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Russ Christopher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: September 12, 1917 in Richmond, CA us

Died: December 5, 1954 in Richmond, CA

Buried: Sunset Mausoleum, El Cerrito, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 24-214d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1948 (Age 31-019d)
vs. DET 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Russell Ormand Christopher

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Relatives: Brother of Loyd Christopher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

ERA

3.37

241

999.2

424

WHIP

1.330

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-20 / in Starts: 12-12
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	32 (13-13-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
J Rullo	1
G Kell	1
E Busch	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
B Burgo	1
F Garrison	1
I Hall	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	55	2 (1)	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
2	56	7 (4)	Apr 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.70	-0.017	2.04	-0.03%	-0.14	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	57	10 (2)	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9						P
4	58	13 (2)	May 6	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	2						P
5	59	17 (3)	May 11	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	0-GF(16)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9						P
6	60	22 (4)	May 15	PHA		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.125	.222	.375	.597	9	1.10	0.054	2.62	0.08%	0.63	P
7	61	26 (3)	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-9	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.100	.182	.300	.482	9						P
8	62	33 (6)	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	63	39 (5)	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.133	.188	.267	.454	9						P
10	64	44 (4)	Jun 9	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.235	.402	9	1.09	-0.056	2.01	-0.06%	-0.41	P
11	65	49 (4)	Jun 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	9	.38	0.008	.66	0.01%	0.15	P
12	66	55 (5)	Jun 18 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS-9	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.391	.671	9	.28	0.088	.36	0.07%	2.29	P
13	67	60 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.346	.596	9	1.35	-0.111	2.67	-0.13%	-1.21	P
14	68	65 (4)	Jun 29	PHA		CLE	L,0-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.346	.596	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	69	68 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.333	.575	9	.89	-0.022	.62	-0.01%	-0.21	P
16	70	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.241	.333	.575	4						P
17	71	72 (1)	Jul 5	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	3-GF	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.273	.355	.628	9	1.70	-0.008	1.44	0.00%	0.26	P
18	72	79 (6)	Jul 14 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.314	.558	9	.90	-0.093	.60	-0.04%	-0.68	P
19	73	87 (7)	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.179	.220	.282	.502	9	1.43	-0.117	.21	-0.01%	-0.64	P
20	74	93 (5)	Jul 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.222	.279	.501	9						P
21	75	98 (4)	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.224	.277	.501	9	1.00	-0.074	.06	0.00%	-0.56	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	76	101 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.224	.277	.501	9						P
23	77	104 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.250	.320	.570	9	.77	0.154	.04	0.01%	1.39	P
24	78	109 (4)	Aug 11	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.315	.565	9	.63	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
25	79	115 (5)	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.250	.310	.560	9	.59	0.020	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
26	80	118 (2)	Aug 19	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.333	.591	9	3.55	-0.013	.03	0.00%	-0.33	P
27	81	122 (3)	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.262	.349	.611	9						P
28	82	124 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.262	.349	.611	9						P
29	83	127 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.269	.354	.623	9	1.58	0.018	.02	0.00%	0.00	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	84	132 (4)	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.268	.391	.659	9	.99	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
31	85	136 (3)	Sep 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.257	.375	.632	9						P
32	86	141 (4)	Sep 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.253	.370	.623	9	.46	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
33	87	144 (2)	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.230	.250	.365	.615	9						P
34	88	148 (3)	Sep 25	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.253	.364	.617	9	.97	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
35	89	153 (4)	Sep 30	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.241	.346	.587	9						P
							15-20		84	81	4	18	5	1	1	6	2	0	18	0	1		2	0	0	0	.222	.241	.346	.587		1.05	-0.239	.65	-0.13%	-0.81

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