Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 589
- W
- 56
- L
- 73
- ERA
- 3.75
- IP
- 1099.2
- K
- 693
- BB
- 415
- WHIP
- 1.35
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CIN | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3.03 | 68.1 | 40 | 22 | 1.17 |
| 1984 | CIN | 33 | 6 | 18 | 4.26 | 181.2 | 101 | 65 | 1.38 |
| 1985 | TEX | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7.55 | 62.0 | 44 | 27 | 1.81 |
| 1986 | TEX | 37 | 5 | 2 | 3.40 | 82.0 | 54 | 31 | 1.28 |
| 1987 | TEX | 52 | 5 | 4 | 4.44 | 97.1 | 56 | 52 | 1.65 |
| 1988 | TEX | 34 | 10 | 9 | 3.82 | 188.2 | 88 | 66 | 1.32 |
| 1989 | TEX | 71 | 6 | 4 | 1.98 | 72.2 | 77 | 24 | 0.95 |
| 1990 | TEX | 27 | 1 | 5 | 4.26 | 25.1 | 16 | 16 | 1.54 |
| 1991 | TEX | 68 | 6 | 4 | 3.29 | 79.1 | 52 | 26 | 1.22 |
| 1992 |  TEX/ATH | 59 | 4 | 3 | 1.63 | 66.1 | 48 | 25 | 1.21 |
| 1993 | BOS | 51 | 1 | 4 | 2.70 | 46.2 | 45 | 14 | 1.14 |
| 1994 |  BOS/CLE | 42 | 1 | 6 | 5.09 | 40.2 | 28 | 16 | 1.45 |
| 1995 | TEX | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 | 32.2 | 21 | 9 | 1.38 |
| 1996 | TEX | 55 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 56.0 | 23 | 22 | 1.43 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 5.40
- IP
- 5.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.80
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 45
- CG
- 11
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 5.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 46
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CIN | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | CIN | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1985 | TEX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1987 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1988 | TEX | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1989 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1990 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1991 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992 | TEX/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 | BOS/CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
What were Jeff Russell's career stats?
Jeff Russell played 14 seasons for the Reds, the Rangers and the Red Sox. He had 56 wins and 693 strikeouts with a 3.75 ERA over 1,099.2 innings. His best season was 1988: 10 wins, a 3.82 ERA and 88 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1983 to 1996
Jeff Russell finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 63rd in saves (186)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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