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Russ Springer

Q: When was Russ Springer born?

Russ Springer was born on November 7, 1968.

Q: Where was Russ Springer born?

Russ Springer was born in Alexandria, LA .

Q: How tall is Russ Springer?

Russ Springer is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Russ Springer weigh when playing?

Russ Springer weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Russ Springer play?

Russ Springer played 18 seasons.

Q: Is Russ Springer in the Hall of Fame?

Russ Springer has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Russ Springer drafted?

Russ Springer was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Russ Springer have?

Russ Springer had 775 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Russ Springer played for?

Russ Springer played for 10 teams; the New York Yankees, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays and Cincinnati Reds.

Q: When did Russ Springer retire?

Russ Springer last played in 2010.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: November 7, 1968 in Alexandria, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Grant HS (Dry Prong, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: April 17, 1992 (Age 23-162d, 16,111th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: August 4, 2010 (Age 41-270d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Russell Paul Springer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

ERA

4.52

740

856.1

775

WHIP

1.370

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
1989	20	NYY-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	1.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.0	14	8	4	0	10	0	34	1	0	1				1.000	5.3	0.0	3.8	12.8	3.40	YNK GULF
1990	21	NYY-min	A,Rk	2	5	.286	3.15	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	61	39	25	3	35	0	68	1	2	4				1.346	7.7	0.4	4.4	8.6	1.94	GBO,YNK SALL,GULF
1991	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	6	9	.400	3.33	27	27	0	2	0	0	167.1	127	72	62	9	68	2	155	6	3	6	694			1.165	6.8	0.5	3.7	8.3	2.28	FTL,ALC FLOR,EL
1992	23	NYY-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.69	20	20	0	1	0	0	123.2	89	46	37	11	54	0	95	5	0	4	499			1.156	6.5	0.8	3.9	6.9	1.76	CLB IL
1992	23	NYY	AL	0	0		6.19	14	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	18	11	11	0	10	0	12	1	0	0	75	65	3.35	1.750	10.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	1.20
1993	24	CAL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.27	11	9	1	1	0	0	59.0	58	37	28	5	33	1	40	0	0	3	263			1.542	8.8	0.8	5.0	6.1	1.21	VAN PCL
1993	24	CAL	AL	1	6	.143	7.20	14	9	3	1	0	0	60.0	73	48	48	11	32	1	31	3	0	6	278	62	6.09	1.750	11.0	1.7	4.8	4.7	0.97
1994	25	CAL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.04	12	12	0	4	0	0	83.0	77	35	28	7	19	0	58	1	0	2	346			1.157	8.3	0.8	2.1	6.3	3.05	VAN PCL
1994	25	CAL	AL	2	2	.500	5.52	18	5	6	0	0	2	45.2	53	28	28	9	14	0	28	0	0	2	198	89	5.39	1.467	10.4	1.8	2.8	5.5	2.00
1995	26	CAL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.44	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	24	16	13	3	23	0	23	3	0	3	146			1.382	6.4	0.8	6.1	6.1	1.00	VAN PCL
1995	26	TOT	MLB	1	2	.333	5.29	33	6	6	0	0	1	78.1	82	48	46	16	35	4	70	7	0	2	350	86	5.58	1.494	9.4	1.8	4.0	8.0	2.00
1995	26	CAL	AL	1	2	.333	6.10	19	6	3	0	0	1	51.2	60	37	35	11	25	1	38	5	0	1	238	77	6.14	1.645	10.5	1.9	4.4	6.6	1.52
