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Bill Russell Bill Russell

Full name: William Ellis Russell Born: October 21, 1948, Pittsburg, Kansas First Game: April 7, 1969; Final Game: October 1, 1986 Managed First Game: June 25, 1996; Managed Final Game: September 8, 2000 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 175 Bats both 1971 SS on TSN NL All-Star Team (1973) Bill Russell Collectibles! Bill Russell Memorabilia! Bill Russell Cards! Bill Russell Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1969 LA  N Daily Splits   98   212   35   48   6   2   5   15   22   1   45   1   2   1   0   6   3    4   1  .226  .301  .344  -0.2 1969 LA  N
1970 LA  N Daily Splits   81   278   30   72  11   9   0   28   16   1   28   3   4   3   0   7   5    9   1  .259  .303  .363  -0.3 1970 LA  N
1971 LA  N Daily Splits   91   211   29   48   7   4   2   15   11   2   39   0   0   1   0   3   2    6   3  .227  .265  .327  -0.8 1971 LA  N
1972 LA  N Daily Splits  129   434   47  118  19   5   4   34   34   9   64   2   5   2   0   5   4   14   7  .272  .326  .366   2.6 1972 LA  N
1973 LA  N Daily Splits  162   615   55  163  26   3   4   56   34  20   63   1   9   7   0  12   9   15   7  .265  .301  .337   0.3 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N Daily Splits  160   553   61  149  18   6   5   65   53  25   53   4  11   4   0  12  18   14   5  .269  .336  .351   0.1 1974 LA  N
1975 LA  N Daily Splits   84   252   24   52   9   2   0   14   23   6   28   2   4   1   0   7   6    5   0  .206  .277  .258  -2.1 1975 LA  N
1976 LA  N Daily Splits  149   554   53  152  17   3   5   65   21   9   46   3   6   6   0  16  14   15   5  .274  .301  .343  -0.3 1976 LA  N
1977 LA  N Daily Splits  153   634   84  176  28   6   4   51   24   1   43   2   9   4   1  11  23   16   7  .278  .304  .360   1.3 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits  155   625   72  179  32   4   3   46   30   8   34   2  12   3   0   6  17   10   6  .286  .320  .365   3.1 1978 LA  N
1979 LA  N Daily Splits  153   627   72  170  26   4   7   56   24   2   43   1  14   4   0   8  20    6   9  .271  .297  .359  -2.2 1979 LA  N
1980 LA  N Daily Splits  130   466   38  123  23   2   3   34   18   0   44   3  12   1   0   7   6   13   2  .264  .295  .341  -1.1 1980 LA  N
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   82   262   20   61   9   2   0   22   19   3   20   1   5   3   0   4  13    2   1  .233  .284  .282   0.4 1981 LA  N
1982 LA  N Daily Splits  153   497   64  136  20   2   3   46   63  11   30   4   8   4   0  10  14   10   2  .274  .357  .340   1.8 1982 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits  131   451   47  111  13   1   1   30   33   4   31   4  12   2   0  14   5   13   9  .246  .302  .286   0.0 1983 LA  N
1984 LA  N Daily Splits   89   262   25   70  12   1   0   19   25   1   24   0   9   2   0   5   7    4   4  .267  .329  .321  -0.3 1984 LA  N
1985 LA  N Daily Splits   76   169   19   44   6   1   0   13   18   1    9   1   3   1   0   3   2    4   0  .260  .333  .308  -0.4 1985 LA  N
1986 LA  N Daily Splits  105   216   21   54  11   0   0   18   15   2   23   2   7   2   0   2   6    7   0  .250  .302  .301  -0.3 1986 LA  N
Total            Splits 2181  7318  796 1926 293  57  46  627  483 106  667  36 132  51   1 138 174  167  69  .263  .310  .338   1.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    5    16    1    4   1   0   0    2    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .368  .313 1981 LA  N

