Russ Christopher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: September 12, 1917 in Richmond, CA us

Died: December 5, 1954 in Richmond, CA

Buried: Sunset Mausoleum, El Cerrito, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 24-214d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1948 (Age 31-019d)
vs. DET 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Russell Ormand Christopher

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Relatives: Brother of Loyd Christopher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

ERA

3.37

241

999.2

424

WHIP

1.330

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 34

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	197	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	5.38	12	5	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.265	5.79	0.52%	2.06	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 3
2	198	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	9-14	W(1-0)	0	5.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.19	20	5	9	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.379	8.59	0.78%	1.56	9b --- 0 out tie	14b 12- 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	199	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	7-8		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.90	7	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.202	4.99	0.46%	1.08	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
4	200	12	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.017	1.83	0.03%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 5
5	201	13	May 9(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	10-GF(10)	S(3)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.79	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.056	3.71	0.13%	0.73	10b -2- 1 out a3	10b end a 3
6	202	14	May 9(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	9-GF	S(4)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.55	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.048	3.60	0.11%	0.97	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
7	203	18	May 16(1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	8-GF(10)	BL(1-1)	6	2.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.29	3.69	13	5	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	-0.287	11.48	-0.63%	-1.01	8t --3 1 out a1	10t end d 2
8	204	26	May 23(2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	7-GF	S(5)	6	3.0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1.06	4.11	14	6	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.405	7.25	1.17%	3.04	7t -23 0 out a1	9t end a 4
9	205	29	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	8-GF	S(6)	4	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.95	4.28	9	6	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	0.472	13.61	1.08%	2.02	8b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
10	206	32	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.71	4.28	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.005	.45	0.01%	-0.98	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	207	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	7-7		11	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	4.42	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.134	10.24	-0.53%	-1.01	7b --- 0 out a3	7b 12- 0 out a3
12	208	44	Jun 12(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	9-GF	S(8)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.64	4.49	4	2	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.020	3.64	0.07%	0.37	9b 123 0 out a7	9b end a 5
13	209	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	4.43	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.005	8.04	0.01%	0.59	7t 123 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
14	210	48	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	7-8		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.82	4.22	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.057	3.90	-0.18%	0.03	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
15	211	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	6-6	H(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.75	4.20	4	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.140	17.03	0.56%	0.91	6t 1-- 0 out a1	6t 3 out a1
16	212	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	8-GF	S(9)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.63	4.20	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.039	2.32	0.16%	1.03	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
17	213	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	9-GF	S(10)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	4.19	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.042	9.71	0.18%	0.61	9t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 3
18	214	59	Jun 27(1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	7-7		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	4.10	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.108	4.19	-0.32%	-1.39	7t -23 2 out d2	7t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	215	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.48	4.21	6	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.93	-0.329	9.99	-1.02%	-3.28	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 4
20	216	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	8-GF	S(11)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	4.14	4	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.258	11.80	0.74%	1.35	8b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
21	217	78	Jul 18(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	9-GF	S(12)	15	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	4.13	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.101	19.72	0.34%	0.24	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
22	218	79	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	7-8		-1	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	4.06	8	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.045	10.01	0.15%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 2 out a1
23	219	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	3.98	7	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.165	10.61	0.59%	1.03	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
24	220	82	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.91	9	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.019	1.28	-0.09%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
25	221	83	Jul 21(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	7-GF	W(2-1)	-1	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.86	3.95	11	1	5	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.110	7.16	0.48%	1.85	7b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 4
26	222	85	Jul 24(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	4.01	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.188	26.61	-0.86%	-0.19	8b 123 2 out tie	8b end d 1
27	223	86	Jul 24(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		-1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	3.97	4	1	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.098	6.61	0.42%	1.37	7b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 1
28	224	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	8-GF	BS(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	3.92	6	1	5	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.94	-0.304	13.14	-1.24%	-0.55	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
29	225	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	8-9	BS(3)	2	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.05	4.12	9	1	3	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.434	9.19	-1.54%	-1.97	8t 12- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	226	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	9-GF	S(13)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	4.11	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	0.146	39.64	0.61%	0.78	9t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
31	227	98	Aug 8(1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	9-GF	S(14)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	4.10	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.038	9.94	0.17%	0.33	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
32	228	103	Aug 11(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	4-5		2	1.2	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	2.91	4.33	12	5	0	0	0	7		3	3	1	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.056	.99	-0.22%	-5.83	4b 123 1 out d4	5b 3 out d12
33	229	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	S(15)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	4.32	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	0.092	24.64	0.38%	0.44	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
34	230	114	Aug 22(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	6-7		7	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	4.23	6	3	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.009	2.11	0.04%	1.11	6t 123 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
35	231	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(2-2)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.98	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	-0.774	52.27	-5.03%	-1.72	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
36	232	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	4.48	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.024	1.71	-0.17%	-1.53	8b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 5
37	233	120	Aug 27(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	6-7		0	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.38	4.48	11	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.039	1.38	-0.26%	-1.95	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	234	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	5-6		7	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	4.42	6	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.103	8.39	0.46%	1.11	5b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
39	235	137	Sep 12(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	S(16)	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	4.41	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.038	8.86	0.15%	0.33	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
40	236	138	Sep 12(2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	12-GF(12)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	4.34	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.141	14.03	0.64%	0.52	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
41	237	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	9-9		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	4.32	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.15	-0.021	18.17	-0.11%	0.40	9t -23 0 out tie	9t -23 2 out d1
42	238	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.11	4.36	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.060	14.28	0.35%	0.93	7t 12- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d2
43	239	144	Sep 19(1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	8-GF	W(3-2)	4	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	4.32	4	1	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.01	0.283	23.68	1.33%	1.30	8t 123 2 out tie	9t end tie
44	240	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	7-GF	S(17)	0	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.91	4.28	9	2	3	2	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.044	28.36	0.35%	-0.18	7t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 3
45	241	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	9-9	BS(5)	10	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	4.32	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.76	-0.463	140.54	-5.78%	-1.85	9t 123 1 out a1	9t 12- 2 out d2
							24-20		W-L:3-2,Sv:17,BSv:5,Hld:1	1.9	59.0	55	21	19	27	14	3	0	2.90	4.32	255	1.61		4%	0%	55		72	33%	1	1	0	223	12	3	2	6	0	5	1.59	0.589	10.21	-5.46%	6.00

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