James Russ Pitcher

     
 

Born: October 24, 1980
Concord, NC
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (March 2008)
College: Belmont Abbey
High School: NW Cabarrus (NC)

Released (August 2008)

Scouting Report: Aggressive - goes after batters and changes up his pitches well.   Mid-to-high 80s fastball to go along with a decent curve and changeup.   Very good control.
 

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  2003 GCL Marlins GCL Rk Fla 22 1 2 0.333 1.63 11 7 0 0 0 49.2 33 12 9 2 15 46 3.07
  2003 Jupiter FSL A+ Fla 22 0 1 0.000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 2 0 3 4 1.33
  2004 Greensboro SAL A Fla 23 0 3 0.000 7.80 4 4 0 0 0 15.0 15 13 13 3 10 16 1.60
  2004 Jupiter FSL A+ Fla 23 8 1 0.889 1.98 24 9 0 0 0 82.0 61 18 18 6 26 64 2.46
  2004 Carolina Sou AA Fla 23 0 0 --- 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.00
  2005 Jupiter FSL A+ Fla 24 11 8 0.579 3.51 27 26 0 0 0 161.2 133 72 63 7 48 143 2.98
  2005 Carolina Sou AA Fla 24 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 0 5 ---
  2006 Carolina Sou AA Fla 25 6 10 0.375 3.91 28 27 1 1 0 156.1 154 74 68 16 63 125 1.98
  2007 Carolina Sou AA Fla 26 1 6 0.143 3.83 21 16 0 0 1 89.1 77 42 38 8 31 60 1.94
2008 Lancaster Cal A Bos 27 0 4 0.000 7.82 8 6 0 0 0 25.1 38 23 22 4 16 14 0.88
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 6, 2003 (Fla)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 2003 (GCL)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: -
 
 
 



 
     
 
 		  
     
 
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