Dutch Ruether

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: September 13, 1893 in Alameda, CA us

Died: May 16, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1917 (Age 23-212d, 4,573rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 9.0 IP, 6 H, 9 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1927 (Age 34-016d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1917 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Ruether

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

137

ERA

3.50

309

272

2124.2

708

WHIP

1.404

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-38 / in Starts: 8-5
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	62 (25-19-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (23-16-8)

Most Driven In
C Williams	3
L Mann	3
A Wilson	2
D Shean	1
L Doyle	1
C Wortman	1
V Saier	1
G Neale	0

Most Driven In By
R Elliott	1
B McKechnie	1
H Wolter	1
H Groh	0
C Hendrix	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	1	3 (2)	Apr 13	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	9	.35	0.077	.99	0.13%	1.62	P
2	2	4	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.500	.600	.500	1.100	7	2.32	-0.052	7.02	-0.09%	-0.26	PH
3	3	5	Apr 15	CHC		STL	L,3-5	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.400	.500	.400	.900	9	.67	-0.016	1.97	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
4	4	6	Apr 16	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.250	.650	6	1.03	-0.128	2.79	-0.21%	-1.19	1B
5	5	7	Apr 18	CHC		STL	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.182	.357	.182	.539	6	.64	-0.076	1.59	-0.11%	-1.32	1B
6	6	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.368	.375	.743	6	.27	0.016	.71	0.03%	0.63	1B
7	7	9	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.409	.389	.798	6	1.08	0.068	2.91	0.11%	0.40	1B
8	8	10	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.273	.385	.364	.748	6	1.02	0.135	2.52	0.20%	0.43	1B
9	9	15 (4)	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.304	.407	.478	.886	8	3.42	0.377	9.56	0.63%	2.44	PH
10	10	16	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.304	.429	.478	.907	9	.44	0.014	1.28	0.03%	0.11	P
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
11	11	17	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,9-0	3-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.320	.452	.480	.932	9	.07	0.005	.22	0.01%	0.28	P
12	12	24 (6)	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.438	.462	.899	9	.63	-0.015	2.20	-0.03%	-0.13	P
13	13	32 (7)	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.296	.424	.444	.869	9	1.47	-0.034	8.11	-0.11%	-0.13	PH
14	14	33	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.296	.441	.444	.886	5	4.62	0.139	25.26	0.46%	0.65	PH
15	15	35 (1)	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.429	.429	.857	7	2.54	-0.061	13.34	-0.19%	-0.39	PH
16	16	40 (4)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.310	.444	.517	.962	9	3.73	0.533	14.94	1.28%	1.43	PH
17	17	41	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.459	.533	.993	9	2.64	0.104	11.40	0.27%	1.00	PH
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
18	18	42	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.323	.447	.516	.963	9	3.23	-0.078	14.14	-0.21%	-0.20	PH
19	19	46 (3)	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.344	.462	.531	.993	9	.61	0.027	3.44	0.09%	0.37	PH
20	20	49 (2)	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.344	.462	.531	.993	9						PH
21	21	51 (1)	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.324	.439	.500	.939	9	.19	-0.010	.94	-0.03%	-0.28	PH P
22	22	53 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.306	.419	.472	.891	9	2.30	-0.114	8.10	-0.24%	-0.78	P
23	23	54	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.306	.419	.472	.891	8	1.35	-0.033	4.26	-0.06%	-0.29	PH
24	24	55	Jun 17	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.297	.409	.459	.869	7	.89	-0.022	2.48	-0.04%	-0.20	PH
25	25	58 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	5-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.289	.400	.447	.847	9	.52	-0.012	1.64	-0.02%	-0.18	PH P
26	26	63 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.275	.383	.425	.808	9	1.21	0.224	3.51	0.39%	1.81	P
27	27	65 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.275	.396	.425	.821	9	.50	0.025	1.88	0.06%	0.36	PH
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
28	28	72 (6)	Jul 1	CHC		STL	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.388	.415	.802	9	.27	-0.006	.90	-0.01%	-0.13	PH
29	29	73	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.268	.388	.415	.802	9						P
30	30	74	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.262	.380	.405	.785	6	1.53	-0.040	3.99	-0.06%	-0.32	PH
31	31	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,10-13	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.392	.442	.834	9	.47	0.025	.91	0.03%	1.00	P
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds
32	32	101	Jul 31	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.273	.385	.432	.816	7	2.19	-0.074	4.04	-0.08%	-0.42	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
33	33	102	Aug 1	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.377	.422	.800	9	.79	-0.010	1.03	-0.01%	-0.04	PH
34	34	103	Aug 2	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.261	.370	.413	.783	7	3.72	-0.145	3.16	-0.07%	-0.55	PH
35	35	104	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,2-10	5-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.271	.375	.438	.813	9	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	0.31	P
36	36	106 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.271	.386	.438	.823	9	.08	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.23	PH
37	37	107	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.397	.469	.866	9	.80	0.056	.44	0.02%	0.60	PH
38	38	114 (6)	Aug 13	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.400	.471	.871	9	.39	-0.014	.06	0.00%	-0.15	P
39	39	122 (7)	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.410	.471	.880	7	1.85	0.042	.26	0.00%	0.21	PH
40	40	123	Aug 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.288	.403	.462	.865	7	1.00	-0.023	.09	0.00%	-0.25	PH
41	41	129 (5)	Aug 31	CIN		CHC	T,8-8	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.288	.413	.462	.874	9	1.38	0.035	.02	0.00%	0.22	PH
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
42	42	132 (2)	Sep 2	CIN		PIT	L,7-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.283	.406	.453	.859	9	1.40	-0.047	.03	0.00%	-0.42	PH
43	43	136 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CIN		STL	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.400	.444	.844	9	1.92	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
44	44	137	Sep 9 (2)	CIN		STL	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.291	.409	.455	.864	9	2.95	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.59	PH
45	45	138	Sep 11 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.291	.409	.455	.864	9						P
46	46	144 (5)	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.288	.400	.441	.841	9	.98	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
47	47	147 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,2-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.389	.426	.815	9	.57	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH P
48	48	149 (1)	Sep 24	CIN		BSN	T,2-2	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.274	.384	.419	.803	9	6.43	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.69	PH
49	49	150	Sep 25 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,0-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.266	.373	.406	.780	9	.36	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
50	50	152 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.368	.400	.768	9	3.53	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
51	51	157 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.354	.382	.737	9	.31	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
							11-38		80	68	4	17	3	3	0	12	11	0	18	0	0		2		1		.250	.354	.382	.737		1.11	0.653	2.51	2.11%	4.94

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