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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	LAD		HOU	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 12	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
7	7	Apr 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	2	1	1	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 20	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
11	11	Apr 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
14	14	Apr 24	LAD		SDP	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	LAD		SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
18	18	Apr 28	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	LAD	@	MON	L,8-9	CG	55	12.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
21	21	May 2	LAD	@	MON	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
22	22	May 3	LAD	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
24	24	May 5	LAD	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 6	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
27	27	May 8	LAD	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 9	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	31 (2)	May 13	LAD		MON	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
30	32	May 14	LAD		MON	W,3-2	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	34 (1)	May 16	LAD		NYM	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
32	35	May 17	LAD		NYM	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
33	36	May 18	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
34	37	May 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
35	38	May 20	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
36	39	May 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	51	12.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
37	40	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	45	10.0	0	4	1	5	2	SS
38	41	May 24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
39	42	May 24 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
40	44 (1)	May 27	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
41	45	May 28	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-9	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	52 (6)	Jun 5	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	STL	L,1-6	GS	29	6.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
46	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
47	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	58	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	59	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
50	60	Aug 12	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	61	Aug 13	LAD		ATL	L,1-9	GS	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
52	62	Aug 14	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
53	63	Aug 15	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	GS	17	4.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
54	70 (6)	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	71	Aug 24	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
56	72	Aug 25	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	48	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
57	73	Aug 26	LAD	@	PIT	W,16-6	GS	32	7.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
58	74	Aug 27	LAD		CHC	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
59	75	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	2	SS
60	76	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
61	78 (1)	Aug 31	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	79	Sep 1	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	4	9	0	13	1	SS
63	80	Sep 2	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
64	81	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
65	82	Sep 4	LAD		STL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
66	83	Sep 5	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
67	86 (2)	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
68	87	Sep 9	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	88	Sep 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	43	9.1	1	6	1	8	1	SS
70	89	Sep 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	91 (1)	Sep 14	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-5	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	98 (6)	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
73	99	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
74	100	Sep 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
75	101	Sep 25	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	GS	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
76	103 (1)	Sep 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	107 (3)	Oct 1	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
78	108	Oct 2	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
79	109	Oct 3	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	110	Oct 4	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
							80gm		669.2	128	261	14	403	49