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Ron Pruitt

Ronald Ralph Pruitt

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Catcher
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Rangers/Giants 1975-1983

Final Game: April 9, 1983
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 Awards
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 97/5238
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 97/285
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 27/95D
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 1 729/D5
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 /729
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 23 TEX AL 18 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2/7
1976 24 CLE AL 104 1 -2 1 0 1 -1 3 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ 97/5238
1977 25 CLE AL 253 5 -2 -2 -1 -4 -3 8 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ 97/285
1978 26 CLE AL 205 -5 0 1 -1 -8 1 7 -5 -0.6 3 0.3 -0.9 $ 27/95D
1979 27 CLE AL 188 0 -1 2 -1 -3 -2 6 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $ 729/D5
1980 28 CLE AL 42 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /95D8
1980 28 CHW AL 79 1 0 -1 -1 -2 -1 3 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 7/D2538
1981 29 CLE AL 10 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /729
1982 30 SFG NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /29
1983 31 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
9 Seasons 905 -1 -5 1 -4 -19 -6 29 -4 -0.6 14 1.4 -2.0 $
CLE (6 yrs) 802 -1 -5 2 -3 -17 -5 25 -2 -0.3 13 1.3 -1.6 $
SFG (2 yrs) 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
TEX (1 yr) 18 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 79 1 0 -1 -1 -2 -1 3 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1975 TEX AL 23 C 13 4 2 44.2 26 21 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.24 2.00 .983 6.00 5.98 1 1 5 2 29% 0
1975 TEX AL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1975 TEX AL 23 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1976 CLE AL 24 OF 26 15 11 150.1 44 41 3 0 1 1.000 2 17 2.63 1.69 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 CLE AL 24 RF 13 7 5 68.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 2.65 1.54 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 CLE AL 24 LF 12 8 6 78.1 24 21 3 0 1 1.000 3 43 2.76 2.00 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 CLE AL 24 3B 6 1 0 26.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1 37 4.50 2.17 .953 2.94 2.95
1976 CLE AL 24 C 6 4 3 42.0 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 -2 -57 5.79 4.50 .981 5.74 5.77 1 3 10 2 17% 0
1976 CLE AL 24 1B 1 1 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 7.50 5.00 .992 9.90 9.90
1976 CLE AL 24 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 2.25 1.00 .980 2.92 3.00
1977 CLE AL 25 OF 69 56 50 526.2 109 104 2 3 0 .972 -4 -8 1.81 1.54 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 CLE AL 25 RF 43 38 33 346.1 62 59 1 2 0 .968 -5 -18 1.56 1.40 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 CLE AL 25 LF 27 17 16 168.2 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 2 11 2.35 1.63 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 CLE AL 25 C 4 1 1 17.0 13 9 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.88 3.25 .986 6.04 5.98 0 1 1 1 50% 0
1977 CLE AL 25 CF 2 1 1 11.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.31 1.50 .983 2.85 2.80
1977 CLE AL 25 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1978 CLE AL 26 C 48 35 34 329.1 188 170 15 3 4 .984 -7 -26 5.06 3.85 .983 5.53 5.48 1 10 45 10 18% 0
1978 CLE AL 26 OF 16 13 7 108.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -1 -12 2.42 1.81 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 CLE AL 26 LF 12 10 5 81.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -1 -15 2.56 1.92 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 CLE AL 26 RF 4 3 2 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.00 1.50 .978 2.23 2.22
1978 CLE AL 26 3B 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 3.00 3.00
1978 CLE AL 26 DH 1 1
1979 CLE AL 27 OF 29 27 14 227.2 46 43 1 2 0 .957 -3 -17 1.74 1.52 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 CLE AL 27 LF 19 17 8 139.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -40 1.10 0.89 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 CLE AL 27 C 11 3 2 45.1 25 22 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 4.96 2.27 .982 5.46 5.39 0 2 6 2 25% 0
1979 CLE AL 27 RF 11 10 6 88.2 30 27 1 2 0 .933 1 18 2.84 2.55 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 CLE AL 27 DH 8 8
1979 CLE AL 27 3B 3 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 30 4.50 0.67 .955 3.15 3.03
1980 TOT AL 28 OF 17 13 9 118.0 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -23 2.29 1.76 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 TOT AL 28 DH 8 8
1980 TOT AL 28 3B 5 1 1 14.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -94 0.64 0.20 .950 3.02 3.00
1980 TOT AL 28 CF 2 1 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.50 1.00 .980 2.92 2.90
1980 CLE AL 28 OF 6 4 4 45.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -37 2.00 1.67 .979 2.48 2.47
1980 CLE AL 28 RF 5 4 4 41.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -35 1.98 1.80 .976 2.13 2.12
1980 CLE AL 28 3B 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 3.00 3.00
1980 CLE AL 28 DH 2 2
1980 CLE AL 28 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .980 2.92 2.90
1980 CHW AL 28 OF 11 9 5 73.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 2.47 1.82 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 CHW AL 28 LF 10 8 4 65.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.49 1.80 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 CHW AL 28 DH 6 6
1980 CHW AL 28 C 5 1 1 15.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0 0 3.00 1.00 .987 5.46 5.48 0 1 0 0 0
1980 CHW AL 28 3B 3 1 1 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -98 0.82 0.33 .950 3.03 3.00
1980 CHW AL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 10.00
1980 CHW AL 28 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 1.00 .980 2.92 2.90
1981 CLE AL 29 OF 3 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 1.50 1.00 .983 2.50 2.47
1981 CLE AL 29 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 1.00 .980 2.34 2.40
1981 CLE AL 29 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.50 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 29 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -90 1.12 1.00 .980 2.14 2.20
1982 SFG NL 30 C 1 0 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 11.25 5.00 .984 6.30 6.30 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SFG NL 30 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.30
1982 SFG NL 30 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.00
8 Seasons OF 162 126 93 1150.2 262 249 7 6 2 .977 -9 -9 2.00 1.58 .979 2.41 2.40
8 Seasons C 89 48 43 498.1 290 256 30 4 6 .986 -9 -22 5.17 3.21 .983 5.60 5.59 3 18 67 17 20% 0
7 Seasons LF 83 61 40 543.0 129 125 3 1 1 .992 -2 -5 2.12 1.54 .977 2.20 2.19
7 Seasons RF 78 63 51 580.0 129 122 3 4 1 .969 -6 -12 1.94 1.60 .977 2.13 2.13
5 Seasons 3B 17 2 1 48.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 -1 -13 3.00 0.94 .953 2.98 2.99
3 Seasons CF 5 2 2 27.2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -35 1.95 1.20 .982 2.90 2.88
2 Seasons 1B 2 1 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 6.43 2.50 .992 9.90 9.95
9 Seasons TOT 270 177 137 1704.0 574 514 49 11 8 .981 -19 -13 2.97 2.09 .980 3.39 3.54 3 18 67 17 20% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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