Russ Kemmerer Stats

Russ Kemmerer was born on Sunday, November 1, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Kemmerer was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 27, 1954, with the Boston Red 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 Russ Kemmerer baseball stats page.

"I had a good sinking fastball that dived towards a right-handed hitter and broke down and away from a left-handed hitter. This movement of my fastball resembled the action of a spitball. By the way, I never did throw the spitter. For one reason or another, whenever I tried it the pitch straightened out!" - Russ Kemmerer in Hey Kid, Just Get It Over The Plate! (Russ Kemmerer, Madden Publishing, 12/09/2002)

Birth Name:	Russell Paul Kemmerer
Nickname:	Dutch or Russ
Born On:	11-01-1931 (Scorpio)
Born In:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died On:	12-08-2014 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Indianapolis, Indiana
Cemetery:	Cremated

High School:	Peabody High School (Pittsburgh, PA)
College:	University of Pittsburgh
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03	Weight:	200
First Game:	06-27-1954 (Age 22)
Last Game:	06-23-1963
Draft:	Not Applicable

Russ Kemmerer Russ Kemmerer Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1954	23	Red Sox	19	9	3	5	3	.625	3.82	2	1	0	75.1	328	71	32	35	4	41	2	37	1	2	2	-
1955	24	Red Sox	7	2	2	1	1	.500	7.27	0	0	0	17.1	82	18	14	14	3	15	1	13	2	0	0	-
1957	26	Red Sox	1	0	0	0	0	.000	4.50	0	0	0	4.0	19	5	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	-
1957	26	Senators	39	26	4	7	11	.389	4.96	6	0	0	172.1	776	214	95	110	20	71	4	81	5	2	0	-
1958	27	Senators	40	30	2	6	15	.286	4.61	6	0	0	224.1	968	234	115	122	25	74	5	111	7	4	1	-
1959	28	Senators	37	28	5	8	17	.320	4.50	8	0	0	206.0	894	221	103	116	20	71	3	89	10	4	2	-
1960	29	Senators	3	3	0	0	2	.000	7.79	0	0	0	17.1	79	18	15	15	2	10	0	10	1	1	0	0
1960	29	White Sox	36	7	9	6	3	.667	2.98	2	1	2	120.2	507	111	40	45	5	45	4	76	5	1	0	-
1961	30	White Sox	47	2	10	3	3	.500	4.38	0	0	2	96.2	404	102	47	53	10	26	1	35	2	0	0	-
1962	31	Colt .45s	36	2	15	5	3	.625	4.10	0	0	3	68.0	283	72	31	34	10	15	1	23	2	3	0	-
1962	31	White Sox	20	0	6	2	1	.667	3.86	0	0	0	28.0	125	30	12	14	3	11	1	17	3	0	0	-
1963	32	Colt .45s	17	0	4	0	0	.000	5.65	0	0	1	36.2	164	48	23	28	1	8	0	12	3	0	2	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
9 Years			302	109	60	43	59	.422	4.46	24	2	8	1,066.2	4,629	1,144	529	588	103	389	23	505	42	17	7	0

Russ Kemmerer Russ Kemmerer Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1954	23	Red Sox	19	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	11	2	0	0	1	.143	.250	.143
1955	24	Red Sox	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1957	26	Red Sox	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1957	26	Senators	39	45	4	3	1	0	2	0	6	4	0	21	7	0	0	0	.067	.143	.222
1958	27	Senators	40	69	3	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	28	2	0	0	2	.159	.183	.159
1959	28	Senators	37	60	1	8	1	0	0	0	5	6	0	25	5	0	0	2	.133	.212	.150
1960	29	Senators	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000
1960	29	White Sox	36	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	14	7	1	0	2	.000	.063	.000
1961	30	White Sox	47	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267
1962	31	Colt .45s	36	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333
1962	31	White Sox	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500
1963	32	Colt .45s	17	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
9 Years			302	265	13	34	3	0	2	0	16	23	0	113	25	1	0	7	.128	.197	.162

Russ Kemmerer Russ Kemmerer Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1954 Red Sox	P	19	9	226	20	1.1	18	4	14	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	2.15
1955 Red Sox	P	7	2	52	2	0.3	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.04
1957 Red Sox	P	1	0	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1957 Senators	P	39	26	517	27	0.7	24	4	20	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.25
1958 Senators	P	40	30	673	52	1.3	50	13	37	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.01
1959 Senators	P	37	28	618	57	1.5	54	18	36	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	2.36
1960 Senators	P	3	3	52	7	2.3	7	3	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.63
1960 White Sox	P	36	7	362	28	0.8	27	9	18	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.01
1961 White Sox	P	47	2	290	31	0.7	29	8	21	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	2.70
1962 White Sox	P	20	0	84	13	0.7	11	2	9	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.846	3.54
1962 Colt .45s	P	36	2	204	18	0.5	18	6	12	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.38
1963 Colt .45s	P	17	0	110	13	0.8	13	5	8	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.19
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		302	109	3,200	268	0.9	253	72	181	15	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.13
9 Years		302	109	3,200	268	0.9	253	72	181	15	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.13

Russ Kemmerer Russ Kemmerer Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1954 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.9	10.5	0.90	4.42	4.90
1955 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.87	6.75	7.79
1957 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.50	2.25	4.50
1957 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	22.5	2.1	7.5	1.14	4.23	3.71
1958 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.5	69.0	1.50	4.45	2.97
1959 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	12.0	1.25	3.89	3.10
1960 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.00	5.19	5.19
1960 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.1	29.0	1.69	5.67	3.36
1961 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.1	15.0	1.35	3.26	2.42
1962 Colt .45s	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.5	0.0	1.53	3.04	1.99
1962 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.55	5.46	3.54
1963 Colt .45s	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.5	0.0	1.50	2.95	1.96
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
9 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	132.5	2.3	16.6	1.30	4.26	3.28

Russ Kemmerer Russ Kemmerer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1954 Boston Red Sox	24	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Boston Red Sox	40	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1959 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1960 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1960 Chicago White Sox	44	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Chicago White Sox	44	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Houston Colt .45s	39	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Chicago White Sox	44	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Houston Colt .45s	39	Undetermined	-	-
Russ Kemmerer Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Russ Kemmerer pitched a one-hit shutout in his first Major League start? After making his debut on June 27, 1954, Dutch appeared in relief four additional games then was sent in to start on July 18, 1954, at Fenway Park, where he led the Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

The Indiana Funeral Care and Crematory (link) published a wonderfully written online obituary the day after Russ Kemmerer passed away which read in part:

Russ Kemmerer Book | Madden Publishing (2002) | Hey Kid, Just Get It Over The Plate

Russell Kemmerer, former MLB player,completed his final innings in the game of life on Monday, December 8th 2014.

He was born in Pittsburgh Pa, on 11/01/1930 to Frederick and Thursa Mae Kemmerer. He was the youngest of 5 children.

He signed his 1st Major League contract with the Boston Red Sox at the age of 18. His big league career spanned a total of 11 years pitching for Boston, Washington,Chicago and Houston.

Following his retirement from baseball, Russ�s passion for his fellow man led him into the ministry ,where he pastored several area churches. It was his work with various youth programs, which led Russ to pursue a career in coaching, which gave him an opportunity to not only share his faith with young men but to also teach life lessons that Russ so often found in athletics.

His teachings carried him to several areas of the state including Indiana University, Ellettsville, Milan, Heritage Christian, and Lawrence Central where he retired from in1998. Shortly after that he became a published author when he penned the book entitled "Hey Kid, Just Get It Over The Plate", a book about his major league experiences and humorous stories about the twinkling stars of his era.

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