Dick Ruthven

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Irvington HS (Fremont, CA), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st) of the 1973 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Irvington HS (Fremont, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1973 (Age 22-021d, 13,346th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: May 1, 1986 (Age 35-035d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Richard David Ruthven

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Hutton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

123

127

ERA

4.14

355

332

2109.0

1145

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-4 / in Starts: 0-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	PHI		LAD	L,0-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.2	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.79	4.09	20	54	38	10	5	6	5	1	1	6	43			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.140	24.46	-3.01%	-1.16	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1980	NLCS g2	Oct 8	PHI		HOU	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.57	3.75	29	96	54	11	5	10	7	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.100	42.58	1.77%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	1980	NLCS g5	Oct 12	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	3.53	6	18	11	3	1	2	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.288	167.64	14.59%	0.82	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
4	1980	WS g3	Oct 17	PHI	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	9	3	3	0	7	2	0	2.50	3.81	35	124	80	19	8	14	9	3	0	5	64			1	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.196	48.84	4.49%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI	@	MON	L,1-3	GS-4	L(0-1)	3	4.0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	4.50	6.60	17					9	4	0	4	3	45			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.170	15.47	-1.57%	-1.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
											26.2	21	11	10	6	14	4	0	3.38		107																			0

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