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Russ Adams SSBlue Jays

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
5	993	.247	.313	.372	.243	-0.6

Birth Date	8-30-1980
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2004	TOR	23	22	78	72	10	22	2	1	4	38	5	5	1	0	0	10	1	0	.306	.359	.528	.318	5.6	0.1	0.6
2005	TOR	24	139	545	481	68	123	27	5	8	184	50	57	3	8	3	63	11	2	.256	.325	.383	.251	18.4	-17.1	0.1
2006	TOR	25	90	280	251	31	55	14	1	3	80	22	41	1	3	3	28	1	2	.219	.282	.319	.208	-8.5	-1.8	-1.0
2007	TOR	26	27	69	60	14	14	3	0	2	23	7	14	0	0	2	12	2	1	.233	.313	.383	.251	1.0	-2.7	-0.1
2009	TOR	28	8	21	20	2	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.169	-1.3	-0.5	-0.2
Career			286	993	884	125	218	46	7	17	329	85	118	5	11	8	113	15	5	.247	.313	.372	.243	15.2	-22.0	-0.6

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
2002	AUB	A-	30	141	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.388			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	DUN	A+	37	169	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.254			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	DUN	A+	68	310	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.296			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	NHV	AA	65	305	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.303			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TOR	MLB	22	78	.318	.262	.328	.420	.000	.286	101	5	2.1	1	0.1	-2.2	5.6	0.6	5.6	0.6
2004	SYR	AAA	122	540	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.321			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	TOR	MLB	139	545	.251	.266	.329	.420	.000	.271	103	-5	14.4	7	-17.1	5.0	18.4	0.1	18.4	0.1
2006	TOR	MLB	90	280	.208	.269	.329	.431	.000	.248	101	-16.2	7.7	1.6	-1.8	-0.9	-8.5	-1.0	-8.5	-1.0
2006	SYR	AAA	42	179	.287	.264	.332	.397	.000	.362	108	4.7	4.4	-0.4	3.6	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	TOR	MLB	27	69	.251	.273	.332	.423	.000	.273	95	-0.7	2.0	0.2	-2.7	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.0	-0.1
2007	SYR	AAA	113	484	.259	.262	.330	.395	.000	.276	100	-0.6	13.2	-0.8	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	SYR	AAA	127	493	.262	.264	.328	.410	.000	.296	101	1.3	13.3	-3.8	5.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	TOR	MLB	8	21	.169	.253	.325	.403	.000	.211	97	-2	0.6	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	-1.3	-0.2	-1.3	-0.2
2009	LVG	AAA	24	80	.303	.285	.347	.461	.000	.407	123	3.7	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	POR	AAA	36	151	.271	.270	.345	.421	.000	.294	95	1.8	4.3	0.2	-0.4	-1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	BUF	AAA	108	429	.255	.266	.331	.420	.000	.282	103	-2.4	12.0	-1.6	-3.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	BUF	AAA	23	72	.156	.259	.319	.409	.000	.196	96	-5.4	0.8	-0.1	-1.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		993	.243	.267	.329	.423	.261	.264	101	-18.9	26.7	9.6	-21.7	1.9	15.2	-0.6	15.2	-0.6

