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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 1.7 48 208 184 43 54 3 6 3 30 7 16 .293 .353 .424 .777 108 .357 106 78 1 7 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 1.8 46 203 179 42 54 3 6 3 30 7 16 .302 .362 .436 .798 113 .367 112 78 1 7 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 0.6 81 354 314 64 89 9 9 5 45 6 25 .283 .346 .417 .763 98 .350 96 131 5 10 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 2.1 69 303 272 56 83 20 4 7 44 12 27 .305 .376 .485 .862 135 .402 131 132 4 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 3.2 82 340 283 61 86 14 12 8 63 10 52 .304 .421 .523 .944 150 .424 148 148 5 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 2.4 86 357 298 73 91 18 10 8 59 10 53 .305 .420 .513 .934 140 .422 140 153 6 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 3.3 97 438 394 78 126 17 10 10 53 10 41 .320 .388 .490 .878 135 .399 136 193 3 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 1.0 78 341 308 62 92 14 12 3 43 4 30 .299 .367 .451 .818 122 .372 121 139 3 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 2.6 91 387 324 84 102 16 11 2 47 6 58 .315 .426 .451 .877 128 .403 133 146 5 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 2.3 90 397 352 91 117 13 3 10 71 9 42 .332 .408 .472 .880 133 .402 135 166 3 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 0.8 32 136 113 16 35 6 0 1 24 5 17 .310 .405 .389 .794 122 .388 125 44 1 5 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 1.2 21 83 62 11 22 7 2 0 11 4 19 .355 .506 .532 1.038 187 .493 186 33 0 2 *9/4
11 Yrs 21.2 775 3344 2904 639 897 137 79 57 490 83 380 .309 .395 .469 .865 130 .397 130 1363 36 24 *94567/8
162 Game Avg 4.4 162 699 607 134 188 29 17 12 102 17 79 .309 .395 .469 .865 130 .397 130 285 8
SLS (10 Yrs) 20.2 752 3256 2837 627 875 130 77 57 479 79 361 .308 .393 .469 .862 129 .395 129 1330 36 22 *95467/8
CLS (1 Yr) 1.2 21 83 62 11 22 7 2 0 11 4 19 .355 .506 .532 1.038 187 .493 186 33 0 2 *9/4
KCM (1 Yr) -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -110 0 0 0 /9
NNL (10 Yrs) 20.0 754 3261 2842 628 875 130 77 57 479 79 361 .308 .393 .468 .861 128 .394 129 1330 36 22 *95467/8
EWL (1 Yr) 1.2 21 83 62 11 22 7 2 0 11 4 19 .355 .506 .532 1.038 187 .493 186 33 0 2 *9/4
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF Pos Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL 7 26 21 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 .286 .400 .286 .686 6 0 0 1 0
1928 32 SLS NNL 7 32 26 6 6 0 1 0 6 0 5 .231 .355 .308 .663 8 0 0 1
1930 34 SLS NNL 7 32 24 6 7 1 1 0 2 1 6 .292 .433 .417 .850 10 0 0 2
3 Yrs 21 90 71 13 19 1 2 0 11 1 15 .268 .395 .338 .733 24 0 0 4 0
162 Game Avg 162 694 548 100 147 8 15 0 85 8 116 .268 .395 .338 .733 185 0 0 31

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 208 2 0 0 8 1 11 1.0 7 17 1.7 .520 .507 0.9 0.8 9 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .407 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 203 3 0 0 9 1 13 1.2 7 19 1.8 .525 .507 1.0 0.9 11 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 354 -2 -1 0 -5 1 -6 -0.5 12 6 0.6 .494 .497 1.0 -0.3 11 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 303 13 1 0 0 0 13 1.2 10 23 2.1 .517 .507 2.2 0.0 23 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 340 23 0 0 4 -3 23 2.1 12 35 3.2 .525 .513 2.9 0.1 31 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 357 20 -1 0 -3 -2 15 1.3 12 27 2.4 .515 .508 2.6 -0.4 30 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 438 20 -1 0 4 -3 20 1.9 14 33 3.3 .519 .512 2.9 0.1 30 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 341 9 -1 0 -6 -3 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .499 .499 1.6 -0.9 16 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 387 17 -1 0 1 -4 14 1.3 13 27 2.6 .514 .508 2.5 -0.3 26 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 397 19 -1 0 -4 -4 11 1.0 13 24 2.3 .511 .506 2.6 -0.7 27 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 136 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0.4 5 9 0.8 .511 .502 0.8 0.0 8 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 83 10 0 0 1 -1 11 0.9 3 14 1.2 .545 .506 1.1 0.1 12 *9/4
11 Yrs 3344 134 -4 0 1 -18 113 10.3 111 224 21.2 .513 .506 20.9 -1.6 224 *94567/8
162 Game Avg 699 28 -1 0 0 -4 24 2.1 23 47 4.4 .513 .506 4.4 -0.3 47
SLS (10 Yrs) 3256 126 -4 0 0 -18 104 9.5 108 213 20.2 .513 .506 19.9 -1.7 213 *95467/8
CLS (1 Yr) 83 10 0 0 1 -1 11 0.9 3 14 1.2 .545 .506 1.1 0.1 12 *9/4
KCM (1 Yr) 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .407 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /9
NNL (10 Yrs) 3261 125 -4 0 -1 -18 102 9.3 108 211 20.0 .512 .506 19.8 -1.7 211 *95467/8
EWL (1 Yr) 83 10 0 0 1 -1 11 0.9 3 14 1.2 .545 .506 1.1 0.1 12 *9/4

