Bill Russell Stats

Bill Russell was born on Thursday, October 21, 1948, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Russell was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 7, 1969, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. 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 Bill Russell baseball stats page.

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Bill Russell

Bill 'Ropes' Russell Autograph on a 1986 Topps Baseball Card (#506 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1986top07' title='1986 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Bill 'Ropes' Russell Autograph on a 1986 Topps Baseball Card (#506 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   William Ellis Russell
Nickname:   Bill or Ropes
Born On:   10-21-1948  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pittsburg, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Pittsburg High School (Pittsburg, KS)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-07-1969 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-01-1986
Draft:   1966 : 9th Round (179th)

Bill Russell

Bill Russell Pitching Stats

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Bill Russell

Bill Russell Hitting Stats

1969 21 Dodgers 98 212 35 48 6 2 5 0 15 22 1 45 2 1 1 3 .226 .301 .344
1970 22 Dodgers 81 278 30 72 11 9 0 0 28 16 1 28 4 3 3 5 .259 .303 .363
1971 23 Dodgers 91 211 29 48 7 4 2 0 15 11 2 39 0 1 0 2 .227 .265 .327
1972 24 Dodgers 129 434 47 118 19 5 4 0 34 34 9 64 5 2 2 4 .272 .326 .366
1973 25 Dodgers 162 615 55 163 26 3 4 0 56 34 20 63 9 7 1 9 .265 .301 .337
1974 26 Dodgers 160 553 61 149 18 6 5 0 65 53 25 53 11 4 4 18 .269 .336 .351
1975 27 Dodgers 84 252 24 52 9 2 0 0 14 23 6 28 4 1 2 6 .206 .277 .258
1976 28 Dodgers 149 554 53 152 17 3 5 0 65 21 9 46 6 6 3 14 .274 .301 .343
1977 29 Dodgers 153 634 84 176 28 6 4 0 51 24 1 43 9 4 2 23 .278 .304 .360
1978 30 Dodgers 155 625 72 179 32 4 3 0 46 30 8 34 12 3 2 17 .286 .320 .365
1979 31 Dodgers 153 627 72 170 26 4 7 0 56 24 2 43 14 4 1 20 .271 .297 .359
1980 32 Dodgers 130 466 38 123 23 2 3 0 34 18 0 44 12 1 3 6 .264 .295 .341
1981 33 Dodgers 82 262 20 61 9 2 0 0 22 19 3 20 5 3 1 13 .233 .284 .282
1982 34 Dodgers 153 497 64 136 20 2 3 0 46 63 11 30 8 4 4 14 .274 .357 .340
1983 35 Dodgers 131 451 47 111 13 1 1 0 30 33 4 31 12 2 4 5 .246 .302 .286
1984 36 Dodgers 89 262 25 70 12 1 0 0 19 25 1 24 9 2 0 7 .267 .329 .321
1985 37 Dodgers 76 169 19 44 6 1 0 0 13 18 1 9 3 1 1 2 .260 .333 .308
1986 38 Dodgers 105 216 21 54 11 0 0 0 18 15 2 23 7 2 2 6 .250 .302 .301
18 Years 2,181 7,318 796 1,926 293 57 46 0 627 483 106 667 132 51 36 174 .263 .310 .338

