5   793   3   7  3.82  4.09  107 1.320 AS
 1989 27 TEX AL   6   4  71   0   0   0  66 38   72.7   45   21   16   4   24   77   3   6   278   5   0  1.98  3.97  200 0.950 CYA-9,AS
 1990 28 TEX AL   1   5  27   0   0   0  22 10   25.3   23   15   12   1   16   16   0   2   111   5   0  4.26  3.96   93 1.539
 1991 29 TEX AL   6   4  68   0   0   0  56 30   79.3   71   36   29  11   26   52   1   6   336   1   0  3.29  4.06  123 1.223
 1992 30 TOT AL   4   3  59   0   0   0  46 30   66.3   55   14   12   3   25   48   2   3   276   3   0  1.63  3.82  235 1.206
         TEX AL   2   3  51   0   0   0  42 28   56.7   51   14   12   3   22   43   2   3   241   3   0  1.91  3.83  201 1.288
         OAK AL   2   0   8   0   0   0   4  2    9.7    4    0    0   0    3    5   0   0    35   0   0  0.00  3.75  inf 0.724
 1993 31 BOS AL   1   4  51   0   0   0  48 33   46.7   39   16   14   1   14   45   1   2   189   1   0  2.70  4.64  172 1.136
 1994 32 TOT AL   1   6  42   0   0   0  36 17   40.7   43   25   23   5   16   28   1   1   179   2   0  5.09  4.93   97 1.451
         BOS AL   0   5  29   0   0   0  25 12   28.0   30   17   16   3   13   18   1   1   127   2   0  5.14  5.05   98 1.536
         CLE AL   1   1  13   0   0   0  11  5   12.7   13    8    7   2    3   10   0   0    52   0   0  4.97  4.66   94 1.263
 1995 33 TEX AL   1   0  37   0   0   0  32 20   32.7   36   12   11   3    9   21   0   1   139   1   0  3.03  4.86  160 1.378
 1996 34 TEX AL   3   3  55   0   0   0  11  3   56.0   58   22   21   5   22   23   4   3   249   3   0  3.38  5.25  156 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Years            73      79       2    186        1065       458      415       28  46  4694  43  12  3.75  4.19  112 1.346
 WL%= .434       56     589      11     340    1099.7       525      100       693
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  59   8   1   0  34 18  111.7  108   53   46  10   42   70   2   4   477   4   1  3.75  4.19  112 1.346
 Career High     10  18  71  30   5   2  66 38  188.7  186   97   86  15   66  101   7   6   793   8   7  1.63  5.25  235 0.950
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 21 CIN NL  10   21    1    3   1  0   1    3   0  0   1   6  .143  .182  .333   39    7   2   0   0   0   1
 1984 22 CIN NL  34   57    2    8   2  0   0    7   0  0   4  27  .140  .194  .175    3   10   5   1   0   0   0
 1988 26 TEX AL  35    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     591   79    3   11   3  0   1   10   0  0   5  33  .139  .188  .215   11   17   7   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         22    1    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   9  .139  .188  .215   11    5   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     71   57    2    8   2  0   1    7   0  0   4  27                          10   5   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 21 CIN NL   24   21    1   1.3    99| .143  .267| .182  .336| .333  .395| .515  .731|  39  .100  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1984 22 CIN NL   67   55    3   1.5    97| .140  .268| .194  .334| .175  .390| .369  .723|   3  .129  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1988 26 TEX AL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .327| .000  .394| .000  .721|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons       92   77    4   1.4    97| .139  .268| .188  .334| .215  .391| .403  .725|  11  .118  -9.7  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 21 CIN NL P 10 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 1.20 0.68 1.58 1.92 10 68.3 1984 22 CIN NL P 33 7 34 2 4 .953 .953 1.24 0.67 2.03 1.88 30 181.7 1985 23 TEX AL P 13 6 10 0 1 1.000 .952 1.23 0.70 2.32 1.86 13 62.0 1986 24 TEX AL P 37 6 17 0 3 1.000 .958 0.62 0.68 2.52 1.83 0 82.0 1987 25 TEX AL P 52 11 17 0 2 1.000 .956 0.54 0.67 2.59 1.84 2 97.3 1988 26 TEX AL P 34 12 37 5 3 .907 .961 1.44 0.67 2.34 1.78 24 188.7 AS 1989 27 TEX AL P 71 6 14 0 3 1.000 .962 0.28 0.66 2.48 1.87 0 72.7 AS 1990 28 TEX AL P 27 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.22 0.59 2.13 1.78 0 25.3 1991 29 TEX AL P 68 6 18 1 1 .960 .956 0.35 0.58 2.72 1.80 0 79.3 1992 30 TOT AL P 59 8 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.56 2.17 1.72 0 66.4 TEX AL P 51 8 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.56 2.54 1.71 0 56.7 OAK AL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.56 0.00 1.76 0 9.7 1993 31 BOS AL P 51 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.56 2.31 1.79 0 46.7 1994 32 TOT AL P 42 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.07 0.52 0.66 1.72 0 40.7 BOS AL P 29 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.52 0.32 1.74 0 28.0 CLE AL P 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.42 1.70 0 12.7 1995 33 TEX AL P 37 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.53 1.10 1.79 0 32.7 1996 34 TEX AL P 55 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.16 0.52 1.45 1.77 0 56.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 21 CIN NL P 10 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 1.20 0.68 1.58 1.92 10 68.3 1984 22 CIN NL P 33 7 34 2 4 .953 .953 1.24 0.67 2.03 1.88 30 181.7 1985 23 TEX AL P 13 6 10 0 1 1.000 .952 1.23 0.70 2.32 1.86 13 62.0 1986 24 TEX AL P 37 6 17 0 3 1.000 .958 0.62 0.68 2.52 1.83 0 82.0 1987 25 TEX AL P 52 11 17 0 2 1.000 .956 0.54 0.67 2.59 1.84 2 97.3 1988 26 TEX AL P 34 12 37 5 3 .907 .961 1.44 0.67 2.34 1.78 24 188.7 1989 27 TEX AL P 71 6 14 0 3 1.000 .962 0.28 0.66 2.48 1.87 0 72.7 1990 28 TEX AL P 27 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.22 0.59 2.13 1.78 0 25.3 1991 29 TEX AL P 68 6 18 1 1 .960 .956 0.35 0.58 2.72 1.80 0 79.3 1992 30 TOT AL P 59 8 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.56 2.17 1.72 0 66.4 TEX AL P 51 8 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.56 2.54 1.71 0 56.7 OAK AL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.56 0.00 1.76 0 9.7 1993 31 BOS AL P 51 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.56 2.31 1.79 0 46.7 1994 32 TOT AL P 42 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.07 0.52 0.66 1.72 0 40.7 BOS AL P 29 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.52 0.32 1.74 0 28.0 CLE AL P 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.42 1.70 0 12.7 1995 33 TEX AL P 37 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.53 1.10 1.79 0 32.7 1996 34 TEX AL P 55 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.16 0.52 1.45 1.77 0 56.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 589 71 192 10 17 .963 .956 0.45 0.60 2.15 1.82 79 1099.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 589 71 192 10 17 .963 .956 0.45 0.60 2.15 1.82 79 1100
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1992   ALCS  OAK TOR     L   3   0   9.00  1  0  0  0   2     2   2   4   0 
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   2   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      0-2   5   0   5.40  1  0  0  0   5     5   3   4   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1992   ALCS  OAK TOR     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   0-2   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1988   TEX AL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1989   TEX AL      0  0  0   1     1   1   1   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   2     2   1   1   2   0  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   4.50 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1988   TEX AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1989   TEX AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1988 *
1989 *

