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Russell Branyan

Q: How old is Russell Branyan?

Russell Branyan is 47 years old.

Q: When was Russell Branyan born?

Russell Branyan was born on December 19, 1975.

Q: Where was Russell Branyan born?

Russell Branyan was born in Warner Robins, GA .

Q: How tall is Russell Branyan?

Russell Branyan is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Russell Branyan weigh when playing?

Russell Branyan weighed 235 lbs (106 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Russell Branyan play?

Russell Branyan played 14 seasons.

Q: Is Russell Branyan in the Hall of Fame?

Russell Branyan has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Russell Branyan drafted?

Russell Branyan was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stratford Academy (Macon, GA) .

Q: What position did Russell Branyan play?

Russell Branyan was a Third Baseman, First Baseman and Outfielder.

Q: How many hits did Russell Branyan have?

Russell Branyan had 682 hits over his career.

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 235lb (193cm, 106kg)

Born: December 19, 1975 in Warner Robins, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stratford Academy (Macon, GA).

High School: Stratford Academy (Macon, GA)

Debut: September 26, 1998 (Age 22-281d, 17,392nd in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 2011 (Age 35-281d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Dan Lozano

Full Name: Russell Oles Branyan

Nicknames: Russell the Muscle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.2

2934

682

194

.232

405

RBI

467

OBP

.329

SLG

.485

OPS

.814

OPS+

113

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1994	18	CLE-min	Rk	55	201	171	21	36	10	0	5	13	4	2	25	64	.211	.323	.357	.680		61	3	4	0	1	2		BRL · APPY
1995	19	CLE-min	A	76	310	277	46	71	8	6	19	55	1	1	27	120	.256	.326	.534	.860		148	6	3	0	3	2		CBS · SALL
1996	20	CLE-min	A	130	552	482	102	129	20	4	40	106	7	4	62	166	.268	.355	.575	.930		277	4	5	0	3	5		CBS · SALL
1997	21	CLE-min	A+,AA	124	527	434	85	118	30	2	39	105	3	1	80	150	.272	.389	.620	1.009		269	10	7	0	6	5		KIN,AKR · CARL,EL
1998	22	CLE-min	AA	43	199	163	35	48	11	3	16	46	1	1	35	58	.294	.417	.693	1.110		113	2	0	0	1	4		AKR · EL
1998	22	CLE	AL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1999	23	CLE-min	AAA	109	453	395	51	82	11	1	30	67	8	3	52	187	.208	.305	.468	.773		185	5	4	0	2	2		BFL · IL
1999	23	CLE	AL	11	42	38	4	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	19	.211	.286	.342	.628	58	13	0	1	0	0	0	/5D
2000	24	CLE-min	AAA	64	261	229	46	56	9	2	21	60	1	1	28	93	.245	.330	.576	.906		132	2	2	0	2	0		BFL · IL
2000	24	CLE	AL	67	220	193	32	46	7	2	16	38	0	0	22	76	.238	.327	.544	.871	115	105	2	4	0	1	1	D79H/5
2001	25	CLE	AL	113	361	315	48	73	16	2	20	54	1	1	38	132	.232	.316	.486	.802	108	153	2	3	0	5	1	57H/D9
2002	26	TOT	MLB	134	435	378	50	86	13	1	24	56	4	3	51	151	.228	.320	.458	.777	102	173	5	2	0	4	3	7H53/D
2002	26	CLE	AL	50	180	161	16	33	4	0	8	17	1	2	17	65	.205	.278	.379	.657	75	61	3	0	0	2	0	7/5DH
2002	26	CIN	NL	84	255	217	34	53	9	1	16	39	3	1	34	86	.244	.349	.516	.865	121	112	2	2	0	2	3	H735/D
2003	27	CIN-min	AAA	14	59	49	5	16	5	0	1	3	0	0	9	15	.327	.441	.490	.930		24	0	1	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2003	27	CIN	NL	74	205	176	22	38	12	0	9	26	0	0	27	69	.216	.322	.438	.759	100	77	1	1	0	1	0	H573/D
2004	28	CLE-ATL-min	AAA	93	408	341	63	95	16	2	26	79	6	2	55	113	.279	.382	.566	.948		193	5	6	0	6	6		BFL,RMD · IL
2004	28	MIL	NL	51	182	158	21	37	11	1	11	27	1	0	20	68	.234	.324	.525	.849	115	83	1	2	0	2	0	5/H3
2005	29	MIL-min	AAA	6	20	17	4	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.294	.400	.706	1.106		12	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2005	29	MIL	NL	85	242	202	23	52	11	0	12	31	1	0	39	80	.257	.378	.490	.868	126	99	3	0	1	0	10	5H/37D
2006	30	TOT	MLB	91	282	241	37	55	11	0	18	36	2	0	34	89	.228	.327	.498	.825	113	120	1	3	1	3	1	95H/37
2006	30	TBD	AL	64	193	169	23	34	10	0	12	27	2	0	19	62	.201	.286	.473	.760	93	80	1	2	1	2	0	9/H537
2006	30	SDP	NL	27	89	72	14	21	1	0	6	9	0	0	15	27	.292	.416	.556	.971	157	40	0	1	0	1	1	5/H
2007	31	CLE-min	AAA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · IL
2007	31	TOT	NL	89	194	163	22	32	5	1	10	26	1	0	28	69	.196	.320	.423	.743	97	69	2	2	0	1	1	H57/3D
2007	31	SDP	NL	61	146	122	16	24	5	1	7	19	1	0	21	48	.197	.322	.426	.748	101	52	1	2	0	1	1	H57/D
2007	31	PHI	NL	7	9	9	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.889	1.111	164	8	0	0	0	0	0	/H57
2007	31	STL	NL	21	39	32	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	15	.188	.333	.281	.615	63	9	1	0	0	0	0	H/53
2008	32	MIL-min	AAA	45	179	153	24	55	15	0	12	36	4	1	25	49	.359	.453	.693	1.145		106	3	1	0	0	3		NVL · PCL
2008	32	MIL	NL	50	152	132	24	33	8	0	12	20	1	0	19	42	.250	.342	.583	.925	140	77	0	0	0	1	4	5H/3
2009	33	SEA	AL	116	505	431	64	108	21	1	31	76	2	0	58	149	.251	.347	.520	.867	130	224	6	9	1	6	6	*3
2010	34	CLE-min	AAA,AA	6	23	22	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.273	.304	.364	.668		8	1	0	0	0	0		CLB,AKR · IL,EL
2010	34	TOT	AL	109	428	376	47	89	19	0	25	57	1	0	46	131	.237	.323	.487	.810	124	183	6	3	1	2	3	D3/H
2010	34	CLE	AL	52	190	171	24	45	9	0	10	24	0	0	16	49	.263	.328	.491	.819	126	84	2	1	1	1	1	3/HD
2010	34	SEA	AL	57	238	205	23	44	10	0	15	33	1	0	30	82	.215	.319	.483	.802	123	99	4	2	0	1	2	D/3H
2011	35	TOT	MLB	68	146	127	11	25	7	0	5	14	2	0	18	41	.197	.295	.370	.665	84	47	2	0	0	1	0	H3D/5
2011	35	ARI	NL	31	69	62	4	13	5	0	1	2	0	0	7	20	.210	.290	.339	.629	71	21	0	0	0	0	0	H3
2011	35	LAA	AL	37	77	65	7	12	2	0	4	12	2	0	11	21	.185	.299	.400	.699	97	26	2	0	0	1	0	HD3/5
2012	36	NYY-min	AAA,A+	36	153	122	22	38	6	0	12	40	0	0	30	34	.311	.444	.656	1.100		80	2	0	0	1	3		SWB,TAM · IL,FLOR
2014	38	CLE-min	AAA	4	15	12	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.333	.467	.417	.883		5	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
14 Yrs				1059	3398	2934	405	682	143	8	194	467	16	4	403	1118	.232	.329	.485	.814	113	1423	31	30	4	27	30
162 Game Avg.				162	520	449	62	104	22	1	30	71	2	1	62	171	.232	.329	.485	.814	113	218	5	5	1	4	5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CLE (6 yrs)				294	997	882	124	205	38	4	55	139	2	3	96	343	.232	.311	.472	.783	104	416	9	9	1	9	3
MIL (3 yrs)				186	576	492	68	122	30	1	35	78	3	0	78	190	.248	.351	.526	.878	126	259	4	2	1	3	14
SDP (2 yrs)				88	235	194	30	45	6	1	13	28	1	0	36	75	.232	.357	.474	.832	122	92	1	3	0	2	2
CIN (2 yrs)				158	460	393	56	91	21	1	25	65	3	1	61	155	.232	.337	.481	.818	112	189	3	3	0	3	3
SEA (2 yrs)				173	743	636	87	152	31	1	46	109	3	0	88	231	.239	.338	.508	.846	128	323	10	11	1	7	8
ARI (1 yr)				31	69	62	4	13	5	0	1	2	0	0	7	20	.210	.290	.339	.629	71	21	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				64	193	169	23	34	10	0	12	27	2	0	19	62	.201	.286	.473	.760	93	80	1	2	1	2	0
PHI (1 yr)				7	9	9	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.889	1.111	164	8	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				21	39	32	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	15	.188	.333	.281	.615	63	9	1	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				37	77	65	7	12	2	0	4	12	2	0	11	21	.185	.299	.400	.699	97	26	2	0	0	1	0

