Russ Van Atta

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 184lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ us

Died: October 10, 1986 in Andover, NJ

Buried: Frankford Plains Cemetery, Newton, NJ

High School: Augusta HS (Augusta, NJ)

School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 26-308d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 11, 1939 (Age 32-324d)
vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Russell Van Atta

Nicknames: Sheriff

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

5.60

207

712.1

339

WHIP

1.693

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

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,5-11		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (8)	May 11	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	21 (5)	May 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9		20	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	25 (3)	May 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	35 (9)	Jun 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-8	GF	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	39 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-6		0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	42 (2)	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	GS	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	84 (41)	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,10-16		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	113 (28)	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	L,6-7	GS	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	120 (6)	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	125 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	129 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0
14	131 (1)	Sep 9	SLB		CHW	L,8-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	135 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	141 (5)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-10	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							16gm		59.0	2	14	2	18	0