#3 Russ Christopher, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, St. Louis (A) Browns Monday, 10/23/1945 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Russ Christopher
9/12/1917 28 USA,CA,RICHMOND 6"3 180
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 300,000 1945 (Arbitration eligible) 3 Year(s), 108 Days (624 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 108 Days (624 total Days) 3 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 5 | 10 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Talent | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 47 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 32 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4.31 | 259.0 | 273 | 136 | 124 | 127 | 92 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 14 | 43.8 |
Projected | 32 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4.31 | 259.0 | 273 | 136 | 124 | 127 | 92 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.52 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 520 | 146 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 63 | 83 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .281 | .376 | .396 | .772 |
vs. RHB | 482 | 127 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 69 | 73 | 44 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .263 | .324 | .382 | .705 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4.06 | 157.1 | 159 | 79 | 71 | 69 | 55 |
Road | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4.69 | 101.2 | 114 | 57 | 53 | 58 | 37 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.60 | 43.0 | 53 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 18 |
May | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.29 | 34.0 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
June | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | 48.2 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.91 | 46.1 | 52 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 15 |
August | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.36 | 48.2 | 48 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 20 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.10 | 38.1 | 46 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 10 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1942 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3.54 | 145.0 | 130 | 71 | 57 | 6 | 79 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 1.44 | .264 | SLA |
1943 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 4.34 | 298.1 | 298 | 157 | 144 | 30 | 150 | 165 | 25 | 2 | 1.50 | .277 | SLA |
1944 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3.56 | 200.0 | 184 | 95 | 79 | 15 | 80 | 95 | 16 | 2 | 1.32 | .255 | SLA |
1945 | 32 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4.31 | 259.0 | 273 | 136 | 124 | 19 | 127 | 92 | 20 | 0 | 1.54 | .285 | SLA,AL |
Total | 108 | 108 | 60 | 39 | 0 | 4.03 | 902.1 | 885 | 459 | 404 | 70 | 436 | 427 | 75 | 4 | 1.46 | .272 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1942, AAA | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3.47 | 119.1 | 118 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 42 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1.34 | .304 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1944 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1942 | 17 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .167 | .315 | SLA |
1943 | 35 | 112 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .150 | .125 | .275 | SLA |
1944 | 24 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .250 | .421 | SLA |
1945 | 33 | 98 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .158 | .194 | .352 | SLA,AL |
Total | 109 | 340 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 126 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .157 | .179 | .336 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 32 | 32 | 25 | 46 | 4 | 73 | 2 | .973 | 259.0 | 2.54 | | | | |
Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1942... Had first career hit (double) on 6/22/1942, off Carlos Moore (BOS)... Earned first career win on 6/22/1942... Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1944, off Joe Callahan (PHA)... Injured on 7/19/1944 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6-7 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1945, going 5-0, 2.22... Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1943 - 4.34 - 8th 1944 - 3.56 - 6th
| WHIP 1944 - 1.32 - 7th
| Wins 1943 - 21 - 8th
| K's 1943 - 165 - 9th
| BB 1943 - 150 - 8th
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CG 1943 - 25 - 9th
| SHO 1943 - 2 - 8th 1944 - 2 - 6th
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