Reb Russell
1913–1923 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates
423G
.268AVG
.309OBP
.436SLG
More career statistics
262H
22HR
172RBI
9SB
80–59W–L
1,291.2IP
495K
2.33ERA
148GS
13SV
7Rare 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 | 423 | 422 |
| Batting · At bats | 976 | 974 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 262 | 261 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 130 | 132 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,062 | 1,061 |
| Batting · Runs | 142 | 141 |
| Batting · RBI | 172 | 170 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 9 | 10 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,030 | 5,144 |
| Pitching · p cg | 81 | 80 |
| Pitching · p er | 335 | 340 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,128 | 1,136 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,875 | 3,870 |
| Pitching · p k | 495 | 501 |
| Pitching · p w | 267 | 271 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 1,062 | 976 | 142 | 262 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 172 | 42 | 130 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 426 | .268 | .309 | .436 | .745 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,291.7 | 242 | 148 | 81 | 80 | 59 | 13 | 1,128 | 453 | 335 | 7 | 267 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 1.080 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1922-08-07 to 1922-08-26
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1916-07-02 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1922-08-08 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1913-04-21 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 217 | 508 | 127 | 10 | 89 | 21 | 64 | .272 | .291 | .452 |
| Away | 205 | 553 | 134 | 12 | 81 | 21 | 68 | .264 | .280 | .422 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .194 | .222 | .388 |
| May | 67 | 156 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 23 | .239 | .276 | .366 |
| June | 64 | 155 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 27 | .186 | .194 | .359 |
| July | 88 | 231 | 61 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 30 | .285 | .303 | .449 |
| August | 87 | 238 | 65 | 7 | 44 | 10 | 27 | .307 | .315 | .486 |
| September | 75 | 203 | 60 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 16 | .319 | .335 | .500 |
| October | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | .217 | .225 | .301 |
| boston-red-sox | 45 | 104 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | .233 | .231 | .320 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 43 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 21 | .174 | .184 | .290 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 35 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .231 | .228 | .269 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | .194 | .183 | .299 |
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .189 | .195 | .243 |
| st-louis-browns | 29 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .192 | .218 | .269 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 26 | 106 | 33 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 5 | .379 | .396 | .586 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Chicago White Sox | 54 | 106 | 19 | 1 | 8 | – | .179 | 316 | 125 |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox | 45 | 63 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .270 | 167 | 79 |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox | 45 | 86 | 21 | – | 6 | 1 | .244 | 229 | 92 |
| 1916 | Chicago White Sox | 56 | 90 | 13 | – | 6 | 1 | .144 | 263 | 112 |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 68 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .279 | 188 | 55 |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | 50 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .140 | 124 | 38 |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1922 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 220 | 81 | 12 | 74 | 4 | .368 | – | – |
| 1923 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 291 | 84 | 9 | 57 | 4 | .289 | – | – |