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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,3-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	11 (1)	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (1)	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	14	May 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	19 (4)	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	24 (4)	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-4		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28 (3)	May 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	30 (1)	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	36 (5)	May 29	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (5)	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-3	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	46 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	47	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	W,11-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	48	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	51 (2)	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	53 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	56 (2)	Jun 21	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	60 (3)	Jun 25	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	66 (5)	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	GF	20	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	72 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	76 (3)	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	78 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	80 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	88 (5)	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	95 (6)	Jul 28	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	100 (4)	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	104 (3)	Aug 5	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	110 (5)	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	116 (5)	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	119 (1)	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-7	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	123 (3)	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	130 (6)	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	131	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,4-7		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	133 (1)	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	142 (8)	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,11-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	144 (1)	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	146 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	147	Sep 17 (1)	PHA		DET	W,6-4	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	150 (2)	Sep 21	PHA		NYY	L,0-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							44gm		81.0	10	13	1	24	0