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Dutch
Ruether		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 13, 1893 in Usa, CA, ALAMEDA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1917 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 4 3 3 9 6 7 10 10 10
1918 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 10 7 8 10 10 10
1919 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 4 3 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1920 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1921 27 CLE AL $ 2,807,143 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1922 28 CLE AL $ 2,807,143 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1923 29 CLE AL $ 2,807,143 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1924 30 CHA AL $ 7,521,005 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1925 31 PHI NL $ 7,521,005 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1926 32 PHI NL $ 7,521,005 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1927 33 PHI NL $ 7,521,005 9 4 3 3 10 9 9 10 10 10
1928 34 PHI NL $ 5,000,000 9 3 2 3 9 8 9 9 9 9
1929 35 PHI NL $ 5,000,000 9 3 2 2 9 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 9 6 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,521,005 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1917 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 27 CLE AL $ 2,807,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 28 CLE AL $ 2,807,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 29 CLE AL $ 2,807,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 30 CHA AL $ 7,521,005   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 31 PHI NL $ 7,521,005   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 32 PHI NL $ 7,521,005   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 33 PHI NL $ 7,521,005   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1928 34 PHI NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1929 35 PHI NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,521,005   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1917 23 CLE AL 2 1 .667 3 3 3 0 0 27.0 22 8 1 10 5 2.67 .234 .299 .351 .650 2.6
    AAA   17 8 .680 30 30 18 3 0 250.7 201 54 0 98 144 1.94 .218 .293 .258 .551  
1918 24 CLE AL 9 10 .474 27 26 10 2 0 206.0 201 89 0 85 75 3.89 .258 .331 .325 .656 8.4
1919 25 CLE AL 15 12 .556 34 34 15 4 0 276.3 301 107 1 51 106 3.48 .278 .312 .341 .653 18.2
1920 26 CLE AL 14 5 .737 25 25 15 0 0 216.0 252 84 1 32 64 3.50 .295 .325 .376 .701 17.2
1921 27 CLE AL 10 14 .417 28 28 18 0 0 228.0 303 123 1 42 51 4.86 .320 .350 .427 .777 11.7
1922 28 CLE AL 13 14 .481 33 33 24 0 0 281.0 340 128 4 43 70 4.10 .303 .333 .389 .722 13.0
1923 29 CLE AL 10 17 .370 32 32 20 0 0 255.0 336 131 2 45 57 4.62 .316 .349 .427 .775 8.3
1924 30 CHA AL 9 14 .391 34 31 9 0 0 241.0 289 100 3 47 54 3.73 .297 .334 .378 .713 13.1
1925 31 PHI NL 11 15 .423 28 28 22 1 0 235.0 251 96 7 42 49 3.68 .277 .315 .373 .688 18.1
1926 32 PHI NL 11 12 .478 26 26 20 1 0 214.3 243 86 3 49 37 3.61 .289 .330 .385 .714 12.4
1927 33 PHI NL 16 12 .571 33 33 24 2 0 275.0 299 91 4 40 65 2.98 .277 .308 .364 .673 22.2
1928 34 PHI NL 14 17 .452 33 33 26 3 0 274.0 304 118 10 64 44 3.88 .283 .328 .385 .713 14.3
1929 35 PHI NL 15 14 .517 36 30 22 1 3 252.7 277 117 19 64 40 4.17 .282 .329 .395 .724 17.4
