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Johnny Ruffin

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 172lb (190cm, 78kg)

Born: July 29, 1971 in Butler, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Choctaw County HS (Butler, AL).

High School: Choctaw County HS (Butler, AL)

Debut: August 8, 1993 (Age 22-010d, 16,372nd in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 2, 2001 (Age 30-004d)
vs. MIL 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: Johnny Renando Ruffin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

4.13

139

196.0

163

WHIP

1.429

Summary of 25 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 4 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	21
ARI	4

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Home	13
Away	12

Outs
0	12
1	10
2	3

10 Opps
ATL	6
NYM	3
COL	3
SFG	3
MON	3
PIT	2
SDP	2
LAD	1
CHC	1
HOU	1

24 Batters
Matt Williams	2
Todd Hollandsworth	1
Archi Cianfrocco	1
Bernard Gilkey	1
Fred McGriff	1
Mark Johnson	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Dante Bichette	1
Charlie Hayes	1
Brian Jordan	1
Eddie Williams	1
Wally Joyner	1
Jeff Kent	1
Ron Gant	1
Moisés Alou	1
Shane Andrews	1
Terry Pendleton	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Robin Ventura	1
Barry Bonds	1
Eric Young Sr.	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Sammy Sosa	1

11 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	10
Chase Field (PHO)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
MileHigh Std (DEN)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	10
78	8
9	5
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	12
3	7
4	3
6	1
Unk	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	19
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
1--	5
-2-	5
123	1
12-	1

40 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	13
1 on	10
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	12

Inning
5	4
6	4
7	6
8	8
9	2
Extra	1

4-6	8
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	4
-1	1
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	11
Tied	4
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	6
0-1	6
1-1	5
2-1	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-2	1
Unk	1
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	7
RF	5
LF	5
1B	3
PH	3
CF	1
2B	1

OrderPos
4th	7
3rd	5
1st	3
5th	3
9th	3
6th	2
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1993-08-13	Ron Gant	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 10-0	t 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Blauser Scores
2	2	2	1	1993-09-15	Ryan Klesko	ATL		CIN	behind 2-6	b 9	1	-2-	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Pecota Scores
3	3	3	1	1993-09-24	Charlie Hayes	COL		CIN	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) F1X	2	4	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Girardi Scores
4	4	4	1	1993-09-26	Eric Young Sr.	COL		CIN	ahead 7-2	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	6	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1994-05-28	Jeff Kent	NYM		CIN	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	4	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1994-05-31	Marquis Grissom	MON	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	21%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1994-06-23	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	CIN	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	3	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	4	2	1994-06-23	Matt Williams	SFG	@	CIN	behind 2-6	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	5	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1994-07-30	Eddie Williams	SDP		CIN	behind 4-5	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	24%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	6	1	1994-08-05	Fred McGriff	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 8-5	t 6	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	6%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Kelly Scores
11	11	7	2	1994-08-05	Terry Pendleton	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 10-5	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	5	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1996-04-17	Sammy Sosa	CHC		CIN	tied 6-6	b 10	0	1--	4,(2-1) BCB1X	2	4	9	28%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Grace Scores
13	13	2	1	1996-05-04	Matt Williams	SFG		CIN	behind 5-9	b 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) .SBX	2	1	5	6%	9%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); M. Carreon Scores
14	14	3	1	1996-05-24	Dante Bichette	COL		CIN	behind 6-9	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	3	9	10%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	4	1	1996-06-14	Moisés Alou	MON	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	9	9%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Alou Scores
16	16	5	2	1996-06-14	Shane Andrews	MON	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	8	5	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Andrews Scores
17	17	6	1	1996-06-19	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		CIN	behind 4-10	b 7	1	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	3	3	6%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Eusebio Scores; B. Spiers Scores; J. Bagwell Scores
18	18	7	1	1996-06-21	Bernard Gilkey	NYM		CIN	tied 4-4	b 5	0	1--	6,(3-2) ..B11BFBT>X	2	3	7	20%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Vizcaíno Scores
19	19	8	1	1996-07-19	Mark Johnson	PIT		CIN	behind 2-11	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	9	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	9	1	1996-08-10	Todd Hollandsworth	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Gagne Scores; T. Hollandsworth Scores
21	21	10	1	1996-08-13	Archi Cianfrocco	SDP	@	CIN	behind 3-10	t 8	0	---		1	2	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2000-08-01	Brian Jordan	ATL	@	ARI	tied 2-2	t 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	9	29%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Jones Scores
23	23	2	1	2000-08-03	Wally Joyner	ATL	@	ARI	behind 3-8	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	2000-08-05	Robin Ventura	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	1--	4,(1-2) FBCX	2	5	5	12%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Pratt Scores
25	25	4	1	2000-08-12	Aramis Ramírez	PIT		ARI	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	123	3,(0-2) CFX	4	5	5	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Kendall Scores; B. Giles Scores; M. Benjamin Scores