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Rip Russell
Glen David Russell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 5, 1939
Final Game July 13, 1947
Born January 26, 1915 in Los Angeles, CA
Died September 26, 1976 in Los Alamitos, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 CHC NL 143  542   55  148  24  5   9   79   2     36  56  .273  .318  .386   87  209  16           0  12
 1940 25 CHC NL  68  215   15   53   7  2   5   33   1      8  23  .247  .277  .367   78   79   3           1   7
 1941 26 CHC NL   6   17    1    5   1  0   0    1   0      1   5  .294  .333  .353   97    6   1           0   0
 1942 27 CHC NL 102  302   32   73   9  0   8   41   0     17  21  .242  .282  .351   88  106   6           0   6
 1946 31 BOS AL  80  274   22   57  10  1   6   35   1  1  13  30  .208  .247  .318   53   87   7           1  11
 1947 32 BOS AL  26   52    8    8   1  0   1    3   0  0   8   7  .154  .267  .231   35   12   2           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      425 1402  133  344  52  8  29  192   4  1  83 142  .245  .289  .356   77  499  35   0   0   2  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        534   51  131  20  3  11   73   2  0  32  54  .245  .289  .356   77  190  13   0   0   1  15
 Career High    143  542   55  148  24  5   9   79   2  1  36  56  .273  .318  .386   88  209  16   0   0   1  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 24 CHC NL  594  422   67   4.2   105| .273  .283| .318  .349| .386  .404| .704  .753|  87  .466 -11.9  -1.2     
 1940 25 CHC NL  227  172   22   3.4    96| .247  .269| .277  .334| .367  .387| .644  .721|  78  .394  -7.5  -0.8     
 1941 26 CHC NL   19   13    2   4.1    91| .294  .261| .333  .331| .353  .368| .686  .699|  97  .497  -0.1   0.0     
 1942 27 CHC NL  325  241   30   3.4    84| .242  .251| .282  .323| .351  .349| .633  .672|  88  .443  -6.0  -0.6     
 1946 31 BOS AL  295  236   21   2.4   101| .208  .270| .247  .346| .318  .389| .565  .735|  53  .265 -19.2  -2.0  50%
 1947 32 BOS AL   62   50    3   1.6   102| .154  .270| .267  .352| .231  .389| .498  .741|  35  .148  -4.8  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1522 1134  145   3.4    98| .245  .271| .289  .340| .356  .386| .645  .726|  77  .400 -49.4  -5.1     

* 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 ------+
1939 24 CHC NL 1B 143 1383 83 18 109 .988 .989 10.25 6.99 1940 25 CHC NL 1B 51 518 18 10 22 .982 .990 10.51 10.08 3B 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.83 1941 26 CHC NL 1B 5 36 3 1 4 .975 .990 7.80 9.74 1942 27 CHC NL 1B 35 328 13 9 30 .974 .989 9.74 9.66 2B 24 51 69 4 10 .968 .968 5.00 5.19 3B 10 6 8 1 0 .933 .940 1.40 3.03 OF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.13 3 0 0 1946 31 BOS AL 3B 70 59 137 12 24 .942 .948 2.80 2.89 2B 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 5.23 1947 32 BOS AL 3B 13 7 29 3 2 .923 .960 2.77 2.91
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 24 CHC NL 1B 143 1383 83 18 109 .988 .989 10.25 6.99 1940 25 CHC NL 1B 51 518 18 10 22 .982 .990 10.51 10.08 1941 26 CHC NL 1B 5 36 3 1 4 .975 .990 7.80 9.74 1942 27 CHC NL 1B 35 328 13 9 30 .974 .989 9.74 9.66 1942 27 CHC NL 2B 24 51 69 4 10 .968 .968 5.00 5.19 1946 31 BOS AL 2B 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 5.23 1940 25 CHC NL 3B 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.83 1942 27 CHC NL 3B 10 6 8 1 0 .933 .940 1.40 3.03 1946 31 BOS AL 3B 70 59 137 12 24 .942 .948 2.80 2.89 1947 32 BOS AL 3B 13 7 29 3 2 .923 .960 2.77 2.91 1942 27 CHC NL OF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.13 3 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 234 2265 117 38 165 .984 .989 10.18 8.12 3B 96 73 178 16 26 .940 .949 2.61 2.91 2B 27 53 72 4 11 .969 .967 4.63 5.20 OF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.13 3 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 360 2398 367 58 202 .979 .984 7.68 6.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   2   2   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Strikeouts
1939 NL-56-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

September 4, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Blue Jays from the Chicago Cubs.


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