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data-file-width="331" data-file-height="478" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Russell in 1947</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">First baseman</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1915-01-26</span>)</span>January 26, 1915<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> September 26, 1976<span style="display:none">(1976-09-26)</span> (aged 61)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Alamitos,_California" title="Los Alamitos, California">Los Alamitos, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 5, 1939, for the Chicago Cubs</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">July 13, 1947, for the Boston Red Sox</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.245</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">29</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">192</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/russeri01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7335533#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a>–<a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Glen David</b> <b>"Rip"</b> <b>Russell</b> (January 26, 1915 – September 26, 1976) was an American <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, playing mainly as a <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> for two different teams between the <a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a> and <a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a> seasons. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg), Russell batted and threw <a href="/wiki/Right-handed" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-handed">right-handed</a>. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>. </p><p>Basically a line-drive hitter and a good fielding replacement, Russell entered the majors in 1939 with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, playing for them four years (1939–42) before joining the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (1946–47). His most productive MLB season came during his <a href="/wiki/Rookie" title="Rookie">rookie</a> year, when he posted career-highs in <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> (.273), <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> (9), <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a> (55), <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> (148), <a href="/wiki/Extra-base_hit" title="Extra-base hit">extra-base hits</a> (38), <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> (79) and <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a> (143). </p><p>Russell was a member of the <a href="/wiki/1946_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1946 Boston Red Sox season">1946 AL champion Red Sox</a>, appearing in 80 games and making 64 starts at <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third base</a> before losing his regular job to <a href="/wiki/Pinky_Higgins" title="Pinky Higgins">Pinky Higgins</a> because of poor offensive production (.208 in 274 <a href="/wiki/At_bats" class="mw-redirect" title="At bats">at bats</a>). However, he was a perfect 2-for-2 in <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitting roles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">1946 World Series</a>. He started a Red Sox rally in the eighth <a href="/wiki/Inning_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inning (baseball)">inning</a> of Game 7 with a lead-off <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> off <a href="/wiki/Murry_Dickson" title="Murry Dickson">Murry Dickson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, then scored Boston's second run of the contest. The Bosox were able to tie the game at 3–3, but the Cardinals bounced back in their half of the eighth, scoring the Series-clinching run on <a href="/wiki/Slaughter%27s_Mad_Dash" title="Slaughter's Mad Dash">Slaughter's Mad Dash</a>. </p><p>In his six-season MLB career, Russell was a .245 hitter (344-for-1,402) with 29 home runs and 192 RBI in 425 games, including 133 runs, 52 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, eight <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a> and four <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a>. 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