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 208 .357 106 .282 .130 1.4 7.7 58.8 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL 5 .000 -110 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 203 .367 112 .290 .134 1.5 7.9 57.4 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 354 .350 96 .272 .134 1.4 7.1 51.8 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 303 .402 131 .287 .180 2.3 8.9 45.8 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 340 .424 148 .284 .219 2.4 15.3 39.3 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 357 .422 140 .286 .208 2.2 14.8 45.8 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 438 .399 136 .302 .170 2.3 9.4 42.5 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 341 .372 121 .292 .153 0.9 8.8 48.4 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 387 .403 133 .311 .136 0.5 15.0 50.3 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 397 .402 135 .313 .139 2.5 10.6 53.3 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 136 .388 125 .304 .080 0.7 12.5 28.8 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 83 .493 186 .355 .177 0.0 22.9 26.8 *9/4
11 Yrs 3344 .397 130 .295 .160 1.7 11.4 46.3 *94567/8
MLB Average .344 100 .293 .115 1.2 7.9 36.0
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL 26 .286 .000 0.0 15.4 10.0
1928 32 SLS NNL 32 .231 .077 0.0 15.6 54.5
1930 34 SLS NNL 32 .292 .125 0.0 18.8 46.2
3 Yrs 90 .268 .070 0.0 16.7 38.2
MLB Average .262 .125 1.7 7.9 32.1
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1922 26 SLS NNL 3B 24 24 213.0 94 25 66 3 6 .968 .932 3.85 3.20 3.79 3.26
1922 26 SLS NNL 2B 12 12 106.0 71 20 47 4 2 .944 .937 5.69 5.10 5.58 5.20
1922 26 SLS NNL LF 8 8 66.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .944 2.05 1.65 1.88 1.68
1922 26 2TM NNL RF 3 3 25.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.58 0.00 1.63
1922 26 KCM NNL RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.60
1922 26 SLS NNL RF 2 2 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.58 0.00 1.65
1923 27 SLS NNL 3B 25 23 193.2 74 23 47 4 3 .946 .925 3.25 3.16 2.80 3.31
1923 27 SLS NNL SS 22 19 171.1 127 47 68 12 11 .906 .918 6.04 5.67 5.23 5.94
1923 27 SLS NNL RF 17 16 147.0 22 21 1 0 1 1.000 .957 1.35 1.63 1.29 1.71
1923 27 SLS NNL LF 13 13 105.1 26 20 6 0 0 1.000 .945 2.22 1.72 2.00 1.80
1923 27 SLS NNL 2B 6 6 53.0 32 14 16 2 2 .938 .938 5.09 5.55 5.00 5.82
1923 27 SLS NNL CF 4 4 36.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .953 1.50 2.08 1.50 2.18
1924 28 SLS NNL RF 37 37 312.0 54 50 4 0 0 1.000 .963 1.56 1.68 1.46 1.58
1924 28 SLS NNL SS 18 18 152.2 113 42 61 10 8 .912 .906 6.07 5.29 5.72 4.99
1924 28 SLS NNL 2B 12 8 78.1 48 17 26 5 0 .896 .926 4.94 5.19 3.58 4.90
1924 28 SLS NNL 3B 5 2 17.2 9 3 5 1 0 .889 .931 4.08 3.16 1.60 2.98
1924 28 SLS NNL LF 4 3 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 .954 2.53 1.66 2.25 1.55
1924 28 SLS NNL CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10
1925 29 SLS NNL RF 71 69 557.1 126 113 5 8 4 .937 .955 1.91 1.82 1.66 1.66
1925 29 SLS NNL 2B 21 9 114.0 73 25 41 7 1 .904 .945 5.21 5.26 3.14 4.81
1925 29 SLS NNL 3B 2 2 18.0 11 6 5 0 1 1.000 .906 5.50 2.85 5.50 2.60
1926 30 SLS NNL RF 64 62 533.0 107 88 11 8 4 .925 .943 1.67 1.70 1.55 1.58
1926 30 SLS NNL SS 11 10 103.0 72 31 36 5 6 .931 .910 5.85 5.30 6.09 4.94
1926 30 SLS NNL 2B 8 6 58.0 37 9 25 3 3 .919 .948 5.28 5.66 4.25 5.28
1926 30 SLS NNL LF 4 4 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .950 1.70 1.65 1.75 1.53
1927 31 SLS NNL RF 83 78 705.2 139 124 10 5 1 .964 .960 1.71 1.68 1.61 1.54
1927 31 SLS NNL 3B 9 8 64.0 26 8 14 4 0 .846 .919 3.09 3.00 2.44 2.76
1927 31 SLS NNL 2B 6 5 45.0 27 5 20 2 2 .926 .949 5.00 5.76 4.17 5.27
