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: 3-25 / in Starts: 1-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 13

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	27	9	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.2	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	10.13	6.56	14	1	6	1	0	4	35			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.189	4.26	-0.34%	-2.00	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d3
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
2	28	13	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-1	L(0-2)	3	0.1	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.00	6.18	7	1	1	0	0	5	15			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.340	3.59	-0.74%	-4.91	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d4
3	29	19	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,8-9	GS-9		6	8.2	12	8	7	5	4	1	0	12.34	5.67	41	10	10	0	3	12	29			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	3	0	1	.72	-0.019	2.97	-0.05%	-0.91	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a3
4	30	24	May 17	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4		7	3.0	7	4	3	0	2	0	0	11.66	4.89	16	4	6	2	2	4	33			0	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.304	4.96	-0.95%	-2.67	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out tie
5	31	28	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	2-GF(8)		3	6.2	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	9.70	5.15	27	9	8	2	2	7		1	0	1	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	.16	-0.003	.82	-0.01%	0.25	2b -2- 1 out d5	8b end d 6
6	32	32	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	8.88	4.87	11	4	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	.51	0.005	2.09	0.01%	0.77	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
7	33	35	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	6-6	W(1-2)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.53	4.80	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.022	3.19	-0.06%	0.12	6b -23 0 out d1	6b 3 out d3
8	34	38	May 31	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	GS-6	L(1-3)	2	5.2	8	4	3	4	4	0	0	7.84	4.63	30	6	8	1	2	8	39			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.156	5.27	-0.42%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d3
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
9	35	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	8	8	8	2	1	1	0	8.92	4.94	24	4	9	0	1	8	14			1	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.444	3.81	-1.18%	-5.76	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d5
10	36	54	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	GS-6		12	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	8.63	4.73	23	8	5	2	1	8	36			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.036	6.81	-0.14%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
11	37	57	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.23	4.68	7	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.009	.45	0.03%	1.09	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
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
12	38	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	5-6		11	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.86	4.64	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.063	2.55	0.21%	1.48	5t 1-- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d2
13	39	68	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	5-7		0	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.36	4.57	10	4	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.131	3.33	0.44%	2.21	5b 1-- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
14	40	71	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	7-8		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.43	4.53	10	2	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.140	4.97	-0.47%	-1.56	7t 1-3 0 out d1	8t 3 out d4
15	41	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	6-9	H(1)	7	3.1	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	7.47	4.48	17	3	7	1	3	3		1	1	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.086	13.18	-0.48%	-0.54	6b -2- 0 out a2	9b -23 1 out a2
16	42	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	5-8		3	2.2	5	4	4	0	3	0	1	7.76	4.37	14	3	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.209	5.76	-0.70%	-1.56	5b -2- 2 out d3	8b 123 1 out d1
17	43	88	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4			5	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.53	4.32	7												6					0
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
18	44	96	Aug 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	5-GF		7	4.2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	6.97	4.39	18	5	8	2	2	0		1	1	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.38	0.057	2.31	0.21%	1.89	5t -2- 1 out d4	9t end d 3
19	45	103	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	3-GF(8)		6	5.1	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	6.55	4.28	23	7	3	0	0	5		1	0	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	0.014	.31	0.05%	2.12	3b -2- 2 out d7	8b end d 8
20	46	108	Aug 14(1)	NYY		DET	L,5-9	7-GF		5	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.33	4.30	10	5	1	0	0	1		2	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.025	1.46	0.14%	1.55	7t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
21	47	116	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	GS-4	L(1-5)	6	3.1	7	6	5	3	2	0	0	6.66	4.32	21	5	4	1	3	7	23			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.404	5.57	-0.99%	-3.80	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d2
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
22	48	128	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	7-8		10	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.54	4.30	4	2	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.019	.45	0.03%	0.88	7t -2- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
23	49	129	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	8-8		0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	6.60	4.50	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.080	.44	-0.08%	-1.77	8t 1-3 1 out d2	8t 3 out d5
24	50	136	Sep 9(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	5-GF(6)	W(2-5)	6	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.43	4.51	7	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.151	2.73	0.27%	1.24	5b --- 0 out d1	6b end a 1
25	51	138	Sep 11(2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.35	4.49	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.17	0.01%	0.62	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	52	140	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	6-7		2	1.0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	6.27	4.52	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.145	2.47	-0.35%	-1.76	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 1-3 0 out d2
27	53	142	Sep 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-7		1	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.35	4.56	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.019	1.64	-0.03%	-0.18	7b -23 0 out d1	7b 1-3 1 out d2
28	54	153	Sep 29(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-6	GS-9	W(3-5)	12	8.2	10	6	6	5	3	0	0	6.34	4.52	40	13	9	0	2	10	38			0	1	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.165	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1b start a 3	9b -2- 2 out a3
							3-25		W-L:3-5,Hld:1	3.6	88.0	107	69	62	46	39	4	2	6.34	4.52	409	1.02		6%	11%	96	29	18	50%	3	8	0	355	24	10	1	6	0	8	.73	-1.952	3.38	-5.59%	-16.64

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