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: 12-11 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	307	1	Apr 3	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	9	2	2	0	6	0	1	2.45	1.54	32	9	7	0	0	9	58			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.067	1.53	0.05%	1.05	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
2	308	5	Apr 8	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.29	2.04	28	12	5	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.072	1.52	0.05%	1.31	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
3	309	9	Apr 14	CHC		NYM	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.20	2.06	26	7	6	1	0	6	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.172	1.77	0.15%	0.94	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
4	310	13	Apr 20	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9		5	8.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.58	2.80	33	20	9	2	1	0	50			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	-0.091	1.76	-0.08%	-0.46	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
5	311	17	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.0	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.55	2.74	18	8	3	0	0	6	31			2	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.348	1.83	-0.39%	-2.56	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 0 out a1
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	312	21	May 1	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.1	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	5.35	3.15	23	7	5	1	0	7	30			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.306	2.56	-0.40%	-2.65	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d3
7	313	25	May 6	CHC		SDP	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.0	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	5.63	3.29	20	8	2	0	0	6	29			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.16	-0.448	1.91	-0.44%	-4.88	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d3
8	314	30	May 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.48	3.25	23	4	12	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.047	2.16	-0.06%	0.17	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out tie
9	315	35	May 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-5)	5	5.0	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	5.65	3.30	27	3	8	0	0	11	28			2	1	0	23	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.31	-0.154	2.49	-0.18%	-1.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
10	316	89	Jul 16	CHC		SDP	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-6)	59	8.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	5.34	3.41	31	12	7	2	1	6	60			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.062	1.46	-0.10%	0.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
11	317	94	Jul 21	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.91	3.28	25	11	7	2	0	5	65			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.326	2.52	0.50%	2.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
12	318	99	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-7)	5	6.1	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.73	3.29	28	10	3	0	0	7	52			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.011	4.87	0.03%	0.66	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d1
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	319	105	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	3	2	2	0	4.67	3.64	29	12	12	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.002	3.34	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
14	320	110	Aug 6	CHC		NYM	W,9-3	GS-6	W(3-7)	4	5.2	7	3	1	2	3	1	0	4.46	3.74	26	7	7	0	1	7	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.087	3.44	0.30%	-0.82	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a4
15	321	116	Aug 11	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-8		4	7.1	11	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.21	3.68	36	10	11	0	0	11	52			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.83	0.213	5.58	0.39%	1.86	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
16	322	121	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-6	L(3-8)	5	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.41	3.86	25	5	7	0	0	9	36			1	2	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.310	3.11	-0.64%	-2.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	323	126	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,3-8	GS-2	L(3-9)	4	1.2	6	7	7	2	1	2	1	4.97	4.17	14	3	1	0	1	6	14			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.486	3.32	-0.89%	-6.25	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d6
18	324	131	Aug 28(2)	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(4-9)	5	5.0	6	2	2	3	0	1	0	4.90	4.32	22	5	8	0	2	6	44			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.057	2.08	0.10%	-0.03	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a4
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
19	325	136	Sep 2	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0	4.67	4.34	26	8	5	0	0	6	62			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.312	2.83	0.40%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
20	326	141	Sep 7	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-10	GS-3	L(5-10)	4	2.2	4	6	6	3	2	1	0	5.04	4.46	15	3	7	0	0	0	25			0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	1	0	.76	-0.313	1.06	-0.26%	-4.86	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d6
21	327	152	Sep 20	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	GS-7		12	6.1	8	5	5	3	5	1	0	5.15	4.48	30	7	7	1	1	8	39			2	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a2
22	328	158	Sep 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS-5	W(6-10)	5	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	5.01	4.42	20	8	6	0	1	4	56			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
23	329	161	Sep 30	CHC		STL	W,2-1	6-6		3	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.04	4.40	5	1	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.51	6t --- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d1
							12-11		W-L:6-10	4.4	126.2	154	75	71	41	55	14	4	5.04	4.40	562	1.23		4%	3%	136	45	0	---%	17	7	1	510	29	4	4	10	2	6	1.09	-1.266	2.37	-1.46%	-14.89

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