Jack Russell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: October 24, 1905 in Paris, TX us

Died: November 3, 1990 in Clearwater, FL

Buried: Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, FL

High School: Paris HS (Paris, TX)

Debut: May 5, 1926 (Age 20-193d, 5,651st in MLB history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 7, 1940 (Age 34-288d)
vs. PIT 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1926 season

Full Name: Jack Erwin Russell

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

W

L

141

ERA

4.46

G

557

GS

182

SV

IP

2050.2

SO

418

WHIP

1.475

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1925	19	PAR	D	7	11	.389		29						189.0	216	116			61									1.466	10.3		2.9			PAR ETXL
1926	20	BOS	AL	0	5	.000	3.58	36	5	22	1	0	0	98.0	94	40	39	2	24		17	1	1	1	390	114	3.60	1.204	8.6	0.2	2.2	1.6	0.71
1927	21	BOS	AL	4	9	.308	4.10	34	15	13	4	1	0	147.0	172	80	67	5	40		25	5	1	1	650	103	4.05	1.442	10.5	0.3	2.4	1.5	0.63
1928	22	BOS	AL	11	14	.440	3.84	32	26	1	10	2	0	201.1	233	102	86	6	41		27	4	0	3	860	105	3.70	1.361	10.4	0.3	1.8	1.2	0.66
1929	23	BOS	AL	6	18	.250	3.92	35	32	3	13	0	0	227.1	263	132	99	12	40		37	3	0	1	978	108	4.09	1.333	10.4	0.5	*1.6*	1.5	0.93
1930	24	BOS	AL	9	20	.310	5.45	35	30	3	15	0	0	229.2	302	162	139	11	53		35	3	0	1	1026	85	4.55	1.546	11.8	0.4	2.1	1.4	0.66
1931	25	BOS	AL	10	18	.357	5.16	36	31	3	13	0	0	232.0	298	145	133	7	65		45	2	0	3	1041	83	3.98	1.565	11.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	0.69
1932	26	TOT	AL	6	14	.300	5.25	29	17	5	7	0	1	152.2	207	102	89	7	42		34	1	0	4	699	90	4.01	1.631	12.2	0.4	2.5	2.0	0.81
1932	26	BOS	AL	1	7	.125	6.81	11	6	1	1	0	0	39.2	61	35	30	2	15		7	0	0	2	194	66	4.45	1.916	13.8	0.5	3.4	1.6	0.47
1932	26	CLE	AL	5	7	.417	4.70	18	11	4	6	0	1	113.0	146	67	59	5	27		27	1	0	2	505	102	3.86	1.531	11.6	0.4	2.2	2.2	1.00
1933	27	WSH	AL	12	6	.667	2.69	50	3	31	2	0	13	124.0	119	45	37	3	32		28	1	1	1	507	155	3.46	1.218	8.6	0.2	2.3	2.0	0.88
1934	28	WSH	AL	5	10	.333	4.17	54	9	20	3	0	8	157.2	179	86	73	6	56		38	2	2	2	692	104	4.24	1.490	10.2	0.3	3.2	2.2	0.68	AS
1935	29	WSH	AL	4	9	.308	5.71	43	7	24	2	0	3	126.0	170	88	80	10	37		30	2	0	1	578	76	4.54	1.643	12.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	0.81
1936	30	TOT	AL	3	5	.375	6.02	41	7	15	1	0	3	89.2	123	73	60	5	41		15	0	0	3	425	83	5.03	1.829	12.3	0.5	4.1	1.5	0.37
1936	30	WSH	AL	3	2	.600	6.34	18	5	8	1	0	3	49.2	66	46	35	3	25		6	0	0	2	238	75	5.32	1.832	12.0	0.5	4.5	1.1	0.24
1936	30	BOS	AL	0	3	.000	5.63	23	2	7	0	0	0	40.0	57	27	25	2	16		9	0	0	1	187	95	4.67	1.825	12.8	0.5	3.6	2.0	0.56
1937	31	DET	AL	2	5	.286	7.59	25	0	16	0	0	4	40.1	63	35	34	4	20		10	1	0	0	196	62	5.40	2.058	14.1	0.9	4.5	2.2	0.50
1938	32	CHC	NL	6	1	.857	3.34	42	0	21	0	0	3	102.1	100	43	38	1	30		29	1	0	0	428	115	3.39	1.270	8.8	0.1	2.6	2.6	0.97
1939	33	CHC	NL	4	3	.571	3.67	39	0	24	0	0	3	68.2	78	32	28	3	24		32	0	0	1	308	107	3.66	1.485	10.2	0.4	3.1	4.2	1.33
1940	34	STL	NL	3	4	.429	2.50	26	0	8	0	0	1	54.0	53	22	15	1	26		16	0	0	0	242	160	3.93	1.463	8.8	0.2	4.3	2.7	0.62
1942	36	CHC-min	B	3	2	.600	1.85	18						68.0	64	19	14		6									1.029	8.5		0.8			PTH PIED
15 Yrs				85	141	.376	4.46	557	182	209	71	3	39	2050.2	2454	1187	1017	83	571		418	26	5	22	9020	97	4.07	1.475	10.8	0.4	2.5	1.8	0.73
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.376	4.46	51	17	19	7	0	4	189	226	109	94	8	53		38	2	0	2	830	97	4.07	1.475	10.8	0.4	2.5	1.8	0.73
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (8 yrs)				41	94	.304	4.58	242	147	53	57	3	0	1215.0	1480	723	618	47	294		202	18	2	13	5326	94	4.08	1.460	11.0	0.3	2.2	1.5	0.69
WSH (4 yrs)				24	27	.471	4.43	165	24	83	8	0	27	457.1	534	265	225	22	150		102	5	3	6	2015	98	4.23	1.496	10.5	0.4	3.0	2.0	0.68
CHC (2 yrs)				10	4	.714	3.47	81	0	45	0	0	6	171.0	178	75	66	4	54		61	1	0	1	736	112	3.50	1.357	9.4	0.2	2.8	3.2	1.13
STL (1 yr)				3	4	.429	2.50	26	0	8	0	0	1	54.0	53	22	15	1	26		16	0	0	0	242	160	3.93	1.463	8.8	0.2	4.3	2.7	0.62
CLE (1 yr)				5	7	.417	4.70	18	11	4	6	0	1	113.0	146	67	59	5	27		27	1	0	2	505	102	3.86	1.531	11.6	0.4	2.2	2.2	1.00
DET (1 yr)				2	5	.286	7.59	25	0	16	0	0	4	40.1	63	35	34	4	20		10	1	0	0	196	62	5.40	2.058	14.1	0.9	4.5	2.2	0.50

AL (12 yrs)				72	133	.351	4.61	450	182	156	71	3	32	1825.2	2223	1090	936	78	491		341	25	5	21	8042	95	4.13	1.487	11.0	0.4	2.4	1.7	0.69
NL (3 yrs)				13	8	.619	3.24	107	0	53	0	0	7	225.0	231	97	81	5	80		77	1	0	1	978	121	3.60	1.382	9.2	0.2	3.2	3.1	0.96

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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