Awards
1989-AL-Rolaids Relief

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1989-AL-9-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Games
1989 AL-71-4
1991 AL-68-7

Saves
1989 AL-38-1
1991 AL-30-8
1992 AL-30-6
1993 AL-33-7
1994 AL-17-6
1995 AL-20-10
Car-186-47

Shutouts
1984 NL-2-8

Losses
1984 NL-18-1

Hit Batsmen
1984 NL-4-10

Games Finished
1989 AL-66-1
1991 AL-56-6
1992 AL-46-9
1993 AL-48-8
1994 AL-36-7
Car-340-76

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (546) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1018) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1072) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 34.0 (382) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

July 23, 1985: Sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal made on July 19, 1985. The Cincinnati Reds sent a player to be named later and Duane Walker to the Texas Rangers for Buddy Bell. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Russell (July 23, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

August 31, 1992: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Ruben Sierra, Bobby Witt, and cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jose Canseco.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

March 1, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

July 1, 1994: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Chris Nabholz and Steve Farr.

October 26, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

March 22, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Texas Rangers$80,000
1988Texas Rangers$190,000
1989Texas Rangers$480,000
1990Texas Rangers$1,166,667
1991Texas Rangers$2,200,000
1992Texas Rangers$2,600,000
1993Boston Red Sox$2,175,000
1994Boston Red Sox$2,975,000
1995Texas Rangers$615,000
1996Texas Rangers$615,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,096,667

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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