C John Russell #14
Minneapolis Buffaloes (COL) AA
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
09/17/1996
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C JOHN RUSSELL #14 - AGE: 35 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
72 196 44 2 1 14 34 20 64 .224 .300 .459 2 1.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 6 6 6 6
Gap 9 9 9 9
Power 10 9 10 10
Eye 10 10 10 10
Avoid K's 3 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 9
Errors: - 5 10
Arm: 10 4 9
Turn DP: - 5 -
Framing: 9 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 7 Left Field: 8
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 4
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 5
Stealing Aggressiveness: 7
Stealing Ability: 12
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 11
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/11/1996 BuBi Loss, 0-5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/10/1996 BuBi Loss, 2-8 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
09/09/1996 BuBi Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
09/08/1996 @ NaSo Win, 7-6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
09/07/1996 @ NaSo Win, 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
09/06/1996 @ NaSo Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/1996 InIn Win, 15-0 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 0
09/04/1996 InIn Win, 3-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/03/1996 @ InIn Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/31/1996 OmRo Loss, 0-3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/05/1961
Born in:Oklahoma City, OK
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$854,400
Signed Through:1996 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 158 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:8 Years, 26 Days
Pro Service:16 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 1996 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 72 196 44 2 1 14 34 25 20 64 .224 .300 .459 .759 .339 .235 136
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 62 217 1 1 0 4 1 0 90 17 2 1 66.7 26.6 4.55 1.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   48 10 1 0 0 2 3 4 16 0 0 1 .208 .283 .229 .512
Versus Right   148 34 1 1 14 32 22 16 48 0 1 0 .230 .305 .534 .839
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 .000 .364 .000 .364
April   10 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 .900 1.500
May   15 4 0 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 1 0 .267 .450 .800 1.250
June   46 6 0 0 1 3 3 5 15 0 0 0 .130 .216 .196 .411
July   63 18 1 0 8 19 10 3 17 0 0 0 .286 .318 .683 1.001
August   36 5 1 0 1 3 3 1 15 0 0 1 .139 .184 .250 .434
September   26 5 0 0 1 3 4 6 12 0 0 0 .192 .344 .308 .651
Last Year   111 28 2 0 7 18 15 14 35 1 1 0 .252 .333 .459 .793
2 Years Ago   335 82 22 0 5 41 42 46 116 4 4 5 .245 .341 .355 .696
Career   863 200 36 1 37 126 109 106 284 8 7 9 .232 .319 .404 .724
Home   96 28 0 1 10 24 15 9 31 0 0 0 .292 .352 .625 .977
Road   100 16 2 0 4 10 10 11 33 0 1 1 .160 .250 .300 .550
Grass   196 44 2 1 14 34 25 20 64 0 1 1 .224 .300 .459 .759
Day   50 17 1 0 5 13 8 5 15 0 0 0 .340 .400 .660 1.060
Night   146 27 1 1 9 21 17 15 49 0 1 1 .185 .265 .390 .656
As Starter   194 43 2 1 14 33 24 18 64 0 1 1 .222 .291 .459 .750
As Reliever / Substitution   2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250
Close/Late   38 8 0 0 4 6 5 5 12 0 1 0 .211 .302 .526 .829
Inning 1-3   58 13 2 0 3 9 8 6 21 0 0 0 .224 .297 .414 .711
Inning 4-6   80 20 0 1 6 16 10 4 22 0 0 1 .250 .294 .500 .794
Inning 7-9   56 11 0 0 5 9 7 8 20 0 1 0 .196 .297 .464 .761
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
0 Outs   70 11 0 0 5 7 8 6 27 0 1 0 .157 .224 .371 .595
1 Outs   54 15 1 0 4 12 11 8 17 0 0 1 .278 .381 .519 .899
2 Outs   72 18 1 1 5 15 6 6 20 0 0 0 .250 .308 .500 .808
Scoring Position   46 11 1 0 3 18 8 7 15 0 1 1 .239 .352 .457 .808
Bases Empty   114 24 0 1 7 7 11 7 38 0 0 0 .211 .256 .412 .668
Runner on 1st   36 9 1 0 4 9 6 6 11 0 0 0 .250 .357 .611 .968
Runner on 2nd   8 3 0 0 2 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 .375 .545 1.125 1.670
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   15 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 1 .133 .316 .200 .516
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   9 2 0 0 1 8 2 1 3 0 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .856
Two Strikes   101 11 0 0 3 6 8 8 64 0 0 0 .109 .174 .198 .372
First Pitch   22 6 1 0 3 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .304 .727 1.032
Count 0-1   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 0-2   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 1-0   21 7 1 0 4 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .952 1.286
