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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	5	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
4	6	Apr 20	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-1	GF	11	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	PH SS
5	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	GF	18	4.0	1	4	1	6	1	PH SS
6	10 (2)	Apr 25	LAD		MON	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	12 (1)	Apr 27	LAD		MON	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH SS
8	13	Apr 28	LAD		NYM	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
9	14	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
10	15	Apr 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16	May 1	LAD		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
12	17	May 2	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	18	May 3	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
14	19	May 5	LAD	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	20	May 7	LAD	@	MON	L,0-1	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	23 (2)	May 11 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
17	24	May 11 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	8	2	13	2	SS
18	25	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
19	26	May 13	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
20	27	May 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	28	May 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
22	29	May 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	30	May 18	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	31	May 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
25	32	May 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	2	11	0	SS
26	33	May 21	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
27	34	May 22	LAD		SFG	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	35	May 23	LAD		SFG	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	36	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
30	37	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
31	38	May 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
32	39	May 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
33	40	May 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
34	41	May 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	42	May 31	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
37	44	Jun 2	LAD		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	45	Jun 3	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
39	46	Jun 4	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
40	47	Jun 6	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	48	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
42	49	Jun 8	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
43	50	Jun 9	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
44	52 (1)	Jun 11	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
45	57 (4)	Jun 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
46	58	Jun 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
47	59	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	30	7.2	1	7	0	8	1	SS
48	60	Jun 23	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
49	61	Jun 24 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
50	62	Jun 24 (2)	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
51	63	Jun 25	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
52	64	Jun 26	LAD		CIN	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
53	65	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
54	66	Jun 28	LAD		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
55	67	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	68	Jun 30	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	69	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
58	70	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
59	71	Jul 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
60	72	Jul 5	LAD	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
61	73	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
62	90 (16)	Jul 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
63	91	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
64	92	Jul 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
65	93	Jul 30 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
66	94	Jul 30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
67	95	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	96	Aug 1	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
69	97	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
70	98	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
71	99	Aug 4	LAD		SDP	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	100	Aug 5	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	10	0	10	0	SS
73	101	Aug 6	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
74	102	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	71	18.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
75	103	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	104	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
77	105	Aug 11	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	106	Aug 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
79	107	Aug 13	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
80	108	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
81	109	Aug 16	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
82	110	Aug 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
83	111	Aug 18	LAD		CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	112	Aug 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
85	113	Aug 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
86	114	Aug 21	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	115	Aug 22	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
88	116	Aug 23	LAD		STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
89	117	Aug 25 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	11.2	1	7	1	9	0	SS
90	118	Aug 25 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
91	119	Aug 26	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
92	120	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
93	121	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	3	2	9	2	SS
94	122	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	49	10.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
95	123	Aug 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	124	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
97	125	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
98	126	Sep 2	LAD	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
99	127	Sep 3	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
100	128	Sep 4 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
101	129	Sep 4 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
102	130	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	131	Sep 6	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
104	132	Sep 7	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
105	133	Sep 8	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	134	Sep 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
107	135	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
108	136	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
109	137	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	6	1	9	0	SS
110	138	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
111	139	Sep 15	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
112	140	Sep 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
113	141	Sep 17	LAD	@	HOU	L,11-15	CG	52	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
114	142	Sep 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
115	143	Sep 19	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
116	144	Sep 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	10	0	11	0	SS
117	145	Sep 22	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
118	146	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
119	147	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	148	Sep 25	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	9	1	10	0	SS
121	149	Sep 26	LAD		SDP	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
122	150	Sep 27	LAD		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
123	151	Sep 29	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	152	Sep 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
125	153	Oct 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
126	154	Oct 3	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
127	155	Oct 4	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
							127gm		1068.2	201	439	34	674	69