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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,15-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 6 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,1-1	CG	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 12	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 13 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
26	26	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
27	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	33	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
35	35	May 27 susp	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39 (3)	Jun 1	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	43	Jun 5	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	59	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	44	Jun 7	NYG		BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	46	Jun 10 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	47	Jun 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	Jun 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	49	Jun 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
48	51	Jun 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
49	52	Jun 16	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	54	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	55	Jun 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	51	12.2	2	0	1	3	0
53	56	Jun 19	NYG		BSN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 20	NYG		BSN	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	59 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	60	Jun 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	53	10.1	6	0	0	6	0
57	61	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	62	Jun 24 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105 (42)	Aug 10	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
60	106	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	109	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	110	Aug 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	111	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	112	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	113	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	114	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	115	Aug 18	NYG		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	116	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	117	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	118	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	119	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	120	Aug 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	121	Aug 25 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	122	Aug 25 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	125 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	128 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
80	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	131	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	132	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	133	Sep 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	134	Sep 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	135	Sep 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	136	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	137	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	138	Sep 10	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	139	Sep 11	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
90	140	Sep 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	141	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	152 (6)	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,2-2	CG	0	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
							98gm			253	5	6	264	2