Johnny Rucker

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: January 15, 1917 in Crabapple, GA us

Died: August 7, 1985 in Moultrie, GA

Buried: Rucker Family Cemetery, Crabapple, GA

School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 23-092d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 29-257d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: John Joel Rucker

Nicknames: The Crabapple Comet

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Relatives: Nephew of Nap Rucker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

2617

711

.272

354

RBI

214

OBP

.302

SLG

.366

OPS

.668

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (8)	May 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	13	May 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	14	May 7	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
7	15	May 8	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	16	May 9 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	17	May 9 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	37 (19)	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	T,0-0	CG	22	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	38	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	39	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
13	40	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
14	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	43	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-18	CG	47	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
17	44	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	45	Jun 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	47 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	48	Jun 13 susp	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
21	49	Jun 15	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	50	Jun 16	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	51	Jun 17	NYG		BRO	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	52	Jun 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
25	53	Jun 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	54	Jun 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	52	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
27	55	Jun 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	56	Jun 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	57	Jun 23 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	58	Jun 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	59	Jun 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	60	Jun 25	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	61	Jun 26	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	62	Jun 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	63	Jun 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	64	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	65	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	66	Jul 2	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	67	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	68	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	71	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	72	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	73	Jul 9	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	74	Jul 10 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	75	Jul 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	76	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	77	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	79	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
52	80	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	81	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	82	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-14	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	86	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	93 (6)	Jul 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	94	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	95	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
62	96	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	3	0	0	3	0
63	97	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
67	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	102	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	103	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	104	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	105	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	108	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	109	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	110	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
77	111	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	112	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	113	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	114	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	116	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	117	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	118	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
85	119	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
86	120	Aug 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	123	Aug 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	124	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
91	125	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	126	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	68	16.2	3	0	0	3	0
93	128 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	130	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	131	Sep 10	NYG		BSN	W,10-2	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	132	Sep 11	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	60	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	135	Sep 14	NYG	@	PHI	T,4-4	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	136	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	137	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	138	Sep 17	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	139	Sep 18	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	140	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	141	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	142	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	143	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	144	Sep 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
110	145	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	146	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	147	Sep 26 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	148	Sep 26 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	149	Sep 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	58	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	150	Sep 28 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	151	Sep 28 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	CHC	T,3-3	CG	0	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
							117gm			254	8	10	272	3