Rip Russell
1939–1947 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, PIR
425G
.245AVG
.289OBP
.356SLG
More career statistics
344H
29HR
192RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 1 | 7 |
| Batting · RBI | 192 | 196 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425 | 1,522 | 1,402 | 133 | 344 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 192 | 83 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 499 | .245 | .289 | .356 | .645 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1942-05-26 to 1942-06-05
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1939-05-17 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1946-05-18 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1939-06-29 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 208 | 724 | 170 | 15 | 95 | 48 | 66 | .259 | .301 | .373 |
| Away | 217 | 798 | 174 | 14 | 101 | 35 | 76 | .234 | .262 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | .258 | .289 | .318 |
| May | 85 | 317 | 66 | 6 | 42 | 16 | 30 | .227 | .259 | .323 |
| June | 89 | 318 | 68 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 27 | .236 | .283 | .337 |
| July | 80 | 300 | 69 | 8 | 44 | 18 | 28 | .249 | .290 | .401 |
| August | 69 | 238 | 55 | 5 | 32 | 10 | 20 | .246 | .273 | .357 |
| September | 74 | 270 | 69 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 26 | .272 | .296 | .378 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 51 | 177 | 41 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 18 | .247 | .277 | .398 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 49 | 180 | 44 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 14 | .257 | .256 | .386 |
| boston-braves | 49 | 175 | 44 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | .282 | .326 | .397 |
| new-york-giants | 46 | 184 | 33 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 24 | .199 | .255 | .301 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 46 | 163 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 18 | .250 | .288 | .289 |
| cincinnati-reds | 40 | 141 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | .260 | .305 | .331 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 38 | 145 | 46 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 8 | .333 | .359 | .507 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 19 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .274 | .393 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Chicago Cubs | 143 | 542 | 148 | 9 | 82 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago Cubs | 68 | 215 | 53 | 5 | 33 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 17 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 102 | 302 | 73 | 8 | 42 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Boston Red Sox | 80 | 274 | 57 | 6 | 35 | 1 | .208 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 26 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .154 | – | – |