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Russell
Hults		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: March 17, 1980 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2012    2014    2017   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 WA GE     0 1 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4
2003 23 WA GE     0 3 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 6 5 6 6 6
2004 24 WA GE     4 5 7 6 2 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7
2005 25 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 7 6 2 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
2006 26 WA GE $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
2007 27 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
2008 28 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 1 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 WA GE $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 7
2010 30 WA GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
2011 31 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
2012 32 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
2013 33 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8
2014 34 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
2015 35 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
2016 36 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 9
2017 37 PA FF $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 7
2018 38 PA FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
2019 39 PA FF $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 6
2020 40 PA FF $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 23 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 24 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 25 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 26 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 27 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 28 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 30 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 31 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 32 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 33 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 34 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 35 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 36 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 37 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 38 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 39 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 40 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 22 A   6 1 .857 41 0 0 0 0 60.7 49 22 5 24 44 3.26 .227 .304 .333 .638  
2003 23 AA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 14.7 17 10 2 3 12 6.14 .288 .323 .508 .831  
    A   0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 4 4 1 9 3.27 .184 .205 .526 .731  
2004 24 AA   4 2 .667 53 0 0 0 0 54.3 41 30 7 21 54 4.97 .205 .281 .385 .666  
2005 25 WA GE 4 5 .444 20 11 1 0 0 77.0 65 38 15 23 60 4.44 .229 .299 .454 .754 3.4
    AAA   0 3 .000 18 0 0 0 11 18.7 8 5 2 7 23 2.41 .129 .217 .274 .492  
2006 26 WA GE 10 11 .476 28 28 0 0 0 166.0 158 94 34 49 137 5.10 .250 .314 .502 .817 1.0
2007 27 WA GE 12 14 .462 36 36 2 1 0 250.3 189 95 23 82 205 3.42 .207 .287 .363 .650 14.4
2008 28 WA GE 12 8 .600 26 26 2 1 0 186.7 149 64 16 40 132 3.09 .216 .275 .370 .644 13.1
2009 29 WA GE 10 7 .588 23 23 3 2 0 166.0 132 69 13 49 103 3.74 .216 .292 .337 .629 9.6
2010 30 WA GE 11 15 .423 31 31 0 0 0 200.0 186 82 22 51 105 3.69 .246 .303 .387 .690 7.5
2011 31 WA GE 4 9 .308 19 19 0 0 0 132.7 95 33 7 26 50 2.24 .201 .259 .281 .540 11.0
  PA FF 7 2 .778 14 14 0 0 0 96.0 72 25 5 26 46 2.34 .207 .276 .288 .564 8.9
  TOT   11 11 .500 33 33 0 0 0 228.7 167 58 12 52 96 2.28 .204 .266 .284 .550 19.9
2012 32 PA FF 18 6 .750 32 32 0 0 0 202.3 169 48 9 52 97 2.14 .229 .291 .311 .603 20.4
2013 33 PA FF 14 11 .560 34 34 0 0 0 193.3 201 91 13 47 121 4.24 .265 .322 .383 .705 5.7
2014 34 PA FF 17 10 .630 35 35 1 0 0 226.0 192 74 11 42 113 2.95 .227 .285 .308 .593 15.5
2015 35 PA FF 14 14 .500 35 35 1 1 0 209.0 200 92 10 52 120 3.96 .252 .309 .347 .656 6.2
2016 36 PA FF 14 8 .636 33 33 0 0 0 225.3 149 60 8 50 115 2.40 .187 .255 .256 .512 17.0
2017 37 PA FF 20 9 .690 34 34 2 1 0 220.0 189 81 17 56 110 3.31 .231 .293 .324 .617 11.1
2018 38 PA FF 4 2 .667 32 6 0 0 1 68.0 71 37 6 26 42 4.90 .273 .349 .412 .760 2.0
2019 39 PA FF 4 6 .400 31 13 0 0 0 103.0 95 43 8 48 54 3.76 .249 .345 .369 .714 5.7
2020 40 PA FF 8 15 .348 32 32 0 0 0 165.7 175 96 24 73 83 5.22 .274 .359 .444 .802 3.1