Count 1-1   25 13 0 1 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 .520 .538 .960 1.498
Count 1-2   36 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Count 2-0   7 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
Count 2-1   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 2-2   27 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 18 0 0 0 .074 .074 .185 .259
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .500 .857 .500 1.357
Full Count   26 4 0 0 2 4 5 8 13 0 0 0 .154 .353 .385 .738
Behind in Count   61 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 33 0 1 0 .115 .115 .115 .230
Ahead in Count   35 12 1 0 5 15 10 11 0 0 0 0 .343 .500 .800 1.300
Batting 6th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   21 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 .143 .280 .143 .423
Batting 8th   134 30 1 0 11 30 17 13 46 0 0 1 .224 .297 .478 .775
Batting 9th   37 11 1 1 3 4 6 3 9 0 1 0 .297 .350 .622 .972
Low Leverage   92 21 0 1 7 12 11 7 31 0 0 0 .228 .283 .478 .761
Medium Leverage   74 19 1 0 6 17 11 8 21 0 1 0 .257 .329 .514 .843
High Leverage   29 4 1 0 1 5 3 5 12 0 0 1 .138 .286 .276 .562
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1984 Philadelphia - MLB 23 39 99 28 8 1 2 11 11 12 0 3 33 0 1 .283 .351 .444 .795 130 120 0.5
1985 Philadelphia - MLB 24 81 216 47 12 0 9 23 22 18 0 0 72 2 0 .218 .278 .398 .676 94 91 0.3
1986 Philadelphia - MLB 25 93 315 76 21 2 13 60 35 25 3 4 103 0 1 .241 .300 .444 .744 110 104 1.5
1987 Philadelphia - MLB 26 24 62 9 1 0 3 8 5 3 0 0 17 0 1 .145 .185 .306 .491 32 21 -0.4
1991 Minnesota - MLB 30 128 452 88 10 1 11 43 29 28 0 4 122 3 3 .195 .240 .294 .534 48 47 -1.0
1992 Minnesota - MLB 31 6 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 .133 .188 .133 .321 -9 -7 -0.1
1993 Colorado - MLB 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.0
1994 Colorado - MLB 33 7 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 227 212 0.1
1995 Colorado - MLB 34 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.1
Total MLB 386 1170 252 53 4 39 146 104 87 3 11 354 5 6 .215 .269 .368 .637 80 76 0.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1982 Reading - AA 21 77 263 53 10 5 6 30 26 23 4 3 39 3 2 .202 .273 .346 .619 117 122 1.9
1983 Portland - AAA 22 128 445 113 23 3 27 76 71 42 2 2 109 3 3 .254 .320 .501 .821 144 148 3.9
1984 Portland - AAA 23 93 350 101 22 5 19 77 75 44 6 3 91 1 0 .289 .375 .543 .918 173 186 4.0
1985 Portland - AAA 24 16 49 15 2 2 4 11 8 13 1 0 15 0 0 .306 .460 .673 1.134 237 229 1.0
1987 Total - AAA 26 44 143 29 6 1 7 24 15 22 0 1 37 2 3 .203 .307 .406 .713 121 130 1.0
1988 Maine - AAA 27 120 435 105 23 0 11 46 33 26 5 5 119 9 3 .241 .289 .370 .659 113 116 2.0
1990 Colorado Springs - AAA 29 119 447 100 13 1 14 61 52 46 0 1 141 2 4 .224 .296 .351 .647 80 78 0.0
1992 Portland - AAA 31 115 423 109 20 2 18 58 47 60 3 3 128 2 5 .258 .352 .442 .794 133 133 3.4
1993 Minneapolis - AAA 32 82 221 46 10 0 11 33 27 26 3 3 69 0 1 .208 .296 .403 .699 100 103 0.7
1994 Minneapolis - AAA 33 108 335 82 22 0 5 41 42 46 5 4 116 4 5 .245 .341 .355 .696 107 109 1.6
1995 Minneapolis - AAA 34 48 111 28 2 0 7 18 15 14 0 1 35 1 2 .252 .333 .459 .793 141 144 0.9
1996 Minneapolis - AAA 35 72 196 44 2 1 14 34 25 20 1 0 64 2 1 .224 .300 .459 .759 138 136 1.2
Total IL 164 578 134 29 1 18 70 48 48 5 6 156 11 6 .232 .294 .379 .672 115 119
Total PCL 471 1714 438 80 13 82 283 253 205 12 9 484 8 12 .256 .338 .461 .799 134 137
Total AA 310 863 200 36 1 37 126 109 106 9 8 284 7 9 .232 .319 .404 .724 116 118
Total EL 77 263 53 10 5 6 30 26 23 4 3 39 3 2 .202 .273 .346 .619 117 122
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1982 Reading - AA C 48 45 283 38 2 331 10 .970 384.0 7.52 -0.0 .000 3 0 0 0.0
1982 Reading - AA 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1982 Reading - AA 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1982 Reading - AA CF 36 21 65 6 1 73 2 .973 288.0 2.22 0.0 .000
1983 Portland - AAA C 83 73 473 44 2 526 9 .983 664.0 7.01 -2.0 .000 13 0 0 0.0
1983 Portland - AAA 1B 2 1 10 2 1 12 0 1.000 16.0 6.75 0.0 .000
1983 Portland - AAA 3B 7 4 3 10 1 15 2 .867 56.0 2.09 0.0 .000
1983 Portland - AAA LF 45 23 75 4 1 80 1 .988 360.0 1.98 0.0 .000
1984 Philadelphia - MLB C 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.0 1.80 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1984 Portland - AAA C 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 16.0 2.25 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1984 Portland - AAA 1B 7 4 45 6 4 52 1 .981 56.0 8.20 0.0 .000
1984 Portland - AAA 3B 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 0.0 .000
1984 Philadelphia - MLB LF 14 10 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 89.1 1.31 0.0 .000
1984 Philadelphia - MLB RF 18 15 35 1 0 36 0 1.000 137.0 2.36 0.0 .000
