#57 Marius "Lefty" Russo, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Cincinnati Reds Friday, 10/20/1949 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Marius Russo Lefty 7/19/1914 35 USA,NY,BROOKLYN 6"1 195
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 7,000,000 1950 11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days) 172 Day(s) 11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days) 10 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 4 | 7 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 50 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 54 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5.96 | 68.0 | 66 | 46 | 45 | 30 | 43 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 54 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5.96 | 68.0 | 66 | 46 | 45 | 30 | 43 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 11 | 3 | .0 | 54 | 17 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 30 | 9 | 30.0 | 4.53 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 120 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .343 | .425 | .768 |
vs. RHB | 141 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .312 | .468 | .780 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 39.0 | 35 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 19 |
Road | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.90 | 29.0 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 24 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.10 | 13.1 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
May | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.53 | 6.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
June | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 11.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
July | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 13.2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
August | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 12.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Sept./Oct. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.17 | 11.2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1939 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4.46 | 248.1 | 263 | 137 | 123 | 33 | 95 | 121 | 21 | 0 | 1.44 | .285 | BSN |
1940 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4.91 | 278.1 | 291 | 164 | 152 | 39 | 111 | 145 | 25 | 1 | 1.44 | .282 | BSN |
1941 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.56 | 48.0 | 64 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1.73 | .357 | BSN |
1942 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | .125 | BSN |
1943 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.08 | 33.2 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | .290 | BSN |
1944 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.05 | 40.0 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .287 | BSN |
1945 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.94 | 295.0 | 246 | 135 | 129 | 44 | 125 | 197 | 27 | 3 | 1.26 | .236 | CIN,NL |
1946 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 4.98 | 233.0 | 223 | 143 | 129 | 39 | 114 | 155 | 19 | 1 | 1.45 | .259 | CIN |
1947 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4.83 | 207.0 | 211 | 133 | 111 | 42 | 91 | 130 | 14 | 2 | 1.46 | .266 | CIN,NL |
1948 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6.87 | 133.2 | 149 | 106 | 102 | 34 | 69 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 1.63 | .285 | CIN |
1949 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5.96 | 68.0 | 66 | 46 | 45 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .262 | CIN |
Total | 319 | 176 | 96 | 83 | 1 | 4.89 | 1588.1 | 1583 | 938 | 863 | 254 | 691 | 974 | 117 | 8 | 1.43 | .271 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1943 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 18.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
1946 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 | 17.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.10 | 41.2 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1939 | 31 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .080 | .071 | .151 | BSN |
1940 | 33 | 104 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .095 | .144 | .239 | BSN |
1941 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | BSN |
1942 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1943 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | BSN |
1944 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1945 | 35 | 116 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .086 | .112 | .198 | CIN,NL |
1946 | 28 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .205 | .214 | .419 | CIN |
1947 | 32 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .169 | .173 | .342 | CIN,NL |
1948 | 36 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | CIN |
1949 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
Total | 319 | 533 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 231 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .121 | .135 | .256 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 54 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | .933 | 68.0 | 1.99 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1939... Earned first career win on 4/15/1939... Had first career hit on 5/16/1939, off Schoolboy Rowe (PHI)... Injured on 8/21/1939 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Injured on 5/3/1941 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 4 weeks... 1/31/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $623,571 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,080,000 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/1945 to a 3-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year... Injured on 4/24/1945 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks... Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game... Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1946, off Stuart Jones (PHI)... Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game... Injured on 7/18/1947 with a Spasms Back, out for 6-7 weeks... 9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1945 - 3.94 - 5th
| WHIP 1945 - 1.26 - 3rd 1947 - 1.46 - 9th
| Wins 1945 - 20 - 6th
| K's 1945 - 197 - 5th
| CG 1940 - 25 - 5th 1945 - 27 - 5th
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SHO 1945 - 3 - 2nd 1947 - 2 - 6th
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