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Jim Russell
James William Russell

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 181 lb.

Debut September 12, 1942
Final Game October 1, 1951
Born October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, PA
Died November 24, 1987 in Orlando, FL

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 23 PIT NL   5   14    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .071  .133  .071  -40    1   0           0   0
 1943 24 PIT NL 146  533   79  138  19 11   4   44  12     77  67  .259  .354  .358  103  191   3           1  13
 1944 25 PIT NL 152  580  109  181  34 14   8   66   6     79  63  .312  .399  .460  137  267   0           5   8 MVP-29
 1945 26 PIT NL 146  510   88  145  24  8  12   77  15     71  40  .284  .377  .433  121  221   3           5   7
 1946 27 PIT NL 146  516   68  143  29  6   8   50  11     67  54  .277  .362  .403  115  208   6           2  11
 1947 28 PIT NL 128  478   68  121  21  8   8   51   7     63  58  .253  .343  .381   89  182   5           2  12
 1948 29 BSN NL  89  322   44   85  18  1   9   54   4     46  31  .264  .361  .410  109  132   3           3   8
 1949 30 BSN NL 130  415   57   96  22  1   8   54   3     64  68  .231  .337  .347   88  144   5           2   9
 1950 31 BRO NL  77  214   37   49   8  2  10   32   1     31  36  .229  .329  .425   95   91   0           1   6
 1951 32 BRO NL  16   13    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   6  .000  .278  .000  -19    0   0           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1035 3595  554  959 175 51  67  428  59  0 503 427  .267  .360  .400  108 1437  25   0   0  22  76
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   87  150  27  8  10   67   9  0  79  67  .267  .360  .400  108  225   4   0   0   3  12
 Career High    152  580  109  181  34 14  12   77  15  0  79  68  .312  .399  .460  137  267   6   0   0   5  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 23 PIT NL   15   13    0   0.0    89| .071  .259| .133  .332| .071  .360| .204  .692| -40  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
 1943 24 PIT NL  614  411   67   4.4    92| .259  .268| .354  .337| .358  .364| .712  .701| 103  .549   3.6   0.4     
 1944 25 PIT NL  664  407  105   6.9    97| .312  .273| .399  .340| .460  .383| .859  .723| 137  .714  31.5   3.2     
 1945 26 PIT NL  589  375   82   5.9   100| .284  .278| .377  .348| .433  .384| .810  .732| 121  .640  15.9   1.6     
 1946 27 PIT NL  591  390   75   5.2    94| .277  .265| .362  .341| .403  .371| .765  .711| 115  .609  11.5   1.2     
 1947 28 PIT NL  548  374   62   4.4   108| .253  .278| .343  .353| .381  .412| .724  .765|  89  .477  -7.3  -0.7     
 1948 29 BSN NL  374  248   47   5.0   101| .264  .268| .361  .342| .410  .396| .771  .738| 109  .556   5.5   0.5     
 1949 30 BSN NL  486  333   48   3.9   100| .231  .264| .337  .337| .347  .396| .684  .733|  88  .422  -4.7  -0.5     
 1950 31 BRO NL  246  171   30   4.7   110| .229  .272| .329  .349| .425  .422| .754  .771|  95  .496  -2.0  -0.2     
 1951 32 BRO NL   18   15    0   0.0   105| .000  .270| .278  .344| .000  .409| .278  .753| -19  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4145 2737  516   5.0    99| .267  .271| .360  .343| .400  .387| .760  .730| 108  .571  49.4   5.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 23 PIT NL OF 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 2.13 0 3 0 1943 24 PIT NL OF 134 285 16 3 3 .990 .977 2.25 2.27 133 2 2 1B 6 38 0 0 3 1.000 .992 6.33 9.98 1944 25 PIT NL OF 149 345 20 5 7 .986 .980 2.45 2.31 139 6 4 1945 26 PIT NL OF 140 313 9 9 1 .973 .978 2.30 2.33 139 1 0 1946 27 PIT NL OF 134 308 7 11 1 .966 .977 2.35 2.16 67 68 0 1B 5 43 2 1 6 .978 .991 9.00 9.28 1947 28 PIT NL OF 119 343 6 7 3 .980 .977 2.93 2.19 1 102 19 1948 29 BSN NL OF 84 246 3 2 0 .992 .978 2.96 2.20 2 82 0 1949 30 BSN NL OF 120 269 3 7 3 .975 .977 2.27 2.25 30 93 0 1950 31 BRO NL OF 55 131 3 1 0 .993 .978 2.44 2.14 53 3 0 1951 32 BRO NL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.23 4 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 24 PIT NL 1B 6 38 0 0 3 1.000 .992 6.33 9.98 1946 27 PIT NL 1B 5 43 2 1 6 .978 .991 9.00 9.28 1942 23 PIT NL OF 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 2.13 0 3 0 1943 24 PIT NL OF 134 285 16 3 3 .990 .977 2.25 2.27 133 2 2 1944 25 PIT NL OF 149 345 20 5 7 .986 .980 2.45 2.31 139 6 4 1945 26 PIT NL OF 140 313 9 9 1 .973 .978 2.30 2.33 139 1 0 1946 27 PIT NL OF 134 308 7 11 1 .966 .977 2.35 2.16 67 68 0 1947 28 PIT NL OF 119 343 6 7 3 .980 .977 2.93 2.19 1 102 19 1948 29 BSN NL OF 84 246 3 2 0 .992 .978 2.96 2.20 2 82 0 1949 30 BSN NL OF 120 269 3 7 3 .975 .977 2.27 2.25 30 93 0 1950 31 BRO NL OF 55 131 3 1 0 .993 .978 2.44 2.14 53 3 0 1951 32 BRO NL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.23 4 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 942 2255 67 45 18 .981 .978 2.46 2.24 568 360 25 1B 11 81 2 1 9 .988 .992 7.55 9.66 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 953 2336 69 46 27 .981 .978 2.52 2.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-NL-29-0.00

