Russ Kemmerer
1954–1963 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Washington Senators (1901-60)
302G
.128AVG
.197OBP
.162SLG
More career statistics
34H
2HR
16RBI
0SB
43–59W–L
1,066.2IP
505K
4.46ERA
109GS
8SV
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 · Strikeouts | 113 | 112 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,629 | 4,636 |
| Pitching · p er | 529 | 530 |
| Pitching · p k | 505 | 504 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | 314 | 265 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | .128 | .197 | .162 | .359 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,066.7 | 302 | 109 | 24 | 43 | 59 | 8 | 1,144 | 588 | 529 | 103 | 389 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 4.46 | 1.437 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1954-09-01 to 1954-09-05
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1963-04-18 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1954-07-18 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1957-07-30 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 139 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 48 | .129 | .187 | .155 |
| Away | 156 | 175 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 64 | .128 | .177 | .168 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .095 | .222 | .143 |
| May | 59 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .095 | .137 | .119 |
| June | 53 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28 | .091 | .149 | .091 |
| July | 56 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | .146 | .232 | .208 |
| August | 53 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 30 | .115 | .139 | .131 |
| September | 54 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .237 | .268 | .316 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 38 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | .132 | .265 | .158 |
| new-york-yankees | 36 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 | .105 | .163 | .132 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .128 | .133 | .128 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 32 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | .163 | .196 | .326 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .097 | .139 | .097 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .094 | .162 | .094 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Boston Red Sox | 19 | 21 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .143 | 75 | 37 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 13 |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | .065 | 176 | 81 |
| 1958 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 69 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .159 | 224 | 111 |
| 1959 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 60 | 8 | – | 5 | – | .133 | 206 | 89 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 39 | 33 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 138 | 86 |
| 1961 |  Chicago White Sox | 47 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 96 | 35 |
| 1962 | Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros | 56 | 11 | 4 | – | – | – | .364 | 96 | 40 |
| 1963 |  Houston Astros | 17 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 36 | 12 |