Bill Russell (MLB)

Full Name: William Ellis Russell	Primary Position: SS,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: April 7, 1969
Birthdate: October 21, 1948	Final Game: October 1, 1986
Birthplace: Pittsburg, Kansas	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Bill Russell (William Ellis Russell) was born on October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on April 7, 1969 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .226 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI. Russell played for the Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire 18 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Russell's best season was 1977, when he hit for a .278 average and knocked in 51 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1969	LA	N	98	212	35	48	5	15	.226	.301	.344	6	2	22	45	1	2	4	1	3
1970	LA	N	81	278	30	72	0	28	.259	.303	.363	11	9	16	28	3	4	9	1	5
1971	LA	N	91	211	29	48	2	15	.227	.265	.327	7	4	11	39	0	0	6	2	2
1972	LA	N	129	434	47	118	4	34	.272	.326	.366	19	5	34	64	2	5	14	9	4
1973	LA	N	162	615	55	163	4	56	.265	.301	.337	26	3	34	63	1	9	15	20	9
1974	LA	N	160	553	61	149	5	65	.269	.336	.351	18	6	53	53	4	11	14	25	18
1975	LA	N	84	252	24	52	0	14	.206	.277	.258	9	2	23	28	2	4	5	6	6
1976	LA	N	149	554	53	152	5	65	.274	.301	.343	17	3	21	46	3	6	15	9	14
1977	LA	N	153	634	84	176	4	51	.278	.304	.360	28	6	24	43	2	9	16	1	23
1978	LA	N	155	625	72	179	3	46	.286	.320	.365	32	4	30	34	2	12	10	8	17
1979	LA	N	153	627	72	170	7	56	.271	.297	.359	26	4	24	43	1	14	6	2	20
1980	LA	N	130	466	38	123	3	34	.264	.295	.341	23	2	18	44	3	12	13	0	6
1981	LA	N	82	262	20	61	0	22	.233	.284	.282	9	2	19	20	1	5	2	3	13
1982	LA	N	153	497	64	136	3	46	.274	.357	.340	20	2	63	30	4	8	10	11	14
1983	LA	N	131	451	47	111	1	30	.246	.302	.286	13	1	33	31	4	12	13	4	5
1984	LA	N	89	262	25	70	0	19	.267	.329	.321	12	1	25	24	0	9	4	1	7
1985	LA	N	76	169	19	44	0	13	.260	.333	.308	6	1	18	9	1	3	4	1	2
1986	LA	N	105	216	21	54	0	18	.250	.302	.301	11	0	15	23	2	7	7	2	6
Total			2181	7318	796	1926	46	627	.263	.310	.338	293	57	483	667	36	132	167	106	174

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1969	LA	N	OF	86	45	492	132	4	3	1	.978
1969	LA	N	LF	8	0	14	6	0	0	0	1.000
1969	LA	N	RF	61	29	307.1	68	1	2	0	.972
1969	LA	N	CF	24	16	170.2	53	3	1	1	.982
1970	LA	N	CF	24	20	179	54	2	0	0	1.000
1970	LA	N	OF	79	67	615.1	167	8	3	1	.983
1970	LA	N	LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1970	LA	N	RF	57	47	435.1	116	6	3	1	.976
1970	LA	N	SS	1	0	8	0	2	0	0	1.000
1971	LA	N	OF	42	16	204.1	49	1	0	0	1.000
1971	LA	N	CF	10	6	54	20	0	0	0	1.000
1971	LA	N	2B	39	34	308.2	81	108	7	21	.964
1971	LA	N	SS	6	1	18.1	1	5	1	2	.857
1971	LA	N	RF	35	10	147	33	1	0	0	1.000
1971	LA	N	LF	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	LA	N	SS	121	118	1060	197	439	34	69	.949
1972	LA	N	CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	LA	N	OF	6	0	8.2	5	0	0	0	1.000
1972	LA	N	LF	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1972	LA	N	RF	4	0	6	2	0	0	0	1.000
1973	LA	N	SS	162	162	1489.2	243	560	31	106	.963
1974	LA	N	SS	160	154	1379	194	491	39	68	.946
1974	LA	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	LA	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	LA	N	SS	83	81	677.1	94	230	11	27	.967
1976	LA	N	SS	149	145	1301.2	251	476	28	90	.963
1977	LA	N	SS	153	149	1320	234	523	29	102	.963
1978	LA	N	SS	155	151	1334	245	533	31	91	.962
1979	LA	N	SS	150	148	1296	218	452	30	70	.957
1980	LA	N	SS	129	120	1081.1	179	387	19	57	.968
1981	LA	N	SS	80	78	669.2	128	261	14	49	.965
1982	LA	N	SS	150	146	1285.1	216	502	29	64	.961
1983	LA	N	SS	127	122	1054.1	192	392	22	61	.964
1984	LA	N	OF	18	16	134.2	31	1	0	0	1.000
1984	LA	N	SS	65	56	478	81	165	9	29	.965
1984	LA	N	2B	5	1	14	3	7	0	0	1.000
1984	LA	N	CF	18	16	134.2	32	2	0	0	1.000
1985	LA	N	LF	21	15	140.2	22	0	1	0	.957
1985	LA	N	3B	6	0	8	0	1	0	0	1.000
1985	LA	N	OF	21	15	140.2	23	0	1	0	.958
1985	LA	N	SS	23	19	169	27	64	8	11	.919
1985	LA	N	2B	8	5	45.1	10	17	1	0	.964
1986	LA	N	LF	28	12	132	34	2	0	0	1.000
1986	LA	N	CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1986	LA	N	OF	48	21	222	47	2	0	0	1.000
1986	LA	N	RF	20	9	88	13	0	0	0	1.000
1986	LA	N	3B	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	LA	N	SS	32	14	175.2	36	64	4	13	.962
1986	LA	N	2B	8	6	64	20	18	1	4	.974
Total			3B	7	1	17	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	301	180	1818.2	454	16	7	2	.985
Total			CF	78	58	542.1	161	7	1	1	.994
Total			RF	178	95	984.2	232	8	5	1	.980
Total			2B	60	46	432	114	150	9	25	.967
Total			LF	62	27	291.2	64	2	1	0	.985
Total			SS	1746	1664	14797.1	2536	5546	339	909	.960

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Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 12, 1986).

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