1984 Portland - AAA RF 85 43 134 11 1 149 4 .973 680.0 1.92 0.0 .000
1985 Portland - AAA C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1985 Philadelphia - MLB 1B 18 14 114 5 6 123 4 .967 111.2 9.59 0.0 .000
1985 Portland - AAA 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1985 Portland - AAA 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1985 Philadelphia - MLB LF 49 46 56 4 1 60 0 1.000 374.0 1.44 0.0 .000
1985 Portland - AAA CF 16 7 21 1 0 23 1 .957 128.0 1.55 0.0 .000
1986 Philadelphia - MLB C 89 82 498 39 10 550 13 .976 754.0 6.41 -2.8 .000 17 0 0 0.0
1987 Philadelphia - MLB C 7 5 28 0 0 28 0 1.000 50.0 5.04 -0.2 .000 1 0 0 0.0
1987 - - C 14 8 58 7 0 65 0 1.000 112.0 5.22 -0.3 .000 2 0 0 0.0
1987 - - 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1987 - - 3B 3 1 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 24.0 1.88 0.0 .000
1987 Philadelphia - MLB LF 10 10 22 0 0 23 1 .957 80.0 2.48 0.0 .000
1987 - - CF 26 16 48 3 0 53 2 .962 208.0 2.21 0.0 .000
1991 Minnesota - MLB C 128 128 694 75 3 772 3 .996 1115.2 6.20 -4.3 .942 14 149 45 30.2
1992 Minnesota - MLB C 5 5 32 3 2 35 0 1.000 42.0 7.50 +0.2 .000 1 5 2 40.0
1992 Minnesota - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1993 Colorado - MLB C 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.0 18.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1993 Colorado - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1994 Colorado - MLB C 3 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 5.0 9.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1994 Colorado - MLB LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1994 Colorado - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1995 Colorado - MLB C 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 2.2 10.12 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1995 Colorado - MLB LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .975
1995 Colorado - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1995 Colorado - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1996 Minneapolis - AAA C 28 17 169 17 2 187 1 .995 168.0 9.96 +0.5 1.361 0 40 11 27.5
1996 Minneapolis - AAA LF 42 42 50 0 0 52 2 .962 343.0 1.31 -5.8 .875
1996 Minneapolis - AAA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 12.0 0.75 -0.0 1.013
TOTAL C 415 365 2251 224 21 2511 36 .986 3328.1 6.69 -8.9 .995 51 194 58 29.9
TOTAL 1B 30 22 169 13 11 187 5 .973 207.2 7.89 0.0 .000
TOTAL 3B 14 8 5 16 1 23 2 .913 112.0 1.69 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 164 131 217 8 2 229 4 .983 1255.1 1.61 -5.8 .877
TOTAL CF 80 45 135 10 1 150 5 .967 637.0 2.05 -0.2 1.013
TOTAL RF 106 58 169 12 1 185 4 .978 820.1 1.99 -0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/01/1988 Injured (thumb contusion),day-to-day for one week.
07/11/1988 Was selected to the 1988 International League All-Star Game.
11/15/1988 Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (10).
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (10).
01/24/1990 Signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Guardians organization.
07/08/1990 Was selected to the 1990 Pacific Coast League All-Star Game.
11/16/1990 Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (10).
02/08/1991 Signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins organization.
11/20/1991 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $290,000.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
11/13/1992 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $426,400.
12/17/1992 Drafted in the 1992 expansion draft from the Minnesota Twins by the Colorado Rockies. (Round 45, Pick 2, 90th overall pick).
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
07/12/1993 Was selected to the 1993 American Association All-Star Game.
11/17/1993 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $585,200.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 10 (10).
07/11/1994 Was selected to the 1994 American Association All-Star Game.
09/23/1994 Wins the 1994 American Association Round 1 with the Minneapolis Buffaloes!
11/23/1994 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $693,550.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 10 (10).
05/24/1995 Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for one week.
11/21/1995 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $854,400.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 10 (10).
05/17/1996 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 3-4 weeks.
06/03/1996 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
07/24/1996 Hits three home runs against the Denver Zephyrs, going 3-4 with 7 RBI and 3 runs scored!
07/29/1996 Wins the AA Player of the Week Award.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
1986 103 9
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