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: 6-24 / in Starts: 5-8

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: 3

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	123	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	0	7.50	4.25	25	11	4	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.222	1.76	-0.33%	-2.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
2	124	5	Apr 21(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS-6		4	5.1	5	5	4	2	2	0	0	7.15	3.64	24	9	6	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.089	1.17	-0.12%	-2.27	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 1 out a3
3	125	9	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4			2	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	7.30	3.23	5												5					0
4	126	13	Apr 30	PHA		SLB	W,12-8	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	5.2	6	5	5	2	4	0	0	7.50	2.92	24	7	5	0	1	6	39			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.065	.36	0.04%	-1.73	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a4
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	127	18	May 5(2)	PHA		DET	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	4	5	3	3	6	1	0	6.48	3.22	29	10	6	2	0	4	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.440	1.28	-0.22%	-1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	128	22	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	6-GF	W(2-2)	3	4.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.59	3.24	15	9	3	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.426	.71	0.09%	1.79	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
7	129	30	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.40	3.25	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.04	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
8	130	33	May 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.96	3.13	7	5	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.082	.08	0.01%	1.85	6b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
9	131	36	May 25(2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3			3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	3.12	4												4					0
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
10	132	42	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,10-4	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	12	4	4	2	8	0	0	4.68	2.77	40	4	14	3	1	12	53			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	133	47	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.74	2.97	31	11	7	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	134	52	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	8.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.24	2.81	28	12	6	1	0	7	67			0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.224	.00	0.00%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	135	57	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-4)	7	5.1	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	4.16	2.87	26	12	1	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
14	136	64	Jun 26	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-11			6	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.04	2.80	7												7					0
15	137	66	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-5	W(4-4)	2	5.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.75	2.80	20	6	4	2	0	3	62			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.285	.00	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
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
16	138	70	Jul 4(2)	PHA		BOS	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.2	10	6	6	1	8	1	0	4.18	2.78	27	2	6	3	0	10	32			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
17	139	73	Jul 7(1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	7-GF	BS(1)	2	2.2	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.27	2.87	16	6	1	0	0	6		3	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	.71	-0.448	.00	0.00%	-2.60	7t 123 1 out a1	9t end d 4
18	140	78	Jul 14(1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	6	7.0	3	4	0	1	4	0	0	3.92	2.78	28	15	5	0	1	3	66			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.24	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
19	141	81	Jul 16	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.87	2.76	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
20	142	83	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	GS-2	L(5-5)	1	1.1	5	6	5	1	3	0	0	4.33	2.72	10	1	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-5.01	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d5
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
21	143	114	Aug 17(1)	PHA		WSH	L,7-12	7-8		29	1.1	3	4	3	4	0	0	1	4.57	2.89	11	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-2.61	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 123 1 out d3
22	144	123	Aug 25(1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-4			7	4.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.35	2.89	16												14					0
23	145	127	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	L,0-7	GS-5	L(5-6)	2	4.1	8	5	5	2	4	0	1	4.62	2.89	22	6	1	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	19	2	2	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d3
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
24	146	135	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	3-8		7	5.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.37	2.87	21	7	7	1	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.006	.00	0.00%	1.74	3t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
25	147	139	Sep 10	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5			4	1.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	4.49	2.99	9												4					0
26	148	142	Sep 13(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4		L(5-7)	2	6.0	5	3	1	3	1	0	0	4.32	3.03	25												20					0
27	149	147	Sep 19	PHA	@	DET	L,7-14			5	4.0	4	5	3	1	4	0	0	4.41	2.97	18												17					0
28	150	150	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.41	2.98	10	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.08	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
29	151	152	Sep 25(2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7			1	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.34	2.99	10												8					0
30	152	153	Sep 26	PHA		WSH	L,0-2			0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	2.99	4												4					0
							6-24		W-L:5-7,BSv:1	3.8	119.1	119	71	57	44	79	5	3	4.30	2.99	520	1.80		7%	2%	100	46	8	63%	1	4	0	468	16	6	0	6	0	10	.88	-1.550	.30	-0.53%	-14.21

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