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Bill Russell 2026 Season · LAD

Bill Russell played in the majors from 1969 to 1986. His career NUT is -20.7, #7,870 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1972 (+0.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .263/.310/.338, 46 HR, 1926 H in 2181 games.

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Bill Russell

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-20.7Career NUT

+17.7 to Weak

Career

.263AVG46HR627RBI1926H796R167SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 175 lb · b. Oct 21, 1948 · Pittsburg, KS · Draft 1966 (9th Rd, #179)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1969	20	LAD	-0.4	98	238	212	35	48	6	2	5	15	22	1	1	45	4	1	1	2	3	.226	.301	.344	.118	.645	.264
1970	21	LAD	-0.6	81	304	278	30	72	11	9	0	28	16	3	1	28	9	1	3	4	5	.259	.303	.363	.104	.666	.285
1971	22	LAD	-0.8	91	223	211	29	48	7	4	2	15	11	0	2	39	6	3	1	0	2	.227	.265	.327	.100	.592	.269
1972	23	LAD	+0.2	129	477	434	47	118	19	5	4	34	34	2	9	64	14	7	2	5	4	.272	.326	.366	.094	.692	.310
1973	24	LAD	-2.4	162	666	615	55	163	26	3	4	56	34	1	20	63	15	7	7	9	9	.265	.301	.337	.072	.638	.286
1974	25	LAD	-1.0	160	625	553	61	149	18	6	5	65	53	4	25	53	14	5	4	11	18	.269	.336	.351	.082	.687	.289
1975	26	LAD	-1.8	84	282	252	24	52	9	2	0	14	23	2	6	28	5	0	1	4	6	.206	.277	.258	.052	.535	.231
1976	27	LAD	-1.3	149	590	554	53	152	17	3	5	65	21	3	9	46	15	5	6	6	14	.274	.301	.343	.069	.644	.289
1977	28	LAD	-1.8	153	673	634	84	176	28	6	4	51	24	2	1	43	16	7	4	9	23	.278	.304	.360	.082	.664	.291
1978	29	LAD	-0.9	155	672	625	72	179	32	4	3	46	30	2	8	34	10	6	3	12	18	.286	.320	.365	.079	.685	.298
1979	30	LAD	-2.0	153	670	627	72	170	26	4	7	56	24	1	2	43	6	9	4	14	20	.271	.297	.359	.088	.656	.281
1980	31	LAD	-1.6	130	500	466	38	123	23	2	3	34	18	3	0	44	13	2	1	12	6	.264	.295	.341	.077	.636	.286
1981	32	LAD	-1.4	82	290	262	20	61	9	2	0	22	19	1	3	20	2	1	3	5	13	.233	.284	.282	.049	.566	.249
1982	33	LAD	-0.3	153	576	497	64	136	20	2	3	46	63	4	11	30	10	2	4	8	14	.274	.357	.340	.066	.697	.284
1983	34	LAD	-2.3	131	502	451	47	111	13	1	1	30	33	4	4	31	13	9	2	12	5	.246	.302	.286	.040	.588	.261
1984	35	LAD	-0.7	89	298	262	25	70	12	1	0	19	25	0	1	24	4	4	2	9	7	.267	.329	.321	.054	.650	.292
1985	36	LAD	-0.4	76	192	169	19	44	6	1	0	13	18	1	1	9	4	0	1	3	2	.260	.333	.308	.048	.641	.273
1986	37	LAD	-1.1	105	242	216	21	54	11	0	0	18	15	2	2	23	7	0	2	7	6	.250	.302	.301	.051	.603	.277
Career	—	18 yrs	-20.7	2181	8020	7318	796	1926	293	57	46	627	483	36	106	667	167	69	51	132	175	.263	.310	.338	.075	.648	.282

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Russell's career NUT of -20.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.2

697071727374757677787980818283848586

NUT by Season

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

+0.2

-2.4

-1.0

-1.8

-1.3

-1.8

-0.9

-2.0

-1.6

-1.4

-0.3

-2.3

-0.7

-0.4

-1.1

Awards

1973NL All-Star

1976NL All-Star

1980NL All-Star

1981World Series Championship

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