Muddy Ruel

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 150lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: February 20, 1896 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: November 13, 1963 in Palo Alto, CA

Buried: Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, CA

High School: Soldan HS (St. Louis, MO)

School: Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: May 29, 1915 (Age 19-098d, 4,329th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1934 (Age 38-186d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Herold Dominic Ruel

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1924 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

4514

1242

.275

494

RBI

536

OBP

.365

SLG

.332

OPS

.697

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-48 / in Starts: 18-39
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	66 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 225 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	136 (67-49-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 225 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (75-47-29)

Most Driven In
J Cronin	5
O Bluege	4
J Judge	3
J Hayes	2
S West	2
R Barnes	1
S Stewart	0
B Myer	0

Most Driven In By
S Rice	4
J Judge	3
B Myer	2
F Marberry	2
J Cronin	1
C Gooch	1
S West	1
J Hayes	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1178	1	Apr 17	WSH		PHA	L,4-13	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.33	-0.006	.88	-0.01%	-1.37	C
2	1179	2	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-8	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8	1.08	-0.019	2.60	-0.03%	-0.43	C
3	1180	5 (2)	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	8	1.25	-0.097	3.04	-0.14%	-0.80	C
4	1181	7 (1)	Apr 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	8	.99	-0.016	2.13	-0.02%	-0.12	C
5	1182	8	Apr 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	8						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1183	11 (2)	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1.46	0.056	2.45	0.06%	0.37	C
7	1184	12	May 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.273	.158	.431	8	1.55	-0.068	2.29	-0.06%	-0.33	C
8	1185	14 (1)	May 7	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.231	.130	.361	8	2.03	-0.204	3.06	-0.19%	-1.37	C
9	1186	15	May 8	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.207	.115	.322	8	2.26	-0.192	3.15	-0.16%	-0.79	C
10	1187	16	May 9	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.212	.103	.316	8	.61	-0.052	.78	-0.04%	-0.60	C
11	1188	17	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.129	.250	.129	.379	8	1.54	0.135	1.83	0.10%	0.61	C
12	1189	21 (3)	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.300	.176	.476	8	.94	0.084	1.70	0.09%	0.44	C
13	1190	22	May 17	WSH		PHA	L,1-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.189	.318	.216	.534	7	1.75	0.295	3.05	0.31%	1.43	C
14	1191	23	May 18 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.311	.211	.522	4	7.42	-0.214	11.20	-0.19%	-0.54	PH
15	1192	24	May 18 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.190	.476	7	1.86	-0.179	2.54	-0.15%	-1.58	C
16	1193	25	May 19	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.283	.178	.461	7	.48	-0.037	.54	-0.03%	-0.86	C
17	1194	27 (1)	May 22 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.298	.170	.468	7	1.08	0.004	.90	0.00%	0.03	C
18	1195	28	May 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.288	.163	.451	7	2.01	-0.103	2.39	-0.07%	-0.66	PH C
19	1196	29	May 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.302	.189	.490	7	1.20	0.162	1.20	0.10%	1.42	C
20	1197	30	May 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.164	.303	.182	.485	7	.91	-0.026	.71	-0.01%	0.16	C
21	1198	31	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.324	.190	.514	7	1.56	0.037	1.03	0.02%	0.76	C
22	1199	33 (1)	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,7-12	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.342	.203	.546	8	.71	0.019	.17	0.00%	0.28	C
23	1200	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,8-5	CG	4	3	2	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.377	.274	.651	7	.40	0.067	.11	0.01%	2.34	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1201	37 (1)	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.370	.262	.632	8	1.50	-0.039	.37	-0.01%	-0.65	C
25	1202	38	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.357	.250	.607	8	2.27	-0.168	.43	-0.02%	-1.11	C
26	1203	39	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.356	.243	.599	8	1.53	-0.055	.35	-0.01%	-0.37	C
27	1204	40	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	W,8-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.344	.233	.577	8	.44	-0.035	.07	0.00%	-0.49	C
28	1205	41	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.351	.237	.588	8	.35	0.017	.07	0.00%	0.28	C
29	1206	42	Jun 6	WSH		DET	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.361	.253	.614	8	1.22	0.067	.21	0.01%	0.45	C
30	1207	43	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,11-17	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.213	.357	.250	.607	8						PH
31	1208	44	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.363	.262	.625	8	.83	0.091	.10	0.01%	1.25	C
32	1209	45	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.368	.264	.632	8	1.11	-0.025	.14	0.00%	0.11	C
33	1210	46	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,13-3	GS-7	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.391	.281	.672	8	.36	0.011	.04	0.00%	0.65	C
