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Ron Pruitt
Ronald Ralph Pruitt

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 21, 1951 in Flint, MI
School: Michigan State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1975
Final Game: April 9, 1983
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Ron Pruitt
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1975	23	TEX	AL	14	18	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.176	.222	.176	.399	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	2/7
1976	24	CLE	AL	47	104	86	7	23	1	1	0	5	2	3	16	8	.267	.375	.302	.677	103	26	1	0	0	2	1	97/52D38
1977	25	CLE	AL	78	253	219	29	63	10	2	2	32	2	3	28	22	.288	.369	.379	.748	109	83	10	2	1	3	0	97/2D85
1978	26	CLE	AL	71	205	187	17	44	6	1	6	17	2	1	16	20	.235	.296	.374	.670	89	70	3	0	2	0	3	27/D95
1979	27	CLE	AL	64	188	166	23	47	7	0	2	21	2	0	19	21	.283	.355	.361	.716	94	60	5	0	2	1	1	7D29/5
1980	28	TOT	AL	56	121	106	9	32	3	0	2	15	0	0	12	13	.302	.370	.387	.757	108	41	5	0	2	1	1	7/D52983
1980	28	CLE	AL	23	42	36	1	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.306	.366	.333	.699	93	12	1	0	1	1	0	/95D8
1980	28	CHW	AL	33	79	70	8	21	2	0	2	11	0	0	8	7	.300	.372	.414	.786	116	29	4	0	1	0	1	7/D2538
1981	29	CLE	AL	5	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	1	0	0	0	0	/72D9
1982	30	SFG	NL	5	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	279	3	0	0	0	0	1	/29
1983	31	SFG	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				341	905	795	88	214	28	4	12	92	8	7	94	90	.269	.345	.360	.705	97	286	26	2	7	7	7
162 Game Avg.				162	430	378	42	102	13	2	6	44	4	3	45	43	.269	.345	.360	.705	97	136	12	1	3	3	3

CLE (6 yrs)				288	802	703	77	188	25	4	10	79	8	7	84	79	.267	.344	.357	.701	96	251	21	2	6	7	5
SFG (2 yrs)				6	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	209	3	0	0	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				14	18	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.176	.222	.176	.399	15	3	1	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				33	79	70	8	21	2	0	2	11	0	0	8	7	.300	.372	.414	.786	116	29	4	0	1	0	1

AL (7 yrs)				335	899	790	87	212	27	4	12	90	8	7	93	89	.268	.344	.358	.702	97	283	26	2	7	7	6
NL (2 yrs)				6	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	209	3	0	0	0	0	1

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1975	23	TEX	AL	18	15	1	1.8	92	.214	.176	.257	.222	.326	.176	.377	.399	.704	15	.167	-2.0	-0.2	.267	.059	.000
1976	24	CLE	AL	104	69	11	4.3	84	.288	.267	.254	.375	.318	.302	.358	.677	.675	103	.535	1.4	0.1	.612	.209	.035	.0
1977	25	CLE	AL	253	173	30	4.6	96	.308	.288	.261	.369	.325	.379	.398	.748	.723	109	.501	4.3	0.4	.663	.215	.091	2.0
1978	26	CLE	AL	205	149	21	3.8	93	.236	.235	.260	.296	.325	.374	.383	.670	.708	89	.438	-3.5	-0.4	.592	.230	.139	3.0
1979	27	CLE	AL	188	127	22	4.6	103	.313	.283	.271	.355	.336	.361	.410	.716	.746	94	.491	-1.0	-0.1	.653	.205	.078	2.0
1980	28	TOT	AL	121	82	15	4.9	99	.326	.302	.270	.370	.332	.387	.400	.757	.732	108	.532	1.5	0.2	.671	.198	.085	.0
1980	28	CLE	AL	42	28	5	4.8	100	.355	.306	.270	.366	.333	.333	.401	.699	.734	93	.520	-0.1	-0.0	.615	.139	.028
1980	28	CHW	AL	79	54	10	5.0	99	.311	.300	.269	.372	.331	.414	.399	.786	.730	116	.537	1.6	0.2	.698	.229	.114	.0
1981	29	CLE	AL	10	10	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.256	.100	.321	.000	.373	.100	.693	-69	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.100	.111	.000
1982	30	SFG	NL	5	2	2	27.1	94	.667	.500	.264	.600	.327	.750	.384	1.350	.711	279	.968	1.1	0.1	2.000	.500	.250
1983	31	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.385	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Seasons				905	628	102	4.4	96	.289	.269	.263	.345	.327	.360	.392	.705	.719	97	.487	-0.4	-0.1	.624	.210	.091	9.6
162 Game Avg.				430	298	48	4.4	96	.289	.269	.263	.345	.327	.360	.392	.705	.719	97	.487	-0.4	-0.1	.624	.210	.091	5

