Jeff Russell | Major Leaguer 1983-1996

Full Name: Jeffrey Lee Russell
Born: September 2,1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Wyoming (Cincinnati,OH)
College:

Father of James Russell

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Drafted: Selected by Cincinnati Reds in 5th Round (126th overall) of 1979 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 23,1985] - Traded by Reds with Duane Walker to Rangers for Buddy Bell. [Aug 31,1992] - Traded by Rangers with Bobby Witt, Ruben Sierra and Cash to Athletics for Jose Canseco. [Oct 26,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 1,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Jul 1,1994] - Traded by Red Sox to Indians for Steve Farr and Chris Nabholz. [Oct 26,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 11,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Rangers. [Nov 11,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 22,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Rangers. [Nov 18,1996] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	Eugene	Nwest	18	Cin	A-	6	5	3.00	13	13	3	0		0	90.0	80	47	30	5	50	75	4		8.00	0.50	5.00	7.50	1.44	--
1981	Tampa	FSL	19	Cin	A+	10	4	2.01	22	21	5	2	0	0	143.0	109	51	32	1	48	92	3		6.86	0.06	3.02	5.79	1.10	--
1982	Waterbury	East	20	Cin	AA	6	4	2.37	14	12	2	1	1	0	79.2	67	27	21	8	23	88	3		7.57	0.90	2.60	9.94	1.13	--
1983	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	5	5	3.55	18	17	5	0	1	1	119.0	106	51	47	7	44	98	3		8.02	0.53	3.33	7.41	1.26	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	4	5	3.03	10	10	2	0	0	0	68.1	58	30	23	7	22	40	1	1	7.64	0.92	2.90	5.27	1.17	42%
1984	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	6	18	4.26	33	30	4	2	1	0	181.2	186	97	86	15	65	101	3	3	9.22	0.74	3.22	5.00	1.38	45%
1985	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	3	6	7.55	13	13	0	0	0	0	62.0	85	55	52	10	27	44	2	0	12.34	1.45	3.92	6.39	1.81	48%
1986	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	4	1	3.95	11	11	1	0	0	0	70.2	63	32	31	5	38	34	1		8.02	0.64	4.84	4.33	1.43	--
	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	5	2	3.40	37	0	0	0	9	2	82.0	74	40	31	11	31	54	5	0	8.12	1.21	3.40	5.93	1.28	58%
1987	Charlotte	FSL	25	Tex	A+	0	0	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	8	3	3	1	5	3	0		6.55	0.82	4.09	2.45	1.18	--
	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	0	0	1.42	4	0	0	0	2	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	1	5	0		7.11	0.00	1.42	7.11	0.95	--
	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	5	4	4.44	52	2	0	0	12	3	97.1	109	56	48	9	52	56	6	1	10.08	0.83	4.81	5.18	1.65	47%
1988	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	10	9	3.82	34	24	5	0	1	0	188.2	183	86	80	15	66	88	5	7	8.73	0.72	3.15	4.20	1.32	53%
1989	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	6	4	1.98	71	0	0	0	66	38	72.2	45	21	16	4	24	77	6	0	5.57	0.50	2.97	9.54	0.95	51%
1990	Charlotte	FSL	28	Tex	A+	0	1	---	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		---	---	---	---	---	--
	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	1	5	4.26	27	0	0	0	22	10	25.1	23	15	12	1	16	16	2	0	8.17	0.36	5.68	5.68	1.54	37%
1991	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	6	4	3.29	68	0	0	0	56	30	79.1	71	36	29	11	26	52	6	0	8.05	1.25	2.95	5.90	1.22	52%
1992	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	2	0	0.00	8	0	0	0	4	2	9.2	4	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.73	0.00	2.80	4.66	0.72	45%
	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	2	3	1.91	51	0	0	0	42	28	56.2	51	14	12	3	22	43	3	0	8.10	0.48	3.49	6.83	1.29	43%
1993	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	1	4	2.70	51	0	0	0	48	33	46.2	39	16	14	1	14	45	2	0	7.52	0.19	2.70	8.68	1.14	43%
1994	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	1	1	4.98	13	0	0	0	11	5	12.2	13	8	7	2	3	10	0	0	9.24	1.42	2.13	7.11	1.26	36%
	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	0	5	5.14	29	0	0	0	25	12	28.0	30	17	16	3	13	18	1	0	9.64	0.96	4.18	5.79	1.54	39%
1995	Texas	AL	33	Tex	MLB	1	0	3.03	37	0	0	0	32	20	32.2	36	12	11	3	9	21	1	0	9.92	0.83	2.48	5.79	1.38	37%
1996	Charlotte	FSL	34	Tex	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	--
	Tulsa	Tex	34	Tex	AA	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	0.00	1.80	7.20	0.20	--
	Okla City	Amer	34	Tex	AAA	1	0	1.04	5	1	0	0	4	2	8.2	8	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	8.31	0.00	1.04	5.20	1.04	--
	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	3	3	3.38	55	0	0	0	11	3	56.0	58	22	21	5	22	23	3	0	9.32	0.80	3.54	3.70	1.43	41%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						56	73	3.75	589	79	11	2	340	186	1,099.2	1065	525	458	100	415	693	46	12	8.72	0.82	3.40	5.67	1.35	47%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						32	20	2.80	94	81	16	3		3	536.1	447	215	167	27	211	410	14		7.50	0.45	3.54	6.88	1.23	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1980	Eugene	Nwest	18	Cin	A-	p		17	34	6	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	0		1	0		.176	.263	.265	528	--
1981	Tampa	FSL	19	Cin	A+	p		22	52	2	11	5	1	0	3	0	0	2	11	0	0	3	0		.212	.241	.346	587	--
1982	Waterbury	East	20	Cin	AA	p		16	26	4	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	5	0		.269	.296	.462	758	--
1983	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	p		18	33	2	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	10	0	0	3	0		.152	.176	.242	418	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	p	9	10	21	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	0	1	.143	.182	.333	515	44%
1984	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	p	9	34	57	2	8	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	27	0	0	5	1	0	.140	.194	.175	369	47%
1985	Denver & Oklahoma City	Amer	23	Cin/Tex	AAA	p		21	12	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0		.167	.286	.417	703	--
	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	p	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	p	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1989	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	p	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	p	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	p	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	p	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Texas	AL	33	Tex	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	p	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								591	79	3	11	3	0	1	10	0	0	5	33	0	0	7	1	1	.139	.188	.215	403	46%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								94	157	17	31	11	2	2	15	0	1	10	47	0		12	0		.197	.246	.331	577	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1992	Oakland	AL	30		Ch	1	0	9.00	3		0			0	2.0	2		2		4	0			9.00	---	18.00	0.00	3.00	--
1996	Texas	AL	34		Div	0	0	3.00	2		0			0	3.0	3		1		0	1			9.00	---	0.00	3.00	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						1	0	5.40	5		0			0	5.0	5		3		4	1			9.00	---	7.20	1.80	1.80	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1992	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1980	Eugene	Nwest	18	Cin	A-	P	13			6	10	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--

