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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
John Russell Catcher
Retired (1986, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .250 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .662 Status Retired (1986) Option Years 0  
H 725 Age 62 (OS 63) Date of Birth 04-25-1950
HR 45 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(33 games)
RBI 312
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L B- Velocity C-   Mentor vR C-
Speed C- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A- (83.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1972 Minors 22 26.00 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 2 7 / 7 1 / 1 2 / 4 17 / 26
1973 Minors 23 67.00 5 / 6 8 / 15 2 / 7 4 / 9 10 / 10 7 / 8 11 / 12 47 / 67
1974 Minors 24 39.00 3 / 4 3 / 6 3 / 6 1 / 6 9 / 9 3 / 6 2 / 2 24 / 39
1975 Minors 25 20.00 3 / 4 3 / 6 1 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 3 1 / 1 11 / 20
1975 Majors 25 4.66 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4
1976 Majors 26 38.73 0 / 2 1 / 7 3 / 9 1 / 4 3 / 3 4 / 6 2 / 7 14 / 38
1977 Majors 27 56.95 2 / 7 1 / 10 3 / 8 0 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 14 16 / 56
1978 Majors 28 32.26 2 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 2 2 / 6 11 / 32
1979 Majors 29 24.74 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 24
1980 Majors 30 64.82 162 134 0 1 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 10 2 / 17 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 12 4 / 64
1981 Majors 31 46.61 146 43 16 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 46
1982 Majors 32 42.82 162 27 0 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 42
1983 Minors 33 23.00 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 23
1984 Majors 34 41.53 162 43 0 -2 / 5 -3 / 5 -4 / 5 -5 / 6 -2 / 6 -3 / 9 0 / 5 -19 / 41
1985 Majors 35 42.46 162 50 0 -3 / 5 -5 / 3 -3 / 9 -7 / 7 -5 / 5 -2 / 10 0 / 3 -25 / 42
1986 Majors 36 34.34 153 44 9 -6 / 3 -8 / 7 -6 / 6 -2 / 4 -5 / 4 -2 / 5 -1 / 5 -30 / 34
Total 947 341 25 8 / 74 5 / 92 0 / 93 -1 / 92 23 / 77 14 / 85 23 / 85 72 / 598
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01John Russell has retired from the Philadelphia Schmidtheads
1986-07-07John Russell of the Philadelphia Schmidtheads is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1984-03-05The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted John Russell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated Kent Tekulve for assignment.
1983-04-01The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Mick Partee to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated John Russell for assignment.
1981-07-21John Russell of the Philadelphia Schmidtheads is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1979-03-01The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have renamed Dog Face Ryker to John Russell.
1976-04-01The Philadelphia Weasels have promoted Dog Face Ryker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Weasels have sent Cruiser Callahan to the minors.
1976-04-01The Philadelphia Weasels have renamed Lumpy Larson to Dog Face Ryker.
1975-08-03The Philadelphia Weasels have sent Lumpy Larson to the minors.
1975-07-17The Philadelphia Weasels have promoted Lumpy Larson to the major league team.
1974-04-01The Philadelphia Weasels have renamed Green Bill Pud to Lumpy Larson.
1972-04-01The Philadelphia Weasels have renamed March Clontz to Green Bill Pud.