Reb Russell Stats

Reb Russell was born on Tuesday, March 12, 1889, in Jackson, Mississippi. Russell was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1913, with the Chicago White Sox. 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 Reb Russell baseball stats page.

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Reb Russell



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Birth Name:   Ewell Albert Russell
Nickname:   Reb
Born On:   03-12-1889  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Jackson, Mississippi
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-30-1973 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Indianapolis, Indiana
Cemetery:   St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
High School:   None Attended (Dropped Out After Grammar School)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-18-1913 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-30-1923
Draft:   Not Applicable

Reb Russell

Reb Russell Pitching Stats

1913 24 White Sox 52 36 10 22 16 .579 1.90 26 8 4 316.2 1,228 250 67 89 2 79 - 122 4 8 4 -
1914 25 White Sox 38 23 8 8 12 .400 2.90 8 1 1 167.1 663 168 54 80 3 33 - 79 5 3 0 -
1915 26 White Sox 41 25 14 11 10 .524 2.59 10 3 2 229.1 918 215 66 90 0 47 - 90 2 6 0 -
1916 27 White Sox 56 25 15 18 11 .621 2.42 16 5 3 264.1 983 207 71 88 1 42 - 112 5 1 0 -
1917 28 White Sox 35 24 7 15 5 .750 1.95 11 5 3 189.1 731 170 41 61 1 32 - 54 1 1 0 -
1918 29 White Sox 19 15 3 7 5 .583 2.60 10 2 0 124.2 506 117 36 45 0 33 - 38 2 0 0 -
1919 30 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
7 Years 242 148 57 81 59 .579 2.33 81 24 13 1,291.2 5,031 1,128 335 453 7 267 - 495 19 19 4 -

Reb Russell

Reb Russell Hitting Stats

1913 24 White Sox 52 106 9 20 5 3 1 0 7 1 - 29 4 - 1 - .189 .204 .321
1914 25 White Sox 46 64 6 17 1 1 0 0 7 1 - 14 0 - 0 - .266 .277 .313
1915 26 White Sox 45 86 11 21 2 3 0 0 7 4 - 14 2 - 2 - .244 .293 .337
1916 27 White Sox 56 91 9 13 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 18 2 - 1 - .143 .152 .165
1917 28 White Sox 39 68 5 19 3 3 0 0 9 2 - 10 4 - 0 - .279 .300 .412
1918 29 White Sox 27 50 2 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 4 - 1 - .140 .157 .200
1919 30 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1922 33 Pirates 60 220 51 81 14 8 12 0 75 14 - 18 9 - 7 - .368 .423 .668
1923 34 Pirates 94 291 49 84 18 7 9 0 58 20 - 21 4 - 3 - .289 .341 .491
9 Years 420 976 142 262 48 25 22 0 172 42 0 130 29 0 15 0 .268 .309 .436

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Reb Russell Fielding Stats

1913 White Sox P 52 36 950 83 1.6 79 10 69 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.25
1914 White Sox P 38 23 502 56 1.5 53 3 50 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.85
1915 White Sox P 41 25 688 69 1.7 67 11 56 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.63
1916 White Sox P 56 25 793 77 1.4 75 4 71 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.55
1917 White Sox LF 1 0 - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1917 White Sox P 35 24 568 63 1.8 62 11 51 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.95
1918 White Sox P 19 15 374 30 1.6 30 2 28 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.17
1918 White Sox RF 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1919 White Sox P 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1922 Pirates RF 60 54 1,500 124 2.1 120 115 5 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.16
1923 Pirates LF 5 4 105 211 42.2 211 211 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 54.26
1923 Pirates RF 71 67 1,470 2,154 30.3 2,149 2,145 4 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .998 39.47
P Totals 242 148 3,875 378 1.6 366 41 325 12 9 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.55
RF Totals 132 122 2,994 2,280 17.3 2,271 2,262 9 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .996 20.48
LF Totals 6 4 105 214 35.7 214 214 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 55.03
9 Years 380 274 6,974 2,872 7.6 2,851 2,517 334 21 11 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.04

Reb Russell

Reb Russell Miscellaneous Stats

1913 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 106.0 3.7 15.1 1.54 3.47 2.25
1914 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 9.1 2.39 4.25 1.77
1915 White Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.1 12.3 1.91 3.53 1.84
1916 White Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.1 15.2 2.67 3.81 1.43
1917 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.8 7.6 1.69 2.57 1.52
1918 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.3 16.7 1.15 2.74 2.38
1919 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1922 Pirates 4 2 .667 2 0 n/a 18.3 12.2 2.9 - - -
1923 Pirates 3 1 .750 18 0 n/a 32.3 13.9 5.0 - - -
9 Years 9 3 .750 20 0 n/a 44.4 7.5 5.7 1.85 3.45 1.86

Reb Russell

Reb Russell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1913 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1918 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -

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