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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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Team Record in Appearances: 7-23 / in Starts: 5-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 3

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	2.57	9	1	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.010	.16	-0.02%	-0.01	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
2	2	8	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,4-10	4-GF		6	5.2	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.35	3.24	22	7	5	1	1	4		2	2	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.17	-0.033	.31	-0.04%	0.73	4t -23 1 out d4	9t end d 6
3	3	15	Apr 28	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	4-GF		6	5.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.03	2.82	21	8	6	0	2	5		2	0	1	2	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.24	0.049	.39	0.05%	2.24	4t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	18	May 1	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.35	3.11	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	2	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.018	.30	-0.01%	-0.06	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
5	5	23	May 5	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	3	1	0	6	6	0	0	1.48	2.98	36	14	9	0	1	1	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	0.605	1.29	0.28%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	6	27	May 10(2)	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	9	5	4	7	3	1	0	2.16	3.57	42	17	7	1	0	8	47			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.57	-0.187	1.52	-0.11%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	7	29	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-9	5-6		2	2.0	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.55	3.60	12	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.094	1.14	-0.06%	-2.03	5b --- 0 out a5	6b 3 out a2
8	8	33	May 17(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-2	L(2-1)	3	1.2	3	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.41	3.80	11	2	1	0	0	3	30			2	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.360	1.43	-0.23%	-3.57	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 2 out d3
9	9	39	May 24(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-3		6	2.2	2	3	3	6	0	0	0	3.86	4.14	15	7	0	0	0	2	36			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.201	1.17	-0.10%	-2.28	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
10	10	45	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,2-14	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.2	8	8	7	4	5	1	1	4.66	4.23	32	10	4	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	1	.51	-0.242	.21	-0.06%	-5.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	52	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,7-8	GS-		5	7.2	8	4	4	6	1	2	0	4.67	4.70	37						42						31					0
12	12	59	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	7-GF	S(1)	7	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.42	4.39	9	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.366	.09	0.01%	1.42	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
13	13	66	Jun 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	3-7		6	5.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.06	4.23	20	12	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	1	.65	0.149	.02	0.00%	2.43	3b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
14	14	70	Jun 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.82	4.21	18	8	4	1	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	.68	0.020	.04	0.00%	0.79	5b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
15	15	75	Jun 28(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(2-3)	4	8.1	7	3	3	7	1	0	0	3.75	4.22	36						51						27	1	1			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	80	Jul 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	4.17	7	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	17	87	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	L(2-4)	7	9.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.59	3.91	33	15	9	3	4	5	67			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.043	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	18	95	Jul 19(1)	PHA		DET	L,1-2	6-GF	BL(2-5)	7	3.2	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.54	3.91	15	5	3	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.66	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.79	6t -23 1 out a1	9t end d 1
19	19	99	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG(8)	L(2-6)	3	8.0	13	9	9	10	1	1	0	4.08	4.18	45	19	3	1	0	12	11			0	0	0	35	4	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.486	.00	0.00%	-5.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
20	20	104	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,7-12	GS-6	L(2-7)	5	6.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.19	4.25	27	7	5	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	109	Aug 2(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-8)	3	8.0	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.22	4.15	32	10	11	1	0	7	50			0	1	0	29	3	2	1	1	0	0	.79	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	22	112	Aug 6	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-9)	3	8.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	0	4.01	4.08	32	14	6	0	1	6	62			0	3	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.047	.00	0.00%	1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	23	116	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-10)	4	7.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.00	4.03	30	16	1	0	0	7	49			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.057	.00	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
24	24	120	Aug 16	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	GS-3	L(2-11)	4	3.0	9	6	5	0	2	1	0	4.26	4.06	18	4	3	1	0	9	21			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.338	.00	0.00%	-4.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
25	25	124	Aug 20(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(3-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.11	3.95	41	14	9	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.61	0.142	.00	0.00%	2.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
26	26	129	Aug 23(1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.08	3.96	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	27	131	Aug 26(1)	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(3-12)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.89	3.86	34	14	9	0	0	5	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.226	.00	0.00%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	28	136	Aug 31(1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-13)	4	6.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	1	3.92	3.86	26	16	1	0	0	4	50			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	142	Sep 7(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-11	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.87	3.82	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
30	30	144	Sep 11	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(4-13)	3	9.0	10	4	3	4	2	1	0	3.82	3.85	37						51						33	0	1			0
							7-23		W-L:4-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.2	165.0	154	78	70	99	58	8	3	3.82	3.85	718	2.39		3%	3%	123	47	6	50%	10	15	1	606	24	9	3	16	0	11	.92	-0.982	.31	-0.29%	-1.99

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