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: 9-16 / in Starts: 9-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	108	3	Apr 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	4	8	0	1	0.00	2.63	38	11	7	0	0	7	77			4	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.229	.83	0.19%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	109	7	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	1.72	3.82	28	5	11	0	0	7	47			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.008	1.98	0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
3	110	11	Apr 19	ATL		SDP	W,4-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	10	0	0	1.09	2.74	33	9	8	2	0	5	84			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.354	1.42	0.32%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	111	14	Apr 23	ATL		LAD	L,4-6	GS-9	L(3-1)	3	8.1	10	6	6	5	5	2	0	2.45	3.68	39	11	8	0	1	10	39			0	0	0	33	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.47	-0.212	3.24	-0.28%	-1.53	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out d1
5	112	18	Apr 27	ATL		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.66	29	11	8	0	2	8	47			2	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.015	1.13	0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	113	21	May 1	ATL	@	STL	L,0-8	GS-2	L(3-3)	3	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.21	3.72	11	3	2	0	1	3	37			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.208	.60	-0.09%	-2.03	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
7	114	80	Jul 5	ATL		CIN	L,3-9	9-GF		64	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.14	3.60	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
8	115	81	Jul 6	ATL		CIN	L,13-15	2-4		0	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.18	3.84	8	3	3	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.56	2t 12- 2 out d5	4t 3 out d6
9	116	84	Jul 10(1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-4)	3	5.0	8	5	1	4	2	1	0	3.04	4.15	27	7	7	0	1	7	37			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	1	.65	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
10	117	88	Jul 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.2	7	6	6	3	1	3	0	3.76	4.87	23	6	6	0	1	7	24			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-3.61	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d6
11	118	93	Jul 22	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(3-6)	7	6.1	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.52	4.60	27	12	11	7	0	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.255	.00	0.00%	2.57	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
12	119	97	Jul 26	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-7)	3	6.0	4	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.74	4.55	23	9	5	1	2	4	51			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
13	120	101	Jul 30	ATL		PIT	L,6-10	GS-5		3	4.1	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.14	4.43	24	7	5	0	0	9	24			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
14	121	105	Aug 3	ATL		STL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-8)	3	5.0	8	4	4	2	7	0	0	4.34	4.21	25	3	5	0	0	8	40			1	0	0	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
15	122	109	Aug 7	ATL		MON	W,6-2	CG	W(4-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.10	4.28	36	8	16	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.354	.00	0.00%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	123	113	Aug 12	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.98	4.27	28	4	10	1	4	5	62			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	124	117	Aug 16	ATL		HOU	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-9)	3	6.0	7	3	1	5	2	0	0	3.83	4.29	32	14	4	0	0	7	47			3	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.16	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d2
18	125	122	Aug 21	ATL	@	MON	L,4-10	GS-6	L(4-10)	4	6.0	11	9	5	4	3	1	0	4.04	4.38	33	11	4	1	1	11	21			0	0	0	28	2	2	1	0	0	1	1.09	-0.550	.00	0.00%	-6.19	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d5
19	126	126	Aug 25	ATL		CHC	W,8-6	GS-5	W(5-10)	3	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.02	4.40	22	9	8	5	1	1	51			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	127	137	Sep 5	ATL		SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-10)	10	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.72	4.28	32	11	11	0	0	3	82			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.329	.00	0.00%	4.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	128	142	Sep 10	ATL		SDP	W,9-6	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	8	6	6	5	3	1	0	3.88	4.34	39	13	10	0	0	8	45			2	1	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	129	147	Sep 15	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-7	GS-6		4	6.0	9	6	5	2	2	0	0	4.04	4.29	29	8	8	1	0	9	32			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-3.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
23	130	151	Sep 20	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(7-11)	4	8.0	9	6	5	2	5	0	0	4.13	4.17	35	9	10	0	0	9	45			4	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	2	0	1.04	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-2.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
24	131	155	Sep 24	ATL		CIN	L,7-8	GS-2	L(7-12)	3	1.1	5	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.41	4.22	12	1	3	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-4.53	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d4
25	132	159	Sep 28	ATL		HOU	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-13)	3	8.0	3	2	1	1	6	0	0	4.23	4.08	28	13	5	0	0	3	75			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.188	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
							9-16		W-L:7-13	3.3	151.0	158	86	71	62	84	14	1	4.23	4.08	666	1.14		5%	4%	145	48	2	0%	26	6	0	591	27	4	6	7	3	8	.90	-0.978	.44	0.16%	-7.41

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