34	1211	47	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.395	.290	.685	8	1.57	0.138	.18	0.01%	1.20	C
35	1212	48	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	L,8-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.385	.281	.666	8	1.43	-0.088	.08	0.00%	-0.87	C
36	1213	49	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.378	.276	.654	8	.72	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-0.58	C
37	1214	50	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.372	.270	.642	8	1.31	-0.108	.07	0.00%	-1.10	C
38	1215	52 (1)	Jun 18	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.384	.301	.685	8	1.18	0.052	.09	0.00%	1.30	C
39	1216	58 (5)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.381	.298	.679	9	.11	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
40	1217	59	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.383	.295	.678	8	1.09	0.053	.01	0.00%	0.34	C
41	1218	63 (3)	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,12-2	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.398	.312	.710	8	.17	0.030	.00	0.00%	3.20	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	1219	64	Jul 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.394	.310	.704	8	.35	-0.023	.00	0.00%	0.94	C
43	1220	67 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.390	.308	.698	8	1.05	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
44	1221	68	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-14	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.263	.387	.305	.692	9						PH
45	1222	69	Jul 7	WSH	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.379	.298	.677	8	.99	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
46	1223	71 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-16	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.373	.294	.667	8	.55	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
47	1224	74 (2)	Jul 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.377	.300	.677	7	.65	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
48	1225	75	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.380	.313	.693	7	1.91	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.64	C
49	1226	76	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.379	.314	.693	7	.81	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
50	1227	79 (2)	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.370	.305	.675	6	.80	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
51	1228	82 (2)	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.266	.371	.308	.679	5	.92	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
52	1229	84 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.363	.299	.662	5	1.18	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.14	C
53	1230	86 (1)	Jul 23	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.362	.300	.662	6	.89	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
54	1231	87	Jul 24	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.362	.307	.669	7	1.68	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.58	C
55	1232	88	Jul 25	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.365	.314	.679	7	2.07	0.117	.00	0.00%	0.48	C
56	1233	89	Jul 26	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.357	.306	.663	7	.91	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
57	1234	93 (3)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.360	.306	.666	9	.58	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	1235	100 (6)	Aug 6 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.354	.301	.655	7	.51	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
59	1236	103 (2)	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.353	.299	.651	9	.69	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
60	1237	118 (14)	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.349	.296	.645	7	1.34	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
61	1238	119	Aug 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	14-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.349	.296	.645	7						C
62	1239	122 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.357	.298	.655	7	.53	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.64	C
63	1240	124 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.360	.295	.654	7	.56	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	1241	127 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.357	.294	.651	7	.53	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
65	1242	134 (6)	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	5-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.364	.302	.665	7	.47	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
66	1243	135	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.362	.297	.658	7	1.29	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
67	1244	137 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-16	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.361	.293	.655	7						C
68	1245	145 (7)	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.359	.292	.651	9	1.98	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
69	1246	148 (2)	Sep 26	WSH		NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.355	.287	.642	7	1.91	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.60	C
							21-48		225	188	16	46	4	2	0	17	32	4	7	0	3		2		1	1	.245	.355	.287	.642		1.10	-1.205	.70	-0.43%	-4.67

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