Russ Christopher

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Full Name: Russell Ormand Christopher	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/170	First Game: April 14, 1942
Birthdate: September 12, 1917	Final Game: October 1, 1948
Birthplace: Richmond, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: December 5, 1954
Deathplace: Richmond, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 12, 1917 in Richmond, California, Russ Christopher (Russell Ormand Christopher) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Christopher broke into the bigs on April 14, 1942 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.82 ERA in 165 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Russ Christopher's best season was 1945, when he posted a 3.17 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 100 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1942	PHI	A	30	18	4	13	3.82	58	78	70	10	0	1	165	154	8	99	0	2	3
1943	PHI	A	24	15	5	8	3.45	56	58	51	5	0	2	133	120	3	58	0	2	3
1944	PHI	A	35	24	14	14	2.97	84	91	71	13	1	1	215.1	200	6	63	0	5	9
1945	PHI	A	33	27	13	13	3.17	100	92	80	17	2	2	227.1	213	9	75	0	0	9
1946	PHI	A	30	13	5	7	4.30	79	71	57	1	0	0	119.1	119	5	44	0	0	3
1947	PHI	A	44	0	10	7	2.90	33	30	26	0	0	12	80.2	70	4	33	0	1	0
1948	CLE	A	45	0	3	2	2.90	14	21	19	0	0	17	59	55	3	27	0	1	0
Total			241	97	54	64	3.37	424	441	374	46	3	35	999.2	931	38	399	0	11	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	PHI	A	P	30	0	0	10	60	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1943	PHI	A	P	24	0	0	11	61	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1944	PHI	A	P	35	0	0	27	58	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1945	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	26	71	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1946	PHI	A	P	30	0	0	7	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1947	PHI	A	P	44	0	0	10	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1948	CLE	A	P	45	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	241	0	0	93	314	9	20	0	0	0	0	0	.978

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	PHI	A	30	56	2	5	0	3	.089	.105	.125	0	1	1	17	0	3	0	0	0
1943	PHI	A	24	45	2	7	0	2	.156	.191	.178	1	0	2	13	0	1	0	0	1
1944	PHI	A	35	81	4	18	1	6	.222	.241	.346	5	1	2	18	0	1	0	0	0
1945	PHI	A	34	76	5	13	1	4	.171	.232	.224	1	0	6	28	0	6	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	30	36	2	5	0	5	.139	.162	.222	1	1	1	9	0	1	0	0	1
1947	PHI	A	44	16	1	2	0	2	.125	.263	.125	0	0	3	7	0	2	0	0	0
1948	CLE	A	45	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
Total			242	316	17	50	2	22	.158	.201	.222	8	3	17	95	0	16	0	0	2

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Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1941).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians (April 3, 1948).

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