1995	26	PHI	NL	0	0		3.71	14	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	22	11	11	5	10	3	32	2	0	1	112	114	4.49	1.200	7.4	1.7	3.4	10.8	3.20
1996	27	PHI	NL	3	10	.231	4.66	51	7	12	0	0	0	96.2	106	60	50	12	38	6	94	1	0	5	437	92	4.05	1.490	9.9	1.1	3.5	8.8	2.47
1997	28	HOU-min	AA	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5			2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	18.0		JAC TL
1997	28	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	4.23	54	0	13	0	0	3	55.1	48	28	26	4	27	2	74	4	0	4	241	95	3.05	1.355	7.8	0.7	4.4	12.0	2.74
1998	29	TOT	NL	5	4	.556	4.10	48	0	14	0	0	0	52.2	51	26	24	4	30	4	56	1	0	5	232	103	3.77	1.538	8.7	0.7	5.1	9.6	1.87
1998	29	ARI	NL	4	3	.571	4.13	26	0	13	0	0	0	32.2	29	16	15	4	14	1	37	1	0	3	140	103	3.84	1.316	8.0	1.1	3.9	10.2	2.64
1998	29	ATL	NL	1	1	.500	4.05	22	0	1	0	0	0	20.0	22	10	9	0	16	3	19	0	0	2	92	104	3.64	1.900	9.9	0.0	7.2	8.6	1.19
1999	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.17	11	0	6	0	0	2	15.1	9	2	2	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	56			0.652	5.3	0.0	0.6	7.6	13.00	RMD IL
1999	30	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.42	49	0	8	0	0	1	47.1	31	20	18	5	22	2	49	2	0	0	194	132	3.96	1.120	5.9	1.0	4.2	9.3	2.23
2000	31	ARI	NL	2	4	.333	5.08	52	0	10	0	0	0	62.0	63	36	35	11	34	6	59	2	0	3	282	94	5.28	1.565	9.1	1.6	4.9	8.6	1.74
2001	32	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		4.91	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	4	4	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	32			1.364	8.6	1.2	3.7	7.4	2.00	TUC PCL
2001	32	ARI	NL	0	0		7.13	18	0	9	0	0	1	17.2	20	16	14	5	4	0	12	0	0	2	79	67	6.05	1.358	10.2	2.5	2.0	6.1	3.00
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	34	STL-min	AAA	0	0		1.42	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	2	1	1	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	23			0.947	2.8	1.4	5.7	7.1	1.25	MEM PCL
2003	34	STL	NL	1	1	.500	8.31	17	0	4	0	0	0	17.1	19	16	16	8	6	0	11	1	0	1	77	51	8.97	1.442	9.9	4.2	3.1	5.7	1.83
2004	35	HOU-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.48	26	0	19	0	0	6	31.0	31	13	12	3	14	2	33	2	0	2	140			1.452	9.0	0.9	4.1	9.6	2.36	NOR PCL
2004	35	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	2.63	16	0	3	0	0	0	13.2	15	4	4	1	6	0	9	1	0	2	62	168	4.22	1.537	9.9	0.7	4.0	5.9	1.50
2005	36	HOU	NL	4	4	.500	4.73	62	0	11	0	0	0	59.0	49	34	31	9	21	3	54	3	0	2	246	90	4.39	1.186	7.5	1.4	3.2	8.2	2.57
2006	37	HOU	NL	1	1	.500	3.47	72	0	17	0	0	0	59.2	46	23	23	10	16	1	46	4	0	2	240	129	4.79	1.039	6.9	1.5	2.4	6.9	2.88
2007	38	STL	NL	8	1	.889	2.18	76	0	18	0	0	0	66.0	41	18	16	3	19	1	66	3	0	1	257	202	2.83	0.909	5.6	0.4	2.6	9.0	3.47
2008	39	STL	NL	2	1	.667	2.32	70	0	9	0	0	0	50.1	39	14	13	4	18	0	45	1	0	2	205	182	3.51	1.132	7.0	0.7	3.2	8.0	2.50
2009	40	TOT	AL	1	4	.200	4.11	74	0	20	0	0	1	57.0	68	27	26	9	17	3	58	1	0	0	256	108	4.06	1.491	10.7	1.4	2.7	9.2	3.41
2009	40	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	4.10	48	0	11	0	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	5	14	2	47	0	0	0	191	107	3.41	1.584	11.2	1.1	3.0	10.2	3.36
2009	40	TBR	AL	1	3	.250	4.11	26	0	9	0	0	1	15.1	16	7	7	4	3	1	11	1	0	0	65	108	5.84	1.239	9.4	2.3	1.8	6.5	3.67
2010	41	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22			0.632	2.8	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50	LOU IL
