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Dick Ruthven
Richard David Ruthven

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Fresno State

MLB Debut April 17, 1973
Final Game May 1, 1986
Born March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, CA (age 73)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1973 22 DEA AL   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   12.2   14    54    7    5   0    4   0   0   14   0  0  3.55  
 1974 23 DEA AL   9  19  .321  36  36   4   0   0   0  230.2  223  1022  127  114  15  121   4   7  163  14  3  4.45  
 1975 24 DEA AL   0   5  .000  23   4   0   8   2   0   42.0   46   193   26   23   1   28   2   0   30   3  0  4.93  
 1976 25 LAN NL  10  16  .385  34  34   2   0   0   1  219.2  200   912   80   74   9   91   1   1  131   3  5  3.03  
 1977 26 TOA AL   4  11  .267  62  12   0  27   0   0  131.1  156   600   91   75  14   60   4   5   78   2  6  5.14  
 1978 27 MNA AL  13  16  .448  33  33   7   0   0   3  235.2  229   994  118  112  33   63   6   8  115   5  1  4.28  
 1979 28 MNA AL   6   8  .429  19  19   1   0   0   0  116.1  132   503   84   82  24   34   2   2   43   3  0  6.34  
 1980 29 MNA AL   9  21  .300  33  33   7   0   0   0  211.2  277   964  143  128  12   69   0   4   56   3  4  5.44  
 1981 30 MNA AL   4  18  .182  31  31   6   0   0   0  207.0  272   938  139  123  24   73   1   3  113   8  0  5.35  
 1982 31 MLA AL  11  15  .423  33  33   3   0   0   0  195.2  219   850  123  106  25   65   1   3  103   5  3  4.88  
 1983 32 CHN NL   6  15  .286  30  29   4   1   0   1  191.0  222   815  111  102  23   39   5   5  101   2  0  4.81  
 1984 33 CHN NL   2  12  .143  25  24   2   1   0   0  135.1  177   628  108   97  17   60   5   2   62   3  1  6.45  
 1985 34 CHN NL   3   6  .333  16  12   1   2   0   1   75.1   97   352   53   52   9   33   3   1   36   0  0  6.21  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 13 Seasons      78 162  .325 377 302  37  39   2   6 2004.1 2264  8825 1210 1093 206  740  34  41 1045  51 23  4.91
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With MNA      32  63  .337 116 116  21   0   0   3  770.2  910  3399  484  445  93  239   9  17  327  19  5  5.20
   With CHN      11  33  .250  71  65   7   4   0   2  401.2  496  1795  272  251  49  132  13   8  199   5  1  5.62
   With DEA      10  24  .294  61  42   4   8   2   0  285.1  283  1269  160  142  16  153   6   7  207  17  3  4.48
   With LAN      10  16  .385  34  34   2   0   0   1  219.2  200   912   80   74   9   91   1   1  131   3  5  3.03
   With MLA      11  15  .423  33  33   3   0   0   0  195.2  219   850  123  106  25   65   1   3  103   5  3  4.88
   With TOA       4  11  .267  62  12   0  27   0   0  131.1  156   600   91   75  14   60   4   5   78   2  6  5.14
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     123 127  .492 355 332  61  12   1  17 2109.0 2155  9047 1075  970 165  767  72  38 1145  53 22  4.14
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1973 22 DEA AL  66    5   4.1   0  7.00    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    2    0 1.000  -59   
 1974 23 DEA AL  54  112   4.3   0  3.75    0   0   0  .000   7    8    1  .125   25    8  .758    4   
 1975 24 DEA AL  49   23   5.1   3  2.25    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    2  .000   23   
 1976 25 LAN NL  50   84   3.5   0  2.82   65   6   0  .092   2    5    3  .600   17   11  .607  -97   
 1977 26 TOA AL  52   86   5.9   2  5.92    0   0   0  .000   4    7    2  .286    7    3  .700   29   
 1978 27 MNA AL  52  114   4.3   0  3.30    0   0   0  .000  10   12    2  .167   25   12  .676   20   
 1979 28 MNA AL  57   76   5.9   0  6.32    0   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500   10    5  .667  104   
 1980 29 MNA AL  62  141   5.9   0  3.88    0   0   0  .000   7   11    4  .364    6    7  .462   59   
 1981 30 MNA AL  57  152   6.7   0  3.26    0   0   0  .000   1    6    4  .667   17    7  .708   59   
 1982 31 MLA AL  55  112   5.2   0  4.85    0   0   0  .000   2   10    6  .600   37   14  .725   59   
 1983 32 CHN NL  48  112   5.3   0  3.90   62   4   0  .065   3    8    4  .500   17    3  .850  -15   
 1984 33 CHN NL  61  104   7.0   0  4.17   44   8   0  .182   0    8    7  .875   11    4  .733   18   
 1985 34 CHN NL  53   60   7.2   0  4.33   20   3   0  .150   1    4    3  .750   10    2  .833   33   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 13 Seasons         1190   5.3   5        191  21   0  .110  39   83   38  .458  184   78  .702   19   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  DEA   79-83   Dennis Van Langen
 1974  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1975  DEA   47-115  Dennis Van Langen
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson
 1977  TOA   60-102  Darrell Fitzwater
 1978  MNA   81-81   Tom Austad
 1979  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1980  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1981  MNA   50-112  Tom Austad
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons
 1983  CHN   54-108  Alan Bosslet
 1984  CHN   76-86   Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger
 1985  CHN   59-103  Stan Berger

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