Russ Wrightstone
1920–1928 · bats L / throws R · New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
930G
.297AVG
.349OBP
.431SLG
More career statistics
889H
60HR
425RBI
35SB
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 · At bats | 2,992 | 2,995 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 20 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 152 | 151 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 152 | 153 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,283 | 3,284 |
| Batting · RBI | 425 | 426 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 35 | 36 |
| Batting · Walks | 215 | 213 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 930 | 3,283 | 2,992 | 427 | 889 | 152 | 34 | 60 | 425 | 215 | 152 | 35 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1,289 | .297 | .349 | .431 | .780 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1927-08-02 to 1927-08-16
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1926-06-11 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1924-06-23 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1923-05-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 468 | 1648 | 482 | 44 | 235 | 116 | 71 | .322 | .363 | .478 |
| Away | 462 | 1636 | 407 | 16 | 191 | 97 | 82 | .272 | .308 | .382 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 70 | 235 | 60 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 14 | .284 | .332 | .412 |
| May | 157 | 554 | 137 | 16 | 62 | 54 | 29 | .282 | .345 | .457 |
| June | 151 | 545 | 154 | 10 | 97 | 20 | 21 | .303 | .319 | .451 |
| July | 171 | 544 | 155 | 13 | 86 | 32 | 32 | .309 | .344 | .456 |
| August | 180 | 652 | 183 | 4 | 69 | 31 | 24 | .303 | .328 | .401 |
| September | 191 | 711 | 191 | 12 | 74 | 55 | 31 | .297 | .346 | .418 |
| October | 10 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .225 | .279 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 138 | 504 | 157 | 5 | 81 | 34 | 17 | .343 | .379 | .467 |
| chicago-cubs | 137 | 472 | 121 | 13 | 65 | 38 | 24 | .287 | .337 | .439 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 136 | 524 | 141 | 13 | 64 | 33 | 35 | .294 | .332 | .438 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 134 | 479 | 122 | 7 | 60 | 30 | 22 | .282 | .317 | .400 |
| new-york-giants | 133 | 458 | 122 | 12 | 59 | 32 | 17 | .290 | .336 | .431 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 132 | 455 | 125 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 23 | .303 | .341 | .447 |
| cincinnati-reds | 117 | 389 | 101 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 15 | .274 | .298 | .382 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 206 | 54 | 3 | 17 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1921 | Philadelphia Phillies | 109 | 372 | 110 | 9 | 49 | 5 | .296 | – | – |
| 1922 | Philadelphia Phillies | 99 | 332 | 101 | 5 | 34 | 4 | .304 | – | – |
| 1923 | Philadelphia Phillies | 119 | 392 | 107 | 7 | 60 | 5 | .273 | – | – |
| 1924 | Philadelphia Phillies | 118 | 389 | 119 | 7 | 58 | 5 | .306 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 287 | 99 | 14 | 62 | – | .345 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Phillies | 112 | 368 | 113 | 7 | 56 | 5 | .307 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Phillies | 141 | 533 | 163 | 6 | 74 | 9 | .306 | – | – |
| 1928 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies | 63 | 116 | 23 | 2 | 16 | – | .198 | – | – |