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Russ Christopher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: September 12, 1917 in Richmond, CA us

Died: December 5, 1954 in Richmond, CA

Buried: Sunset Mausoleum, El Cerrito, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 24-214d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1948 (Age 31-019d)
vs. DET 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Russell Ormand Christopher

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Relatives: Brother of Loyd Christopher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

ERA

3.37

241

999.2

424

WHIP

1.330

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-20 / in Starts: 12-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	55	2	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-	L(0-1)	99	4.1	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	8.31	4.76	23						33						19					0
2	56	7	Apr 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS-5	L(0-2)	8	5.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	7.71	3.97	21	10	5	0	2	5	40			0	0	0	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.157	2.11	-0.28%	-1.76	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	57	10	May 2	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.35	4.09	10	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.67	0.03%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	58	13	May 6	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	7-GF		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.02	4.01	13	6	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.008	.10	0.01%	1.32	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
5	59	17	May 11	PHA		CHW	L,2-4		L(0-3)	4	4.0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.91	4.21	17												14					0
6	60	22	May 15	PHA		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.95	3.85	37	25	0	0	0	9	61			0	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.163	3.11	0.23%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	61	26	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-9			3	3.2	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.65	4.00	17												17					0
8	62	33	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(1-4)	7	9.2	10	2	1	5	2	0	0	3.76	3.96	44						60						37	0	0			0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	63	39	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3			5	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.43	3.71	12												12					0
10	64	44	Jun 9	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-5)	6	8.0	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.91	3.54	31	13	8	1	0	7	63			0	3	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.106	1.69	0.12%	1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	65	49	Jun 14(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-5	L(1-6)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	1	1	3.43	3.81	26	10	4	0	1	8	30			3	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.278	1.20	-0.29%	-2.76	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
12	66	55	Jun 18(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS-8	W(2-6)	3	8.0	12	5	4	0	3	1	0	3.56	3.78	36	12	9	0	4	12	43			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.038	.73	0.03%	-1.27	1b start a 6	8b 3 out a3
13	67	60	Jun 22(2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	3.13	3.58	33	11	12	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.168	3.10	0.20%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	68	65	Jun 29	PHA		CLE	L,0-6	GS-2	L(3-7)	6	2.0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	3.17	3.55	12	5	2	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.352	1.17	-0.27%	-4.12	1t start tie	2t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	69	68	Jul 2(1)	PHA		DET	L,0-8	GS-6	L(3-8)	2	5.2	11	8	7	1	4	0	0	3.72	3.43	30	6	8	2	0	11	20			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.257	.58	-0.11%	-5.57	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d8
16	70	70	Jul 4(1)	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.43	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
17	71	72	Jul 5	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	3-GF	L(3-9)	0	6.1	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.41	3.37	25	10	6	2	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.43	-0.110	1.20	-0.06%	1.04	3t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
18	72	79	Jul 14(2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-9)	8	8.2	6	3	1	4	3	0	1	3.20	3.40	36	22	0	0	0	6	63			4	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.192	.82	0.08%	1.48	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
19	73	87	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(4-10)	7	8.0	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.30	3.51	33	14	7	1	0	9	47			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.134	.13	-0.01%	-0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	74	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-	W(5-10)	4	6.1	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.43	3.45	23						50						22					0
21	75	98	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(6-10)	3	10.0	7	2	0	2	4	0	0	3.15	3.37	41	23	5	1	0	7	76			1	0	0	38	0	2	0	1	0	3	1.57	0.472	.08	0.02%	2.44	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	76	101	Aug 2(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7			1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.35	5												4					0
23	77	104	Aug 5(2)	PHA		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-10)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.98	3.27	33	16	7	2	0	5	80			0	0	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.520	.06	0.02%	3.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	78	109	Aug 11	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(8-10)	5	9.0	9	3	2	7	7	1	0	2.92	3.37	41	12	6	0	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	79	115	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.87	3.38	35	11	12	2	3	4	71			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.313	.01	0.00%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	80	118	Aug 19	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	8-GF(12)	W(10-10)	2	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.36	18	9	6	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.599	.01	0.00%	2.20	8t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
27	81	122	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(11-10)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	2.68	3.31	33						74						30	0	0			0
28	82	124	Aug 25(2)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	3.31	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
29	83	127	Aug 27(2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-11)	1	5.1	8	6	5	2	4	0	0	2.84	3.28	25	7	4	1	0	8	32			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.499	.01	0.00%	-3.83	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	84	132	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(11-12)	5	8.1	10	6	6	6	6	0	1	3.01	3.30	43	11	11	0	2	8	39			2	0	0	34	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.20	-0.498	.00	0.00%	-3.47	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
31	85	136	Sep 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	L(11-13)	5	8.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.07	3.29	34						50						31	0	2			0
32	86	141	Sep 17(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	7-GF	W(12-13)	8	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.03	3.27	13	7	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.257	.00	0.00%	1.40	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
33	87	144	Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-	L(12-14)	2	7.0	7	6	6	2	3	0	1	3.19	3.27	33						40						30					0
34	88	148	Sep 25	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(13-14)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	1	3.05	3.26	36	21	5	1	0	4	78			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.52	0.648	.00	0.00%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
35	89	153	Sep 30	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(14-14)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	1	2.97	3.27	36						73						31	0	0			0
							15-20		W-L:14-14,Sv:1	3.8	215.1	200	91	71	63	84	6	9	2.97	3.27	913	2.14		4%	4%	138	54	2	0%	16	6	1	826	18	9	2	8	0	16	1.10	1.364	.75	-0.29%	4.23

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