Dutch Ruether

Positions: Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: September 13, 1893 in Alameda, CA us

Died: May 16, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Last Game: September 29, 1927 (Age 34-016d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1917 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Ruether

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

137

ERA

3.50

309

272

2124.2

708

WHIP

1.404

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1911	17	-8.2	Portland	PCL	A		0	1	.000	6.00	7.50	1	1					6.0	7	5	4		2							1.500	10.5		3.0

1914	20	-6.0	Vancouver	NWES	B		11	9	.550		3.36	28						190.0	136	71			84		116					1.158	6.4		4.0	5.5	1.38
1915	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-AA		6	6	.500	3.93	4.34	31						130.2	118	63	57		69							1.431	8.1		4.8
1915	21	-6.7	Salt Lake City	PCL	AA		0	2	.000	6.95	8.55	9						33.2	43	32	26		21							1.901	11.5		5.6
1915	21	-8.9	Vancouver	NWES	B		6	4	.600	2.88	2.88	22						97.0	75	31	31		48							1.268	7.0		4.5
1916	22		3 Teams	2 Lgs	B-AA		17	9				34						228.2	177	94	84		105
1916	22	-5.7	Salt Lake City	PCL	AA
1916	22	-5.7	Portland	PCL	AA
1916	22	-7.6	Spokane	NWES	B		13	4	.765	3.74	3.74	22						149.0	115	62	62		64							1.201	6.9		3.9
1917	23		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-CIN	3	2	.600	3.00	3.63	17	8	8	2	1	0	72.0	80	29	24	0	26		35	5	0	1	307	1.472	10.0	0.0	3.3	4.4	1.35
1917	23	-4.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	0	1.000	2.48	2.97	10	4	5	1	0	0	36.1	37	12	10	0	12		23	3	0	1	153	1.349	9.2	0.0	3.0	5.7	1.92
1917	23	-4.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	2	.333	3.53	4.29	7	4	3	1	1	0	35.2	43	17	14	0	14		12	2	0	0	154	1.598	10.9	0.0	3.5	3.0	0.86
1918	24	-3.6	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	2.70	8.10	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.0	10	9	3	0	3		10	1	0	0	47	1.300	9.0	0.0	2.7	9.0	3.33
1919	25	-2.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	19	6	.760	1.82	2.56	33	29	3	20	3	0	242.2	195	69	49	1	83		78	7	0	5	983	1.146	7.2	0.0	3.1	2.9	0.94
1920	26	-2.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	16	12	.571	2.47	2.95	37	33	4	23	5	3	265.2	235	87	73	2	96		99	9	1	6	1086	1.246	8.0	0.1	3.3	3.4	1.03
1921	27	-0.9	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	10	13	.435	4.26	4.94	36	27	8	12	1	2	211.1	247	116	100	7	67		78	7	0	7	936	1.486	10.5	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.16
1922	28	0.0	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	21	12	.636	3.53	4.14	35	35	0	25	2	0	267.1	290	123	105	11	92		89	6	0	1	1157	1.429	9.8	0.4	3.1	3.0	0.97
1923	29	0.1	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	15	14	.517	4.22	5.14	34	34	0	20	0	0	275.0	308	157	129	11	86		87	6	0	4	1191	1.433	10.1	0.4	2.8	2.8	1.01
1924	30	1.4	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	8	13	.381	3.91	4.93	30	21	8	13	2	3	168.0	190	92	73	4	45		63	5	0	1	739	1.399	10.2	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.40
1925	31	2.1	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	18	7	.720	3.87	4.23	30	29	0	16	1	0	223.1	241	105	96	5	105		68	8	0	1	997	1.549	9.7	0.2	4.2	2.7	0.65
1926	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	WSH-NYY	14	9	.609	4.60	5.00	28	28	0	10	0	0	205.1	246	114	105	5	84		56	5	1	0	934	1.607	10.8	0.2	3.7	2.5	0.67
1926	32	3.2	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	12	6	.667	4.84	5.31	23	23	0	9	0	0	169.1	214	100	91	5	66		48	4	1	0	780	1.654	11.4	0.3	3.5	2.6	0.73
1926	32	3.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	3.50	3.50	5	5	0	1	0	0	36.0	32	14	14	0	18		8	1	0	0	154	1.389	8.0	0.0	4.5	2.0	0.44
1927	33	4.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	6	.684	3.38	4.30	27	26	0	12	3	0	184.0	202	88	69	8	52		45	7	0	0	785	1.380	9.9	0.4	2.5	2.2	0.87
1928	34	5.6	San Francisco	PCL	AA		29	7	.806	3.03	3.74	36						303.0	330	126	102		57							1.277	9.8		1.7
1929	35	7.1	Mission	PCL	AA		14	9	.609	4.72	4.89	30						208.0	247	113	109		64							1.495	10.7		2.8
1930	36	7.8	Seattle	PCL	AA		17	15	.531	3.44	4.82	35						254.0	318	136	97		78							1.559	11.3		2.8
1931	37		2 Teams	PCL	AA		9	13				24						160.0	208	106	89		40
1931	37	9.2	Seattle	PCL	AA
1931	37	9.2	Portland	PCL	AA
1932	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A		3	10	.231	4.57	4.98	13						108.1	135	60	55		35							1.569	11.2		2.9
1932	38	9.8	Mission	PCL	AA		3	9	.250	4.19	4.63	12						103.0	124	53	48		30							1.495	10.8		2.6
1932	38	8.2	Nashville	SOUA	A		0	1	.000	11.81	11.81	1						5.1	11	7	7		5							3.000	18.6		8.4
1933	39	10.8	Oakland	PCL	AA		0	1	.000	6.75	7.43	3	1					13.1	20	11	10		1							1.575	13.5		0.7
1934	40	11.4	Seattle	PCL	AA		0	0		1.08	2.16	5	0					8.1	8	2	1		1							1.080	8.6		1.1
1935	41	12.8	Seattle	PCL	AA		0	0		8.44	8.44	4	0					5.1	5	5	5		3							1.500	8.4		5.1
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		137	95	.591	3.50	4.19	309	272	31	154	18	8	2124.2	2244	989	826	54	739		708	66	2	26	9162	1.404	9.5	0.2	3.1	3.0	0.96
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		93	62				208	2					1376.0	1439	654	502		458		116
All Levels (23 Seasons)							230	157				517	274	31	154	18	8	3500.2	3683	1643	1328	54	1197		824	66	2	26	9162

AA (10 seasons)					Minors		63	43				134	1					928.2	1095	478	398		255
A (2 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	8.74	9.53	2	1					11.1	18	12	11		7							2.206	14.3		5.6
B (3 seasons)					Minors		30	17	.638		3.39	72						436.0	326	164	93		196		116					1.197	6.7		4.0