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: 15-8 / in Starts: 14-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	219	2	Apr 11	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	1	0	5	0	1	1.00	1.82	32	14	7	1	1	5	76			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.279	.75	0.13%	2.01	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
2	220	6	Apr 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	8	3	1	2	3	0	0	1.06	2.19	34	9	12	3	0	8	59			4	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.174	1.13	0.09%	0.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
3	221	11	Apr 21	PHI	@	MON	L,3-10	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.1	9	7	7	3	3	1	0	3.63	3.00	28	7	6	0	1	9	22			3	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.388	1.13	-0.24%	-3.85	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
4	222	16	Apr 27	PHI		MON	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.87	3.01	33	11	15	0	3	4	74			1	0	0	30	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.05	0.419	1.12	0.27%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
5	223	21	May 3	PHI		SFG	W,7-5	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	7.0	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.52	2.89	30	9	8	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.233	.82	-0.11%	-2.20	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
6	224	26	May 8	PHI		SDP	W,11-7	GS-7		4	6.1	9	7	7	4	6	1	0	4.43	3.14	31	8	4	1	0	9	29			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.519	.79	-0.26%	-4.34	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
7	225	31	May 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-9	W(5-1)	5	8.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.93	3.21	30	16	3	0	1	5	66			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.31	0.184	1.13	0.10%	2.02	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
8	226	36	May 19	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.65	3.35	37	12	11	2	2	7	66			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.518	1.83	0.31%	1.77	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
9	227	41	May 25	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-13	GS-2	L(6-2)	5	2.0	7	8	8	2	2	1	1	4.66	3.61	16	4	0	0	0	7	10			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.410	.82	-0.26%	-7.15	1b start tie	2b 3 out d8
10	228	45	May 30	PHI		STL	W,10-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	9	2	0	0	7	0	0	4.09	3.29	36	13	7	1	0	9	72			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	1	1	.46	0.242	.59	0.19%	2.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
11	229	49	Jun 3	PHI		NYM	L,2-6	GS-8	L(7-3)	3	8.0	8	5	3	2	6	0	0	4.02	3.15	34	11	8	1	0	7	54			2	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	.98	-0.011	1.13	-0.01%	-1.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
12	230	53	Jun 8	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	GS-6	W(8-3)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.05	3.20	29	10	5	0	0	9	45			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.034	1.59	0.02%	-0.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
13	231	58	Aug 12	PHI		STL	L,3-11	GS-5	L(8-4)	64	5.0	7	4	4	5	1	0	0	4.22	3.31	26	4	9	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	2	0	1.36	-0.268	1.90	-0.23%	-1.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
14	232	62	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS-5	L(8-5)	3	4.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.50	3.41	22	5	5	1	1	7	30			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.282	1.03	-0.18%	-3.34	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
15	233	66	Aug 22	PHI		HOU	W,8-4	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	6.2	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.56	3.38	28	6	12	1	0	6	46			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	.55	0.163	.35	0.06%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a4
16	234	70	Aug 26	PHI		ATL	L,3-5	GS-7		3	7.0	10	3	2	3	5	1	0	4.43	3.44	33	13	2	0	0	10	49			2	0	0	27	3	1	0	1	1	0	1.06	0.003	.83	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	235	75	Aug 31	PHI	@	ATL	W,11-8	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	5.2	6	8	8	4	2	1	1	4.84	3.61	27	7	7	1	0	6	23			2	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.324	.13	-0.03%	-4.54	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a2
Sep/Oct				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
18	236	79	Sep 4	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.1	8	5	4	3	5	0	0	4.92	3.55	25	5	4	1	0	8	36			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.134	.24	-0.02%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
19	237	84	Sep 9	PHI		MON	W,11-8	GS-5		4	5.0	8	6	6	3	1	0	0	5.16	3.57	25	8	5	0	0	8	25			1	0	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.400	.37	-0.10%	-3.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
20	238	88	Sep 16(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(11-5)	6	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.88	3.51	35	16	7	1	2	2	75			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.425	.45	0.09%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	239	95	Sep 22	PHI	@	MON	L,2-6	GS-8	L(11-6)	5	7.0	8	5	4	3	6	0	0	4.89	3.44	32	11	6	1	1	6	46			1	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	-0.308	.53	-0.07%	-1.86	1b start a 1	8b --3 0 out d2
22	240	100	Sep 27(2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-14	GS-4	L(11-7)	4	3.0	9	7	7	0	1	2	0	5.23	3.59	18	5	12	5	3	0	14			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.319	.27	-0.07%	-4.99	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d5
23	241	107	Oct 4	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	4-5	W(12-7)	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.15	3.56	7	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.127	.00	0.00%	0.91	4t --- 0 out a1	5t 3 out a1
							15-8		W-L:12-7	4.3	146.2	162	94	84	54	80	10	3	5.15	3.56	648	1.34		6%	4%	146	45	0	---%	26	1	1	576	32	5	4	12	7	6	1.10	-1.028	.88	-0.31%	-26.40

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