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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 1.8 49 212 187 44 55 3 6 3 31 7 17 .294 .356 .422 .779 110 .360 109 79 1 7 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 1.9 47 207 182 43 55 3 6 3 31 7 17 .302 .365 .434 .799 116 .369 114 79 1 7 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 0.6 81 354 315 64 89 9 9 5 45 7 25 .283 .345 .416 .761 97 .349 96 131 5 9 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 2.1 69 303 272 56 83 20 4 7 44 12 27 .305 .376 .485 .862 135 .401 130 132 4 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 2.7 81 329 278 62 85 13 11 8 63 8 51 .306 .413 .518 .931 149 .416 145 144 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 2.4 86 357 298 73 91 18 10 8 59 10 53 .305 .420 .513 .934 140 .422 140 153 6 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 2.9 96 429 391 77 125 17 9 11 57 5 38 .320 .380 .494 .874 135 .394 135 193 0 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 1.0 78 341 308 62 92 14 12 3 43 4 30 .299 .367 .451 .818 122 .372 121 139 3 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 2.5 91 388 324 83 102 16 10 2 52 5 63 .315 .428 .444 .872 128 .403 133 144 1 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 2.4 89 388 350 90 117 12 1 9 69 6 37 .334 .399 .451 .851 130 .392 130 158 1 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 0.8 31 132 109 16 34 6 0 1 23 5 17 .312 .409 .394 .804 125 .392 129 43 1 5 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 0.7 16 64 51 6 17 6 1 0 6 2 11 .333 .452 .490 .942 159 .447 160 25 0 2 *9/4
11 Yrs 19.9 767 3297 2883 633 890 134 73 57 492 71 369 .309 .391 .465 .856 128 .393 128 1341 22 23 *94567/8
162 Game Avg 4.2 162 696 609 134 188 28 15 12 104 15 78 .309 .391 .465 .856 128 .393 128 283
SLS (10 Yrs) 19.3 749 3228 2827 626 873 128 72 57 486 69 358 .309 .391 .466 .856 128 .392 128 1316 22 21 *95467/8
CLS (1 Yr) 0.7 16 64 51 6 17 6 1 0 6 2 11 .333 .452 .490 .942 159 .447 160 25 0 2 *9/4
KCM (1 Yr) -0.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -109 0 0 0 /9
NNL (10 Yrs) 19.1 751 3233 2832 627 873 128 72 57 486 69 358 .308 .390 .465 .855 128 .392 127 1316 22 21 *95467/8
EWL (1 Yr) 0.7 16 64 51 6 17 6 1 0 6 2 11 .333 .452 .490 .942 159 .447 160 25 0 2 *9/4
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF Pos Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL 7 26 21 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 .286 .400 .286 .686 6 0 0 1 0
1928 32 SLS NNL 7 32 26 6 6 0 1 0 6 0 5 .231 .355 .308 .663 8 0 0 1
1930 34 SLS NNL 7 32 24 6 7 1 1 0 2 1 6 .292 .433 .417 .850 10 0 0 2
3 Yrs 21 90 71 13 19 1 2 0 11 1 15 .268 .395 .338 .733 24 0 0 4 0
162 Game Avg 162 694 548 100 147 8 15 0 85 8 116 .268 .395 .338 .733 185 0 0 31

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 212 3 0 0 9 1 12 1.1 7 19 1.8 .521 .507 0.9 0.8 10 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .408 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 207 4 0 0 9 1 14 1.3 7 21 1.9 .526 .508 1.0 0.9 11 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 354 -2 0 0 -5 1 -6 -0.5 12 6 0.6 .493 .497 1.0 -0.3 10 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 303 12 1 0 0 0 13 1.2 10 23 2.1 .517 .507 2.1 0.0 23 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 329 21 -1 0 0 -3 18 1.6 11 29 2.7 .520 .510 2.7 -0.2 29 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 357 20 -1 0 -3 -2 15 1.3 12 27 2.4 .515 .508 2.6 -0.4 30 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 429 19 -1 0 0 -3 15 1.5 14 29 2.9 .515 .509 2.8 -0.3 29 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 341 9 -1 0 -7 -3 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .499 .499 1.6 -0.9 16 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 388 17 -1 0 0 -4 13 1.2 13 25 2.5 .513 .507 2.5 -0.3 25 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 388 17 -1 0 0 -4 12 1.1 13 25 2.4 .512 .507 2.3 -0.3 25 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 132 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0.4 4 9 0.8 .512 .502 0.8 -0.1 9 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 64 5 0 0 1 -1 6 0.5 2 8 0.7 .531 .503 0.6 0.1 7 *9/4
11 Yrs 3297 125 -4 0 -4 -18 99 9.1 110 209 19.9 .512 .505 19.8 -2.1 213 *94567/8
162 Game Avg 696 26 -1 0 -1 -4 21 1.9 23 44 4.2 .512 .505 4.2 -0.4 45
SLS (10 Yrs) 3228 122 -4 0 -5 -18 96 8.7 108 203 19.3 .511 .506 19.3 -2.1 208 *95467/8
CLS (1 Yr) 64 5 0 0 1 -1 6 0.5 2 8 0.7 .531 .503 0.6 0.1 7 *9/4
KCM (1 Yr) 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .408 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /9
NNL (10 Yrs) 3233 120 -4 0 -5 -18 94 8.6 108 201 19.1 .511 .506 19.2 -2.1 206 *95467/8
EWL (1 Yr) 64 5 0 0 1 -1 6 0.5 2 8 0.7 .531 .503 0.6 0.1 7 *9/4

