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Russ
Wrightstone		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 230
 
Born: March 18, 1893 in Usa, PA, BOWMANSDALE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1920   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1921 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1922 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1923 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1924 31 NYA AL $ 1,342,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1925 32 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1926 33 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1927 34 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1928 35 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1929 36 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 27 NYA AL 142 514 56 165 14 3 9 79 5 9 50 50 .321 .376 .412 .789 78.5 13.5
1921 28 NYA AL 140 534 69 153 28 4 14 100 5 4 33 49 .287 .325 .433 .758 70.5 8.7
1922 29 NYA AL 146 541 60 141 23 3 9 70 2 3 28 36 .261 .298 .364 .662 51.8 4.0
1923 30 NYA AL 144 550 75 167 31 4 8 77 2 1 23 37 .304 .336 .418 .754 71.1 13.5
1924 31 NYA AL 146 530 55 137 16 2 3 64 4 1 22 34 .258 .284 .313 .597 43.4 2.5
1925 32 NYA AL 63 130 12 25 6 0 0 9 0 0 4 11 .192 .228 .238 .466 4.8 0.0
1926 33 NYA AL 86 258 30 72 8 3 1 27 4 2 18 19 .279 .326 .345 .671 26.6 4.4
1927 34 NYA AL 84 227 24 60 7 0 2 27 6 6 11 15 .264 .297 .322 .619 19.0 1.6
1928 35 NYA AL 59 141 18 36 4 1 3 11 2 3 7 17 .255 .293 .362 .655 13.7 1.4
1929 36 AAA   131 509 60 137 14 3 8 65 2 5 60 71 .269 .346 .356 .702 64.2  
9 Years Sim 1010 3425 399 956 137 20 49 464 30 29 196 268 .279 .318 .374 .691 379.4 49.8
1 Years AAA 131 509 60 137 14 3 8 65 2 5 60 71 .269 .348 .356 .703 64.2  
162 Game Average 549 63 153 21 3 7 74 4 4 31 42 .279 .318 .374 .691 60.9  
Career Highs 146 550 75 167 31 4 14 100 6 9 50 50 .321 .376 .433 .789 78.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2341 280 656 99 14 34 335 22 23 142 180 .280 .320 .378 .698 272.4
vs LH   1084 119 300 38 6 15 129 8 6 54 88 .277 .312 .364 .677 118.3
Home 505 1711 198 475 66 5 35 236 14 15 90 142 .278 .314 .383 .697 197.3
Away 505 1714 201 481 71 15 14 228 16 14 106 126 .281 .321 .364 .685 193.5
RISP   992 0 289 36 6 16 396 0 0 76 80 .291 .333 .388 .721 129.1
Pinch Hitting   52 2 17 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 6 .327 .340 .404 .743 6.5
Close/Late   380 26 129 16 5 5 61 0 0 22 25 .339 .374 .447 .821 58.8
Mar/Apr 104 348 43 100 13 1 7 50 5 4 21 27 .287 .329 .391 .720 42.9
May 181 594 69 170 21 4 8 93 6 2 32 48 .286 .319 .375 .695 69.9
June 187 634 66 164 27 2 4 67 3 5 37 53 .259 .298 .326 .625 59.2
July 181 606 83 183 27 5 10 93 8 8 36 46 .302 .342 .413 .754 80.1
August 176 610 65 172 21 2 7 73 6 5 34 35 .282 .320 .357 .677 67.3
Sep/Oct 181 633 73 167 28 6 13 88 2 5 36 59 .264 .304 .389 .693 71.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1920 27 NYA AL SS 141 140 1205.0 214 574 24 100 .970 5.89   7.3
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1921 28 NYA AL SS 136 133 1196.3 233 539 29 102 .964 5.81   5.4
1922 29 NYA AL SS 133 133 1156.7 206 527 33 104 .957 5.70   6.3
    1B 12 11 95.0 121 8 0 11 1.000 12.22   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 30 NYA AL SS 143 142 1221.7 248 539 18 94 .978 5.80   7.5
    LF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 31 NYA AL SS 143 141 1245.0 230 523 29 95 .963 5.44   5.6
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 32 NYA AL 2B 38 13 154.0 47 70 6 14 .951 6.84   0.3
    SS 15 15 116.0 29 53 2 10 .976 6.36   1.0
    3B 3 2 20.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    1B 3 1 12.0 15 2 1 1 .944 12.75   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1926 33 NYA AL RF 29 23 204.0 50 1 2 0 .962 2.25   0.0
    1B 23 21 179.3 241 19 2 17 .992 13.05   0.5
    3B 9 8 65.0 5 13 1 1 .947 2.49   0.2
    SS 6 5 44.0 8 18 2 2 .929 5.32   0.2
    LF 5 4 34.3 9 0 1 0 .900 2.36    
    2B 7 2 24.0 6 10 2 2 .889 6.00   0.0
1927 34 NYA AL RF 23 22 175.7 44 1 3 1 .938 2.31   0.4
    2B 22 17 155.7 43 66 3 15 .973 6.30   0.4
    3B 7 7 57.0 3 14 0 1 1.000 2.68   0.2
    1B 12 4 46.7 56 3 0 3 1.000 11.38   0.1
    LF 4 4 35.7 10 0 2 0 .833 2.52    
    SS 12 0 27.3 9 8 1 0 .944 5.60   0.1
1928 35 NYA AL 3B 35 23 213.3 8 53 5 1 .924 2.57   0.7
    1B 13 8 72.0 85 6 0 4 1.000 11.38   0.1
    RF 4 3 21.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.14   0.1
    LF 2 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    2B 4 0 7.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  SS 730 709 6213.0 1178 2781 138 507 .966 5.73   33.3
  1B 66 45 411.0 522 39 3 37 .995 12.28   0.9
  RF 59 48 404.7 99 2 6 1 .944 2.25   0.4
  3B 55 40 358.3 17 86 6 3 .945 2.59   1.2
  2B 74 32 347.7 98 155 12 32 .955 6.55   0.7
  LF 18 10 100.3 26 0 4 0 .867 2.33   0.0
Career Totals   1002 884 7834.9 1940 3063 169 580 .967 5.75   36.5
Career Highs   153 144 1257.7 328 575 33 115 .978 6.57    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1920-8-.321
 On-Base Pct
1920-7-.376
 OPS
1920-9-.789
 Games
1920-8-142
1921-4-140
1922-9-146
 At-Bats
1923-9-550
 Hits
1923-9-167
Total Bases
1923-9-230
 Singles
1920-5-139
 Doubles
1923-10-31
 Homeruns
1920-3-9
1921-1-14
1922-6-9
1923-8-8
 RBIs
1920-6-79
1921-3-100
1923-8-77
 Strikeouts
1920-10-50
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  1. Mike Grady (931)
  2. Dan McGann (925)
  3. Bill Hinchman (919)
  4. Fred Beck (915)
  5. Bill Mellor (912)
  6. Jake Beckley (908)
  7. Dave Bancroft (908)
  8. Freddy Leach (907)
  9. Walter Holke (907)
  10. Steve Evans (906)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1920
Had first career hit on 4/19/1920, off Tom Hughes (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1920, off Dazzy Vance (DET)
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1920
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/1921, hitting .567 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 10/2/1921
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1923, hitting .519 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1924: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,500,000 per year, for 5 years
 
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