16 Years Sim 183 152 .546 495 442 12 6 1 2887.3 2487 1122 241 792 1693 3.50 .232 .298 .356 .654 155.7
1 Years AAA 0 3 .000 18 0 0 0 11 18.7 8 5 2 7 23 2.41 .129 .217 .274 .492  
2 Years AA 4 2 .667 62 0 0 0 0 69.0 58 40 9 24 66 5.22 .224 .290 .413 .703  
2 Years A 6 3 .667 53 0 0 0 0 71.7 56 26 9 25 53 3.27 .220 .290 .362 .653  
5 Years Minors 10 8 .556 133 0 0 0 11 159.3 122 71 20 56 142 4.01 .212 .282 .376 .658  
Season Average 11 9 .550 30 27 0 0 0 180.5 155 70 15 49 105 3.50 .232 .298 .356 .654  
Career Highs 20 15 .750 36 36 3 2 1 250.3 201 96 34 82 205 5.22 .274 .359 .502 .817  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1394 635 119 390 1031   .223 .268 .338 .606
vs LH   1093 487 122 402 662   .244 .307 .381 .688
Home 83 82 .503 243 214 6 3 0 1443.3 1237 562 123 384 849 3.50 .231 .282 .358 .640
Away 100 70 .588 252 228 6 3 1 1444.0 1250 560 118 408 844 3.49 .232 .286 .354 .640
Mar/Apr 31 20 .608 72 65 4 2 0 433.6 366 150 30 100 253 3.11 .227 .272 .339 .612
May 25 26 .490 81 68 1 0 0 459.0 359 162 39 122 272 3.18 .215 .269 .336 .605
June 30 25 .545 70 68 2 1 0 448.3 387 172 42 114 252 3.45 .232 .281 .366 .647
July 26 24 .520 85 71 0 0 0 475.9 399 180 38 136 287 3.40 .226 .281 .350 .632
August 37 31 .544 95 87 2 1 1 543.9 489 247 57 161 328 4.09 .240 .296 .384 .679
Sep/Oct 34 26 .567 92 83 4 3 0 526.3 487 211 35 159 301 3.61 .245 .301 .354 .655
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 25 WA GE 20 20 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .150 .150 .200 .350 0.2 0.0
2006 26 WA GE 28 55 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .055 .088 .109 .197 -2.2 0.0
2007 27 WA GE 36 82 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 41 .098 .140 .122 .261 -1.0 0.0
2008 28 WA GE 26 64 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 31 .063 .103 .078 .181 -1.9 0.0
2009 29 WA GE 23 56 7 7 5 1 0 7 0 0 3 16 .125 .169 .250 .419 1.3 0.0
2010 30 WA GE 31 54 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 23 .037 .071 .056 .127 -2.6 0.0
2011 31 WA GE 19 39 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .077 .100 .103 .203 -1.6 0.0
  PA FF 14 30 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .033 .121 .133 .255 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   33 69 4 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 27 .058 .110 .116 .226 -1.8 0.0
2012 32 PA FF 32 61 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 18 .066 .094 .115 .209 -1.8 0.0
2013 33 PA FF 34 61 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 31 .082 .095 .115 .210 -1.3 0.0
2014 34 PA FF 35 66 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 .045 .100 .061 .161 -2.4 0.0
2015 35 PA FF 35 64 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .094 .134 .109 .244 -1.6 0.0
2016 36 PA FF 33 77 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 27 .065 .077 .117 .194 -3.4 0.0
2017 37 PA FF 34 70 6 7 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 18 .100 .135 .143 .278 -0.8 0.0
2018 38 PA FF 32 13 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .462 .676 1.5 0.0
2019 39 PA FF 31 27 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 8 .185 .241 .370 .612 2.3 0.0
2020 40 PA FF 32 51 2 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 18 .098 .113 .196 .309 0.0 0.0
16 Years Sim 495 890 46 73 29 3 4 48 0 1 36 332 .082 .117 .135 .252 -15.4 0.0
162 Game Average 291 15 23 9 0 1 15 0 0 11 108 .082 .117 .135 .252 -5.0  
Career Highs 36 82 7 8 5 1 1 7 0 1 4 41 .185 .241 .462 .676 2.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   706 35 60 24 3 4 43 0 1 26 264 .085 .117 .144 .261 -12.8
vs LH   184 11 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 68 .071 .118 .098 .216 -5.4
Home 243 397 22 34 17 1 0 22 0 1 20 148 .086 .129 .134 .262 -7.1
Away 252 493 24 39 12 2 4 26 0 0 16 184 .079 .108 .136 .244 -11.2
RISP   203 0 21 13 0 1 40 0 0 9 67 .103 .138 .182 .321 -0.1
Close/Late   33 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .121 .118 .182 .299 -0.3
Mar/Apr 65 143 8 12 3 0 2 11 0 0 5 55 .084 .113 .147 .259 -2.3
May 77 135 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 1 8 54 .044 .098 .059 .157 -6.5
June 68 139 5 17 9 1 0 8 0 0 2 46 .122 .135 .201 .336 0.0
July 76 138 4 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 53 .043 .089 .051 .140 -7.1
August 95 172 14 20 8 2 0 10 0 0 7 60 .116 .150 .186 .336 0.6
Sep/Oct 92 163 11 12 6 0 2 11 0 0 7 64 .074 .112 .147 .259 -2.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 25 WA GE P 20 11 77.0 6 12 1 0 .947 2.10    
2006 26 WA GE P 28 28 166.0 13 23 1 1 .973 1.95    
2007 27 WA GE P 36 36 250.3 9 27 0 0 1.000 1.29    
2008 28 WA GE P 26 26 186.7 13 21 1 0 .971 1.64    