13 Years Sim 149 157 .487 372 362 228 14 3 2981.3 3418 1278 56 614 717 3.86 .290 .328 .381 .709 176.8
1 Years AAA 17 8 .680 30 30 18 3 0 250.7 201 54 0 98 144 1.94 .218 .293 .258 .551  
Season Average 11 12 .478 28 27 17 1 0 229.3 262 98 4 47 55 3.86 .290 .328 .381 .709  
Career Highs 16 17 .737 36 34 26 4 3 281.0 340 131 19 85 106 4.86 .320 .350 .427 .777  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2448 913 40 486 440   .301 .341 .395 .735
vs LH   970 365 16 128 277   .265 .289 .351 .640
Home 81 73 .526 187 186 115 7 1 1560.3 1770 654 28 317 380 3.77 .287 .322 .380 .703
Away 68 84 .447 185 176 113 7 3 1421.0 1648 624 28 297 337 3.95 .293 .328 .382 .710
Mar/Apr 17 14 .548 40 40 20 1 0 314.0 378 145 6 70 81 4.16 .302 .339 .408 .747
May 27 31 .466 70 70 40 3 0 579.0 657 254 12 94 143 3.95 .288 .317 .383 .700
June 20 23 .465 55 52 29 2 2 426.6 473 173 4 91 102 3.65 .281 .318 .373 .691
July 23 35 .397 69 66 45 4 1 540.3 623 244 15 130 127 4.06 .291 .331 .382 .713
August 35 24 .593 71 71 49 2 0 609.7 701 230 4 116 145 3.40 .292 .325 .370 .695
Sep/Oct 27 30 .474 67 63 45 2 1 511.7 586 232 15 113 119 4.08 .287 .324 .381 .705
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1917 23 CLE AL 3 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1
1918 24 CLE AL 27 69 4 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 18 .116 .139 .159 .298 -0.1 0.0
1919 25 CLE AL 34 101 2 21 2 0 0 13 0 0 2 24 .208 .223 .228 .451 3.1 0.0
1920 26 CLE AL 25 81 7 17 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 12 .210 .220 .235 .454 3.0 0.0
1921 27 CLE AL 28 79 9 19 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 12 .241 .247 .278 .525 5.4 0.0
1922 28 CLE AL 33 105 5 17 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 21 .162 .162 .190 .352 1.6 0.0
1923 29 CLE AL 32 94 9 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 2 8 .213 .227 .266 .493 5.4 0.0
1924 30 CHA AL 34 79 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 8 .228 .256 .253 .509 4.9 0.0
1925 31 PHI NL 28 77 6 17 2 2 0 10 0 0 1 7 .221 .231 .299 .529 5.5 0.0
1926 32 PHI NL 26 75 5 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 9 .093 .115 .093 .209 -1.4 0.0
1927 33 PHI NL 33 88 3 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 .170 .198 .193 .391 1.7 0.0
1928 34 PHI NL 33 89 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 .180 .178 .180 .358 1.0 0.0
1929 35 PHI NL 36 89 5 14 2 0 1 12 0 0 1 10 .157 .165 .213 .378 2.6 0.0
13 Years Sim 372 1037 68 192 23 4 1 104 1 1 15 156 .185 .198 .218 .416 33.8 0.1
162 Game Average 451 29 83 10 1 0 45 0 0 6 67 .185 .198 .218 .416 14.7  
Career Highs 36 105 9 21 5 2 1 13 1 1 3 24 .273 .273 .364 .636 5.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   738 47 145 14 3 1 76 0 1 10 98 .196 .209 .228 .437 24.3
vs LH   299 21 47 9 1 0 28 1 0 5 58 .157 .170 .194 .364 3.7
Home 187 525 25 89 10 1 1 57 0 1 7 74 .170 .180 .198 .378 8.4
Away 185 512 43 103 13 3 0 47 1 0 8 82 .201 .216 .238 .454 19.6
RISP   289 0 62 5 2 1 101 0 0 4 33 .215 .223 .256 .479 13.7
Close/Late   93 11 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .226 .250 .237 .487 4.5
Mar/Apr 40 113 7 17 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 21 .150 .165 .177 .342 0.4
May 70 197 9 38 5 0 0 17 0 0 3 30 .193 .204 .218 .422 5.9
June 55 146 9 31 5 1 0 22 0 1 2 12 .212 .221 .260 .482 6.5
July 69 187 12 33 4 1 0 15 1 0 3 34 .176 .194 .209 .402 4.3
