Russ Christopher
1942–1948 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
242G
.158AVG
.201OBP
.222SLG
More career statistics
50H
2HR
22RBI
0SB
54–64W–L
999.2IP
424K
3.37ERA
97GS
35SV
2Rare 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 · Plate appearances | 349 | 348 |
| Batting · Walks | 17 | 16 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,247 | 4,264 |
| Pitching · p er | 374 | 373 |
| Pitching · p k | 424 | 423 |
| Pitching · p w | 399 | 398 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 349 | 316 | 17 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | .158 | .201 | .222 | .423 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999.7 | 241 | 97 | 46 | 54 | 64 | 35 | 931 | 441 | 374 | 38 | 399 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 3.37 | 1.330 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1944-07-27 to 1944-09-02
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1945-04-18 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1942-07-23 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1945-07-07 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 120 | 171 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 47 | .188 | .216 | .263 |
| Away | 122 | 177 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 48 | .128 | .164 | .179 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .067 | .088 | .067 |
| May | 44 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | .117 | .179 | .150 |
| June | 46 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | .217 | .224 | .300 |
| July | 46 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .161 | .200 | .194 |
| August | 41 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .186 | .219 | .288 |
| September | 41 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | .156 | .176 | .267 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .122 | .197 | .245 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | .200 | .218 | .240 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | .286 | .308 | .371 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .106 | .139 | .152 |
| st-louis-browns | 32 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | .205 | .244 | .308 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 31 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .122 | .119 | .122 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | .114 | .139 | .171 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 56 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .089 | 165 | 57 |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 45 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .156 | 133 | 56 |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Athletics | 35 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 6 | – | .222 | 215 | 84 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | .171 | 227 | 100 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 36 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .139 | 119 | 79 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 16 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 80 | 33 |
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 45 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 59 | 14 |