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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-42 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 20

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	230	4	Apr 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	4-5		99	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.62	9	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.016	.61	-0.02%	0.03	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d5
2	231	9	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	L,4-7	5-5		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.87	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.006	.45	0.01%	0.26	5t --- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d5
3	232	10	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	L,6-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.45	3.71	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.36	0.015	1.02	0.03%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
4	233	12	Apr 22(2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.59	3.15	8	3	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.142	2.32	0.20%	2.83	5t 123 0 out d3	6t 3 out d2
5	234	16	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	W(1-0)	5	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	2.27	9	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.378	4.19	0.51%	1.48	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
6	235	23	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	4-4		6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	2.28	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.010	.31	-0.01%	-0.50	4b 1-3 2 out d6	4b 3 out d7
7	236	26	May 9(1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-9	7-8		3	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.50	4.22	8	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.037	.48	-0.05%	-2.34	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 123 0 out d3
8	237	31	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	W,15-6	8-8		3	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.17	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.011	.33	-0.02%	-1.07	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 123 1 out a7
9	238	34	May 18	CHW		BAL	L,4-7	12-GF(12)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.03	3	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.020	.61	0.03%	1.49	12t 12- 0 out d3	12t end d 3
10	239	35	May 19	CHW		BAL	L,6-11	3-7	L(1-1)	0	4.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.87	4.57	22	4	5	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	-0.291	3.68	-0.39%	-1.41	3t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 0 out d2
11	240	38	May 21	CHW		DET	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.51	4.45	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
12	241	41	May 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	7-GF		4	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.66	4.12	10	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.042	.49	0.05%	1.48	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
13	242	47	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,5-13	6-6		4	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.95	4.77	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.015	.06	-0.02%	-1.80	6b 1-3 1 out d5	6b 3 out d8
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
14	243	50	Jun 2(2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-11	3-4		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.66	4	2	0	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.052	1.23	-0.06%	-0.50	3b 123 1 out d2	4b 1-- 1 out d4
15	244	57	Jun 10(1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.48	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.16	0.01%	0.90	8b 1-- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
16	245	58	Jun 10(2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-11	2-3		-1	1.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	4.30	4.23	6	2	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.046	.81	-0.06%	-1.45	2b --3 2 out d4	3b -2- 2 out d6
17	246	61	Jun 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-11	7-8		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.16	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.016	.23	-0.01%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out d3	8b --3 0 out d2
18	247	62	Jun 15	CHW		LAA	W,7-6	9-GF	W(2-1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	4.10	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.037	.73	0.03%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
19	248	64	Jun 17(1)	CHW		LAA	L,3-5	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.96	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.034	.69	0.03%	0.49	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
20	249	66	Jun 19	CHW		MIN	L,4-9	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.97	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.99	5t --- 0 out d8	6t 3 out d8
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Houston Colt .45s
21	250	72	Jun 26(2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-6	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.88	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.97	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
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
22	251	75	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	8-GF		4	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.74	8	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
23	252	77	Jul 3	HOU		PIT	L,2-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.55	3.59	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	253	79	Jul 4(2)	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	7-8		0	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.57	7	2	2	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.96	7t 1-- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
25	254	81	Jul 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-10	2-4		2	2.2	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.86	3.85	12	4	4	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.02	2b 12- 1 out d5	4b 3 out d8
26	255	82	Jul 8(1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-12	6-7		0	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.35	4.19	10	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.96	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
27	256	85	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-6	5-6		3	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.35	4.50	9	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.02	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d5
28	257	87	Jul 14	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	5-7		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4.09	4.37	9	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.088	.00	0.00%	1.55	5b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d2
29	258	90	Jul 17(1)	HOU		PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	2	6.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.96	4.28	23	10	3	1	2	4	56			0	1	1	22	0	1	1	0	0	0	.84	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
30	259	95	Jul 21(1)	HOU		STL	L,0-7	GS-3	L(2-3)	3	2.2	7	3	3	0	1	2	1	4.27	4.71	15	5	1	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-2.35	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d3
31	260	98	Jul 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-5	4-7		1	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.13	4.79	15	6	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.87	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
32	261	101	Jul 27	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.71	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
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
33	262	104	Aug 1	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.64	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
34	263	107	Aug 4	HOU	@	STL	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.61	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
35	264	108	Aug 5(1)	HOU	@	STL	W,7-4	5-8	W(3-3)	0	4.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.70	4.54	15	6	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.095	.00	0.00%	2.23	5b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d1
36	265	112	Aug 8	HOU		CIN	L,0-4	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.59	4.49	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.93	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
37	266	113	Aug 9	HOU		CIN	L,3-7	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	4.41	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.93	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
38	267	114	Aug 10	HOU		MLN	L,6-7	7-8		0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	4.36	8	2	5	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
39	268	116	Aug 12	HOU		MLN	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.35	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.75	9t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 3
40	269	118	Aug 15	HOU		STL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.34	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.95	0.169	.00	0.00%	1.15	9t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
41	270	120	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	4.26	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
42	271	123	Aug 19	HOU		CHC	L,3-4	5-7		1	2.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.49	4.29	14	8	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-1.95	5t --- 0 out d1	7t --3 2 out d4
43	272	125	Aug 21(1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-5	7-7		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.59	4.28	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.03	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-- 1 out d2
44	273	128	Aug 23	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.66	4.23	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
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
45	274	135	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	4.20	6	3	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.07	7b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
46	275	137	Sep 3(1)	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.54	4.22	4	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.84	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
47	276	140	Sep 5	HOU		PIT	W,5-3	4-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	4.21	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.42	4t 12- 2 out d2	4t 3 out d2
48	277	141	Sep 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	W(5-3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	4.17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
49	278	143	Sep 8(1)	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	8-GF	W(6-3)	1	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.51	4.14	10	4	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
50	279	145	Sep 9	HOU		NYM	T,7-7	2-5		0	2.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.71	4.13	14	7	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-1.84	2t 12- 2 out a1	5t -2- 1 out tie
51	280	148	Sep 15	HOU	@	MLN	L,8-9	9-9	BL(6-4)	5	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	3.78	4.26	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.27	-0.432	.00	0.00%	-1.56	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b 12- 2 out tie
52	281	151	Sep 18(2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-6	6-7		2	1.1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.28	9	1	2	0	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.74	6b 1-- 1 out a5	7b 123 2 out a4
53	282	152	Sep 20(1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-2	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	4.25	6	3	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.069	.00	0.00%	1.43	8b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 5
54	283	153	Sep 20(2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	W(7-4)	-1	4.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.60	4.20	15	7	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.619	.00	0.00%	2.03	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
55	284	156	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,3-10	6-6		2	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.78	4.33	4	1	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-2.69	6t -2- 2 out d7	6t 3 out d10
56	285	158	Sep 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-13	4-4		2	0.2	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.13	4.45	8	2	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-4.11	4b --- 0 out d3	4b -23 2 out d7
							13-42		W-L:7-4,Sv:3,BSv:1	2.0	96.0	102	48	44	26	40	13	3	4.13	4.45	408	1.65		6%	4%	85	45	34	21%	8	4	2	376	14	3	2	7	0	6	.71	-0.009	.44	0.27%	2.42

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