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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-16 / in Starts: 13-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 2

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	90	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	SHO(12)	W(1-0)	99	12.0	7	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.00	3.03	43	17	11	0	0	7	88			1	2	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	0.998	4.25	1.45%	5.12	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
2	91	6	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	2	0.43	3.18	34						75						28	0	0			0
3	92	8	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	6	3	1	2	4	0	1	0.60	3.07	37						69						33	1	0			0
4	93	11	Apr 29(2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-6			1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	3.06	4												4					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	94	12	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-4	L(3-1)	2	4.0	9	6	5	4	3	0	0	2.08	3.19	23	8	1	0	1	7	21			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.342	2.16	-0.57%	-4.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
6	95	15	May 6(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	12	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.06	2.93	39	11	10	1	0	12	59			2	1	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.297	3.90	0.39%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	96	18	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.05	2.83	35						67						34	0	1			0
8	97	22	May 19(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	L(5-2)	7	5.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.50	2.91	25	9	4	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.181	1.55	-0.20%	-1.93	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
9	98	28	May 24	PHA		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.43	3.14	35						62						33	1	1			0
10	99	34	May 30(2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(7-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.38	3.03	34	17	5	2	0	5	72			2	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.185	1.05	0.09%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	100	38	Jun 3(1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.23	3.13	32	13	8	1	0	5	75			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.433	.85	0.19%	2.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	101	43	Jun 8	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.02	2.98	32	10	11	1	0	6	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.456	.58	0.15%	3.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	102	45	Jun 12	PHA		BOS	W,7-5		W(10-2)	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.96	3.00	12												11					0
14	103	47	Jun 15	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.14	0.266	2.92	0.08%	0.83	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
15	104	50	Jun 17(2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(11-2)	1	9.0	8	2	2	3	5	1	1	1.95	3.11	39	15	7	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.281	.62	0.10%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	105	58	Jun 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-	L(11-3)	9	5.0	11	8	7	4	3	1	0	2.43	3.27	30						14						26					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	106	63	Jul 1(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	L(11-4)	3	8.0	7	5	4	3	0	0	1	2.56	3.33	36						47						31	0	0			0
18	107	65	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.54	3.33	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	0.185	.06	0.00%	0.08	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
19	108	66	Jul 4(2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6			-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.33	1												1					0
20	109	70	Jul 7(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG(8)	L(11-5)	2	8.0	18	12	12	2	1	0	1	3.23	3.35	44	17	5	0	0	18	-3			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.466	.01	0.00%	-8.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d10
21	110	77	Jul 16(1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	GS-4	L(11-6)	8	3.2	8	5	5	2	0	1	1	3.48	3.50	19	8	0	0	0	8	23			0	1	0	14	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.448	.01	0.00%	-3.85	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d3
22	111	82	Jul 21	PHA		DET	T,1-1	GS-13		4	13.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.23	3.36	46	20	11	1	0	5	99			0	1	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	0.913	.00	0.00%	4.54	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
23	112	87	Jul 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-7)	5	8.0	4	2	0	3	12	0	0	3.06	3.22	33	10	4	1	2	4	79			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	0.129	.01	0.00%	1.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	113	94	Aug 3	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	L(11-8)	6	8.0	7	4	2	3	1	1	0	3.02	3.32	35	15	8	1	2	7	54			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
25	114	98	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.13	3.32	27	10	5	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.46	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-1.23	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
26	115	105	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-	L(11-9)	6	4.0	7	7	7	5	2	1	1	3.42	3.46	25						17						19					0
27	116	110	Aug 19(2)	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG(11)	W(12-9)	3	11.0	8	3	1	5	3	0	0	3.26	3.46	46	16	14	0	5	8	71			2	0	0	39	1	0	2	1	0	2	1.32	0.334	.00	0.00%	2.12	1b start tie	11b 3 out a5
28	117	117	Aug 26(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(12-10)	6	9.1	13	4	4	6	1	1	0	3.29	3.58	45						41						36	1	0			0
29	118	122	Aug 31(1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.28	3.58	35	19	2	1	0	6	61			0	2	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.00	0.381	.00	0.00%	0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	119	132	Sep 6(2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(13-11)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.22	3.49	36	13	8	4	0	7	71			1	0	0	35	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.064	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
31	120	138	Sep 10(1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	GS-7	L(13-12)	3	7.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.24	3.48	24	8	6	2	1	5	60			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
32	121	150	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	L(13-13)	11	8.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	3.17	3.44	29	20	4	0	0	3	70			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	3	.80	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
33	122	153	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-8			4	3.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.17	3.44	14												12					0
							16-16		W-L:13-13,Sv:2	3.8	227.1	213	92	80	75	100	9	9	3.17	3.44	954	2.09		4%	3%	134	56	3	33%	12	11	1	852	22	8	3	12	0	12	1.24	2.881	.84	1.66%	9.89

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