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Bill Russell
William Ellis Russell (Ropes)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut April 7, 1969
Final Game October 1, 1986
Born October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 20 LAN NL   88   89   16   15   1   2   2   12   4   0   15   23  .169  .286  .292  .578    84    26   0   1   0   0   1  
 1970 21 LAN NL  111  278   26   74  12  12   0   29  11   1   19   24  .266  .320  .396  .716    99   110   1   2   5   4   7  
 1971 22 LAN NL  102  115   17   23   1   1   1    4   4   1    4   21  .200  .227  .252  .479    69    29   0   0   1   0   1  
 1972 23 LAN NL  139  467   56  137  19   8   6   42   9   4   24   79  .293  .329  .407  .736   113   190   1   4   2   3   8  
 1973 24 LAN NL  163  606   52  164  23   4   7   84  10   5   27   70  .271  .300  .356  .656    94   216   1   4   2   0  15  
 1974 25 LAN NL  162  588   64  160  17   7   4   64  11   1   33   50  .272  .316  .345  .661    98   203   3   5   2   7  26  
 1975 26 CHA AL  112  250   20   46  10   5   0   25   0   0   15   29  .184  .236  .264  .500    68    66  10   3   0   3   6  
 1976 27 CHA AL  162  580   58  155  17   3   6   50   8   2   14   43  .267  .290  .338  .628    90   196   8   1   0   5   9  
 1977 28 CHA AL  162  607   77  172  22   7   6   78  11   1   20   50  .283  .306  .372  .679    90   226  18   4   0   2  20  
 1978 29 CHA AL  161  620   68  170  36   4   3   51  14   6   14   45  .274  .292  .360  .651    89   223  10   2   0   2  19  
 1979 30 CHA AL  148  513   56  131  18   7   5   43   4   4   22   43  .255  .284  .347  .631    84   178   3   3   2   0  15  
 1980 31 CHA AL  147  478   48  127  30   2   7   38   9   0   15   34  .266  .291  .381  .672    95   182   9   2   0   3  12  
 1981 32 CHA AL  108  350   28   83   8   0   0   29   2   2   20   13  .237  .280  .260  .540    76    91   1   1   0   1  10  
 1982 33 CHA AL  161  507   60  124  19   1   5   39   9   0   50   36  .245  .318  .316  .634    86   160   8   3   2   6  16  
 1983 34 CHA AL  114  339   37   85   8   3   0   22  11   4   19   34  .251  .296  .292  .588    81    99   1   1   0   3   5  
 1984 35 CHA AL   79  247   23   64   6   1   0   16   5   4   26   23  .259  .330  .291  .621    90    72   2   0   0   0   5  
 1985 36 CHA AL   58  160   15   39   7   0   0   13   3   3   18    9  .244  .318  .288  .606    83    46   2   1   0   0   3  
 1986 37 CHA AL   67  177   18   47  10   0   0   22   3   1   22   19  .266  .356  .322  .678    93    57   2   2   0   4   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     2244 6971  739 1816 264  67  52  661 128  39  377  645  .261  .301  .340  .641        2370  80  39  16  43 182
 Per 600 PA           557   59  145  21   5   4   53  10   3   30   52                                 189   6   3   1   3  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA     1479 4828  508 1243 191  33  32  426  79  27  255  378  .257  .297  .331  .628        1596  74  23   4  29 124
   With LAN      765 2143  231  573  73  34  20  235  49  12  122  267  .267  .309  .361  .670         774   6  16  12  14  58
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2181 7318  796 1926 293  57  46  627 167  69  483  667  .263  .310  .338  .648        2471 132  51 106  36 174
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1969 20 LAN NL  31    8   3.2  18   1   0  .056   1   11    9  .818    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e10  -67   
 1970 21 LAN NL  51   35   4.5   6   1   0  .167   1   23   22  .957    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e6    49   
 1971 22 LAN NL  61    6   1.9  19   6   1  .316   0   13   13 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e5  -113   
 1972 23 LAN NL  34   62   4.8   2   1   0  .500  36  157   81  .516    0    0  .000  SS   4e44       44   
 1973 24 LAN NL  29   61   3.6   0   0   0  .000  36  208  159  .764    0    0  .000  SS   2e31       18   
 1974 25 LAN NL  25   60   3.5   0   0   0  .000  42  188  108  .574    0    0  .000  SS   3e40      -25   
 1975 26 CHA AL   9   15   1.9   0   0   0  .000  10  101   69  .683    0    0  .000  SS   3e27      -35   
 1976 27 CHA AL  28   56   3.4   0   0   0  .000  34  198  136  .687    0    0  .000  SS   2e30      -16   
 1977 28 CHA AL  26   66   3.7   0   0   0  .000  39  197  142  .721    0    0  .000  SS   2e32       15   
 1978 29 CHA AL  29   59   3.3   0   0   0  .000  40  219  128  .584    0    0  .000  SS   3e33      -33   
 1979 30 CHA AL  39   46   3.1   2   1   0  .500  26  164  104  .634    0    0  .000  SS   3e33      -25   
 1980 31 CHA AL  42   51   3.7   0   0   0  .000  20  174  125  .718    0    0  .000  SS   3e26       36   
 1981 32 CHA AL  32   24   2.3   0   0   0  .000  14  120   89  .742    0    0  .000  SS   3e31      -27   