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    4    18    1    7   0   0   0    3    1   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .389  .421  .389 1974 LA  N
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    4    18    3    5   1   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .278  .278  .333 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits    4    17    1    7   1   0   0    2    1   1    1   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .412  .444  .471 1978 LA  N
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    5    16    2    5   0   1   0    1    1   1    1   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .313  .353  .438 1981 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits    4    14    1    4   0   0   0    0    2   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   0    1   0  .286  .375  .286 1983 LA  N
Total            Splits   21    83    8   28   2   1   0    8    5   3    6   0   3   0   0   2   2    1   0  .337  .375  .386 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    5    18    0    4   0   1   0    2    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .222  .222  .333 1974 LA  N
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    6    26    3    4   0   1   0    2    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .185  .231 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits    6    26    1   11   2   0   0    2    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    1   2  .423  .464  .500 1978 LA  N
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    6    25    1    6   0   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    1   1  .240  .240  .240 1981 LA  N
Total            Splits   23    95    5   25   2   2   0    8    3   0    8   0   1   0   0   0   3    2   3  .263  .286  .326 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 NL   
1976 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 NL   
1980 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1980 NL   
Total            Splits    3     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 LA  N Daily  OF   86   45   34   492     132    4    3    1   0  .978     8   24   61 
1969 LA  N        RF   61   29   23   307.1    68    1    2    0   0  .972
1969 LA  N        CF   24   16   11   170.2    53    3    1    1   0  .982
1969 LA  N        LF    8    0    0    14       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 LA  N Daily  OF   79   67   58   615.1   167    8    3    1   0  .983     1   24   57 
1970 LA  N        RF   57   47   40   435.1   116    6    3    1   0  .976
1970 LA  N        CF   24   20   18   179      54    2    0    0   0 1.000
1970 LA  N        LF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 LA  N        SS    1    0    0     8       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1971 LA  N Daily  OF   42   16   11   204.1    49    1    0    0   0 1.000     3   10   35 
1971 LA  N        2B   39   34   32   308.2    81  108    7   21   0  .964
1971 LA  N        RF   35   10   10   147      33    1    0    0   0 1.000
1971 LA  N        CF   10    6    1    54      20    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 LA  N        SS    6    1    1    18.1     1    5    1    2   0  .857
1971 LA  N        LF    3    0    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1972 LA  N Daily  SS  121  118  114  1060     197  439   34   69   0  .949
1972 LA  N        OF    6    0    0     8.2     5    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    1    4 
1972 LA  N        RF    4    0    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 LA  N        CF    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 LA  N        LF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 LA  N Daily  SS  162  162  160  1489.2   243  560   31  106   0  .963
1974 LA  N Daily  SS  160  154  143  1379     194  491   39   68   0  .946
1974 LA  N        RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1974 LA  N        OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1975 LA  N Daily  SS   83   81   53   677.1    94  230   11   27   0  .967
1976 LA  N Daily  SS  149  145  138  1301.2   251  476   28   90   0  .963
1977 LA  N Daily  SS  153  149  138  1320     234  523   29  102   0  .963
1978 LA  N Daily  SS  155  151  143  1334     245  533   31   91   0  .962
1979 LA  N Daily  SS  150  148  139  1296     218  452   30   70   0  .957
1980 LA  N Daily  SS  129  120  113  1081.1   179  387   19   57   0  .968
1981 LA  N Daily  SS   80   78   59   669.2   128  261   14   49   0  .965
1982 LA  N Daily  SS  150  146  114  1285.1   216  502   29   64   0  .961
1983 LA  N Daily  SS  127  122   98  1054.1   192  392   22   61   0  .964
1984 LA  N Daily  SS   65   56   36   478      81  165    9   29   0  .965
1984 LA  N        CF   18   16   11   134.2    32    2    0    0   0 1.000
1984 LA  N        OF   18   16   11   134.2    31    1    0    0   0 1.000     0   18    0 
1984 LA  N        2B    5    1    0    14       3    7    0    0   0 1.000
1985 LA  N Daily  SS   23   19   14   169      27   64    8   11   0  .919
1985 LA  N        LF   21   15   10   140.2    22    0    1    0   0  .957
1985 LA  N        OF   21   15   10   140.2    23    0    1    0   0  .958    21    0    0 
1985 LA  N        2B    8    5    3    45.1    10   17    1    0   0  .964
1985 LA  N        3B    6    0    0     8       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1986 LA  N Daily  OF   48   21   10   222      47    2    0    0   0 1.000    28    1   20 
1986 LA  N        SS   32   14   13   175.2    36   64    4   13   0  .962
1986 LA  N        LF   28   12    7   132      34    2    0    0   0 1.000
1986 LA  N        RF   20    9    3    88      13    0    0    0   0 1.000
1986 LA  N        2B    8    6    6    64      20   18    1    4   0  .974
1986 LA  N        CF    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1986 LA  N        3B    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             SS 1746 1664 1476 14797.1  2536 5546  339  909   0  .960
Total             OF  301  180  134  1818.2   454   16    7    2   0  .985    62   78  178 
Total             RF  178   95   76   984.2   232    8    5    1   0  .980
Total             CF   78   58   41   542.1   161    7    1    1   0  .994
Total             LF   62   27   17   291.2    64    2    1    0   0  .985
Total             2B   60   46   41   432     114  150    9   25   0  .967
Total             3B    7    1    1    17       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1981 LA  N Daily  SS    5    5    5    46.1    10   15    2    1   0  .926

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily  SS    4    4    4    36      13   16    0    6   0 1.000
1977 LA  N Daily  SS    4    4    4    36      10   11    2    3   0  .913
1978 LA  N Daily  SS    4    4    4    37       3   14    0    3   0 1.000
1981 LA  N Daily  SS    5    5    5    44      10   15    0    3   0 1.000
1983 LA  N Daily  SS    4    4    4    34       4   10    1    3   0  .933
Total             SS   21   21   21   187      40   66    3   18   0  .972
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily  SS    5    5    5    42       4   11    1    2   0  .938
1977 LA  N Daily  SS    6    6    6    55       9   21    0    4   0 1.000
1978 LA  N Daily  SS    6    6    6    52.2    11   20    3    3   0  .912
1981 LA  N Daily  SS    6    6    5    51       4   26    1    3   0  .968
Total             SS   23   23   22   200.2    28   78    5   12   0  .955
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1973 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     4       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1976 NL    Daily  SS    1    0    0     2       1    2    0    1   0 1.000
1980 NL    Daily  SS    1    1    0     6       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS    3    1    0    12       1    6    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1996 LA  N   86   49   37  .570   409   379   6-25           1  2
1997 LA  N  162   88   74  .543   742   645                  2
1998 LA  N   74   36   38  .486   318   327          6-21    3  3
2000 TB  A    3    2    1  .667    10     9   9- 6   9- 8    5  5  5
Total       325  175  150  .538  1479  1360
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

Division Series Managerial RecordDivision Series Managerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1996 LA  N    3    0    3  .000     5    10

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Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 7,
1966).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 12, 1986).

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