1981	Tampa	FSL	19	Cin	A+	P	22			8	37	0	45	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1982	Waterbury	East	20	Cin	AA	P	14			2	18	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	--

1983	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	P	18			7	12	2	21	2	-	-	-	.905	--
1983	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	P	10		68.1	2	10	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	1.58

1984	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	P	33		181.2	7	34	2	43	4	-	-	-	.953	2.03

1985	Denver & Oklahoma City	Amer	23	Cin/Tex	AAA	P	18			11	13	2	26	1	-	-	-	.923	--
1985	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	P	13		62	6	10	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.32

1986	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	P	11			9	12	2	23	1	-	-	-	.913	--
1986	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	P	37		82	6	17	0	23	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.52

1987	Charlotte	FSL	25	Tex	A+	P	2			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	P	4			0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	P	52		97.1	11	17	0	28	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.59

1988	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	P	34		188.2	12	37	5	54	3	-	-	-	.907	2.34

1989	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	P	71		72.2	6	14	0	20	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.48

1990	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	P	27		25.1	1	5	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	2.13

1991	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	P	68		79.1	6	18	1	25	1	-	-	-	.960	2.72

1992	Oakland	AL	30	Oak	MLB	P	8		9.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1992	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	P	51		56.2	8	8	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.54

1993	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	P	51		46.2	2	10	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.31

1994	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	P	29		28	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.32
1994	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	13		12.2	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.42

1995	Texas	AL	33	Tex	MLB	P	37		32.2	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.10

1996	Tulsa	Tex	34	Tex	AA	P	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Okla City	Amer	34	Tex	AAA	P	5			1	1	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	--
1996	Texas	AL	34	Tex	MLB	P	55		56	1	8	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

Awards

[1988] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1989] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [2002] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	79
1986	80,000		325,466	65
1987	*60,000		292,853	80
1988	190,000		325,305	44
1989	480,000		375,257	27
1990	1,166,667		426,358	12
1991	2,200,000	92	617,627	9
1992	2,600,000	97	798,185	10
1993	2,175,000		815,723	16
1994	2,975,000		914,157	13
1995	435,000		831,504	33
1995	615,000		831,504	33
1996	*109,000		835,262	80

Career:	$13,145,667	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1988-1989)

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