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: 12-8 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	166	4	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.00	2.18	35	5	18	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.048	1.38	0.04%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	167	7	Apr 15(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.70	2.19	31	10	7	0	0	7	60			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.184	2.08	0.17%	1.11	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a1
3	168	11	Apr 20	PHI		NYM	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	1.75	2.42	35	15	8	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.245	.86	0.27%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
4	169	16	Apr 25	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.48	2.36	32	9	7	0	1	9	46			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.206	2.65	-0.22%	-0.23	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out tie
5	170	20	Apr 30	PHI		SFG	W,4-1	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.33	2.42	26	9	7	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.188	2.13	0.21%	1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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	171	24	May 5	PHI	@	LAD	W,11-0	GS-7	W(5-0)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1.97	2.58	25	11	7	1	0	2	73			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.221	1.03	0.25%	3.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
7	172	28	May 9	PHI	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-0)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.65	2.64	30	17	8	1	1	1	85			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.565	2.09	0.72%	3.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
8	173	32	May 13	PHI	@	SFG	W,12-3	GS-5		3	4.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.97	2.60	22	8	10	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.103	3.00	-0.13%	-1.28	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out a1
9	174	36	May 18	PHI		MON	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-1)	4	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.31	2.76	29	6	12	1	1	7	49			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.258	3.55	-0.50%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	175	41	May 23	PHI		STL	L,1-3	GS-5	L(6-2)	4	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.52	2.76	23	4	8	0	3	6	44			4	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.116	2.32	-0.18%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
11	176	46	May 29	PHI	@	MON	L,0-9	GS-5	L(6-3)	5	4.2	9	7	7	1	5	1	0	3.20	2.84	24	7	2	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.231	2.57	-0.43%	-4.77	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d7
Jun				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
12	177	51	Jun 3(1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.22	2.84	24	4	7	5	1	6	48			0	0	0	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.010	1.77	-0.01%	0.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
13	178	56	Jun 8	PHI		ATL	L,5-11	GS-7		4	6.0	10	5	4	2	3	1	0	3.41	2.98	29	9	5	0	0	10	35			1	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.189	1.04	-0.16%	-2.47	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d4
14	179	61	Jun 13	PHI		HOU	L,3-4	GS-4	L(6-4)	4	3.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.67	3.14	21	3	6	0	1	8	30			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.269	1.80	-0.25%	-2.49	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
15	180	72	Jun 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-5	W(7-4)	12	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.76	3.25	21	6	6	2	2	4	48			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.098	.83	-0.07%	-0.42	1b start tie	5b 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
16	181	77	Jul 1(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,7-13	GS-6		4	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.93	3.38	23	7	5	3	0	7	37			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.247	1.48	-0.21%	-1.98	1b start a 4	6b 1-- 0 out tie
17	182	99	Jul 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,8-16	GS-3	L(7-5)	23	2.1	4	7	7	3	0	1	0	4.46	3.58	14	1	6	0	1	4	18			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.458	1.76	-0.42%	-4.48	1b start a 4	3b 12- 1 out d1
18	183	103	Jul 30	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.32	3.57	26	9	9	0	1	3	63			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.241	.73	0.17%	2.98	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
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
19	184	108	Aug 3(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-6		3	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.33	3.65	27	8	7	0	0	8	44			1	1	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.37	0.017	2.65	0.02%	-0.04	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
20	185	114	Aug 8	PHI		MON	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.27	3.80	21	8	7	1	0	5	55			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.131	.71	0.06%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							12-8		W-L:7-5	3.9	122.1	121	59	58	37	58	10	2	4.27	3.80	518	1.03		7%	5%	113	50		---%	14	5	0	473	21	5	6	5	2	4	1.00	-0.345	1.83	-0.69%	0.83

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