P · 2015
James Russell
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #40
- Born
- January 8, 1986 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
- MLB debut
- April 5, 2010
Age shown as of the 2016 season.
- dbWAR
- -.1 3 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -125 100 = avg
James Russell is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2015 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .254. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .721. He made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -125 wRC+ puts his offence 225% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2015.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2015. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -125 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18.69 | 10.76 | 3.23 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 446 | 257 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | 49 | 0 | 34.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5.29 | 3.90 | 1.50 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 134 | 98 | 0.2 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 72 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .273 | .324 | .364 | .306 | 15.3% |
| vs RHB | 76 | 71 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .338 | .368 | .606 | .407 | 11.8% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2015.
Situational hitting
How James Russell hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2015.
Pitch sequencing
What James Russell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2015.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 222 | 90.0 | 2,326 | 53.2% | 17.0% | |
| Sinker | 89 | 89.6 | 2,271 | 44.9% | 9.1% | |
| Changeup | 75 | 82.5 | 1,770 | 30.7% | 21.1% | |
| Slider | 69 | 83.3 | 848 | 31.9% | 27.5% | |
| Curveball | 56 | 75.5 | 858 | 39.3% | 16.7% | |
| Cutter | 25 | 86.4 | 1,282 | 40.0% | 12.5% | |
| Unknown | 13 | 85.5 | 2,008 | 23.1% | 0.0% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.