2010	41	CIN	NL	0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	92	1.88	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	5.4
18 Yrs				36	45	.444	4.52	740	27	168	1	0	9	856.1	824	458	430	121	349	33	775	35	0	39	3716	98	4.48	1.370	8.7	1.3	3.7	8.1	2.22
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.444	4.52	66	2	15	0	0	1	76	73	41	38	11	31	3	69	3	0	3	329	98	4.48	1.370	8.7	1.3	3.7	8.1	2.22
				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
HOU (4 yrs)				8	9	.471	4.03	204	0	44	0	0	3	187.2	158	89	84	24	70	6	183	12	0	10	789	106	4.11	1.215	7.6	1.2	3.4	8.8	2.61
ARI (3 yrs)				6	7	.462	5.13	96	0	32	0	0	1	112.1	112	68	64	20	52	7	108	3	0	8	501	90	4.98	1.460	9.0	1.6	4.2	8.7	2.08
STL (3 yrs)				11	3	.786	3.03	163	0	31	0	0	0	133.2	99	48	45	15	43	1	122	5	0	4	539	143	3.88	1.062	6.7	1.0	2.9	8.2	2.84
CAL (3 yrs)				4	10	.286	6.35	51	20	12	1	0	3	157.1	186	113	111	31	71	2	97	8	0	9	714	74	5.90	1.633	10.6	1.8	4.1	5.5	1.37
ATL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.61	71	0	9	0	0	1	67.1	53	30	27	5	38	5	68	2	0	2	286	123	3.86	1.351	7.1	0.7	5.1	9.1	1.79
PHI (2 yrs)				3	10	.231	4.45	65	7	15	0	0	0	123.1	128	71	61	17	48	9	126	3	0	6	549	96	4.15	1.427	9.3	1.2	3.5	9.2	2.63
TBR (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.11	26	0	9	0	0	1	15.1	16	7	7	4	3	1	11	1	0	0	65	108	5.84	1.239	9.4	2.3	1.8	6.5	3.67
OAK (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.10	48	0	11	0	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	5	14	2	47	0	0	0	191	107	3.41	1.584	11.2	1.1	3.0	10.2	3.36
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	92	1.88	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	5.4
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		6.19	14	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	18	11	11	0	10	0	12	1	0	0	75	65	3.35	1.750	10.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	1.20

NL (14 yrs)				31	31	.500	4.05	601	7	131	0	0	5	626.0	552	307	282	81	251	28	608	25	0	30	2671	108	4.19	1.283	7.9	1.2	3.6	8.7	2.42
AL (5 yrs)				5	14	.263	5.78	139	20	37	1	0	4	230.1	272	151	148	40	98	5	167	10	0	9	1045	79	5.27	1.606	10.6	1.6	3.8	6.5	1.70

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Russ Springer?

Russ Springer is 55 years old.

When was Russ Springer born?

Russ Springer was born on November 7, 1968.

Where was Russ Springer born?

Russ Springer was born in Alexandria, LA.

How tall is Russ Springer?

Russ Springer is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Russ Springer weigh when playing?

Russ Springer weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Russ Springer play?

Russ Springer played 18 seasons.

Is Russ Springer in the Hall of Fame?

Russ Springer has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Russ Springer drafted?

Russ Springer was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

What position did Russ Springer play?

Russ Springer was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Russ Springer have?

Russ Springer had 775 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Russ Springer played for?

Russ Springer played for 10 teams; the New York Yankees, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays and Cincinnati Reds.

When did Russ Springer retire?

Russ Springer last played in 2010.

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