Loading players...
Bill Russell played 18 major-league seasons (1969-1986) as a SS (1,746), OF (299), 2B (62), 3B (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 21 | LAN | 98 | 212 | 35 | 48 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 45 | .226 | .645 | 87 |
| 1970 | 22 | LAN | 81 | 278 | 30 | 72 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 28 | .259 | .667 | 85 |
| 1971 | 23 | LAN | 91 | 211 | 29 | 48 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 39 | .227 | .592 | 73 |
| 1972 | 24 | LAN | 129 | 434 | 47 | 118 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 34 | 64 | .272 | .693 | 104 |
| 1973 | 25 | LAN | 162 | 615 | 55 | 163 | 4 | 56 | 15 | 34 | 63 | .265 | .638 | 83 |
| 1974 | 26 | LAN | 160 | 553 | 61 | 149 | 5 | 65 | 14 | 53 | 53 | .269 | .686 | 99 |
| 1975 | 27 | LAN | 84 | 252 | 24 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 28 | .206 | .535 | 55 |
| 1976 | 28 | LAN | 149 | 554 | 53 | 152 | 5 | 65 | 15 | 21 | 46 | .274 | .644 | 89 |
| 1977 | 29 | LAN | 153 | 634 | 84 | 176 | 4 | 51 | 16 | 24 | 43 | .278 | .664 | 83 |
| 1978 | 30 | LAN | 155 | 625 | 72 | 179 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 30 | 34 | .286 | .684 | 98 |
| 1979 | 31 | LAN | 153 | 627 | 72 | 170 | 7 | 56 | 6 | 24 | 43 | .271 | .656 | 85 |
| 1980 | 32 | LAN | 130 | 466 | 38 | 123 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 44 | .264 | .636 | 83 |
| 1981 | 33 | LAN | 82 | 262 | 20 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 20 | .233 | .567 | 67 |
| 1982 | 34 | LAN | 153 | 497 | 64 | 136 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 63 | 30 | .274 | .697 | 103 |
| 1983 | 35 | LAN | 131 | 451 | 47 | 111 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 31 | .246 | .588 | 70 |
| 1984 | 36 | LAN | 89 | 262 | 25 | 70 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 24 | .267 | .649 | 90 |
| 1985 | 37 | LAN | 76 | 169 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 9 | .260 | .641 | 87 |
| 1986 | 38 | LAN | 105 | 216 | 21 | 54 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 23 | .250 | .603 | 73 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | OF | 86 | 45 | 132 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1970 | OF | 79 | 67 | 167 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1970 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 2B | 41 | 35 | 81 | 108 | 7 | 21 |
| 1971 | OF | 40 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | SS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 1972 | SS | 121 | 118 | 197 | 439 | 34 | 69 |
| 1972 | OF | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | SS | 162 | 162 | 243 | 560 | 31 | 106 |
| 1974 | SS | 160 | 154 | 194 | 491 | 39 | 68 |
| 1974 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | SS | 83 | 81 | 94 | 230 | 11 | 27 |
| 1976 | SS | 149 | 145 | 251 | 476 | 28 | 90 |
| 1977 | SS | 153 | 149 | 234 | 523 | 29 | 102 |
| 1978 | SS | 155 | 151 | 245 | 533 | 31 | 91 |
| 1979 | SS | 150 | 148 | 218 | 452 | 30 | 70 |
| 1980 | SS | 129 | 120 | 179 | 387 | 19 | 57 |
| 1981 | SS | 80 | 78 | 128 | 261 | 14 | 49 |
| 1982 | SS | 150 | 146 | 216 | 502 | 29 | 64 |
| 1983 | SS | 127 | 122 | 192 | 392 | 22 | 61 |
| 1984 | SS | 65 | 56 | 81 | 165 | 9 | 29 |
| 1984 | OF | 18 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | SS | 23 | 19 | 27 | 64 | 8 | 11 |
| 1985 | OF | 21 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2B | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 48 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SS | 32 | 14 | 36 | 64 | 4 | 13 |
| 1986 | 2B | 8 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 |
| 1986 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bill Russell won: TSN All-Star 1973 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 32 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.