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Jim Russell

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 181lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, PA us

Died: November 24, 1987 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Fayette City, PA

Debut: September 12, 1942 (Age 23-346d, 9,291st in major league history)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1951 (Age 33-000d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: James William Russell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.2

3595

959

.267

554

RBI

428

OBP

.360

SLG

.400

OPS

.760

OPS+

108

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 21 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	40
BSN	17
BRO	10

Platoon
vs RHP	44
vs LHP	23

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	30

Outs
1	27
0	21
2	19

8 Opps
BRO	12
STL	11
NYG	10
BSN	9
CIN	8
PIT	6
CHC	6
PHI	5

55 Pitchers
Ed Wright	2
Harry Brecheen	2
Woody Main	2
Bill Voiselle	2
Ken Heintzelman	2
Fritz Ostermueller	2
Bucky Walters	2
Murry Dickson	2
Bill Werle	2
Rube Fischer	2
Ted Wilks	2
Art Herring	2
Hank Wyse	1
Don Hendrickson	1
Johnny Van Cuyk	1
Clyde Shoun	1
Ralph Branca	1
Bob Chipman	1
Ace Adams	1
Adrián Zabala	1
Al Brazle	1
Joe Hatten	1
Dave Koslo	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Monty Kennedy	1
Ken Burkhart	1
Morrie Martin	1
Paul Erickson	1
Red Munger	1
Bobby Hogue	1
Ralph Hamner	1
Si Johnson	1
Al Javery	1
Lou Lucier	1
Schoolboy Rowe	1
Rex Barney	1
Howie Pollet	1
Mort Cooper	1
Johnny Niggeling	1
Joe Beggs	1
Wes Flowers	1
Cal McLish	1
Hank Behrman	1
Hiram Bithorn	1
Herm Wehmeier	1
Horace Lisenbee	1
Ken Raffensberger	1
Nate Andrews	1
Vic Lombardi	1
Dutch McCall	1
Preacher Roe	1
Bob Malloy	1
Clyde King	1
Izzy León	1
Johnny Hutchings	1

8 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	22
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	14
Braves Fld (BOS)	8
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Polo Grounds (NYC)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4

Where Hit
9	24
7	21
8	3
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	34
1--	16
-2-	6
12-	5
123	3
--3	3

111 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	34
1 on	25
2 on	5
3 on	3
Any on	33

Inning
1	9
2	8
3	8
4	3
5	12
6	6
7	6
8	5
9	8
Extra	2

1-3	25
4-6	21
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	6
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	15
-1	10
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	26
Tied	15
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	37
CF	27
PH	2
RF	1

