Bill Russell

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Russell was a switch-hitter in 1971.

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS).

High School: Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS)

School: Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS)

Debut: April 7, 1969 (Age 20-168d, 12,768th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1986 (Age 37-345d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: William Ellis Russell

Nicknames: Ropes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

7318

1926

.263

796

RBI

627

167

OBP

.310

SLG

.338

OPS

.648

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
3	3	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,10-11	CG	45	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	LAD		ATL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
9	9	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	LAD		CIN	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 21	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
14	14	Apr 22	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 23	LAD		HOU	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
16	16	Apr 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	9	1	13	2	SS
17	17	Apr 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
18	18	Apr 28	LAD	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	38	9.1	4	7	0	11	1	SS
22	22	May 3	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 4	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	24	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
27	27	May 9	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 10	LAD		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 11	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
30	30	May 12	LAD		CHC	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	31	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
32	32	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,7-10	CG	68	15.0	5	6	1	12	1	SS
33	33	May 15	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
34	34	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
35	35	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,10-1	GS	25	7.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
36	36	May 19	LAD		SFG	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 20	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
38	38	May 21	LAD		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
39	39	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
40	40	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
41	42 (1)	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
42	43	May 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
43	44	May 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
44	45	May 29	LAD		SDP	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
45	46	May 30	LAD		SDP	W,10-2	GS	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
46	47	May 31	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
48	49	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
49	50	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
50	51	Jun 5	LAD	@	NYM	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	0	6	1	7	0	SS
51	52	Jun 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
52	53	Jun 7	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
53	54	Jun 8	LAD	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	MON	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
55	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
56	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,11-4	GS	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
57	58	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GF	31	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	59	Jun 13	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	60	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	8	1	10	1	SS
60	61	Jun 15	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
61	62	Jun 16	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
62	63	Jun 17	LAD		MON	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	64	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
64	65	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	2	7	2	SS
65	66	Jun 21	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
66	67	Jun 22	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
67	68	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	69	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
69	70	Jun 25	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
70	71	Jun 26	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
71	72	Jun 27	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	74	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
74	75	Jun 30 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
75	76	Jun 30 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
77	78	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
78	79	Jul 3	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
79	80	Jul 4	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
80	81	Jul 5	LAD		ATL	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
81	82	Jul 6	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	41	11.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
82	83	Jul 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
83	84	Jul 8 (1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	85	Jul 8 (2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
85	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
86	87	Jul 13	LAD	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
87	88	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
88	89	Jul 15	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	1	10	4	SS
89	90	Jul 16 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	91	Jul 16 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH SS
91	92	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
92	93	Jul 18	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
93	94	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
95	96	Jul 21	LAD		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
96	97	Jul 22	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
97	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
98	100 (1)	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
99	101	Jul 26	LAD		CHC	W,8-2	GS	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
100	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
101	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
102	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
103	105	Jul 31	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	108 (2)	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	109	Aug 4	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
106	110	Aug 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
107	111	Aug 6	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
108	112	Aug 7	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
109	113	Aug 8	LAD		SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
110	114	Aug 9	LAD		SDP	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
111	115	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	116	Aug 11	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
113	117	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
114	118	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
115	119	Aug 15	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
116	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
117	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	122	Aug 18	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
119	123	Aug 19	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-8	GF	16	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
120	124	Aug 20	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
121	125	Aug 21	LAD	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
122	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
123	127	Aug 24	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
124	128	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	129	Aug 26	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
126	130	Aug 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
127	131	Aug 28	LAD		MON	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	132	Aug 29	LAD		MON	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	10	0	10	1	SS
129	133	Aug 30	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	134	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	0	10	0	10	1	SS
131	135	Sep 2 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
132	136	Sep 2 (2)	LAD		NYM	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
133	137	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	5	7	1	13	1	SS
134	138	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
135	139	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
136	140	Sep 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
137	141	Sep 8	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
138	142	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
139	143	Sep 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
140	144	Sep 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
141	145	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
142	146	Sep 13	LAD		HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
143	147	Sep 14	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	148	Sep 15	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
145	149	Sep 16	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
146	150	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
147	151	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
148	152	Sep 19	LAD		CIN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
149	153	Sep 20	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
150	154	Sep 22	LAD		SDP	L,3-12	GS	39	6.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
151	155	Sep 23	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
152	156	Sep 24	LAD		SDP	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
153	159 (2)	Sep 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	46	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
154	160	Sep 29	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
155	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
							155gm		1334.0	245	533	31	809	91