Russ Derry Stats

Russ Derry was born on Saturday, October 7, 1916, in Princeton, Missouri. Derry was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1944, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Russ Derry baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Alva Russell Derry
Nickname:	Russ
Born On:	10-07-1916 (Libra)
Born In:	Princeton, Missouri
Died On:	10-26-2004 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Missouri

High School:	Princeton High School (Princeton, MO)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01	Weight:	180
First Game:	07-04-1944 (Age 27)
Last Game:	09-30-1949
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Russ Derry Russ Derry Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1944	28	Yankees	38	114	14	29	3	0	4	1	14	20	-	19	1	-	0	0	.254	.366	.386
1945	29	Yankees	78	253	37	57	6	2	13	2	45	31	-	49	1	-	1	7	.225	.312	.419
1946	30	Athletics	69	184	17	38	8	5	0	0	14	27	-	54	2	-	1	2	.207	.311	.304
1949	33	Cardinals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
4 Years			187	553	68	124	17	7	17	3	73	78	0	124	4	0	2	9	.224	.322	.373

Russ Derry Russ Derry Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1944 Yankees	LF	16	16	417	34	2.1	33	32	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.14
1944 Yankees	RF	12	12	291	225	18.8	223	222	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	20.69
1945 Yankees	CF	44	39	978	121	2.8	118	118	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	3.26
1945 Yankees	LF	10	8	210	23	2.3	23	22	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.96
1945 Yankees	RF	15	15	351	34	2.3	33	30	3	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.54
1946 Athletics	CF	2	0	3	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
1946 Athletics	LF	45	40	996	2,122	47.2	2,120	2,118	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.999	57.47
1946 Athletics	RF	5	2	36	8	1.6	8	7	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
LF Totals		71	64	1,623	2,179	30.7	2,176	2,172	4	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.999	36.20
CF Totals		46	39	981	123	2.7	120	120	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	3.30
RF Totals		32	29	678	267	8.3	264	259	5	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	10.51
3 Years		149	132	3,282	2,569	17.2	2,560	2,551	9	9	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.996	21.06

Russ Derry Russ Derry Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1944 Yankees	1	0	1.000	9	1	n/a	28.5	6.0	8.1	-	-	-
1945 Yankees	1	0	1.000	10	0	n/a	19.5	5.2	5.6	-	-	-
1946 Athletics	0	0	.000	17	2	n/a	0.0	3.4	13.1	-	-	-
1949 Cardinals	0	-	-	2	0	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
4 Years	2	0	1.000	38	3	n/a	32.5	4.5	7.6	-	-	-

Russ Derry Russ Derry Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1944 New York Yankees	22	Undetermined	-	-
1945 New York Yankees	27	Undetermined	n/a	-
1946 Philadelphia Athletics	2	Undetermined	-	-
1949 St. Louis Cardinals	41	Undetermined	-	-
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