Russ Springer

Full Name: Russell Paul Springer Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 4"/195 First Game: April 17, 1992 Birthdate: November 7, 1968 MLB Experience: 14 years Birthplace: Alexandria, Louisiana Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on November 7, 1968 in Alexandria, Louisiana, Russ Springer (Russell Paul Springer) played for the New York Yankees, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 14 year career. Springer broke into the bigs on April 17, 1992 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 7.20 ERA in 60 innings pitched in 1993, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Russ Springer's best season was 1997, when he posted a 4.23 ERA and struck out 74 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1992	NY	A	14	0	0	0	6.19	12	11	11	0	0	0	16	18	0	10	0	0	1
1993	CAL	A	14	9	1	6	7.20	31	48	48	1	0	0	60	73	11	32	1	6	3
1994	CAL	A	18	5	2	2	5.52	28	28	28	0	0	2	45.2	53	9	14	0	2	0
1995	PHI	N	14	0	0	0	3.71	32	11	11	0	0	0	26.2	22	5	10	3	1	2
1995	CAL	A	19	6	1	2	6.10	38	37	35	0	0	1	51.2	60	11	25	1	1	5
1995	Total		33	6	1	2	5.29	70	48	46	0	0	1	78.1	82	16	35	4	2	7
1996	PHI	N	51	7	3	10	4.66	94	60	50	0	0	0	96.2	106	12	38	6	5	1
1997	HOU	N	54	0	3	3	4.23	74	28	26	0	0	3	55.1	48	4	27	2	4	4
1998	ATL	N	22	0	1	1	4.05	19	10	9	0	0	0	20	22	0	16	3	2	0
1998	ARI	N	26	0	4	3	4.13	37	16	15	0	0	0	32.2	29	4	14	1	3	1
1998	TOT	N	48	0	5	4	4.10	56	26	24	0	0	0	52.2	51	4	30	4	5	1
1999	ATL	N	49	0	2	1	3.42	49	20	18	0	0	1	47.1	31	5	22	2	0	2
2000	ARI	N	52	0	2	4	5.08	59	36	35	0	0	0	62	63	11	34	6	3	2
2001	ARI	N	18	0	0	0	7.13	12	16	14	0	0	1	17.2	20	5	4	0	2	0
2003	STL	N	17	0	1	1	8.31	11	16	16	0	0	0	17.1	19	8	6	0	1	1
2004	HOU	N	16	0	0	1	2.63	9	4	4	0	0	0	13.2	15	1	6	0	2	1
2005	HOU	N	62	0	4	4	4.73	54	34	31	0	0	0	59	49	9	21	3	2	3
2006	HOU	N	72	0	1	1	3.47	46	23	23	0	0	0	59.2	46	10	16	1	2	4
2007	STL	N	76	0	8	1	2.18	66	18	16	0	0	0	66	41	3	19	1	1	3
2008	STL	N	70	0	2	1	2.32	45	14	13	0	0	0	50.1	39	4	18	0	2	1
Total	NL		599	7	31	31	4.05	607	306	281	0	0	5	624.1	550	81	251	28	30	25
Total	AL		65	20	4	10	6.33	109	124	122	1	0	3	173.1	204	31	81	2	9	9
Total			664	27	35	41	4.55	716	430	403	1	0	8	797.2	754	112	332	30	39	34

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1992	NY	A	P	14	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	P	14	9	60	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1.000
1994	CAL	A	P	18	5	45.2	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
1995	PHI	N	P	14	0	26.2	3	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.000
1995	CAL	A	P	19	6	51.2	0	6	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1.000
1995	Total		P	33	6	78.1	3	10	0	2	0	1	8	1	0	1.000
1996	PHI	N	P	51	7	96.2	3	10	2	0	0	1	8	2	1	.867
1997	HOU	N	P	54	0	55.1	5	5	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	.909
1998	ATL	N	P	22	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
1998	ARI	N	P	26	0	32.2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.667
1998	TOT	N	P	48	0	52.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	7	2	0	.800
1999	ATL	N	P	49	0	47.1	1	4	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	1.000
2000	ARI	N	P	52	0	62	1	4	1	1	0	0	9	1	0	.833
2001	ARI	N	P	18	0	17.2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.800
2003	STL	N	P	17	0	17.1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2004	HOU	N	P	16	0	13.2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2005	HOU	N	P	62	0	59	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2006	HOU	N	P	72	0	59.2	3	6	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	.900
2007	STL	N	P	76	0	66	1	5	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
2008	STL	N	P	70	0	50.1	2	7	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.818
Total			P	664	27	797.2	32	74	9	7	0	4	83	16	1	.922

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1992	NY	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	CAL	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CAL	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	PHI	N	14	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1995	CAL	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	Total		33	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1996	PHI	N	51	17	1	1	0	0	.059	.059	.059	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	1
1997	HOU	N	54	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ATL	N	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ARI	N	26	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	TOT	N	48	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	ATL	N	49	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	ARI	N	52	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	ARI	N	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	STL	N	17	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2004	HOU	N	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	HOU	N	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	HOU	N	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	STL	N	76	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	STL	N	70	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		599	27	1	2	0	0	.074	.074	.074	0	0	0	17	0	4	0	0	1
Total	AL		65	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			664	27	1	2	0	0	.074	.074	.074	0	0	0	17	0	4	0	0	1

Transactions

• Selected by New York Yankees in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 21, 1989).
• Traded by New York Yankees with J.T. Snow and Jerry Nielsen to California Angels in exchange for Jim Abbott (December 6, 1992).
• Traded by California Angels to Philadelphia Phillies (August 15, 1995) completing trade in which California Angels traded Kevin Flora and a player to be named later to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dave Gallagher (August 8, 1995).
• Released by Philadelphia Phillies (December 20, 1996).
• Signed by Houston Astros (December 30, 1996).
• Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks from Houston Astros (61st pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 18, 1997).
• Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Alan Embree (June 23, 1998).
• Granted free agency (November 2, 1999).
• Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 3, 1999).
• Granted free agency (November 7, 2001).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 19, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2003).
• Signed by Houston Astros (June 29, 2004).
• Granted free agency (November 4, 2004).
• Signed by Houston Astros (December 20, 2004).
• Granted free agency (November 10, 2005).
• Signed by Houston Astros (December 2, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 8, 2006).