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Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1922 26 2TM NNL 212 .360 109 .283 .128 1.4 8.0 58.6 54/79
1922 26 KCM NNL 5 .000 -109 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 /9
1922 26 SLS NNL 207 .369 114 .291 .132 1.4 8.2 57.1 54/79
1923 27 SLS NNL 354 .349 96 .271 .133 1.4 7.1 51.8 5697/48
1924 28 SLS NNL 303 .401 130 .287 .180 2.3 8.9 45.8 964/578
1925 29 SLS NNL 329 .416 145 .285 .212 2.4 15.5 42.2 *94/5
1926 30 SLS NNL 357 .422 140 .286 .208 2.2 14.8 45.8 *96/47
1927 31 SLS NNL 429 .394 135 .300 .174 2.6 8.9 43.4 *9/546
1928 32 SLS NNL 341 .372 121 .292 .153 0.9 8.8 48.4 *9/56
1929 33 SLS NNL 388 .403 133 .311 .130 0.5 16.2 49.4 *9/547
1930 34 SLS NNL 388 .392 130 .317 .117 2.3 9.5 55.5 *9/76
1931 35 SLS NNL 132 .392 129 .306 .083 0.8 12.9 29.4 9/45
1932 36 CLS EWL 64 .447 160 .333 .157 0.0 17.2 21.4 *9/4
11 Yrs 3297 .393 128 .295 .156 1.7 11.2 47.1 *94567/8
MLB Average .344 100 .293 .115 1.2 7.9 36.5
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL 26 .286 .000 0.0 15.4 10.0
1928 32 SLS NNL 32 .231 .077 0.0 15.6 54.5
1930 34 SLS NNL 32 .292 .125 0.0 18.8 46.2
3 Yrs 90 .268 .070 0.0 16.7 38.2
MLB Average .262 .124 1.7 7.9 32.2
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
1922 26 SLS NNL 3B 25 221.0 99 26 69 4 6 .960 .930 3.87 3.18 3.80 3.45
1922 26 SLS NNL 2B 12 106.0 71 20 47 4 2 .944 .935 5.69 5.07 5.58 5.48
1922 26 SLS NNL LF 8 66.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .944 2.05 1.64 1.88 1.78
1922 26 2TM NNL RF 3 25.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.58 0.00 1.73
1922 26 KCM NNL RF 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.70
1922 26 SLS NNL RF 2 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.58 0.00 1.75
1923 27 SLS NNL 3B 25 25 193.2 74 23 47 4 3 .946 .925 3.25 3.16 2.80 3.44
1923 27 SLS NNL SS 22 19 171.1 127 47 68 12 11 .906 .918 6.04 5.67 5.23 6.18
1923 27 SLS NNL RF 17 15 146.0 22 21 1 0 1 1.000 .957 1.36 1.63 1.29 1.78
1923 27 SLS NNL LF 13 13 106.0 26 20 6 0 0 1.000 .945 2.21 1.72 2.00 1.87
1923 27 SLS NNL 2B 6 6 53.0 32 14 16 2 2 .938 .938 5.09 5.55 5.00 6.07
1923 27 SLS NNL CF 4 4 36.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .953 1.50 2.08 1.50 2.25
1924 28 SLS NNL RF 37 37 312.0 54 50 4 0 0 1.000 .964 1.56 1.67 1.46 1.46
1924 28 SLS NNL SS 18 18 152.1 113 42 61 10 8 .912 .906 6.09 5.28 5.72 4.60
1924 28 SLS NNL 2B 12 8 78.1 48 17 26 5 0 .896 .925 4.94 5.19 3.58 4.53
1924 28 SLS NNL 3B 5 2 17.2 9 3 5 1 0 .889 .931 4.08 3.16 1.60 2.76
1924 28 SLS NNL LF 4 3 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 .954 2.53 1.66 2.25 1.45
1924 28 SLS NNL CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.90
1925 29 SLS NNL RF 70 0.00
1925 29 SLS NNL 2B 19 0.00
1925 29 SLS NNL 3B 2 0.00
1926 30 SLS NNL RF 64 62 533.0 107 88 11 8 4 .925 .943 1.67 1.70 1.55 1.51
1926 30 SLS NNL SS 11 10 103.0 72 31 36 5 6 .931 .910 5.85 5.30 6.09 4.73
1926 30 SLS NNL 2B 8 6 58.0 37 9 25 3 3 .919 .948 5.28 5.65 4.25 5.04
1926 30 SLS NNL LF 4 4 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 .950 1.70 1.65 1.75 1.48
1927 31 SLS NNL RF 82 0.00
1927 31 SLS NNL 3B 8 0.00
1927 31 SLS NNL 2B 7 0.00
1927 31 SLS NNL SS 3 0.00
1928 32 SLS NNL RF 76 671.1 107 91 7 9 1 .916 .943 1.31 1.59 1.29 1.33
