Russell Branyan

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, 17,398th 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

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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