Ron Pruitt

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: October 21, 1951 in Flint, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: June 25, 1975 (Age 23-247d, 13,651st in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 9, 1983 (Age 31-170d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Ronald Ralph Pruitt

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

795

214

.269

RBI

OBP

.345

SLG

.360

OPS

.705

OPS+

Summary of 12 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 3 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	10
CHW	2

Platoon
vs LHP	8
vs RHP	4

Home/Road
Home	8
Away	4

Outs
0	5
1	4
2	3

9 Opps
KCR	2
SEA	2
DET	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CLE	1
NYY	1
MIL	1
CHW	1

12 Pitchers
Ross Baumgarten	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Ross Grimsley	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Jon Matlack	1
Kip Young	1
Bill Travers	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Ron Guidry	1
Tom Burgmeier	1

5 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	12

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
12-	1
-2-	1
1--	1
1-3	1

18 RBI
RISP	3
0 on	8
1 on	2
2 on	2
Any on	4

Inning
2	2
3	1
4	1
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2

1-3	3
4-6	4
7-end	5

RelScore
+3	1
+2	2
Tied	3
-1	3
-4..	3

Ahead	3
Tied	3
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	6
LF	3
RF	2
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	4
7th	3
9th	2
6th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-08-06	CLE	@	MIN	Tom Burgmeier	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	7	9	0.248	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1977-08-28	CLE		SEA	Glenn Abbott	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	1-3	3	3	9	0.068	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Dade Scores; D. Kuiper Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1978-04-08	CLE		KCR	Dennis Leonard	tied 4-4	b 2	0	---	1	9	2	0.112	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1978-04-17	CLE		TEX	Jon Matlack	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	12-	3	7	2	0.069	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Thornton Scores/unER; T. Cox Scores/unER; R. Pruitt Scores/unER
5	5	3	1	1978-05-10	CLE		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	9	2	0.130	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1978-08-31 (2)	CLE		MIL	Bill Travers	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.075	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	1978-09-16	CLE		DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 1-10	b 9	0	---	1	5	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	1978-09-17	CLE		DET	Kip Young	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.254	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1979-05-30	CLE	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	tied 3-3	t 5	1	1--	2	5	2	0.228	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Thornton Scores
10	10	2	1	1979-09-26	CLE	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 1-6	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	7	0.024	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Johnson Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1980-07-24	CHW	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	DH	0.108	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1980-08-19	CHW		CLE	Ross Grimsley	behind 4-8	b 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)