CLE (6 yrs)				802	556	89	4.3	95	.287	.267	.263	.344	.327	.357	.392	.701	.719	96	.480	-0.9	-0.1	.622	.211	.090	8.9
SFG (2 yrs)				6	3	2	18.0	94	.500	.400	.264	.500	.327	.600	.384	1.100	.712	209	.934	0.8	0.1	1.333	.400	.200
TEX (1 yr)				18	15	1	1.8	92	.214	.176	.257	.222	.326	.176	.377	.399	.704	15	.167	-2.0	-0.2	.267	.059	.000
CHW (1 yr)				79	54	10	5.0	99	.311	.300	.269	.372	.331	.414	.399	.786	.730	116	.537	1.6	0.2	.698	.229	.114	.0

AL (7 yrs)				899	625	100	4.3	96	.287	.268	.263	.344	.327	.358	.392	.702	.719	97	.479	-1.2	-0.1	.620	.209	.090	9.6
NL (2 yrs)				6	3	2	18.0	94	.500	.400	.264	.500	.327	.600	.384	1.100	.712	209	.934	0.8	0.1	1.333	.400	.200

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	23	TEX	AL	18	0.0%	16.7%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.7			0.71	78%
1976	24	CLE	AL	104	0.0%	7.7%	15.4%	1.9%	9%	0.50	10.8		17.2	0.65	77%
1977	25	CLE	AL	253	0.8%	8.7%	11.1%	5.5%	22%	0.79	10.0	109.5	6.8	0.95	78%
1978	26	CLE	AL	205	2.9%	9.8%	7.8%	6.3%	30%	1.25	9.4	31.2	11.0	0.71	79%
1979	27	CLE	AL	188	1.1%	11.2%	10.1%	4.8%	19%	1.11	7.9	83.0	7.9	0.84	77%
1980	28	TOT	AL	121	1.7%	10.7%	9.9%	4.1%	16%	1.08	8.2	53.0	7.1	1.03	76%
1980	28	CLE	AL	42	0.0%	14.3%	9.5%	2.4%	9%	1.50	6.0		9.0	1.00	74%
1980	28	CHW	AL	79	2.5%	8.9%	10.1%	5.1%	19%	0.88	10.0	35.0	6.4	1.04	77%
1981	29	CLE	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%		2.00	4.5			0.60	70%
1982	30	SFG	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	50%	1.00	4.0		2.0		60%
1983	31	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
9 Seasons				905	1.3%	9.9%	10.4%	4.9%	21%	0.96	8.8	66.3	8.6	0.83	77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	23	TEX	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1976	24	CLE	AL	2	0	18%	47	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	18%	13	8	2	1	1	0	3	2	1
1977	25	CLE	AL	0	0	30%	100	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	50%	18	8	9	4	3	0	10	3	7
1978	26	CLE	AL	3	0	20%	62	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	30%	14	12	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
1979	27	CLE	AL	7	0	33%	67	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	61%	10	3	6	4	2	2	9	1	6
1980	28	TOT	AL	0	0	17%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	25%	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
1980	28	CLE	AL	0	0	7%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1980	28	CHW	AL	0	0	22%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1981	29	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1982	30	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	31	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				12	0	26%	316	8	7	53%	8	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	20	23	40%	61	35	21	9	6	2	32	11	18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1975	23	TEX	AL	18	39%	3			1	0	0	0	2.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1976	24	CLE	AL	104	64%	23			5	2	0	1	2.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	1	6%	7	2	29%	59	6	10%	6	3	50%	6	3	50%	0
