Jim Russell

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 181lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, PA us

Died: November 24, 1987 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Fayette City, PA

Debut: September 12, 1942 (Age 23-346d, 9,291st in major league history)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1951 (Age 33-000d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: James William Russell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.2

3595

959

.267

554

RBI

428

OBP

.360

SLG

.400

OPS

.760

OPS+

108

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

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 20	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 21	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	8	Apr 30 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 2	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	May 3	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 4	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 7 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 7 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 10	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 11	PIT		BSN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 13	PIT		BSN	L,2-16	CG	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 14 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 14 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	20	May 15	PIT		NYG	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 17	PIT		BRO	W,8-5	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 18	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 19	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 21 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	27 (1)	May 24	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	28	May 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	29	May 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-5	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	31 (1)	May 28 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-8	GF	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	32	May 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	33	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	34	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	35	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	37	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	38	Jun 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	39	Jun 4 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	40	Jun 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	41	Jun 7	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	42	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	43	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	T,3-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	44	Jun 10	PIT		CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	45	Jun 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	46	Jun 11 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	47	Jun 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	48	Jun 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	49	Jun 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	50	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 18 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	52	Jun 18 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	53	Jun 20	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
52	54	Jun 21	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	55	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	57	Jun 23	PIT		STL	T,5-5	CG	62	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	58	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,0-16	GS	45	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	59	Jun 25 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	60	Jun 25 (2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	61	Jun 28	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	62	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	T,1-1	CG	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	63	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,9-8	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	65	Jul 1	PIT		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	66	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	67	Jul 2 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	70	Jul 5	PIT		PHI	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	71	Jul 6	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	72	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	W,13-2	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	73	Jul 8	PIT		BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	74	Jul 9 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	75	Jul 9 susp	PIT		BRO	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	76	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	78 (1)	Jul 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	79	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	80	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	81	Jul 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	86 (4)	Jul 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	87	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	88	Jul 23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	89	Jul 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	90	Jul 25	PIT	@	NYG	W,15-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	91	Jul 26	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	92	Jul 28	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	93	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	94	Jul 30 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
88	95	Jul 30 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	96	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	97	Aug 1 susp	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	98	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	99	Aug 3	PIT		STL	L,2-15	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	100	Aug 4	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	101	Aug 5	PIT		CHC	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
95	102	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	103	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
97	104	Aug 8	PIT		NYG	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	105	Aug 9	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	106	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	107	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
101	108	Aug 12	PIT		NYG	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	109	Aug 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	110	Aug 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	111	Aug 14	PIT		BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	112	Aug 15	PIT		BSN	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	113	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	114	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
108	116 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
109	117	Aug 20 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	118	Aug 20 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	119	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	120	Aug 22	PIT		BRO	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	121	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
114	122	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	123	Aug 27 (2)	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	124	Aug 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-15	CG	53	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	125	Aug 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	126	Aug 30 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	127	Aug 30 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	129	Sep 2	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	130	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	131	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
124	132	Sep 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
125	133	Sep 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	134	Sep 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	135	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
128	136	Sep 10 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	137	Sep 10 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
130	138	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	139	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	140	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	141	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
134	142	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	143	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
136	144	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
137	145	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	146	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	147	Sep 20	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
140	148	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	149	Sep 21 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
142	150	Sep 23	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	151	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
144	152	Sep 24 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	153	Sep 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	12.2	5	0	0	5	0
146	154	Sep 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	155	Sep 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	156	Sep 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	157	Oct 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							149gm			331	18	5	354	5