Russ Van Atta

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 184lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ us

Died: October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ

Buried: Frankford Plains Cemetery, Newton, NJ

High School: Augusta HS (Augusta, NJ)

School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 26-308d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 11, 1939 (Age 32-324d)
vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Russell Van Atta

Nicknames: Sheriff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

5.60

207

712.1

339

WHIP

1.693

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-40 / in Starts: 3-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 16

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	55	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	7-9		99	2.0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	9.00	5.18	8	2	3	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.000	1.42	0.00%	0.04	7b --3 0 out a5	9b 12- 0 out a4
2	56	13	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	4.90	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.014	1.69	0.03%	0.38	8t --3 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
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	57	16	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		7	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	3.85	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.048	2.78	-0.10%	-0.34	8b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 3
4	58	17	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	5-GF(5)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.18	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.010	.56	0.02%	0.58	5b --- 0 out d5	5b end d 5
5	59	21	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	3-3		4	0.2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.86	4.47	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.173	2.85	-0.29%	-3.26	3b --- 0 out d2	3b 123 2 out d5
				Player went from New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns
6	60	23	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	7	5	5	7	1	0	1	5.40	5.58	36	11	9	0	1	7	37			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.237	.47	-0.05%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
7	61	27	May 25(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	6.11	6.13	27	4	10	0	3	7	38			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.252	.29	-0.05%	-1.75	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
8	62	32	May 30(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.11	5.21	28	8	9	0	0	5	59			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.101	.30	0.02%	1.83	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
9	63	36	Jun 2	SLB		CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	L(0-3)	2	7.0	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	5.40	5.30	29	7	11	2	4	8	40			0	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	-0.255	.31	-0.04%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	64	40	Jun 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.08	5.29	9	1	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.088	.16	0.01%	1.16	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
11	65	43	Jun 11(2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-9	GS-4	L(0-4)	2	4.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	5.50	5.76	18	2	6	2	0	5	37			0	1	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.202	.15	-0.02%	-1.65	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
12	66	44	Jun 12(1)	SLB		NYY	L,4-11	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.59	5.64	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
13	67	48	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	L,3-11	GS-5	L(0-5)	2	5.0	11	8	8	2	2	1	0	6.60	5.70	28	5	8	0	2	11	13			0	0	0	26	2	3	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.318	.02	-0.01%	-5.07	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
14	68	51	Jun 19(1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-8	5-8	L(0-6)	3	3.2	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	6.65	5.46	17	3	7	0	1	6		2	1	0	0	0	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.280	.05	-0.01%	-0.97	5t 1-3 1 out d1	8t 3 out d3
15	69	56	Jun 23(2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-13	7-8		3	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	6.39	5.37	9	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.17	7t --- 0 out d10	8t 3 out d10
16	70	59	Jun 28(2)	SLB		DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-7)	4	7.0	9	5	3	2	3	1	0	6.07	5.33	33	10	9	0	3	9	44			1	1	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	2	.92	-0.086	.01	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
17	71	62	Jun 30(2)	SLB		DET	L,6-11		L(0-8)	1	6.1	11	6	4	3	1	0	0	6.03	5.22	32												29					0
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
18	72	64	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.85	5.15	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
19	73	67	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,1-16	GS-1	L(0-9)	1	0.1	3	4	2	1	0	1	0	6.09	5.38	6	2	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
20	74	68	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	6-7		0	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.94	5.42	7	2	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.064	.00	0.00%	1.00	6b -23 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
21	75	71	Jul 11(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	1-5		4	4.1	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.83	5.25	18	6	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.38	1b --- 2 out d2	5b 3 out d3
22	76	74	Jul 13(1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-11	GS-5	L(0-10)	1	4.0	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	6.00	5.20	17	5	8	0	1	1	39			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out a2
23	77	77	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	7-7	W(1-10)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.92	5.21	5	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.55	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
24	78	78	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-8	4-7	L(1-11)	0	3.2	4	2	2	3	2	0	1	5.87	5.22	19	4	5	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.079	.00	0.00%	0.23	4b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
25	79	81	Jul 21(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.80	5.17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	80	82	Jul 21(2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,2-1	9-10	W(2-11)	-1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.13	7	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.210	.00	0.00%	0.74	9b --- 0 out tie	10b -2- 2 out a1
27	81	86	Jul 27	SLB		CHW	L,5-8	8-GF		5	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.66	5.14	10	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.17	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