2009 29 WA GE P 23 23 166.0 10 19 5 3 .853 1.57    
2010 30 WA GE P 31 31 200.0 11 27 2 1 .950 1.71    
2011 31 WA GE P 19 19 132.7 7 19 1 2 .963 1.76    
  PA FF P 14 14 96.0 5 13 1 2 .947 1.69    
  TOT   P 33 33 228.7 12 32 2 4 .957 1.73    
2012 32 PA FF P 32 32 202.3 10 19 2 1 .935 1.29    
2013 33 PA FF P 34 34 193.3 12 27 2 2 .951 1.82    
2014 34 PA FF P 35 35 226.0 11 25 2 2 .947 1.43    
2015 35 PA FF P 35 35 209.0 9 34 0 0 1.000 1.85    
2016 36 PA FF P 33 33 225.3 14 27 1 3 .976 1.64    
2017 37 PA FF P 34 34 220.0 11 20 1 2 .969 1.27    
2018 38 PA FF P 32 6 68.0 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.99    
2019 39 PA FF P 31 13 103.0 3 11 2 1 .875 1.22    
2020 40 PA FF P 32 32 165.7 7 29 1 2 .973 1.96    
Career Totals   495 442 2887.3 153 366 23 23 .958 1.62    
Career Highs   36 36 250.3 14 34 5 4 1.000 2.10    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2006 26 WA GE 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 0 5 4 4.50 .304 .429 .478 .907
2007 27 WA GE 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 1 7 0.00 .100 .129 .133 .262
2012 32 PA FF 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 19.0 21 7 2 1 2 3.32 .276 .286 .408 .694
2013 33 PA FF 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 27.3 23 10 2 6 15 3.29 .232 .276 .323 .599
2014 34 PA FF 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 1.50 .227 .261 .409 .670
2015 35 PA FF 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 36 PA FF 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 0 3 1 7.50 .375 .444 .500 .944
2017 37 PA FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 3 2 6.00 .273 .360 .545 .905
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 15 12 1 1 0 81.3 74 30 6 20 35 3.32 .246 .293 .369 .662
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 26 WA GE 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2007 27 WA GE 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2012 32 PA FF 3 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875
2013 33 PA FF 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 34 PA FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 36 PA FF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2017 37 PA FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 29 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .103 .103 .138 .241
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2012-4-2.14
2016-5-2.40
 Wins
2012-5-18
2014-6-17
2016-6-14
2017-1-20
CAR-33-183
 Losses
2010-10-15
2015-10-14
2020-5-15
CAR-24-152
 Winning Pct
2012-2-.750
2016-9-.636
2017-8-.690
 Games Started
2007-8-36
2014-10-35
CAR-27-442
 Shutouts
2009-10-2
2015-10-1
Innings Pitched
CAR-33-2887.3
 Hits Allowed
2013-7-201
CAR-43-2487
 Homeruns Allowed
2006-5-34
2020-5-24
 Walks Allowed
CAR-48-792
 Hits per 9IP
2007-2-6.8
2008-6-7.2
2009-8-7.2
2016-5-6.0
 WHiP
2008-8-1.01
2016-2-0.88
OAVG
2007-3-.207
2008-6-.216
2009-8-.216
2016-4-.187
 OOBP
2016-6-.255
 OSLG
2014-8-.308
2016-1-.256
 OOPS
2016-2-.512
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 45    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  7. Abraham Grayston (913)
  8. Humberto Deleon (912)
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  10. Leon Collins (908)
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  1. Alfred Marenco (991)
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  3. Jack Eldredge (991)
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  6. Donte Dasilva (989)
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  8. Arthur Cheung (986)
  9. Max Guerra (985)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 96th overall pick, by Washington in 2002
Injured on 4/14/2004 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/4/2005 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/28/2005, off Steven Williams (NM)
Earned first career win on 8/12/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/2007, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Injured on 7/26/2008 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2008, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 9/5/2008 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/26/2009 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2009, going 3-1, 0.64
Traded from Washington to Pennsylvania on 7/21/2011 (Going to Was: LF Keith Tracey. Going to Pen: P Russell Hults)
Hit first career homerun on 9/17/2011, off Peter Iuvani (DC)
Injured on 5/28/2012 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Injured on 5/9/2018 with a Broken Elbow, out for 7 weeks
 
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