MLB / Players

Bill Russell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb

BornOctober 21, 1948 · Pittsburg, KS, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1969

Final gameOctober 1, 1986

Seasons18 (1969–1986)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1969–1986

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified batters

153

61.4

576

32.1

497

22.1

25.7

136

27.9

16.4

26.4

5.7

RBI

10.7

68.6

98.6

53.6

77.1

.274

47.1

OBP

.357

67.9

SLG

.340

12.9

OPS

.697

22.9

wRC+

101.9

OPS+

100.0

33.6

wOBA

.327

30.7

sWAR

2.9

53.6

of 141 qualified 1982 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

80.7

10.8

OPS+

83.6

14.1

sWAR

16.3

91.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1969	98	238	212	35	48	6	2	5	15	22	45	4	1	.226	.301	.344	.645	88.4	87.3	.303	0.1
1970	81	304	278	30	72	11	9	0	28	16	28	9	1	.259	.303	.363	.667	82.1	82.8	.305	0.1
1971	91	223	211	29	48	7	4	2	15	11	39	6	3	.227	.265	.327	.592	66.6	72.3	.271	-0.2
1972	129	477	434	47	118	19	5	4	34	34	64	14	7	.272	.326	.366	.693	97.3	100.3	.317	2.1
1973	162	666	615	55	163	26	3	4	56	34	63	15	7	.265	.301	.337	.638	72.2	81.9	.283	0.8
1974	160	625	553	61	149	18	6	5	65	53	53	14	5	.269	.336	.351	.686	89.4	98.0	.311	2.1
1975	84	282	252	24	52	9	2	0	14	23	28	5	0	.206	.277	.258	.535	48.0	53.9	.253	-0.4
1976	149	590	554	53	152	17	3	5	65	21	46	15	5	.274	.301	.343	.644	79.9	86.4	.295	1.4
1977	153	673	634	84	176	28	6	4	51	24	43	16	7	.278	.304	.360	.664	78.6	79.8	.302	1.2
1978	155	672	625	72	179	32	4	3	46	30	34	10	6	.286	.320	.365	.684	90.5	92.9	.314	2.3
1979	153	670	627	72	170	26	4	7	56	24	43	6	9	.271	.297	.359	.656	78.5	80.5	.300	1.3
1980	130	500	466	38	123	23	2	3	34	18	44	13	2	.264	.295	.341	.636	79.2	79.6	.297	1.1
1981	82	290	262	20	61	9	2	0	22	19	20	2	1	.233	.284	.282	.567	61.3	65.2	.268	0.1
1982	153	576	497	64	136	20	2	3	46	63	30	10	2	.274	.357	.340	.697	101.9	100.0	.327	2.9
1983	131	502	451	47	111	13	1	1	30	33	31	13	9	.246	.302	.286	.588	65.1	65.7	.279	0.2
1984	89	298	262	25	70	12	1	0	19	25	24	4	4	.267	.329	.321	.649	88.8	85.9	.309	1.0
1985	76	192	169	19	44	6	1	0	13	18	9	4	0	.260	.333	.308	.641	88.1	84.3	.306	0.4
1986	105	242	216	21	54	11	0	0	18	15	23	7	0	.250	.302	.301	.603	71.9	73.0	.282	-0.1

Career totals

2,181

155th-most career G

8,020

294th-most career PA

7,318

245th-most career AB

796

1,926

336th-most career H

293

RBI

627

483

667

167

487th-most career SB

.2632

OBP

.3100

SLG

.3377

OPS

.6477

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1972-08-02	SF @ LAD Gameday	4	3	4	0	1	1	1	1	9
1978-04-26	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1969-04-11	LAD @ HOU Gameday	5	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	8
1974-04-30	NYM @ LAD Gameday	4	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	8
1976-05-07	LAD @ PHI Gameday	5	0	4	1	1	0	4	0	7

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.