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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	LAD		SDP	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 7	LAD		SDP	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
5	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
7	7	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 15	LAD		ATL	L,4-11	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	2	2	9	1	SS
16	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	17	Apr 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	Apr 23	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
19	19	Apr 24	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	20	Apr 25	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	21	Apr 28	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
22	22	Apr 29 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
23	23	Apr 29 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	24	Apr 30	LAD	@	MON	L,4-8	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
26	26	May 3	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
27	27	May 4	LAD		PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
28	28	May 5	LAD		PHI	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
29	29	May 6	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 7	LAD		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 8	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 9	LAD		NYM	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 10	LAD		NYM	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
34	34	May 11	LAD		MON	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	35	May 12	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
36	36	May 13	LAD		MON	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
37	37	May 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
38	38	May 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
39	39	May 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
40	40	May 18	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	41	May 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
42	42	May 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
43	43	May 21	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	5	0	6	0	SS
44	44	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	52	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
45	45	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	46	May 25	LAD		CIN	W,17-6	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
47	47	May 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
48	48	May 27	LAD		CIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
49	49	May 28	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
50	50	May 29	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
51	51	May 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
52	52	May 31	LAD		SFG	W,12-10	GS	21	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	53	Jun 1	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	53	10.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
54	54	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	L,5-12	GS	32	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 3	LAD	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
56	56	Jun 4	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
57	57	Jun 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
60	60	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
61	62 (1)	Jun 11	LAD		STL	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
62	63	Jun 12	LAD		STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
63	64	Jun 13	LAD		STL	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
64	65	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	66	Jun 16	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
66	67	Jun 17	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
67	68	Jun 18	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
68	69	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
70	72 (1)	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
71	73	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
72	74	Jun 25	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
73	75	Jun 26	LAD		SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	76	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
75	77	Jun 28	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
76	78	Jun 29	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
77	79	Jun 30	LAD		ATL	L,4-7	CG	46	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	80	Jul 1	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
79	81	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	50	12.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
80	82	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
81	84 (1)	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
82	85	Jul 7	LAD	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
83	86	Jul 8	LAD	@	MON	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
84	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
85	88	Jul 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
86	89	Jul 11	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	0	8	0	8	0	SS
87	90	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-12	GS	30	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
88	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
89	92	Jul 14	LAD	@	PHI	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
90	93	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
91	94	Jul 19	LAD		MON	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
92	95	Jul 20	LAD		MON	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
93	96	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	97	Jul 22	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
95	98	Jul 23	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
96	99	Jul 24	LAD		PHI	W,15-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
97	100	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,16-8	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
98	101	Jul 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
99	102	Jul 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,11-7	GS	17	5.0	1	3	0	4	3	SS
100	103	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
101	104	Jul 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	SS
102	105	Jul 30	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
103	106	Jul 31	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
105	108	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
106	109	Aug 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
107	110	Aug 5	LAD		SFG	W,8-1	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
108	111	Aug 6	LAD		SFG	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	6	2	9	0	SS
109	112	Aug 7	LAD		HOU	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
110	113	Aug 8	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
111	115 (1)	Aug 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
112	116	Aug 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
113	117	Aug 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	118	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
115	119	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
116	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	59	15.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
117	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
118	122	Aug 18	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
119	123	Aug 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	125 (1)	Aug 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS
121	126	Aug 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
122	127	Aug 24	LAD		STL	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
123	128	Aug 25	LAD		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
124	129	Aug 26	LAD		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	130	Aug 27	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
126	131	Aug 28	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
127	132	Aug 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
128	133	Aug 30	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
129	134	Aug 31	LAD		CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	135	Sep 1	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
131	136	Sep 2	LAD		CHC	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
132	137	Sep 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
133	138	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-9	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
134	139	Sep 5	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
135	141 (1)	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
136	142	Sep 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
137	143	Sep 9	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
138	144	Sep 11	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	145	Sep 12	LAD		SDP	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
140	146	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
141	147	Sep 14	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
142	148	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
143	149	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
144	150	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
145	151	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
146	152	Sep 19	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
147	154 (1)	Sep 21	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
148	155	Sep 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
149	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	9	0	13	1	SS
150	158 (1)	Sep 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-4	GS	17	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							150gm		1296.0	218	452	30	700	70