NL (8 yrs)				491	1388	1182	164	279	62	3	77	180	7	1	189	461	.236	.343	.489	.832	117	578	9	8	1	8	19
AL (9 yrs)				568	2010	1752	241	403	81	5	117	287	9	3	214	657	.230	.318	.482	.801	111	845	22	22	3	19	11

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Russell Branyan?

Russell Branyan is 47 years old.

When was Russell Branyan born?

Russell Branyan was born on December 19, 1975.

Where was Russell Branyan born?

Russell Branyan was born in Warner Robins, GA.

How tall is Russell Branyan?

Russell Branyan is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Russell Branyan weigh when playing?

Russell Branyan weighed 235 lbs (106 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Russell Branyan play?

Russell Branyan played 14 seasons.

Is Russell Branyan in the Hall of Fame?

Russell Branyan has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Russell Branyan drafted?

Russell Branyan was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stratford Academy (Macon, GA).

What position did Russell Branyan play?

Russell Branyan was a Third Baseman, First Baseman and Outfielder.

How many hits did Russell Branyan have?

Russell Branyan had 682 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Russell Branyan have?

Russell Branyan had 194 home runs over his career.

What was Russell Branyan's average?

Russell Branyan had a .232 average over his career.

How many teams has Russell Branyan played for?

Russell Branyan played for 10 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

When did Russell Branyan retire?

Russell Branyan last played in 2011.

What are Russell Branyan's nicknames?

Russell the Muscle is a nickname for Russell Branyan.

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