Jim Russell (MLB)

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Full Name: James William Russell	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/181	First Game: September 12, 1942
Birthdate: October 1, 1918	Final Game: October 1, 1951
Birthplace: Fayette City, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: November 24, 1987
Deathplace: Orlando, Florida
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Jim Russell (James William Russell) was born on October 1, 1918 in Fayette City, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 12, 1942 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .259 with 4 home runs and 44 RBI. Russell played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Russell's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1944, when he hit for a .312 average and knocked in 66 runs. However, others believe that it was 1945, when he hit for a .284 average and knocked in 77 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	PIT	N	5	14	2	1	0	0	.071	.133	.071	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1943	PIT	N	146	533	79	138	4	44	.259	.354	.358	19	11	77	67	1	3	12	0	13
1944	PIT	N	152	580	109	181	8	66	.312	.399	.460	34	14	79	63	5	0	6	0	8
1945	PIT	N	146	510	88	145	12	77	.284	.377	.433	24	8	71	40	5	3	15	0	7
1946	PIT	N	146	516	68	143	8	50	.277	.362	.403	29	6	67	54	2	6	11	0	11
1947	PIT	N	128	478	68	121	8	51	.253	.343	.381	21	8	63	58	2	5	7	0	12
1948	BOS	N	89	322	44	85	9	54	.264	.361	.410	18	1	46	31	3	3	4	0	8
1949	BOS	N	130	415	57	96	8	54	.231	.337	.347	22	1	64	68	2	5	3	0	9
1950	BRO	N	77	214	37	49	10	32	.229	.329	.425	8	2	31	36	1	0	1	0	6
1951	BRO	N	16	13	2	0	0	0	.000	.278	.000	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	2
Total			1035	3595	554	959	67	428	.267	.360	.400	175	51	503	427	22	25	59	0	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	PIT	N	OF	3	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	PIT	N	OF	134	0	0	285	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1943	PIT	N	1B	6	0	0	38	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	PIT	N	OF	149	0	0	345	20	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1945	PIT	N	OF	140	0	0	313	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1946	PIT	N	1B	5	0	0	43	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1946	PIT	N	OF	134	0	0	308	7	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1947	PIT	N	OF	119	0	0	343	6	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1948	BOS	N	OF	84	0	0	246	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1949	BOS	N	OF	120	0	0	269	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1950	BRO	N	OF	55	0	0	131	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1951	BRO	N	OF	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	11	0	0	81	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			OF	942	0	0	2255	67	45	18	0	0	0	0	0	.981

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Memphis (Southern Association) in the minor league draft (October 13, 1941).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Bill Salkeld and Al Lyons to Boston Braves in exchange for Johnny Hopp and Danny Murtaugh (November 18, 1947).
Traded by Boston Braves with Ed Sauer and cash to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Luis Olmo (December 24, 1949).

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