Bill Russell

Bill Russell Fielding Stats

1969 Dodgers CF 24 16 510 57 2.4 56 53 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.96
1969 Dodgers LF 8 0 42 6 0.8 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1969 Dodgers RF 61 29 921 71 1.2 69 68 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.02
1970 Dodgers CF 24 20 537 56 2.3 56 54 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.82
1970 Dodgers LF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1970 Dodgers RF 57 47 1,305 125 2.2 122 116 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.52
1970 Dodgers SS 1 0 24 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1971 Dodgers 2B 41 35 924 196 4.8 189 81 108 7 21 n/a n/a n/a .964 5.52
1971 Dodgers CF 10 6 162 20 2.0 20 20 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.33
1971 Dodgers LF 3 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1971 Dodgers RF 35 10 441 34 1.0 34 33 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1971 Dodgers SS 6 1 54 7 1.2 6 1 5 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.00
1972 Dodgers CF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1972 Dodgers LF 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1972 Dodgers RF 4 0 18 2 0.5 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1972 Dodgers SS 121 118 3,180 670 5.5 636 197 439 34 69 n/a n/a n/a .949 5.40
1973 Dodgers SS 162 162 480 834 5.1 803 243 560 31 106 n/a n/a n/a .963 45.17
1974 Dodgers RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1974 Dodgers SS 160 154 4,137 724 4.5 685 194 491 39 68 n/a n/a n/a .946 4.47
1975 Dodgers SS 83 81 2,031 335 4.0 324 94 230 11 27 n/a n/a n/a .967 4.31
1976 Dodgers SS 149 145 3,903 755 5.1 727 251 476 28 90 n/a n/a n/a .963 5.03
1977 Dodgers SS 153 149 3,960 786 5.1 757 234 523 29 102 n/a n/a n/a .963 5.16
1978 Dodgers SS 155 151 4,002 809 5.2 778 245 533 31 91 n/a n/a n/a .962 5.25
1979 Dodgers SS 150 148 3,888 700 4.7 670 218 452 30 70 n/a n/a n/a .957 4.65
1980 Dodgers SS 129 120 3,243 585 4.5 566 179 387 19 57 n/a n/a n/a .968 4.71
1981 Dodgers SS 80 78 2,007 403 5.0 389 128 261 14 49 n/a n/a n/a .965 5.23
1982 Dodgers SS 150 146 3,855 747 5.0 718 216 502 29 64 n/a n/a n/a .961 5.03
1983 Dodgers SS 127 122 3,162 606 4.8 584 192 392 22 61 n/a n/a n/a .964 4.99
1984 Dodgers 2B 5 1 42 10 2.0 10 3 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.43
1984 Dodgers CF 18 16 402 34 1.9 34 32 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.28
1984 Dodgers SS 65 56 1,434 255 3.9 246 81 165 9 29 n/a n/a n/a .965 4.63
1985 Dodgers 2B 8 5 135 28 3.5 27 10 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 5.40
1985 Dodgers 3B 5 0 24 1 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1985 Dodgers LF 21 15 420 23 1.1 22 22 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.41
1985 Dodgers SS 23 19 507 99 4.3 91 27 64 8 11 n/a n/a n/a .919 4.85
1986 Dodgers 2B 8 6 192 39 4.9 38 20 18 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.34
1986 Dodgers 3B 1 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1986 Dodgers CF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1986 Dodgers LF 28 12 396 36 1.3 36 34 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1986 Dodgers RF 20 9 264 13 0.7 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.33
1986 Dodgers SS 32 14 525 104 3.3 100 36 64 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .962 5.14
SS Totals 1,746 1,664 40,392 8,421 4.8 8,082 2,536 5,546 339 909 n/a n/a n/a .960 5.40
RF Totals 178 95 2,952 245 1.4 240 232 8 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.20
CF Totals 78 58 1,623 169 2.2 168 161 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.79
LF Totals 62 27 870 67 1.1 66 64 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.05
2B Totals 62 47 1,293 273 4.4 264 114 150 9 25 n/a n/a n/a .967 5.51
3B Totals 6 1 51 1 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.53
18 Years 2,132 1,892 47,181 9,176 4.3 8,821 3,107 5,714 355 936 n/a n/a n/a .961 5.05

Bill Russell

Bill Russell Miscellaneous Stats

1969 Dodgers 4 1 .800 23 10 n/a 42.4 4.7 14.1 - - -
1970 Dodgers 9 1 .900 7 0 n/a 0.0 9.9 9.9 - - -
1971 Dodgers 6 3 .667 3 15 n/a 105.5 5.4 14.1 - - -
1972 Dodgers 14 7 .667 5 3 n/a 108.5 6.8 12.8 - - -
1973 Dodgers 15 7 .682 0 0 n/a 153.8 9.8 11.0 - - -
1974 Dodgers 14 5 .737 1 0 n/a 110.6 10.4 8.5 - - -
1975 Dodgers 5 0 1.000 0 1 n/a 0.0 9.0 18.0 - - -
1976 Dodgers 15 5 .750 0 3 n/a 110.8 12.0 8.5 - - -
1977 Dodgers 16 7 .696 0 0 n/a 158.5 14.7 12.4 - - -
1978 Dodgers 10 6 .625 1 1 n/a 208.3 18.4 13.6 - - -
1979 Dodgers 6 9 .400 3 0 n/a 89.6 14.6 11.2 - - -
1980 Dodgers 13 2 .867 1 1 n/a 155.3 10.6 13.7 - - -
1981 Dodgers 2 1 .667 0 2 n/a 0.0 13.1 11.9 - - -
1982 Dodgers 10 2 .833 4 1 n/a 165.7 16.6 10.8 - - -
1983 Dodgers 13 9 .591 5 0 n/a 451.0 14.5 15.0 - - -
1984 Dodgers 4 4 .500 7 1 n/a 0.0 10.9 13.8 - - -
1985 Dodgers 4 0 1.000 24 6 n/a 0.0 18.8 13.0 - - -
1986 Dodgers 7 0 1.000 37 9 n/a 0.0 9.4 12.0 - - -
18 Years 167 69 .708 121 53 n/a 159.1 11.0 11.7 - - -

Bill Russell

Bill Russell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1969 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1970 Los Angeles Dodgers 31, 18 Undetermined - -
1971 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined Stats -
1974 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - Stats
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1976 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 $72,500.00 Stats -
1977 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 $100,000.00 - Stats
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 $145,000.00 - Stats
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined Stats -
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - Stats
1982 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1983 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1984 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 Undetermined - -
1985 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 $450,000.00 - -
1986 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 $450,000.00 - -

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