Russ Springer

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, 13,727th in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

4.52

G

740

GS

SV

IP

856.1

SO

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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