John Russell Stats

John Russell was born on Saturday, October 20, 1894, in San Mateo, California. Russell was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1917, with the Brooklyn Robins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Russell baseball stats page.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"Do you have a favorite quote from or about this particular Major League Baseball player that you would like to see here? If so, please send it to us, and we'll update this page immediately." - Baseball Almanac

John Russell



CareerCollegeAll-StarWild CardDivisionLCSWorld SeriesManagerTradesAwardsVideosCardsmlb   espn
Birth Name:   John Albert Russell
Nickname:   None
Born On:   10-20-1894  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Mateo, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-19-1930 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Ely, Nevada
Cemetery:   Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   07-04-1917 (Age 22)
Last Game:   05-02-1922
Draft:   Not Applicable

John Russell

John Russell Pitching Stats

1917 23 Robins 5 1 4 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 0 16.0 61 12 8 8 1 6 - 1 0 0 0 -
1918 24 Robins 1 0 0 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 2 2 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1921 27 White Sox 11 9 1 2 5 .286 5.29 4 0 0 66.1 306 82 39 42 3 35 - 15 0 1 0 -
1922 28 White Sox 4 1 2 0 1 .000 6.75 0 0 1 6.2 31 7 5 5 0 4 - 3 0 0 0 -
4 Years 21 11 7 2 7 .222 5.40 5 0 1 90.0 404 103 54 57 4 46 - 19 0 1 0 -

John Russell

John Russell Hitting Stats

1917 23 Robins 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 - .250 .400 .250
1918 24 Robins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1921 27 White Sox 11 25 1 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 - 7 1 - 0 - .400 .444 .480
1922 28 White Sox 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
4 Years 21 30 1 11 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 .367 .424 .433

John Russell

John Russell Fielding Stats

1917 Robins P 5 1 48 4 0.8 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1918 Robins P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1921 White Sox P 11 9 199 17 1.5 17 3 14 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
1922 White Sox P 4 1 20 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
P Totals 21 11 270 25 1.2 25 5 20 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.50
4 Years 21 11 270 25 1.2 25 5 20 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.50

John Russell

John Russell Miscellaneous Stats

1917 Robins 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.17 0.56 3.38
1918 Robins 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00
1921 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.6 25.0 0.43 2.04 4.75
1922 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.75 4.05 5.40
4 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 15.0 0.41 1.90 4.60

John Russell

John Russell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1917 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -

search this site site glossary Print Friendly and PDF

baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

Did you know that you can compare John Russell to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1917 National League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.