Russ Van Atta

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Full Name: Russell Van Atta	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/184	First Game: April 25, 1933
Birthdate: June 21, 1906	Final Game: May 11, 1939
Birthplace: Augusta, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: October 10, 1986
Deathplace: Andover, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 21, 1906 in Augusta, New Jersey, Russ Van Atta (Russell Van Atta) played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 7 year career. Van Atta broke into the bigs on April 25, 1933 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.18 ERA in 157 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Russ Van Atta's best season was 1933, when he posted a 4.18 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 76 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1933	NY	A	26	22	12	4	4.18	76	81	73	10	2	1	157	160	8	63	0	3	1
1934	NY	A	28	9	3	5	6.34	39	69	62	0	0	0	88	107	3	46	0	1	2
1935	STL	A	53	17	9	16	5.34	87	116	101	1	0	3	170.1	201	10	87	0	4	3
1935	NY	A	5	0	0	0	3.86	3	5	2	0	0	0	4.2	5	0	4	0	0	0
1935	TOT	A	58	17	9	16	5.30	90	121	103	1	0	3	175	206	10	91	0	4	3
1936	STL	A	52	9	4	7	6.60	59	101	90	2	0	2	122.2	164	9	68	0	3	2
1937	STL	A	16	6	1	2	5.52	34	41	36	1	0	0	58.2	74	2	32	0	2	0
1938	STL	A	25	12	4	7	6.06	35	75	70	3	1	0	104	118	7	61	0	3	1
1939	STL	A	2	1	0	0	11.57	6	10	9	0	0	0	7	9	0	7	0	0	1
Total			207	76	33	41	5.60	339	498	443	17	3	6	712.1	838	39	368	0	16	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1933	NY	A	P	26	0	0	7	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1934	NY	A	P	28	0	0	3	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1935	STL	A	P	53	0	0	2	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1935	NY	A	P	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1935	TOT	A	P	58	0	0	2	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1936	STL	A	P	52	0	0	3	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1937	STL	A	P	16	0	0	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1938	STL	A	P	25	0	0	3	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1939	STL	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	207	0	0	20	136	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	.929

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1933	NY	A	26	60	8	17	0	7	.283	.306	.317	2	0	2	8	0	5	0	0	0
1934	NY	A	28	29	5	6	1	3	.207	.207	.379	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1935	STL	A	53	42	5	9	0	4	.214	.233	.262	2	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0
1935	NY	A	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	TOT	A	58	43	5	9	0	4	.209	.227	.256	2	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0
1936	STL	A	53	29	1	5	0	1	.172	.172	.241	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
1937	STL	A	16	13	3	6	1	1	.462	.533	.692	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1938	STL	A	25	30	2	4	0	1	.133	.133	.200	2	0	0	7	0	3	1	0	0
1939	STL	A	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			208	206	24	47	2	17	.228	.246	.306	8	1	5	34	0	15	1	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns (May 15, 1935).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Toronto (International) with Fred Johnson (May 14, 1939).

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