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Russ Van Atta
Russell Van Atta (Sheriff)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 184 lb.
School Pennsylvania State University

Debut April 25, 1933
Final Game May 11, 1939
Born June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ
Died October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 27 NYY AL  12   4  26  22  10   2   3  1  157.0  160   81   73   8   63   76   1   3   687       0  4.18  3.90   93 1.420
 1934 28 NYY AL   3   5  28   9   0   0   9  0   88.0  107   69   62   3   46   39   2   1   403       1  6.34  4.09   65 1.739
 1935 29 TOT AL   9  16  58  17   1   0  25  3  175.0  206  121  103  10   91   90   3   4   811       0  5.30  4.75   90 1.697
         NYY AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    4.7    5    5    2   0    4    3   0   0    23       0  3.86  4.05  105 1.929
         SLB AL   9  16  53  17   1   0  23  3  170.3  201  116  101  10   87   87   3   4   788       0  5.34  4.77   89 1.691
 1936 30 SLB AL   4   7  52   9   2   0  20  2  122.7  164  101   90   9   68   59   2   3   591       0  6.60  5.39   82 1.891
 1937 31 SLB AL   1   2  16   6   1   0   4  0   58.7   74   41   36   2   32   34   0   2   280       0  5.52  4.81   87 1.807
 1938 32 SLB AL   4   7  25  12   3   1   5  0  104.0  118   75   70   7   61   35   1   3   481       0  6.06  4.98   82 1.721
 1939 33 SLB AL   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  0    7.0    9   10    9   0    7    6   1   0    38       1 11.57  4.85   42 2.286
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .446  33  41 207  76  17   3  66  6  712.3  838  498  443  39  368  339  10  16  3291       2  5.60  4.63   83 1.693
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  49  18   4   0  15  1  171.0  201  119  106   9   88   81   2   3   790   0   0  5.60  4.63   83 1.693
 Career High     12  16  58  22  10   2  25  3  175.0  206  121  103  10   91   90   3   4   811   0   1  4.18  5.39   93 1.420

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 27 NYY AL  26   60    8   17   2  0   0    7   0  0   2   8  .283  .306  .317   70   19   5           0    
 1934 28 NYY AL  28   29    5    6   0  1   1    3   0  0   0   4  .207  .207  .379   53   11   1           0    
 1935 29 TOT AL  58   43    5    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   1   4  .209  .227  .256   23   11   6           0    
         NYY AL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         SLB AL  53   42    5    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   1   4  .214  .233  .262   26   11   6           0    
 1936 30 SLB AL  53   29    1    5   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .172  .172  .241   -0    7   0           0    
 1937 31 SLB AL  16   13    3    6   0  0   1    1   0  0   2   2  .462  .533  .692  206    9   0           0    
 1938 32 SLB AL  25   30    2    4   2  0   0    1   1  0   0   7  .133  .133  .200  -18    6   3           0    
 1939 33 SLB AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      208  206   24   47   8  1   2   17   1  0   5  34  .228  .246  .306   42   63  15   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        160   19   37   6  1   2   13   1  0   4  26  .228  .246  .306   42   49  12   0   0   0   0
 Career High     58   60    8   17   2  1   1    7   1  0   2   8                          19   6   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 27 NYY AL   67   48    6   3.4   101| .283  .273| .306  .344| .317  .394| .623  .737|  70  .346  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1934 28 NYY AL   30   24    2   2.2   106| .207  .279| .207  .352| .379  .402| .586  .754|  53  .184  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1935 29 TOT AL   50   40    3   2.0   115| .209  .292| .227  .365| .256  .422| .483  .787|  23  .157  -5.2  -0.5   0%
         NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .281| .000  .353| .000  .406| .000  .759|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         SLB AL   49   39    3   2.1   115| .214  .292| .233  .366| .262  .423| .495  .788|  26  .163  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1936 30 SLB AL   29   24    1   1.1   124| .172  .302| .172  .379| .241  .444| .413  .823|  -0  .050  -4.8  -0.4   0%
 1937 31 SLB AL   15    7    5  18.9   117| .462  .290| .533  .365| .692  .432|1.225  .797| 206  .912   2.2   0.2   0%
 1938 32 SLB AL   33   29    1   0.9   118| .133  .290| .133  .369| .200  .432| .333  .801| -18  .039  -5.6  -0.5 100%
 1939 33 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0   115| .000  .289| .000  .364| .000  .427| .000  .791|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       226  174   18   2.8   111| .228  .286| .246  .359| .306  .416| .552  .776|  42  .248 -18.9  -1.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1933 27 NYY AL P 26 7 32 1 1 .975 .961 1.50 1.18 2.24 2.28 22 157.0 1934 28 NYY AL P 28 3 13 1 0 .941 .958 0.57 1.11 1.64 2.14 9 88.0 1935 29 TOT AL P 58 2 28 5 1 .857 .949 0.52 1.12 1.54 2.15 17 175.0 NYY AL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.12 0.00 2.11 0 4.7 SLB AL P 53 2 28 4 1 .882 .949 0.57 1.12 1.59 2.15 17 170.3 1936 30 SLB AL P 52 3 28 1 0 .969 .957 0.60 1.04 2.27 1.99 9 122.7 1937 31 SLB AL P 16 2 14 2 0 .889 .952 1.00 1.09 2.45 2.05 6 58.7 1938 32 SLB AL P 25 3 21 2 3 .923 .952 0.96 1.12 2.08 2.11 12 104.0 1939 33 SLB AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.93 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 27 NYY AL P 26 7 32 1 1 .975 .961 1.50 1.18 2.24 2.28 22 157.0 1934 28 NYY AL P 28 3 13 1 0 .941 .958 0.57 1.11 1.64 2.14 9 88.0 1935 29 TOT AL P 58 2 28 5 1 .857 .949 0.52 1.12 1.54 2.15 17 175.0 NYY AL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.12 0.00 2.11 0 4.7 SLB AL P 53 2 28 4 1 .882 .949 0.57 1.12 1.59 2.15 17 170.3 1936 30 SLB AL P 52 3 28 1 0 .969 .957 0.60 1.04 2.27 1.99 9 122.7 1937 31 SLB AL P 16 2 14 2 0 .889 .952 1.00 1.09 2.45 2.05 6 58.7 1938 32 SLB AL P 25 3 21 2 3 .923 .952 0.96 1.12 2.08 2.11 12 104.0 1939 33 SLB AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.93 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 207 20 136 12 5 .929 .955 0.75 1.10 1.97 2.13 76 712.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 20 136 12 5 .929 .955 0.75 1.10 1.97 2.13 76 712
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.

Won-Loss %
1933 AL-.750-1

Strikeouts/9IP
1933 AL-4.36-6
1935 AL-4.63-4

Games
1935 AL-58-1
1936 AL-52-1

Saves
1935 AL-3-8

Strikeouts
1935 AL-90-10

Shutouts
1933 AL-2-4

SO to Walk
1933 AL-1.21-9

Losses
1935 AL-16-2

Games Finished
1935 AL-25-2
1936 AL-20-3

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 5 (417) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1297) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1216) (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 

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

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


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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