Russ Derry
1944–1949 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
187G
.224AVG
.322OBP
.373SLG
More career statistics
124H
17HR
73RBI
2SB
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 · Strikeouts | 124 | 125 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | 637 | 553 | 68 | 124 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 73 | 78 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 206 | .224 | .322 | .373 | .695 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1944-07-29 to 1944-08-14
20longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1945-09-06 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1945-09-06 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 99 | 348 | 73 | 11 | 44 | 47 | 63 | .246 | .345 | .418 |
| Away | 88 | 289 | 51 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 62 | .199 | .284 | .320 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .262 | .333 | .595 |
| May | 29 | 112 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 28 | .221 | .330 | .295 |
| June | 26 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 17 | .224 | .329 | .358 |
| July | 38 | 113 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 27 | .223 | .283 | .350 |
| August | 43 | 135 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 22 | .246 | .363 | .456 |
| September | 41 | 150 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | .197 | .280 | .311 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 124 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 26 | .229 | .315 | .339 |
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 103 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 20 | .209 | .330 | .372 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 89 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | .217 | .270 | .446 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 25 | 96 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 15 | .238 | .323 | .405 |
| chicago-white-sox | 21 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 16 | .217 | .368 | .383 |
| boston-red-sox | 19 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | .204 | .298 | .367 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 15 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | .286 | .379 | .367 |
| new-york-yankees | 9 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .194 | .219 | .226 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  New York Yankees | 38 | 114 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .254 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Yankees | 78 | 253 | 57 | 13 | 45 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 184 | 38 | – | 14 | – | .207 | – | – |
| 1949 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |