#3 Russ Christopher, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, St. Louis (A) Browns Thursday, 10/26/1944 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Russ Christopher
9/12/1917 27 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 1944 (Possible Arbitration) 2 Year(s), 108 Days (452 total Days) 172 Day(s) 2 Year(s), 108 Days (452 total Days) 2 Year(s)
3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 5 | 10 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 6 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
6/28 | WAS | L 3-4 | * | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | L | | | | |
7/8 | @CLE | L 6-8 | * | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | L | | | | |
7/13 | CHA | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | W | | | | |
7/19 | PHA | L 2-7 | * | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/11 | DET | W 4-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | CLE | W 15-5 | * | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/23 | WAS | W 9-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/29 | CLE | L 3-8 | * | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
10/5 | @DET | W 3-1 | * | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | | PoG | | | |
10/13 | NYY | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3.56 | 200.0 | 184 | 95 | 79 | 80 | 95 | 16 | 66.7 | 2 | 12 | 50.0 |
Projected | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3.56 | 198.0 | 183 | 94 | 79 | 80 | 94 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.1 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.37 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 359 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 37 | 41 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .316 | .340 | .656 |
vs. RHB | 413 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 58 | 39 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .302 | .349 | .651 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3.15 | 117.0 | 107 | 50 | 41 | 42 | 61 |
Road | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.12 | 83.0 | 77 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 34 |
Postseason | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 44.0 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
May | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 44.0 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 22 |
June | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.41 | 51.0 | 52 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 25 |
July | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.57 | 21.0 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 40.0 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
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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 |
Total | 76 | 76 | 43 | 26 | 0 | 3.92 | 643.1 | 612 | 323 | 280 | 51 | 309 | 335 | 55 | 4 | 1.43 | .267 | |
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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 |
Total | 76 | 242 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .156 | .174 | .330 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 24 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 1 | .974 | 200.0 | 1.75 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1943 - 4.34 - 8th
| Wins 1943 - 21 - 8th
| K's 1943 - 165 - 9th
| BB 1943 - 150 - 8th
| CG 1943 - 25 - 9th
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SHO 1943 - 2 - 8th
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