Jack Russell
1926–1940 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASB, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
580G
.167AVG
.213OBP
.229SLG
More career statistics
103H
1HR
40RBI
1SB
85–141W–L
2,050.2IP
418K
4.46ERA
182GS
38SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 580 | 581 |
| Batting · At bats | 617 | 621 |
| Batting · Hits | 103 | 102 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 213 | 214 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 682 | 688 |
| Batting · RBI | 40 | 37 |
| Batting · Walks | 36 | 37 |
| Pitching · Games | 557 | 558 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,020 | 9,061 |
| Pitching · p cg | 71 | 72 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,017 | 1,012 |
| Pitching · p gs | 182 | 183 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,454 | 2,464 |
| Pitching · p hr | 83 | 85 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,152 | 6,167 |
| Pitching · p k | 418 | 420 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,187 | 1,197 |
| Pitching · p w | 571 | 572 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 580 | 682 | 617 | 65 | 103 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 213 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | .167 | .213 | .229 | .442 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,050.7 | 557 | 182 | 71 | 85 | 141 | 38 | 2,454 | 1,187 | 1,017 | 83 | 571 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 | 1.475 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1930-04-19 to 1930-05-13
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1929-06-19 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1931-05-30 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1933-10-15 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 299 | 319 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 107 | .168 | .213 | .237 |
| Away | 282 | 369 | 53 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 107 | .161 | .192 | .215 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | .109 | .135 | .130 |
| May | 107 | 117 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 43 | .119 | .154 | .174 |
| June | 115 | 137 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 43 | .148 | .190 | .189 |
| July | 125 | 137 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 32 | .248 | .292 | .328 |
| August | 104 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 43 | .142 | .164 | .212 |
| September | 78 | 113 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 37 | .186 | .239 | .265 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 70 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | .103 | .182 | .132 |
| detroit-tigers | 67 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | .208 | .272 | .306 |
| chicago-white-sox | 65 | 104 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 28 | .167 | .202 | .244 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 | .183 | .246 | .217 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | .178 | .208 | .233 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 60 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | .129 | .145 | .157 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 50 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | .218 | .216 | .346 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .179 | .212 | .179 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Boston Red Sox | 36 | 22 | 4 | – | – | – | .182 | 98 | 17 |
| 1927 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 48 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .125 | 147 | 27 |
| 1928 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 62 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .210 | 201 | 27 |
| 1929 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 70 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .129 | 225 | 36 |
| 1930 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .177 | 229 | 36 |
| 1931 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 82 | 16 | – | 5 | 1 | .195 | 232 | 44 |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 51 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .255 | 152 | 34 |
| 1933 | ASB, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 51 | 38 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 132 | 31 |
| 1934 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 54 | 44 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .159 | 158 | 39 |
| 1935 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 43 | 35 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .171 | 126 | 29 |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 41 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | .091 | 89 | 15 |
| 1937 |  Detroit Tigers | 25 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 40 | 10 |
| 1938 |  Chicago Cubs | 42 | 32 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .219 | 101 | 28 |
| 1939 | Chicago Cubs | 43 | 17 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 68 | 31 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 54 | 16 |