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Reb Russell
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Birthdate: 3/12/1889 Died: 9/30/1973
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Jackson, MS, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Born in Jackson Mississippi, Ewell Russell was quickly nicknamed Reb by his Chicago White Sox teammates, and the left-hander responded by winning 22 games in his rookie year – 22-16, with a sterling 1.91 earned run average, the 5th best in the AL, and, led the league with 51 games, completing 25-of-36 starts during the dead ball era. Although he never again won 20 games, his pitching record was fairly consistent during his 8-full-year tenure with the Chi-Sox…having an ERA in the range of 1.91 to 2.90. Russell tossed 23 complete game career shutouts, including a career-high 7 in his rookie year of 1913. Reb Russell pitched just one game in 1919 – the year the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series, and eight of his teammates were banned after that from baseball. A good hitter he returned to the majors as an outfielder for the Pirates in 1922. Reb Russell career stats: 75-59, 2.34 ERA, 241 Games, 148 GS, 80 GC, 1127 Hits in 1291 innings, 495 Ks, 267 Walks, 23 Shutouts… career batting - .268 BA, 48 Doubles, 25 Ts, 21 Hrs, 262 hits in 976 at bats. baseballhistorian.com – Dead Ball Era Baseball History baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1913 CHW (AL) 52 36 22 16 4 26 8 316.2 250 89 67 2 79 0 122 4 8 4 1.90
1914 CHW (AL) 38 23 8 12 1 8 1 167.1 168 80 54 3 33 0 79 5 3 0 2.90
1915 CHW (AL) 41 25 11 10 2 10 3 229.1 215 90 66 0 47 0 90 2 6 0 2.59
1916 CHW (AL) 56 25 18 11 3 16 5 264.1 207 88 71 1 42 0 112 5 1 0 2.42
1917 CHW (AL) 35 24 15 5 3 11 5 189.1 170 61 41 1 32 0 54 1 1 0 1.95
1918 CHW (AL) 19 15 7 5 0 10 2 124.2 117 45 36 0 33 0 38 2 0 0 2.60
1919 CHW (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 years   242 148 81 59 13 81 24 1291.2 1128 453 335 7 267 0 495 19 19 4 2.34
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1913 CHW (AL) 52 106 9 20 5 3 1 7 1 29 0 0 0 1 4 0 .189 .204 SLG
1914 CHW (AL) 46 64 6 17 1 1 0 7 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .277 SLG
1915 CHW (AL) 45 86 11 21 2 3 0 7 4 14 1 0 0 2 2 0 .244 .293 SLG
1916 CHW (AL) 56 91 9 13 2 0 0 6 0 18 1 0 0 1 2 0 .143 .152 SLG
1917 CHW (AL) 39 68 5 19 3 3 0 9 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 .279 .300 SLG
1918 CHW (AL) 27 50 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 .140 .157 SLG
1919 CHW (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1922 PIT (NL) 60 220 51 81 14 8 12 75 14 18 4 2 0 7 9 0 .368 .423 SLG
1923 PIT (NL) 94 291 49 84 18 7 9 58 20 21 3 1 0 3 4 0 .289 .341 SLG
9 years   420 976 142 262 48 25 22 172 42 130 9 3 0 15 29 0 .268 .309 .SLG



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