John Russell Notable

b. January 5, 1961 · Philadelphia Phillies 1984–1988, Atlanta Braves 1989, Texas Rangers 1990–1993

John Russell played for three clubs across 10 seasons as a catcher, opening with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1984 and closing with the Texas Rangers in 1993.

Across 448 games he batted .225, with 245 hits and 113 runs. He finished with 34 home runs, 50 doubles and 3 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 0.3 innings in 1 game.

He played 209 games behind the plate, with 972 putouts and 23 errors. He turned 14 double plays. He also played 119 games in the outfield.

He was born in Oklahoma City, OK, USA on January 5, 1961. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1984	PHI	39	99	11	28	8	1	2	11	12	33	0	.283
1985	PHI	81	216	22	47	12	0	9	23	18	72	2	.218
1986	PHI	93	315	35	76	21	2	13	60	25	103	0	.241
1987	PHI	24	62	5	9	1	0	3	8	3	17	0	.145
1988	PHI	22	49	5	12	1	0	2	4	3	15	0	.245
1989	ATL	74	159	14	29	2	0	2	9	8	53	0	.182
1990	TEX	68	128	16	35	4	0	2	8	11	41	1	.273
1991	TEX	22	27	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	.111
1992	TEX	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	.100
1993	TEX	18	22	1	5	1	0	1	3	2	10	0	.227
Career	—	448	1087	113	245	50	3	34	129	84	355	3	.225

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1989	ATL	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00

On this day & linked events

1961

Born January 5, 1961

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

1984

Major-league debut: John Russell

John Russell made a major-league debut on June 22, 1984.

1993

Final major-league game: John Russell

John Russell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.

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