Russ Kemmerer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 198lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: November 1, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: December 8, 2014 in Indianapolis, IN

Buried: Cremated

High School: Peabody HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

Schools: Glenville State College (Glenville, WV), University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

Debut: June 27, 1954 (Age 23-238d, 11,149th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 23, 1963 (Age 32-234d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Russell Paul Kemmerer

Nicknames: Rusty, Dutch or Kimmersak

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.46

302

109

1066.2

505

WHIP

1.437

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-28 / in Starts: 9-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	51 (24-22-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (23-13-7)

Most Driven In
H Killebrew	1
C Courtney	1
B Consolo	1
N Zauchin	1
J Valdivielso	1
L Green	0
F Throneberry	0

Most Driven In By
J Lemon	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	107	3 (2)	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.62	0.001	1.60	0.00%	-0.04	P
2	108	8 (4)	Apr 19 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	1.36	-0.033	2.86	-0.04%	-0.56	P
3	109	11 (2)	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	1.65	-0.083	2.90	-0.09%	-0.59	P
4	110	15 (3)	Apr 28	WSH	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.61	-0.027	1.22	-0.03%	1.30	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	111	19 (3)	May 2	WSH	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	9	.53	-0.084	1.23	-0.12%	-3.13	P
6	112	31 (11)	May 15	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	1.08	-0.082	2.80	-0.13%	-0.76	P
7	113	37 (5)	May 20	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	2.25	0.090	4.65	0.11%	0.85	P
8	114	41 (3)	May 26	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.150	.293	9	1.34	-0.068	2.76	-0.08%	-0.65	P
9	115	46 (4)	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.143	.279	9	.74	-0.019	1.25	-0.02%	-0.23	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
10	116	51 (4)	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.125	.130	.255	9	1.09	-0.055	1.94	-0.06%	-0.41	P
11	117	57 (5)	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.120	.125	.245	9	.62	-0.015	.62	-0.01%	-0.16	P
12	118	62 (4)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	L,4-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.115	.258	9	.56	-0.023	.49	-0.01%	-0.07	P
13	119	67 (4)	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.107	.240	9	1.57	-0.079	1.14	-0.04%	-0.58	P
14	120	71 (3)	Jun 28	WSH	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.147	.097	.244	9	.72	0.014	.47	0.01%	0.01	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
15	121	75 (3)	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.189	.121	.310	9	.88	0.072	1.31	0.06%	0.52	P
16	122	79 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.184	.118	.302	9	1.46	-0.040	1.50	-0.03%	-0.35	P
17	123	83 (3)	Jul 12	WSH		BAL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.225	.143	.368	9	1.02	0.120	1.04	0.07%	0.97	P
18	124	87 (3)	Jul 17	WSH		KCA	L,4-7	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.262	.167	.429	9	1.23	0.139	1.52	0.10%	1.10	P
19	125	91 (3)	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	1-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.256	.162	.418	9	1.68	-0.043	1.09	-0.02%	-0.45	P
20	126	93 (1)	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	L,2-11	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.250	.158	.408	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
21	127	94	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.250	.158	.408	9						P
22	128	99 (4)	Jul 28	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.250	.158	.408	9						P
23	129	101 (1)	Jul 30	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.250	.158	.408	9						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
24	130	104 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.234	.146	.380	9	.76	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
25	131	105	Aug 2 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.234	.146	.380	9						P
26	132	109 (3)	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.240	.159	.399	9	1.15	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
27	133	112 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-9	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.240	.159	.399	9						P
28	134	114 (1)	Aug 13	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.245	.170	.415	9	.39	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
29	135	116 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.245	.170	.415	8						P
30	136	118 (1)	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.232	.160	.392	9	.98	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.30	P
31	137	122 (3)	Aug 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.135	.224	.154	.378	9	2.25	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-2.35	P
32	138	126 (3)	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.217	.148	.365	9	1.09	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
33	139	129 (2)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.210	.143	.353	9	.50	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.39	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
34	140	133 (3)	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.206	.140	.347	9	.41	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
35	141	137 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.200	.136	.336	9	1.04	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
36	142	142 (4)	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.150	.362	9	.49	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
37	143	146 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.212	.150	.362	9						P
							9-28		71	60	1	8	1	0	0	5	6	0	25	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	.133	.212	.150	.362		.97	-0.831	1.02	-0.31%	-9.49

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