Batting Average
1944 NL-.312-9

On-base %
1944 NL-.399-8

OPS
1944 NL-.859-9

Games
1946 NL-146-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1944 NL-664-9

Runs
1944 NL-109-3

Hits
1944 NL-181-5

Total Bases
1944 NL-267-9

Doubles
1946 NL-29-8

Triples
1943 NL-11-5
1944 NL-14-4
1945 NL-8-8
1947 NL-8-6

Bases on Balls
1943 NL-77-7
1944 NL-79-6

Strikeouts
1943 NL-67-7
1944 NL-63-5
1946 NL-54-10
1949 NL-68-5

Stolen Bases
1943 NL-12-3
1945 NL-15-4
1946 NL-11-9
1947 NL-7-10

Singles
1944 NL-125-9

Adjusted OPS+
1944 NL-137-10

Runs Created
1944 NL-105-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1944 NL-32-9

Batting Wins
1944 NL-3.2-9

Extra-Base Hits
1944 NL-56-8
1946 NL-43-9

Times on Base
1944 NL-265-5

Offensive Win%
1944 NL-.714-8
1945 NL-.640-10

Hit By Pitch
1944 NL-5-5
1945 NL-5-6

Power/Speed Number
1943 NL-6.0-9
1945 NL-13.3-4
1946 NL-9.3-6

At Bats per Home Run
1945 NL-42.5-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (789) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1077) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.5 (1309) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1939 Season: Obtained by the St. Louis Browns from the Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania State Associatio) as part of a minor league working agreement.

August, 1941: Sent from the St. Louis Browns to the Memphis (Southern Association) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 13, 1941: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Memphis (Southern Association) in the 1941 minor league draft.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Lyons and Bill Salkeld to the Boston Braves for Johnny Hopp and Danny Murtaugh.

December 24, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves with Ed Sauer and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Luis Olmo.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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