28	82	87	Jul 28(1)	SLB		CHW	L,6-14			0	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.08	5.17	4												3					0
29	83	90	Jul 30	SLB	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-6	W(3-11)	1	5.2	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	6.00	5.18	25	5	10	4	2	7	44			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
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	84	92	Aug 1	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-1	L(3-12)	1	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.20	5.22	3	1	0	0	0	1	37			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-2.35	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d1
31	85	93	Aug 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-8	7-GF	W(4-12)	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.00	5.10	10	1	4	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.375	.00	0.00%	3.25	7b -23 0 out d1	9b end a 2
32	86	94	Aug 3	SLB	@	CHW	T,7-7	7-GF(10)		0	4.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	5.85	5.09	18	7	4	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.41	0.146	.00	0.00%	1.73	7b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end tie
33	87	99	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	L(4-13)	5	8.0	7	5	2	2	4	0	0	5.57	4.92	33	7	13	0	1	7	56			4	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
34	88	101	Aug 11(1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.52	4.94	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
35	89	102	Aug 11(2)	SLB		CLE	T,7-7	8-9		-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.42	4.89	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.17	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
36	90	105	Aug 15	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-14)	3	6.2	12	5	5	0	3	0	0	5.49	4.73	31	9	7	1	0	12	33			0	1	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
37	91	107	Aug 17(1)	SLB		BOS	W,11-7	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.43	4.77	6	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.99	8t --3 2 out a3	9t end a 4
38	92	109	Aug 18(1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.76	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.75	9t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
39	93	110	Aug 18(2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	4-GF	W(5-14)	-1	5.1	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	5.24	4.71	20	13	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	0.353	.00	0.00%	1.42	4t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
40	94	115	Aug 22	SLB		NYY	W,12-9	GS-8	W(6-14)	3	7.1	7	6	6	5	5	0	0	5.36	4.66	34	11	6	1	1	7	40			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	1	.41	0.209	.00	0.00%	-2.57	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a6
41	95	116	Aug 23	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	13-GF(13)		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.46	4.73	6	0	2	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-2.01	13t 1-- 0 out tie	13t end d 3
42	96	119	Aug 25(2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-6		S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	4.73	1												1					0
43	97	121	Aug 27(2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-1	CG	W(7-14)	1	9.0	9	1	1	4	5	0	0	5.16	4.64	39						66						35	0	0			0
44	98	125	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,8-7	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	4.63	4	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.165	.00	0.00%	-0.01	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
Sept				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
45	99	128	Sep 2(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-3	L(7-15)	2	2.2	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	5.34	4.69	17	3	4	1	0	6	22			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.91	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d3
46	100	129	Sep 6(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	4-6		3	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.57	4.68	12	2	3	2	1	5		3	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-2.43	4b 123 2 out a3	6b -2- 2 out tie
47	101	131	Sep 7(1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	5.56	4.67	10	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.89	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
48	102	134	Sep 8(2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-5	6-GF	W(8-15)	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.47	4.63	17	6	6	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.254	.00	0.00%	1.26	6b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 2
49	103	136	Sep 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	3-GF	W(9-15)	1	6.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	5.25	4.58	24	8	5	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.11	0.443	.00	0.00%	2.86	3b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 2
50	104	138	Sep 13(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-13	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	5	5	4	4	2	0	0	5.41	4.61	16	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-3.79	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d10
51	105	141	Sep 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-6		1	5.2	7	5	5	3	4	0	0	5.50	4.57	27	10	4	0	3	6	36			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.14	1b start a 5	6b 12- 2 out a2
52	106	143	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF	L(9-16)	1	1.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.51	4.56	8	0	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.62	-0.243	.00	0.00%	-1.54	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
53	107	144	Sep 18(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-4	8-9	H(1)	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.53	4.56	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.47	8b --- 0 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a3
54	108	145	Sep 18(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	4.57	4	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
55	109	146	Sep 21(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.54	4.54	10	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.91	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
56	110	147	Sep 21(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.50	4.54	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
57	111	152	Sep 28(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.47	4.55	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	.24	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
58	112	153	Sep 28(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-7	5-7		-1	2.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.40	4.52	10	2	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.52	5b -2- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
							16-40		W-L:9-16,Sv:3,Hld:1	1.7	175.0	207	121	105	92	90	10	3	5.40	4.52	813	1.02		4%	9%	171	40	25	32%	7	7	1	708	34	11	7	7	0	10	1.11	-1.678	.12	-0.48%	-16.87

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