League Leaders Who Led?

Branch Russell

1922–1932  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 165 lb  ·  b. 1895 South Boston, VA

Career 767 G · 889 H · 57 HR · 484 RBI · .309 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
0 best in baseball 2 league only
26 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1926 Best season

Spanning 1926–1929, peaking at 1 titles in 1926.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 840th League titles 2
  • 358th Top-5 finishes 26

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks 2 1st — 1926 NNL 53 1929 NNL 58 1930 #3
Triples — #2 — 1926 #2 1927 #3 1928 #2 1929 #3
On-Base Percentage — #3 — 1932 #3
Runs — #3 — 1929 #3 1930 #3
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1930 #2
Home Runs — #3 — 1930 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1929 1 BB 58
1926 1 BB 53

Batting

11 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1922 SLS +1 NNL 48 184 43 54 3 6 3 30 16 1 7 .294 .353 .424 .777
1923 SLS NNL 81 315 64 89 9 9 5 45 25 0 7 .283 .345 .416 .761
1924 SLS NNL 69 272 56 83 20 4 7 44 27 1 12 .305 .376 .485 .862
1925 SLS NNL 81 278 62 85 13 11 8 63 51 0 8 .306 .413 .518 .931
1926 SLS NNL 86 298 73 91 18 10 8 59 53 0 10 .305 .420 .513 .934
1927 SLS NNL 96 390 78 125 17 10 10 53 40 0 10 .321 .388 .492 .880
1928 SLS NNL 78 308 62 92 14 12 3 43 30 2 4 .299 .367 .451 .818
1929 SLS NNL 91 324 84 102 17 10 2 47 58 0 6 .315 .426 .448 .874
1930 SLS NNL 90 352 91 117 13 3 10 71 42 1 9 .332 .408 .472 .880
1931 SLS NNL 31 109 16 34 6 0 1 23 17 0 5 .312 .409 .395 .804
1932 CLS EWL 16 51 6 17 6 1 0 6 11 0 2 .333 .452 .490 .942
Career — — 767 2,881 635 889 136 76 57 484 370 5 80 .309 .393 .468 .861

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 588 724 61 38 14 .954
2B 76 87 173 19 16 .932
3B 76 64 146 15 10 .933
SS 59 137 193 30 33 .917