Died: August 9, 1930(1930-08-09) (aged 26) Cynthiana, Kentucky
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro National League debut
1925, Memphis Red Sox
Last appearance
1929, Chicago American Giants
Teams
Memphis Red Sox (1925)
Birmingham Black Barons (1925)
Chicago American Giants (1926–29)
Career highlights and awards
2× Negro World Series champion (1926, 1927)
Pythias Russ (April 7, 1904 – August 9, 1930) was an American catcher, shortstop, and right-handed batter in the Negro leagues whose career and life were cut short by illness.
Russ was a star college athlete in baseball, basketball, and track and field. He was named an All-American football player in 1924. Candy Jim Taylor signed him to play for the Memphis Red Sox for the 1925 season, where he split catching duties with Larry Brown and hit .327. He moved to the Chicago American Giants in 1926 and hit .268 that season. In 1927, Russ batted .350 and was 8 for 35 in the 1927 Colored World Series.
Russ switched to shortstop in 1928 and hit .405 to win the NNL batting title, and hit .407 in the postseason to help Chicago to the league championship. In 1929, he hit .386 to finish second in that category, and hit 11 triples. He fell ill with tuberculosis early in 1930 and died in August of that year. His lifetime batting average in the Negro leagues was .350.
PythiasRuss (April 7, 1904 – August 9, 1930) was an American catcher, shortstop, and right-handed batter in the Negro leagues whose career and life were...
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franchise, he picked up Sanford Jackson, Charlie Williams, and catcher PythiasRuss. Third baseman Dave Malarcher was named as captain of the team. The Memphis...
ISBN 978-0-511-55313-4. OCLC 726828014 – via Cambridge Core. McDonald, Russ (2006). Shakespeare's Late Style. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press....
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finale recap: A new Queen of the North is here". Xtra!, December 17, 2021. Russ Martin, "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag...
for Rafiki. Ellen Woodbury served as the supervising animator for Zazu. Russ Edmonds served as the supervising animator for Sarabi. Animated by Alex Kupershmidt...
Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022. Pitts, Russ (28 March 2012). "From 'Half-Life' to 'Borderlands': Gearbox rides the rocket"...
guidelines for the new building proposed by fellow architect William Early Russ so that it would complement the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The William...
separate housing units. Based on European prototypes, they were designed by the Russ and Harrison architecture firm and built by N. P. Severin Company of Chicago...
Private and Civic Groups Athenaeum Christamore House Colored Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Columbia Club General German Protestant Orphans Home Independent...
from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018. McQuaid, Russ (August 29, 2023). "Indianapolis to sell former city hall to builder for...
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