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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-17 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	33 (15-11-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
G Kell	2
Self	1
J Pruett	0
E Busch	0

Most Driven In By
M Smith	1
D Siebert	1
Self	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	90	2 (1)	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.126	3.15	-0.18%	-0.63	P
2	91	6 (3)	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
3	92	8 (1)	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
4	93	11 (2)	Apr 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	94	12	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.77	-0.011	4.96	-0.02%	-0.07	P
6	95	15 (2)	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.88	-0.081	1.91	-0.11%	-0.98	P
7	96	18 (2)	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0			0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9						P
8	97	22 (3)	May 19 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9	.44	0.004	.78	0.00%	0.03	P
9	98	28 (5)	May 24	PHA		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.050	.174	.050	.224	9						P
10	99	34 (5)	May 30 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.043	.154	.043	.197	9	.61	-0.044	.48	-0.02%	-0.50	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	100	38 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.080	.207	.120	.327	9	1.01	0.062	.74	0.03%	0.37	P
12	101	43 (4)	Jun 8	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.179	.429	9	.46	0.012	.25	0.00%	0.36	P
13	102	45 (1)	Jun 12	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.138	.242	.172	.415	9						P
14	103	47 (1)	Jun 15	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.242	.172	.415	8						P
15	104	50 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.270	.212	.482	9	.56	0.052	.32	0.02%	0.15	P
16	105	58 (7)	Jun 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.282	.229	.511	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	106	63 (4)	Jul 1 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.256	.205	.461	9						P
18	107	65 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.256	.205	.461	9						P
19	108	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.256	.205	.461	9						P
20	109	70 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.255	.209	.465	9	.98	0.059	.02	0.00%	0.24	P
21	110	72 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.255	.209	.465	9						PR
22	111	77 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.205	.455	9	1.06	0.007	.01	0.00%	0.10	P
23	112	82 (4)	Jul 21	PHA		DET	T,1-1	GS-14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.226	.184	.410	9	1.97	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.15	P
24	113	87 (4)	Jul 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.173	.387	9	1.33	-0.104	.01	0.00%	-0.58	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	114	94 (6)	Aug 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.224	.185	.409	9	1.26	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
26	115	98 (3)	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.213	.175	.389	9	2.25	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-1.85	P
27	116	105 (6)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.153	.206	.169	.376	9						P
28	117	110 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.221	.175	.395	9	2.30	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
29	118	117 (6)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.154	.225	.169	.395	9						P
30	119	122 (4)	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.162	.230	.221	.450	9	.59	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.56	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	120	132 (9)	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.247	.239	.486	9	1.13	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
32	121	138 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.241	.233	.473	9	.46	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
33	122	150 (11)	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.235	.227	.461	9	.82	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
34	123	153 (2)	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.171	.232	.224	.455	9						P
							16-17		88	76	5	13	1	0	1	4	6	0	28	0	6		1	0	0	0	.171	.232	.224	.455		1.17	-0.579	.56	-0.28%	-3.71

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