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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

5.60

207

712.1

339

WHIP

1.693

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-9 / in Starts: 16-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 2

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.00	2.79	35	8	14	0	2	5	79			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.58	0.219	2.19	0.49%	4.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a16
2	2	14	Apr 30(1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.00	2.85	35	19	4	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	.79	0.313	2.76	0.66%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	19	May 7(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-5		6	4.2	10	6	6	0	0	2	0	3.18	4.00	25	11	4	1	1	10	20			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.335	4.98	-0.88%	-3.20	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d4
4	4	24	May 14(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-5	GS-6	W(3-0)	6	5.2	7	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.49	3.78	25	12	1	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.094	3.03	-0.20%	-1.84	1b start a 2	6b -2- 2 out a2
5	5	29	May 21	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	GS-	L(3-1)	6	2.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.15	4.02	13						33						10					0
6	6	36	May 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	8	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.66	3.61	36	7	17	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.380	9.75	1.32%	2.92	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	41	Jun 4(1)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.35	3.65	36	9	11	2	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.525	8.18	1.87%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	8	47	Jun 10(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	GS-6	L(5-2)	5	5.2	11	8	8	4	6	1	1	4.33	3.86	34	8	5	0	0	10	17			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	-0.594	9.07	-2.16%	-4.77	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d3
9	9	51	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.25	3.96	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.48	0.018	2.41	0.05%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	10	53	Jun 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	3.94	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.008	.69	0.03%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
11	11	59	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-8		5	7.1	10	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.98	3.83	32	10	4	0	3	7	57			0	2	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.022	7.60	0.07%	1.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
12	12	65	Jun 25(2)	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	6.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.63	3.68	23						72						20	1	0			0
13	13	69	Jun 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,12-13	GS-6		4	5.2	6	9	3	8	2	0	0	3.72	3.89	30	4	10	3	1	6	27			0	1	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	1	.77	-0.124	4.13	-0.40%	-4.04	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	73	Jul 4(2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	L(6-3)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.69	3.80	33	18	1	0	0	7	57			0	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.020	9.77	0.11%	1.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	15	77	Jul 9(2)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-	W(7-3)	4	7.2	10	6	5	2	3	0	0	3.87	3.73	35						38						33					0
16	16	82	Jul 14	NYY		SLB	W,11-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.14	3.85	24	6	6	1	0	6	33			1	2	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.266	5.83	-0.84%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
17	17	87	Jul 21	NYY		CLE	W,10-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	6	6.1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.97	3.86	24	6	11	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	1	.91	0.161	4.97	0.53%	1.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a7
18	18	95	Jul 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(9-3)	8	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.81	3.89	36	6	19	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.260	10.43	1.62%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	99	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	8-8		5	0.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.81	3.92	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.82	-0.260	15.71	-0.87%	-1.28	8t 1-3 2 out tie	8t 123 2 out d1
20	20	101	Aug 7(1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS-8		1	8.0	8	5	2	4	1	0	0	3.71	3.93	37	14	11	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	-0.064	11.39	-0.42%	-0.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	21	107	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-4)	5	8.0	12	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.90	39	24	1	0	0	11	43			0	1	0	37	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.14	-0.085	10.80	-0.48%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	22	111	Aug 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.64	3.76	36	13	5	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.132	1.16	0.18%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	132	Sep 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(11-4)	20	9.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.60	3.71	34	11	12	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.313	.23	0.07%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	24	138	Sep 17(1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(12-4)	8	9.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.51	3.78	38	12	13	1	6	8	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.389	.01	0.00%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	25	145	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-12	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.77	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.59	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
26	26	149	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	W,11-9	GS-2		4	2.0	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.73	3.82	12	2	1	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-3.95	1t start tie	2t 3 out a2
							17-9		W-L:12-4,Sv:1	4.6	157.0	160	81	65	63	76	8	1	3.73	3.82	686	1.31		3%	4%	135	50	4	25%	1	7	1	609	27	8	3	7	0	9	1.08	0.806	5.87	0.75%	7.79

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