Bill Russell

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Russell was a switch-hitter in 1971.

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS).

High School: Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS)

School: Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS)

Debut: April 7, 1969 (Age 20-168d, 12,768th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1986 (Age 37-345d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: William Ellis Russell

Nicknames: Ropes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

7318

1926

.263

796

RBI

627

167

OBP

.310

SLG

.338

OPS

.648

OPS+

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

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
2	2	Apr 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
3	3	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
6	6	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
7	7	Apr 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
8	8	Apr 13	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
9	9	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,1-7	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
10	10	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
11	11	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
12	12	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
13	13	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
14	14	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
16	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
17	17	Apr 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
18	18	Apr 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
19	19	Apr 25 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
20	20	Apr 25 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
21	21	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
22	22	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
23	23	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
24	24	Apr 30	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-7	GS	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
26	26	May 2	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	27	May 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	28	May 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
29	31 (2)	May 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
30	33 (1)	May 11	LAD		ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
31	35 (1)	May 14	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	GF	13	2.1	1	0	1	2	0	2B
32	39 (3)	May 19	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
33	40	May 20	LAD	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
34	41	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 2B
35	46 (4)	May 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	GF	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	47	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
37	48	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF 2B
38	49	May 30	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	55 (5)	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	GF	34	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF RF
40	56	Jun 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	57	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	59 (1)	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	82 (22)	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,14-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	86 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	90 (3)	Jul 11	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	93 (2)	Jul 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
47	94	Jul 18 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	96 (1)	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
49	97	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
50	98	Jul 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	99	Jul 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
52	100	Jul 23	LAD		ATL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	113 (12)	Aug 7	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	114	Aug 8	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	116 (1)	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
56	117	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	118	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	CG	52	13.0	8	4	1	13	1	2B
58	119	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
59	120	Aug 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
60	124 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
61	125	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	126	Aug 21	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	127	Aug 22	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	130 (2)	Aug 25	LAD	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
65	131	Aug 28 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
66	132	Aug 28 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	30	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
67	133	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	4	5	0	9	1	2B
68	134	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B RF
69	135	Aug 31	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	136	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	GF	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	139 (2)	Sep 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	141 (1)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	142	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	143	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	144	Sep 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
76	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
77	147 (1)	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	GF	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR RF SS
78	148	Sep 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
79	151 (2)	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3		18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
80	152	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
81	153	Sep 19 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	155 (1)	Sep 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
83	157 (1)	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
84	162 (4)	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							95gm		531.1	135	114	8	257	23