OrderPos
2nd	27
3rd	22
6th	9
5th	7
7th	1
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1943-08-16	PIT	@	BSN	Al Javery	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.128	46%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1943-08-19	PIT	@	NYG	Rube Fischer	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	1--	2	2	7	0.047	97%		Home Run; P. Coscarart Scores
3	3	3	2	1943-08-19	PIT	@	NYG	Ace Adams	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	1--	2	2	7	0.004	100%		Home Run; P. Coscarart Scores
4	4	4	1	1943-09-12 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Clyde Shoun	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	12-	3	2	7	0.080	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Baker Scores; P. Coscarart Scores
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1944-05-30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	Wes Flowers	behind 1-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	8	0.112	48%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1944-05-31	PIT	@	BRO	Cal McLish	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	1	6	8	0.037	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	1944-06-04 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle	ahead 3-0	t 8	1	---	1	3	7	0.036	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	2	1944-06-04 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle	ahead 6-0	t 9	2	12-	3	3	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); F. Ostermueller Scores; F. Gustine Scores
9	9	5	1	1944-08-03	PIT		STL	Ted Wilks	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	1944-08-20 (1)	PIT		BRO	Art Herring	tied 6-6	b 7	1	123	4	7	PH	0.233	97%		Home Run; J. Barrett Scores; B. Elliott Scores; B. Dahlgren Scores
11	11	7	1	1944-09-03 (1)	PIT		STL	Mort Cooper	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	1--	2	2	7
12	12	8	1	1944-09-15	PIT		CIN	Bucky Walters	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	7	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1945-05-12	PIT	@	PHI	Lou Lucier	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.043	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1945-05-27 (2)	PIT		NYG	Rube Fischer	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	---	1	5	7	0.111	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1945-06-10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Ken Burkhart	tied 1-1	t 10	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.359	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Handley Scores
16	16	4	1	1945-07-04 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Izzy León	ahead 6-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	2	7
17	17	5	1	1945-07-06 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	Nate Andrews	behind 3-5	t 7	2	1--	2	2	7	0.289	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Gustine Scores
18	18	6	1	1945-07-06 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	Don Hendrickson	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	1	2	7
19	19	7	1	1945-07-23	PIT		BSN	Johnny Hutchings	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7
20	20	8	1	1945-08-21	PIT	@	BRO	Vic Lombardi	ahead 10-1	t 8	1	---	1	2	PH	0.001	100%		Home Run
21	21	9	1	1945-08-26 (1)	PIT		CIN	Horace Lisenbee	tied 4-4	b 2	2	12-	3	3	7	0.255	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Gionfriddo Scores; L. Handley Scores
22	22	10	1	1945-09-03 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Ted Wilks	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7
23	23	11	1	1945-09-07	PIT		BRO	Art Herring	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---	1	3	7	0.111	21%		Home Run
24	24	12	1	1945-09-23	PIT	@	CHC	Hank Wyse	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.154	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Gionfriddo Scores
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1946-04-21 (2)	PIT		CIN	Joe Beggs	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	7	0.172	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Fletcher Scores
26	26	2	1	1946-05-26	PIT		CHC	Hiram Bithorn	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7
27	27	3	1	1946-06-06	PIT		BRO	Ralph Branca	behind 1-10	b 5	0	1--	2	2	7	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Brown Scores
28	28	4	1	1946-06-15	PIT	@	PHI	Schoolboy Rowe	behind 0-3	t 8	2	---	1	2	7	0.035	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1946-06-25	PIT	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.109	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1946-08-11 (2)	PIT		CHC	Bob Chipman	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--	2	3	8	0.236	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Fletcher Scores
31	31	7	1	1946-08-25 (1)	PIT		BSN	Ed Wright	behind 2-6	b 5	1	1--	2	3	8	0.130	24%		Home Run; J. Brown Scores
32	32	8	1	1946-08-26	PIT		BSN	Johnny Niggeling	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.111	62%		Home Run
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1947-04-18	PIT		CIN	Bob Malloy	ahead 10-5	b 6	1	-2-	2	3	8	0.017	99%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores
34	34	2	1	1947-07-30 (2)	PIT		BSN	Ed Wright	behind 3-8	b 9	0	-2-	2	2	8	0.024	4%		Home Run; B. Cox Scores
35	35	3	1	1947-08-03 (1)	PIT		NYG	Monty Kennedy	behind 1-6	b 4	0	1--	2	2	8	0.098	22%		Home Run; B. Cox Scores
36	36	4	1	1947-08-06	PIT	@	CHC	Paul Erickson	behind 0-2	t 3	0	-2-	2	2	8	0.152	50%		Home Run; C. Rikard Scores
37	37	5	1	1947-08-11	PIT	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	behind 1-2	t 3	2	---	1	2	8	0.113	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	6	1	1947-08-25	PIT	@	BRO	Clyde King	behind 5-11	t 7	2	---	1	2	8	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1947-09-01 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Murry Dickson	behind 3-4	t 5	0	---	1	2	8
40	40	8	1	1947-09-13	PIT		BSN	Si Johnson	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1	1	9	0.088	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1948-04-26	BSN		BRO	Johnny Van Cuyk	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	1--	2	2	8	0.047	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Stanky Scores
42	42	2	1	1948-05-09	BSN	@	STL	Murry Dickson	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	0.126	76%		Home Run
43	43	3	1	1948-05-15	BSN	@	BRO	Rex Barney	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.099	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	4	1	1948-06-04	BSN	@	PIT	Woody Main	ahead 6-5	t 7	2	12-	3	6	8	0.248	93%		Home Run; E. Torgeson Scores; J. Heath Scores
45	45	5	1	1948-06-05	BSN	@	PIT	Fritz Ostermueller	behind 0-3	t 2	0	1--	2	6	8	0.141	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Heath Scores
46	46	6	1	1948-06-07	BSN	@	CHC	Dutch McCall	behind 4-5	t 5	2	12-	3	6	8	0.387	73%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); T. Holmes Scores; B. Elliott Scores
47	47	7	2	1948-06-07	BSN	@	CHC	Ralph Hamner	ahead 8-5	t 9	1	---	1	6	8	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	8	1	1948-06-25	BSN		PIT	Fritz Ostermueller	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	8
49	49	9	1	1948-07-08	BSN	@	BRO	Joe Hatten	tied 2-2	t 8	2	123	4	6	8	0.424	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McCormick Scores; B. Elliott Scores; F. McCormick Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1949-05-15	BSN		BRO	Morrie Martin	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	5	8	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	2	1	1949-05-18	BSN	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier	behind 4-5	t 5	0	1--	2	5	8	0.225	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores
52	52	3	1	1949-05-30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	Ken Heintzelman	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	5	8	0.064	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	1949-06-18	BSN	@	CIN	Ken Raffensberger	behind 0-6	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	0.026	6%		Home Run (Deep CF)
54	54	5	1	1949-08-14	BSN	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.098	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	1949-08-17	BSN		NYG	Adrián Zabala	behind 2-3	b 2	2	123	4	3	8	0.344	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Salkeld Scores; V. Bickford Scores; E. Fletcher Scores
56	56	7	1	1949-08-18	BSN		NYG	Hank Behrman	ahead 9-3	b 6	1	---	1	3	8	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
57	57	8	1	1949-09-21	BSN	@	PIT	Bill Werle	behind 1-2	t 3	1	--3	2	5	7	0.151	59%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); B. Elliott Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1950-04-21	BRO		NYG	Dave Koslo	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	7	0.099	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	2	1	1950-04-26	BRO		PHI	Ken Heintzelman	behind 0-1	b 5	0	1--	2	3	7	0.230	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Morgan Scores
60	60	3	1	1950-05-03	BRO	@	STL	Al Brazle	tied 4-4	t 13	2	---	1	2	7	0.405	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	4	1	1950-05-08	BRO	@	PIT	Woody Main	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	--3	2	3	7	0.040	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores
62	62	5	1	1950-05-14	BRO		BSN	Bobby Hogue	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	---	1	3	7	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	6	1	1950-06-02	BRO	@	STL	Harry Brecheen	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	3	7	0.208	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Morgan Scores
64	64	7	1	1950-06-17	BRO		STL	Howie Pollet	ahead 4-1	b 2	1	---	1	2	7	0.060	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	8	1	1950-07-26	BRO		STL	Harry Brecheen	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	2	2	7	0.094	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Morgan Scores
66	66	9	2	1950-07-26	BRO		STL	Red Munger	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	7	0.048	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	10	1	1950-08-02	BRO		PIT	Bill Werle	behind 2-4	b 9	0	1--	2	2	7	0.451	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores

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