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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

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	L,9-10	CG	52	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 6	BSN		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 8 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-8	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 11	BSN		STL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 13	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 14	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	26	May 15	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-13	CG	46	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	30	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 24	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 25	BSN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	37	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	38	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
41	41	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 2	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
44	44	Jun 4	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 5	BSN		STL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 6	BSN		STL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	47	Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	CG	70	15.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 9	BSN		CIN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 12 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	54 (1)	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	55	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
55	56	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	57	Jun 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	58	Jun 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	59	Jun 19 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	60	Jun 19 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	61	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	62	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	63	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	64	Jun 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	65	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
65	66	Jun 25	BSN	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	67	Jun 26	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	68	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	69	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	71 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73 (1)	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	74	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	GF	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	75	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	77 (1)	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	81 (3)	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	84 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	85	Jul 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	87 (1)	Jul 19	BSN		STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	88	Jul 20	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GS	48	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	89	Jul 21	BSN		STL	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	92 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	96 (3)	Jul 28	BSN	@	CIN	W,11-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	97	Jul 31 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-1	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	98	Jul 31 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	100 (1)	Aug 2	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	102 (1)	Aug 4	BSN	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	105 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	109 (3)	Aug 11	BSN	@	NYG	T,7-7	GF	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
88	111 (1)	Aug 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	112	Aug 16	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	113	Aug 17	BSN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
91	114	Aug 18	BSN		NYG	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	115	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
93	116	Aug 20	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	120 (3)	Aug 24	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	121	Aug 25	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	122	Aug 26	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	123	Aug 27	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	126 (2)	Aug 29	BSN		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	128 (1)	Aug 31	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	132 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	GF	23	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
101	133	Sep 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	134	Sep 5 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	135	Sep 5 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	138 (2)	Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	139	Sep 10	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	140	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	141	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	142	Sep 14	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	143	Sep 16	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	145 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
111	147 (1)	Sep 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	148	Sep 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	149	Sep 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	150	Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
115	151	Sep 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	152	Sep 25 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	153	Sep 25 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	154	Sep 29 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	156 (1)	Oct 1	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	157	Oct 2	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							124gm		957.2	269	5	7	281	3