Rip Russell Stats

Rip Russell was born on Tuesday, January 26, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. Russell was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1939, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Rip Russell baseball stats page.
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Rip Russell
 
 
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Birth Name:   Glen David Russell
Nickname:   Rip
Born On:   01-26-1915  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Los Angeles, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-26-1976 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Los Alamitos, California
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, California
High School:   Bell High School (Bell, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   05-05-1939 (Age 24)
Last Game:   07-13-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Rip Russell

Rip Russell Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Rip Russell

Rip Russell Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1939 24 Cubs 143 542 55 148 24 5 9 0 79 36 - 56 16 - 0 12 .273 .318 .386
1940 25 Cubs 68 215 15 53 7 2 5 1 33 8 - 23 3 - 1 7 .247 .277 .367
1941 26 Cubs 6 17 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 1 - 0 0 .294 .333 .353
1942 27 Cubs 102 302 32 73 9 0 8 1 41 17 - 21 6 - 0 6 .242 .282 .351
1946 31 Red Sox 80 274 22 57 10 1 6 0 35 13 - 30 7 - 1 11 .208 .247 .318
1947 32 Red Sox 26 52 8 8 1 0 1 0 3 8 - 7 2 - 0 4 .154 .267 .231
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 425 1,402 133 344 52 8 29 2 192 83 - 142 35 - 2 40 .245 .289 .356
Rip Russell

Rip Russell Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1939 Cubs 1B 143 143 3,840 1,484 10.4 1,466 1,383 83 18 109 n/a n/a n/a .988 10.31
1940 Cubs 1B 51 47 1,224 546 10.7 536 518 18 10 22 n/a n/a n/a .982 11.82
1940 Cubs 3B 3 1 27 5 1.7 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1941 Cubs 1B 5 4 111 40 8.0 39 36 3 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 9.49
1942 Cubs 1B 35 34 906 350 10.0 341 328 13 9 30 n/a n/a n/a .974 10.16
1942 Cubs 2B 24 22 408 124 5.2 120 51 69 4 10 n/a n/a n/a .968 7.94
1942 Cubs 3B 10 8 192 15 1.5 14 6 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.97
1942 Cubs LF 3 3 96 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.97
1946 Red Sox 2B 3 1 24 5 1.7 5 2 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1946 Red Sox 3B 70 64 1,659 208 3.0 196 59 137 12 24 n/a n/a n/a .942 3.19
1947 Red Sox 3B 13 11 288 39 3.0 36 7 29 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 3.38
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 234 228 6,081 2,420 10.3 2,382 2,265 117 38 165 n/a n/a n/a .984 10.58
3B Totals 96 84 2,166 267 2.8 251 73 178 16 26 n/a n/a n/a .940 3.13
2B Totals 27 23 432 129 4.8 125 53 72 4 11 n/a n/a n/a .969 7.81
LF Totals 3 3 96 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.97
6 Years 360 338 8,775 2,823 7.8 2,765 2,398 367 58 202 n/a n/a n/a .979 8.51
Rip Russell

Rip Russell Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1939 Cubs 2 - - 0 0 n/a 60.2 9.7 6.9 - - -
1940 Cubs 1 - - 16 0 n/a 43.0 9.3 6.5 - - -
1941 Cubs 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 17.0 - - -
1942 Cubs 0 - - 32 0 n/a 37.8 14.4 7.4 - - -
1946 Red Sox 1 1 .500 9 0 n/a 45.7 9.1 7.8 - - -
1947 Red Sox 0 0 .000 13 0 n/a 52.0 7.4 17.3 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 4 1 .800 71 0 n/a 48.3 9.9 7.3 - - -
Rip Russell

Rip Russell Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1939 Chicago Cubs 32 Undetermined - -
1940 Chicago Cubs 12 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago Cubs 12 Undetermined - -
1942 Chicago Cubs 12 Undetermined - -
1946 Boston Red Sox 5 Undetermined - Stats
1947 Boston Red Sox 5 Undetermined - -




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