1928 32 SLS NNL 3B 2 6.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .925 6.00 3.00 2.00 2.45
1928 32 SLS NNL SS 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 3 1.000 .920 4.00 5.70 4.00 4.80
1929 33 SLS NNL RF 82 0.00
1929 33 SLS NNL 3B 7 0.00
1929 33 SLS NNL 2B 1 0.00
1929 33 SLS NNL LF 1 0.00
1930 34 SLS NNL RF 81 0.00
1930 34 SLS NNL LF 4 0.00
1930 34 SLS NNL SS 2 0.00
1931 35 SLS NNL RF 23 22 190.0 36 34 1 1 0 .972 .936 1.66 1.49 1.52 0.99
1931 35 SLS NNL 2B 8 8 73.0 34 13 18 3 2 .912 .931 3.82 5.24 3.88 3.49
1931 35 SLS NNL 3B 1 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .920 1.13 2.93 1.00 2.00
1932 36 CLS EWL RF 13 13 110.2 22 19 3 0 0 1.000 .954 1.79 1.76 1.69 1.94
1932 36 CLS EWL 2B 3 3 23.0 14 4 10 0 3 1.000 .957 5.48 5.67 4.67 6.30
Standard Range Factor
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG Awards
11 Yrs 208 105 1273.1 739 252 434 53 49 .928 .924 4.85 4.60 3.30 3.42
RF (11 Yrs) RF 548 149 1988.0 348 303 27 18 6 .948 .947 1.49 1.63 0.60 0.61
2B (9 Yrs) 2B 76 31 391.1 236 77 142 17 12 .928 .936 5.04 5.31 2.88 3.21
3B (8 Yrs) 3B 75 27 446.1 187 53 125 9 9 .952 .928 3.59 3.16 2.37 2.57
SS (6 Yrs) SS 57 47 435.2 316 122 167 27 28 .915 .912 5.97 5.45 5.07 4.84
LF (6 Yrs) LF 34 20 241.0 57 51 6 0 0 1.000 .947 2.13 1.68 1.68 1.48
CF (2 Yrs) CF 5 4 37.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .953 1.46 2.07 1.20 2.18
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G Awards
1925 29 SLS NNL RF 7 7 157.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.52 1.29
1925 29 SLS NNL 2B 2 0 21.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.43 0.50
1928 32 SLS NNL RF 7 180.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 1.57
1928 32 SLS NNL 3B 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1930 34 SLS NNL RF 7 7 186.0 11 5 1 5 0 .545 0.29 0.86
3 Yrs 24 14 547.0 34 25 2 7 0 .794 0.44 1.13
RF (3 Yrs) RF 21 14 523.0 32 25 1 6 0 .813 0.45 1.24
2B (1 Yr) 2B 2 0 21.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.43 0.50
3B (1 Yr) 3B 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Branch Russell born?

Branch Russell was born on October 9, 1895.

Where was Branch Russell born?

Branch Russell was born in South Boston, VA.

How tall was Branch Russell?

Branch Russell was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did Branch Russell weigh when playing?

Branch Russell weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Branch Russell play?

Branch Russell played 11 seasons.

Is Branch Russell in the Hall of Fame?

Branch Russell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Branch Russell play?

Branch Russell was a Rightfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman.

How many hits did Branch Russell have?

Branch Russell had 890 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Branch Russell have?

Branch Russell had 57 home runs over his career.

What was Branch Russell's average?

Branch Russell had a .309 average over his career.

How many teams has Branch Russell played for?

Branch Russell played for 3 teams; the Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Stars and Cleveland Stars.

When did Branch Russell retire?

Branch Russell last played in 1932.

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