1927 31 SLS NNL SS 3 3 26.0 18 5 11 2 3 .889 .904 5.54 5.09 5.33 4.67
1928 32 SLS NNL RF 76 75 671.1 107 91 7 9 1 .916 .942 1.31 1.58 1.29 1.36
1928 32 SLS NNL 3B 2 1 6.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .925 6.00 3.00 2.00 2.55
1928 32 SLS NNL SS 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 3 1.000 .920 4.00 5.70 4.00 4.90
1929 33 SLS NNL RF 83 81 682.1 149 128 11 10 3 .933 .935 1.83 1.78 1.67 1.63
1929 33 SLS NNL 3B 8 7 59.0 17 4 10 3 1 .824 .922 2.14 2.75 1.75 2.53
1929 33 SLS NNL 2B 1 1 9.0 12 5 7 0 2 1.000 .955 12.00 5.70 12.00 5.30
1930 34 SLS NNL RF 82 82 719.2 116 104 7 5 4 .957 .942 1.39 1.50 1.35 1.30
1930 34 SLS NNL SS 4 4 37.0 26 10 15 1 2 .962 .923 6.08 5.35 6.25 4.63
1930 34 SLS NNL LF 4 4 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .950 2.12 1.77 2.00 1.55
1931 35 SLS NNL RF 24 23 199.0 37 35 1 1 0 .973 .939 1.63 1.47 1.50 1.01
1931 35 SLS NNL 2B 8 8 73.0 34 13 18 3 2 .912 .930 3.82 5.25 3.88 3.58
1931 35 SLS NNL 3B 1 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .920 1.13 2.93 1.00 2.00
1932 36 CLS EWL RF 18 18 151.2 30 23 7 0 0 1.000 .950 1.78 1.73 1.67 2.39
1932 36 CLS EWL 2B 3 3 23.0 14 4 10 0 3 1.000 .959 5.48 5.71 4.67 7.90
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
11 Yrs 212 180 1637.2 944 319 554 71 61 .925 .926 4.80 4.58 4.12 4.41
RF (11 Yrs) RF 558 544 4704.0 887 777 64 46 18 .948 .947 1.61 1.66 1.51 1.53
2B (9 Yrs) 2B 77 58 559.1 348 112 210 26 17 .925 .940 5.18 5.35 4.18 5.05
3B (8 Yrs) 3B 76 67 579.1 236 70 151 15 11 .936 .926 3.43 3.10 2.91 3.07
SS (6 Yrs) SS 59 55 499.0 360 137 193 30 33 .917 .912 5.95 5.43 5.59 5.29
LF (5 Yrs) LF 33 32 274.1 65 59 6 0 0 1.000 .947 2.13 1.69 1.97 1.68
CF (2 Yrs) CF 5 4 37.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .953 1.46 2.07 1.20 2.16
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G CS Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL RF 7 7 0 157.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.52 1.29 0
1925 29 SLS NNL 2B 2 0 0 21.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.43 0.50 0
1928 32 SLS NNL RF 7 0 180.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 1.57 0
1928 32 SLS NNL 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0
1930 34 SLS NNL RF 7 7 0 186.0 11 5 1 5 0 .545 0.29 0.86 0
3 Yrs 24 14 0 547.0 34 25 2 7 0 .794 0.44 1.13 0
RF (3 Yrs) RF 21 14 0 523.0 32 25 1 6 0 .813 0.45 1.24 0
2B (1 Yr) 2B 2 0 0 21.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.43 0.50 0
3B (1 Yr) 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Branch Russell born?

Branch Russell was born on October 9, 1895.

Where was Branch Russell born?

Branch Russell was born in South Boston, VA.

How tall was Branch Russell?

Branch Russell was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did Branch Russell weigh when playing?

Branch Russell weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Branch Russell play?

Branch Russell played 11 seasons.

Is Branch Russell in the Hall of Fame?

Branch Russell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Branch Russell play?

Branch Russell was a Rightfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman.

How many hits did Branch Russell have?

Branch Russell had 897 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Branch Russell have?

Branch Russell had 57 home runs over his career.

What was Branch Russell's average?

Branch Russell had a .309 average over his career.

How many teams has Branch Russell played for?

Branch Russell played for 3 teams; the Cleveland Stars, Kansas City Monarchs and St. Louis Stars.

When did Branch Russell retire?

Branch Russell last played in 1932.

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