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Johnny Rucker
John Joel Rucker

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.
School Georgia

MLB Debut April 16, 1940
Final Game September 29, 1946
Born January 15, 1917 in Crabapple, GA
Died August 7, 1985 (age 68)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 23 NYN NL   62  200   22   56   1   4   3   24   6   3    7   29  .280  .310  .370  .680    91    74   0   1   5   2   3  
 1941 24 NYN NL  148  647   88  194  37  11   3   36   2   2   37   61  .300  .337  .405  .742   107   262   0   2   2   0   4  
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943 26 NYN NL  142  530   47  138  14   4   1   36   9   2   19   54  .260  .288  .308  .596    86   163   7   1   1   2  14  
 1944 27 NYN NL  126  491   42  120  12   4   2   47   1   2   13   44  .244  .264  .297  .561    81   146   1   6   0   2  12  
 1945 28 NYN NL  131  454   46  119  19   5   9   51   2   3   31   48  .262  .316  .385  .702    99   175   5   2   9   6  15  
 1946 29 NYN NL   74  214   44   64  11   6   6   34   4   2   10   39  .299  .333  .491  .824   121   105   2   0   1   1   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      683 2536  289  691  94  34  24  228  24  14  117  275  .272  .307  .365  .671         925  15  12  18  13  54
 Per 600 PA           565   64  154  21   8   5   51   5   3   26   61                                 206   3   3   4   3  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NY2      683 2536  289  691  94  34  24  228  24  14  117  275  .272  .307  .365  .671         925  15  12  18  13  54
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      705 2617  354  711 105  39  21  214  35      109  248  .272  .302  .366  .668         957  39           4  20
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1940 23 NYN NL   3   22   4.0   8   3   0  .375   7   35   29  .829    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e16   -35   
 1941 24 NYN NL  24   89   5.2   0   0   0  .000  16   76   60  .789    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e13    40   
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943 26 NYN NL  15   45   2.9  19   3   0  .158  11   63   55  .873    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e13   -47   
 1944 27 NYN NL  24   36   2.5   0   0   0  .000   1   56   48  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5    -39   
 1945 28 NYN NL  20   51   3.9   0   0   0  .000   6   45   33  .733    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e9    -20   
 1946 29 NYN NL  23   32   5.5  12   2   0  .167   4   25   19  .760    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e14   184   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          277   3.9  39   8   0  .205  45  300  244  .813    0    0  .000                   2   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1940 23 NYN NL  CF    44    92     7    7    1   .934    43   374.1   2.38
                 LF     3    10     0    0    0  1.000     3    30.0   3.00
                 RF     5     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
 1941 24 NYN NL  CF   148   382    16   16    0   .961   146  1329.1   2.69
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943 26 NYN NL  LF    79   178     3    7    0   .963    77   690.2   2.36  GG
                 CF    46   108     6    4    0   .966    46   405.1   2.53
 1944 27 NYN NL  LF    87   149     5    1    0   .994    87   775.2   1.79
                 CF    36    69     5    0    0  1.000    34   302.0   2.21
 1945 28 NYN NL  RF    66   152     4    3    1   .981    66   583.0   2.41
                 LF    52    80     5    2    1   .977    47   422.1   1.81
                 CF    12    16     1    1    0   .944     9    82.0   1.87
 1946 29 NYN NL  CF    48    89     4    3    0   .969    40   355.2   2.35
                 LF    10    20     0    1    0   .952     6    58.0   3.10
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   334   756    39   31    1   .962   318  2848.2   2.51
                 LF   231   437    13   11    1   .976   220  1976.2   2.05
                 RF    72   154     4    3    1   .981    66   589.1   2.41
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1940  NYN   69-85   David Dick
 1941  NYN   63-91   David Dick
 1943  NYN   67-87   Rick Field
 1944  NYN   56-98   Rick Field
 1945  NYN   68-86   Rick Field
 1946  NYN   60-94   Rick Field

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