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Fred Lynn League
7-20-2076
Rod Russo Center Field
Retired (1988, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .298 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .818 Status Deceased (2027) Option Years 0  
H 2178 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 07-19-1951
HR 210 Drafted Round 3, Pick 42
(1970)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(27 games)
RBI 947
SB 184
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B (18.0%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF A- (80.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1973 CF CLE 27 27 226.0 47 44 1 2 0 -4 1.79 .957
LF CLE 5 5 44.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.23 1.000
1974 CF CLE 128 128 1084.0 294 284 2 8 0 -5 2.37 .973
LF CLE 14 14 128.0 34 34 0 0 0 -3 2.39 1.000
1975 CF CLE 132 132 1192.1 336 330 3 3 0 +5 2.51 .991
LF CLE 7 7 60.2 17 16 1 0 0 +1 2.52 1.000
1976 CF CLE 139 139 1228.0 377 373 2 2 0 0 2.75 .995
1977 CF CLE 131 131 1172.2 299 291 4 4 0 +1 2.26 .987
1978 CF CLE 137 137 1229.1 348 341 6 1 6 0 2.54 .997
1979 CF CLE 139 139 1252.2 343 333 2 8 2 -3 2.41 .977
1980 CF CLE 133 133 1190.2 347 338 3 6 3 -5 2.58 .983
1981 CF CLE 139 139 1266.1 405 398 5 2 5 -3 2.86 .995
1982 CF CLE 78 76 687.0 202 200 1 1 1 -1 2.63 .995
RF CLE 55 50 445.0 92 91 0 1 0 +2 1.84 .989
3B CLE 1 0 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 0 27.27 1.000
1983 RF CLE 111 110 986.0 215 213 2 0 2 +2 1.96 1.000
CF CLE 26 26 228.2 55 54 0 1 0 0 2.13 .982
1984 CF CLE 102 100 896.1 240 234 3 3 3 0 2.38 .988
RF CLE 7 3 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 +1 1.91 1.000
C CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1985 CF CLE-NYN 86 86 730.2 226 220 2 4 2 +2 2.73 .982
RF CLE-NYN 21 21 187.2 45 44 1 0 1 -1 2.16 1.000
1986 CF NYN-BAL 98 97 871.2 260 257 1 2 1 +4 2.66 .992
LF NYN-BAL 3 3 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.08 1.000
1987 CF BAL 32 32 284.0 84 83 0 1 0 -3 2.63 .988
LF BAL 13 13 115.0 30 27 0 3 0 +1 2.11 .900
1B BAL 11 11 92.0 117 116 1 0 6 -1 11.45 1.000
1988 LF BAL 18 16 141.0 37 37 0 0 0 0 2.36 1.000
CF BAL 8 8 74.0 26 25 0 1 0 +1 3.04 .962
1B BAL 1 1 9.0 8 7 1 0 1 -1 8.00 1.000
SS BAL 1 1 9.0 4 1 2 1 0 0 3.00 .750
Pos Total CF 1535 1530 13614.1 3889 3805 35 49 23 -11 2.54 .987
RF 194 184 1651.2 359 355 3 1 3 +4 1.95 .997
LF 60 58 513.2 127 123 1 3 0 -1 2.17 .976
1B 12 12 101.0 125 123 2 0 7 -2 11.14 1.000
SS 1 1 9.0 4 1 2 1 0 0 3.00 .750
C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
3B 1 0 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 0 27.27 1.000
Total 1804 1785 15891.0 4505 4407 44 54 33 0 0 0 NaN% -10 2.52 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Rod Russo has retired from the Baltimore Buzzards
1986-08-26Rod Russo of the Baltimore Buzzards is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1986-08-03A trade has been completed between the New York Asians and the Baltimore Buzzards. The Baltimore Buzzards receive Rod Russo, Valerio Fraser from the New York Asians in exchange for Draft Pick 1987 Round 3 NYA (Howard Irwin), Draft Pick 1988 Round 4 BAL (Chris Watson).
1985-08-18A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Boxers and the New York Asians. The New York Asians receive Rod Russo from the Cleveland Boxers in exchange for Poot Poot, Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 CHN (Bret Fruzhenglaze).
1985-04-18Rod Russo of the Cleveland Boxers is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1984-09-20Rod Russo of the Cleveland Barons is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1984-04-23Rod Russo of the Cleveland Barons is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1980-04-26Rod Russo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1978-05-15Rod Russo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1977-08-20Rod Russo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1973-09-06Rod Russo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1973-08-16The Cleveland Knights have promoted Rod Russo to the major league team.