Russ Van Atta
1933–1939 · bats L / throws L · New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
208G
.228AVG
.246OBP
.306SLG
More career statistics
47H
2HR
17RBI
1SB
33–41W–L
712.1IP
339K
5.60ERA
76GS
6SV
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 · Plate appearances | 226 | 227 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 6 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,291 | 3,301 |
| Pitching · p er | 443 | 436 |
| Pitching · p h | 838 | 839 |
| Pitching · p hr | 39 | 41 |
| Pitching · p k | 339 | 341 |
| Pitching · p w | 368 | 370 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 226 | 206 | 24 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | .228 | .246 | .306 | .552 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712.3 | 207 | 76 | 17 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 838 | 498 | 443 | 39 | 368 | 339 | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | 1.693 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1934-05-31 to 1934-07-03
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1935-07-28 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1933-06-30 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1933-08-13 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 95 | 104 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | .220 | .231 | .308 |
| Away | 113 | 123 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | .235 | .236 | .304 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .353 | .500 |
| May | 36 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .175 | .250 |
| June | 34 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .211 | .262 | .263 |
| July | 40 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .270 | .263 | .405 |
| August | 41 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .233 | .213 | .279 |
| September | 41 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .206 | .220 | .265 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 65 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .345 | .323 | .448 |
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .268 | .262 | .317 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .185 | .179 | .185 |
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .158 | .217 | .474 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 20 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .160 | .148 | .160 |
| chicago-white-sox | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .222 | .300 | .444 |
| new-york-yankees | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .091 | .100 |
| st-louis-browns | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .059 | .143 | .059 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  New York Yankees | 26 | 60 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .283 | 157 | 76 |
| 1934 | New York Yankees | 28 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | .207 | 88 | 39 |
| 1935 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 58 | 43 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .209 | 175 | 90 |
| 1936 |  St. Louis Browns | 53 | 29 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .172 | 122 | 61 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | .462 | 58 | 34 |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns | 25 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | .133 | 104 | 35 |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 6 |