1977	25	CLE	AL	253	57%	63			8	1	0	1	1.29	2	0	11	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	50%	54	10	19%	18	9	50%	181	31	17%	19	14	74%	13	5	38%	0
1978	26	CLE	AL	205	44%	44			6	2	0	1	1.62	6	0	3	3	3	6	0	0	2	2	100%	21	3	14%	11	2	18%	118	11	9%	9	1	11%	16	2	13%	0
1979	27	CLE	AL	188	59%	47			12	5	0	3	2.16	2	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	67%	51	5	10%	13	4	31%	132	20	15%	7	6	86%	7	2	29%	0
1980	28	TOT	AL	121	61%	32			20	5	0	5	1.77	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	37	5	14%	14	4	29%	91	13	14%	14	5	36%	10	4	40%	0
1980	28	CLE	AL	42	29%	11			9	3	0	2	0.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	2	2	100%	33	4	12%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1980	28	CHW	AL	79	78%	21			11	2	0	3	2.50	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	24	4	17%	12	2	17%	58	9	16%	10	3	30%	9	4	44%	0
1981	29	CLE	AL	10	90%	0			1	0	0	0	0.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1982	30	SFG	NL	5	40%	2			2	1	0	1	4.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	31	SFG	NL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				905	55%	214			56	16	0	12	1.92	12	0	25	4	8	8	4	0	9	7	78%	188	26	14%	70	21	30%	607	83	14%	59	29	49%	52	16	31%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1975	23	14	18	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.176	.222	.176	.399	15	3	1	0	0	0	0
1976	24	61	122	103	9	26	1	1	0	5	2	3	17	11	.252	.352	.282	.634	88	29	2	0	0	2	1
1977	25	139	375	322	38	89	11	3	2	37	4	6	45	33	.276	.364	.348	.711	103	112	12	2	1	5	1
1978	26	210	580	509	55	133	17	4	8	54	6	7	61	53	.261	.340	.358	.697	98	182	15	2	3	5	4
1979	27	274	768	675	78	180	24	4	10	75	8	7	80	74	.267	.343	.359	.702	97	242	20	2	5	6	5
1980	28	330	889	781	87	212	27	4	12	90	8	7	92	87	.271	.347	.362	.709	98	283	25	2	7	7	6
1981	29	335	899	790	87	212	27	4	12	90	8	7	93	89	.268	.344	.358	.702	97	283	26	2	7	7	6
1982	30	340	904	794	88	214	28	4	12	92	8	7	94	90	.270	.346	.360	.706	97	286	26	2	7	7	7
1983	31	341	905	795	88	214	28	4	12	92	8	7	94	90	.269	.345	.360	.705	97	286	26	2	7	7	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	23	14	19	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	14
1976	24	47	111	90	9	27	1	1	0	6	2	19	8	.300	.414	.333	.748	13	47
1977	25	78	255	221	31	65	10	2	2	34	2	29	22	.294	.376	.385	.761	32	78
1978	26	71	207	190	19	47	6	1	6	19	2	17	20	.247	.309	.384	.693	23	71
1979	27	64	188	168	23	48	7	0	2	21	2	19	21	.286	.356	.363	.719	22	64
1980	28	56	119	106	9	32	3	0	2	15	0	12	13	.302	.370	.387	.757	15	56
1981	29	8	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	5
1982	30	5	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	2	5
1983	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
9 Seasons		344	921	812	96	225	28	4	12	97	8	100	91	.277	.355	.366	.721	108	341
162 Game Avg.		162	434	382	45	106	13	2	6	46	4	47	43	.277	.355	.366	.721	51	341

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