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2002	AUB	A-	141	25	40	7	3	0	16	24	11	13	1	.354	.468	.469	.115	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	DUN	A+	169	23	34	4	2	1	12	18	17	5	2	.231	.321	.306	.075	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	DUN	A+	310	50	72	9	5	3	16	38	27	9	2	.279	.378	.388	.109	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	NHV	AA	305	42	75	10	4	4	26	30	37	8	1	.277	.344	.387	.111	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TOR	MLB	78	10	22	2	1	4	10	5	5	1	0	.306	.359	.528	.222	.318	5.6	0.1	0.6
2004	SYR	AAA	540	58	139	37	3	5	54	45	62	6	2	.288	.353	.408	.120	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	TOR	MLB	545	68	123	27	5	8	63	50	57	11	2	.256	.325	.383	.127	.251	18.4	-17.1	0.1
2006	TOR	MLB	280	31	55	14	1	3	28	22	41	1	2	.219	.282	.319	.100	.208	-8.5	-1.8	-1.0
2006	SYR	AAA	179	21	50	9	3	0	15	17	23	3	2	.311	.376	.404	.093	.287	0.0	3.6	0.0
2007	TOR	MLB	69	14	14	3	0	2	12	7	14	2	1	.233	.313	.383	.150	.251	1.0	-2.7	-0.1
2007	SYR	AAA	484	62	113	23	2	11	54	41	57	3	3	.262	.329	.401	.139	.259	0.0	1.4	0.0
2008	SYR	AAA	493	63	111	19	2	15	63	54	91	11	2	.259	.345	.417	.159	.262	0.0	5.9	0.0
2009	TOR	MLB	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.000	.169	-1.3	-0.5	-0.2
2009	LVG	AAA	80	15	23	7	2	1	9	5	17	0	0	.319	.372	.514	.194	.303	0.0	0.2	0.0
2009	POR	AAA	151	16	36	7	1	1	12	14	16	2	2	.267	.333	.356	.089	.271	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2010	BUF	AAA	429	58	101	28	2	16	58	37	68	4	2	.264	.333	.473	.209	.255	0.0	-3.5	0.0
2011	BUF	AAA	72	5	11	1	0	1	5	9	9	1	1	.180	.296	.246	.066	.156	0.0	-1.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2009-07-22	2009-08-04	Minors	13	0			Not Disclosed		-
2009-05-06	2009-06-11	Minors	36	0	Left	Hand	Fracture		-
2009-03-11	2009-03-14	Camp	3	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-
2006-09-28	2006-09-29	DTD	1	1		Shoulder	Soreness		-
2006-06-28	2006-06-28	DTD	0	0		Foot	Contusion	Foul Ball	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	TOR	$343,000
2005	TOR	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$659,000
2 yr	Total	$659,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 55 d	CS&E	2011

Details

released by NYM 4/3/10 signed as a free agent from SD 1/5/10 (minor-league contract)
signed as a free agent from TOR 7/10/09 (minor-league contract)
designated for assignment 7/3/09 (refused assignment)
contract purchased 6/21/09 re-signed 3/1/09, 1 year/$0.4167M (09)
re-signed 3/07, 1 year (07)
1 year/$0.343M (06)
re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.316M (05) contract purchased 9/04 $1.785M signing bonus
UNC `02 1-17

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Title	Author	Date
Pebble Hunting: The Best Story of 2012	Sam Miller	2012-09-14
Transaction Action: Senior Circuit Shakeups	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-27
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED NL Projected Opening Day Rosters	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
You Could Look It Up: Get Back in Line, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2010-02-18
Transaction Action: Installing a Bay by Queens	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-05
Transaction Action: Backwater Piracy and Sabeanesque Splurges	Christina Kahrl	2009-11-04
Transaction Action: NL Add-Ons	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-11
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-04
Prospectus Idol Entry: Prospectus Game of the Week: Cincinnati Reds @ Toronto Blue Jays	Brian Oakchunas	2009-06-28
Transaction Analysis: Moves and Grooves	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-23
Transaction Analysis: Eastern Promises	Christina Kahrl	2009-03-24
Transaction Analysis: Price Check on Sluggers, Aisle Six	Christina Kahrl	2009-02-12
Transaction Analysis: All the Moves	Christina Kahrl	2009-02-10
Transaction Analysis: AL East NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-19
Transaction of the Day: AL East	Christina Kahrl	2007-12-23
Schrodinger's Bat: Inching Along	Dan Fox	2007-12-13
Transaction Analysis: AL Pick-me-ups and Discards	Christina Kahrl	2007-11-07
Transaction Analysis: All-Around Catch-Up Edition	Christina Kahrl	2007-08-26
Wait 'Til Next Year: The Scouting Directors, NL Central	Bryan Smith	2007-05-27
Future Shock: State of the Systems, AL East	Kevin Goldstein	2007-05-02
Transaction Analysis: March 13-18, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-03-19
Hope and Faith: How the Toronto Blue Jays Can Win the World Series	William Burke	2007-03-11
Transaction Analysis: November 22-29, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-11-30
Transaction Analysis: August 28-31, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-01
Prospectus Matchups: Baseball's Dirtiest Dozen	Jim Baker	2006-08-18
Transaction Analysis: July 29-30	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-31
Prospectus Today: AL Second Half Preview	Joe Sheehan	2006-07-15
Transaction Analysis: July 6-9	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-11
Prospectus Matchups: Vengeance	Jim Baker	2006-07-07
Under The Knife: Dead Arm	Will Carroll	2006-06-30
Transaction Analysis: June 8-12, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-13
Future Shock: Division Roundup, AL East, 6/13/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-06-13
Prospectus Hit List: Week of June 4	Jay Jaffe	2006-06-06
Future Shock: AL Draft Preview	Kevin Goldstein	2006-06-01
Prospectus Notebook: Astros, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-01
Transaction Analysis: May 25-29	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-30
Prospectus Hit List: Week of 5/28	Marc Normandin	2006-05-30
Transaction Analysis: May 22-24	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-25
AL-Kings May Update: Fast Starts and Early Struggles	Jonah Keri	2006-05-10
Prospectus Today: It's Friday, So It Must Be...	Joe Sheehan	2006-04-28
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 23	Jay Jaffe	2006-04-25
Prospectus Notebook: Cardinals, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2006-04-20
Who Are the AL-Kings?: A Look Inside the New Baseball Prospectus Celebrity Scoresheet League	Jonah Keri	2006-03-21
Team Health Reports: Toronto Blue Jays	Will Carroll	2006-03-09
Future Shock: State of the Systems: AL East	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-03
Fantasy Focus: Building a Fantasy Farm System	Jeff Erickson	2006-02-24
Prospectus Today: The 2006 Blue Jays	Joe Sheehan	2006-02-15
Prospectus Notebook: Orioles, Marlins, Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-28
Prospectus Game of the Week: Cleveland Indians @ Toronto Blue Jays, 8/28/05	Jonah Keri	2005-08-30
Prospectus Notebook: St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Toronto	Baseball Prospectus	2005-08-17
Prospectus Today: Failing	Joe Sheehan	2005-08-09
Transaction Analysis: July 20-25	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-27
Prospectus Today: Around the AL	Joe Sheehan	2005-07-20
Transaction Analysis: May 10-24, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-05-26
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	David Kirsch	2005-05-06
Fantasy Focus: Early Season Injuries: Obstacles or Opportunities?	Erik Siegrist	2005-04-15
Team Health Reports: Toronto Blue Jays	Will Carroll	2005-03-25
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-11
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects - Shortstops and Third Basemen	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-11
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-01-17
Transaction Analysis: August 30-September 15	Christina Kahrl	2004-09-17
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2004-05-27
Prospectus Today: Over the Top	Joe Sheehan	2004-03-02
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part IV	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-24
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part III	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-23
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part II	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-22
Prospectus Triple Play: Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2003-11-13
The 2002 Draft: Status of the First Round Picks	Deric McKamey	2002-09-17