 1982 33 CHA AL  34   52   3.5   0   0   0  .000  28  165   90  .545    0    0  .000  SS   4e34      -64   
 1983 34 CHA AL  11   30   3.1   2   0   0  .000  13  123   73  .593    0    0  .000  SS   4e31        0   
 1984 35 CHA AL   7   24   3.4   4   1   0  .250  12   58   37  .638    0    0  .000  SS   4e28      -28   
 1985 36 CHA AL  81   15   3.1   3   1   0  .333  15   57   29  .509    0    0  .000  2B   4e32      -35   
 1986 37 CHA AL  86   22   4.3   5   2   0  .400   3   23    7  .304    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e5    75   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons          700   3.4  61  14   1  .230 370 2199 1421  .646    0    0  .000                  -8   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 43.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1969 20 LAN NL  RF    37    14     1    0    0  1.000    11   122.0   1.11
                 CF    13    30     0    0    0  1.000     6    64.0   4.22
                 LF    27    12     0    1    0   .923     1    59.0   1.83
 1970 21 LAN NL  RF    86   138     7    1    0   .993    70   631.0   2.07
                 LF    20     7     0    0    0  1.000     4    53.2   1.17
                 CF     7    12     1    0    0  1.000     3    29.0   4.03
                 SS     3     0     3    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   3.38
 1971 22 LAN NL  RF    30    32     2    0    0  1.000    18   168.0   1.82
                 LF    51    33     1    0    0  1.000     1   106.2   2.87
                 2B    11     7     6    0    1  1.000     1    26.0   4.50
 1972 23 LAN NL  SS   129   164   416   35   62   .943   124  1084.1   4.81
                 RF    13     1     0    0    0  1.000     0    15.0   0.60
                 LF     9     2     0    1    0   .667     0    14.0   1.29
 1973 24 LAN NL  SS   163   229   557   36   92   .956   163  1466.0   4.83  GG
 1974 25 LAN NL  SS   162   269   507   42  103   .949   162  1446.1   4.83
 1975 26 CHA AL  SS   111   190   245   10   47   .978    73   711.1   5.50
 1976 27 CHA AL  SS   162   274   607   34   97   .963   162  1442.0   5.50
 1977 28 CHA AL  SS   162   274   519   39  122   .953   162  1429.0   4.99
 1978 29 CHA AL  SS   161   369   463   40   95   .954   161  1425.1   5.25
 1979 30 CHA AL  SS   147   285   457   26   87   .966   129  1228.1   5.44
 1980 31 CHA AL  SS   146   217   473   20   96   .972   140  1177.0   5.28
 1981 32 CHA AL  SS   107   172   348   14   61   .974   103   849.2   5.51
 1982 33 CHA AL  SS   161   231   458   28   69   .961   161  1298.2   4.77
 1983 34 CHA AL  SS   111   140   307   13   53   .972    99   856.1   4.70
 1984 35 CHA AL  SS    74    98   184   12   25   .959    65   544.1   4.66
                 CF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
 1985 36 CHA AL  2B    39    82    73    5   31   .969    30   266.0   5.24
                 SS    20    51    67   10   18   .922    18   156.0   6.81
 1986 37 CHA AL  RF    60    63     4    3    1   .957    52   428.2   1.41
                 2B     2     4     6    0    1  1.000     2    17.0   5.29
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 SS     2     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1821  2963  5612  359 1027   .960  1722 15124.2   5.10
                 RF   226   248    14    4    1   .985   151  1364.2   1.73
                 2B    52    93    85    5   33   .973    33   309.0   5.18
                 LF   109    54     1    2    0   .965     6   236.1   2.09
                 CF    21    45     1    0    0  1.000     9    97.2   4.24
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1971 NLCS  LAN NYN   W    2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    LAN OAA   L    3   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  1
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    5  19  3  6  0  0  0   3  1  4  .316  .350  .316  1
      WS    LAN OAA   W    5  18  2  3  1  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .222  0
 1982 ALCS  CHA NYA   W    3   9  1  5  1  1  0   2  0  1  .556  .556  .889  0
      WS    CHA MON   W    5  16  4  3  1  0  0   0  6  2  .188  .409  .250  0
 1983 ALCS  CHA MLA   L    3   9  1  3  1  0  0   2  0  1  .333  .333  .444  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  LAN   94-68   Scott Campbell
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell
 1973  LAN  109-54   Scott Campbell
 1974  LAN   92-70   Scott Campbell
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1976  CHA   60-102  Ben Lea
 1977  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1978  CHA   78-84   Ben Lea
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  CHA   70-92   Ben Lea
 1982  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1983  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  CHA   53-109  Ben Lea
 1986  CHA   63-99   Ben Lea

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