August 71 216 16 42 3 1 1 27 0 0 1 37 .194 .195 .231 .427 6.8
Sep/Oct 67 178 15 31 5 0 0 13 0 0 5 22 .174 .200 .202 .402 4.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1917 23 CLE AL P 3 3 27.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.33    
1918 24 CLE AL P 27 26 206.0 12 47 2 1 .967 2.58    
1919 25 CLE AL P 34 34 276.3 20 70 1 4 .989 2.93    
1920 26 CLE AL P 25 25 216.0 17 57 2 5 .974 3.08    
1921 27 CLE AL P 28 28 228.0 15 63 1 2 .987 3.08    
1922 28 CLE AL P 33 33 281.0 20 59 4 2 .952 2.53    
1923 29 CLE AL P 32 32 255.0 20 58 3 2 .963 2.75    
1924 30 CHA AL P 34 31 241.0 16 58 1 4 .987 2.76    
1925 31 PHI NL P 28 28 235.0 14 44 2 5 .967 2.22    
1926 32 PHI NL P 26 26 214.3 5 45 4 2 .926 2.10    
1927 33 PHI NL P 33 33 275.0 22 75 4 4 .960 3.17    
1928 34 PHI NL P 33 33 274.0 14 54 0 4 1.000 2.23    
1929 35 PHI NL P 36 30 252.7 19 58 3 3 .963 2.74    
Career Totals   372 362 2981.3 197 698 27 38 .971 2.70    
Career Highs   36 34 281.0 22 75 4 5 1.000 4.33    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1924 30 CHA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1926 32 PHI NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 4.7 4 1 0 3 3 1.93 .235 .350 .294 .644
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 5.0 4 1 0 3 4 1.80 .211 .318 .263 .581
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1920-9-3.50
1925-3-3.68
1926-9-3.61
1927-3-2.98
 Wins
1919-10-15
 Losses
1923-3-17
1928-4-17
CAR-40-157
 Winning Pct
1920-2-.737
1927-9-.571
 Saves
1929-9-3
 Games Started
1919-10-34
CAR-47-362
Complete Games
1922-10-24
1928-8-26
 Shutouts
1919-2-4
1927-4-2
1928-2-3
 Innings Pitched
CAR-45-2981.3
 Hits Allowed
1922-9-340
1923-8-336
CAR-35-3418
 Homeruns Allowed
1929-10-19
 Walks per 9IP
1920-3-1.3
1921-6-1.7
1922-2-1.4
1923-4-1.6
1924-3-1.8
1925-4-1.6
1926-5-2.1
1927-1-1.3
1928-7-2.1
1929-8-2.3
CAR-45-1.9
WHiP
1925-2-1.25
1927-4-1.23
 OOBP
1925-3-.315
1927-4-.308
 OSLG
1925-9-.373
1927-6-.364
 OOPS
1925-3-.688
1927-5-.673
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  1. Sam Jones (956)
  2. Chief Yellowhorse (946)
  3. Red Causey (925)
  4. Lew Richie (920)
  5. Sam Leever (920)
  6. Jim Bagby (915)
  7. Ed Killian (914)
  8. Bill Holland (901)
  9. Jake Boultes (899)
  10. Frank Owen (893)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Red Causey (988)
  2. Rube Waddell (984)
  3. Eddie Plank (981)
  4. Howard Ehmke (981)
  5. Jim Bagby (981)
  6. Christy Mathewson (976)
  7. Dick Rudolph (975)
  8. Erskine Mayer (973)
  9. Vic Keen (973)
  10. Willie Foster (973)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1917
Injured on 8/4/1917 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 9/16/1917, off Chief Bender (CHA)
Earned first career win on 9/22/1917
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1918, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 6/6/1920 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/18/1924 to a 4-year deal worth $7,521,005 per year
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/14/1925 (Going to PHI: 1B Vic Saier, 3B Pie Traynor, P Dutch Ruether, P Willie Foster, 1B Harry McCurdy. Going to CHA: P Jesse Haines, 1B George Sisler)
Injured on 4/16/1925 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/21/1926 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
 
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