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Addison Russell

Cubs Career team 2015 to 2019
Number #27
Position Second Baseman
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 32
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Pensacola, FL
Born Jan 23, 1994

Key Insights

2019
He strikes out about the same against both hands

Russell strikes out in 21.9% of his trips against right-handers and 31.1% of them against left-handers.

178 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.
His walks do not change much with runners on

Russell walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 6.3% with the bases empty.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 190 with the bases empty.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Russell pulls 28.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

45 pulled, 73 up the middle and 42 the other way over 160 located batted balls.
Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.5% of Russell's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2019. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 488th in MLB.
The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Russell strikes out in 20.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 25.3% with the bases empty.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 190 with the bases empty.
Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Russell's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2019.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 23, 1994
Birth Place Pensacola, FL
Height 6' 0"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right