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2009-07-07 13:00:00	While I'm usually a JP supporter I'm growing tired of his inability to fill the LF/DH hole. Shannon Stewart, Brad Wilkerson, Dave Dellucci, Kevin Millar and Russ Adams clearly aren't the answer so what would you do? (Bill from Toronto)	I think he absolutely had the right idea with Travis Snider at the outset of the year, but it hasn't worked out yet. He didn't hit in ~100 PA, he had some back problems, he's missed a month. He's only 21, so it's far too early to give up hope that he can be the long-term solution there. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-11 14:00:00	What gives with the Blue Jays dealing with Boras, going for high ceiling guys, and being less predictable/ossified with draft strategy? Can I finally forget the Russ Adams experience? (Jim Clancy from Exhibition Stadium)	Yes you can. I don't think this is any kind of instant transformation, it's been more of a slow burn away from the pure Moneyball strategy. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-12-05 14:00:00	Thanks for chatting Jay - two part question. 1) Would the following be an equitable trade - Jays send Lyle Overbay and Russ Adams to the Mariners for Jarrod Washburn and some cash? 2) What possible excuse could JP Ricciardi put forth this year for not having Travis Snider in the opening day lineup? (rawagman from Toronto)	No, it's not enough going to the Mariners, as Adams is without value given his shortcomings on both sides of the ball. As for Snider, he had a very nice cup of coffee last year and he's not far off, but he's got less than 150 AB above Double-A, and just 500 above A-ball, so I don't think there's harm in some seasoning at Triple-A. But I look forward to an obfuscation from J.P. nonetheless, as those are worth the price of admission. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-03-11 12:00:00	Joe. Remembering back to all the hope and excitement that existed upon JP Ricciardi's hiring from the Beane braintrust, even with '08 yet to play out, a lot of his sheen seems to be long lost. His hubris regarding Russ Adams development in particular seems to have really underminded the club he could have built (ie. the non drafting of Tulowitzki). When his tenure's concluded (when ever that is) what would be your evaluation? Thanks. (Shane from Saint John, NB)	I go back to the winter of 2004, when the Jays were coming off that injury-riddled season. Had Ricciardi just said, "injury year, core is good, plan is fine," the Jays would have been in pretty good shape. Instead, they signed Koskie, made the mistake in the draft, and generally got away from what was working. Misidentifying the problem in '04 was where it went wrong. This team, the '08 one, could be good, but then again, they can't even identify the best shortstop for the team, so... (Joe Sheehan)

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