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

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11		20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9 (3)	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8		7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	12 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	18 (3)	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GF	13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
8	26 (7)	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	1
9	29 (2)	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	32 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (9)	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	44 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	46 (1)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	48 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	54 (3)	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	59 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	63 (3)	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	78 (13)	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	79	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	82 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	85 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	89 (2)	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	91 (1)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	96 (4)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	98 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	103 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12		12	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
33	107 (3)	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	114 (6)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	116 (1)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	118 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	120 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7		11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	129 (8)	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	137 (7)	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	144 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
44	146 (1)	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	153 (6)	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
							45gm		59.0	2	13	0	15	0