Dave Rucker

David Michael Rucker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1957 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Eisenhower HS (Rialto, CA)
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1981
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Tigers/Pirates 1981-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Batting

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
1978	20	DET-min	A,Rk	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			LAK,BRS · FLOR,APPY
1979	21	DET-min	AA,AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1980	22	DET-min	AAA	53	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1981	23	DET-min	AAA	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EVN · AA
1981	23	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	24	DET-min	AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EVN · AA
1982	24	DET	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	25	DET-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EVN · AA
1983	25	TOT	MLB	38	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	25	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1983	25	STL	NL	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	26	STL	NL	50	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	27	PHI-min	AAA	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1985	27	PHI	NL	41	14	12	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.333	.385	.417	.801	122	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1986	28	PHI-min	AAA	12	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750		3		0	1	0	0		POR · PCL
1986	28	PHI	NL	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1987	29	TEX-min	AAA	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1988	30	PIT-min	AAA	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1988	30	PIT	NL	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	31	PIT-min	AAA	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1		0	1	0	0		BFL · AA
7 Yrs				208	28	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.192	.222	.231	.453	27	6	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	22	20	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.192	.222	.231	.453	27	5	0	0	1	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				60	15	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.308	.357	.385	.742	105	5	0	0	1	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				84	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				175	28	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.192	.222	.231	.453	27	6	0	0	1	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	23	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1982	24	DET	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	25	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1983	25	STL	NL	34	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1984	26	STL	NL	50	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1985	27	PHI	NL	41	14	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$220,000	1
1986	28	PHI	NL	19	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1988	30	PIT	NL	31	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
7 Seasons				208	28	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$220,000

DET (3 yrs)				33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHI (2 yrs)				60	15	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$220,000
STL (2 yrs)				84	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PIT (1 yr)				31	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1983	25	TOT	MLB	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	25	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1984	26	STL	NL	7	6	0	0.0	92	.250	.143	.261	.143	.326	.143	.380	.286	.705	-18	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1985	27	PHI	NL	14	9	2	6.0	97	.571	.333	.263	.385	.332	.417	.393	.801	.724	122	.657	0.4	0.0	.750	.167	.083
1986	28	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.336	.000	.399	.000	.735	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1988	30	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	88		.000	.254	.000	.318	.000	.373	.000	.690	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				28	22	2	2.4	95	.333	.192	.262	.222	.329	.231	.388	.453	.717	27	.272	-2.6	-0.3	.333	.077	.038
162 Game Avg.				22	17	2	2.4	95	.333	.192	.262	.222	.329	.231	.388	.453	.717	27	.272	-2.6	-0.3	.333	.077	.038

PHI (2 yrs)				15	10	2	5.4	97	.500	.308	.264	.357	.332	.385	.393	.742	.725	105	.611	0.1	0.0	.667	.154	.077
STL (2 yrs)				11	10	0	0.0	94	.143	.091	.262	.091	.328	.091	.384	.182	.712	-49	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	88		.000	.254	.000	.318	.000	.373	.000	.690	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				28	22	2	2.5	95	.333	.192	.262	.222	.329	.231	.388	.453	.717	27	.272	-2.6	-0.3	.333	.077	.038

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1983	25	TOT	MLB	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				2.00	75%
1983	25	STL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				2.00	75%
1984	26	STL	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3				0.50	57%
1985	27	PHI	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	7.1%	7.1%	25%	5.00	2.4					50%
1986	28	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%

1988	30	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Yrs				28	0.0%	39.3%	3.6%	3.6%	20%	11.00	2.4				2.67	54%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.2%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.67	6.3	41.0	8.4	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1981	23	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	24	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	25	TOT	MLB	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.88	-1.1	0
1983	25	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	25	STL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.88	-1.1	0
1984	26	STL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.51	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.62	-1.0	0
1985	27	PHI	NL	0.4	0.0	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.85	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.08	-0.0	0
1986	28	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0

1988	30	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.37	-0.5	0
7 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	28	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.68	-0.4	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.88	-2.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1983	25	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	STL	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
1984	26	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	27	PHI	NL	0	0	40%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	28	PHI	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

1988	30	PIT	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
7 Yrs				0	0	33%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1983	25	TOT	MLB	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	25	STL	NL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	26	STL	NL	7	57%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	27	PHI	NL	14	64%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1986	28	PHI	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1988	30	PIT	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				28	64%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	PIT	NL	2	6	3.00	6	100%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%		67%	0%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1 Yr				2	6	3.00	6	100%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%		67%	0%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1983	25	67	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1984	26	117	11	11	0	1	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0
1985	27	158	25	23	2	5	1	1	9	.217	.250	.261	.511	43	6	1
1986	28	177	26	24	2	5	1	1	9	.208	.240	.250	.490	37	6	1
1987	29	177	26	24	2	5	1	1	9	.208	.240	.250	.490	37	6	1
1988	30	208	28	26	2	5	1	1	11	.192	.222	.231	.453	27	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	25	38	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1984	26	50	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	50
1985	27	41	14	12	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.333	.385	.417	.801	2	41
1986	28	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19

1988	30	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
5 Yrs		179	28	26	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	.154	.185	.192	.377	2	179
162 Game Avg.		162	25	24	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	.154	.185	.192	.377	2	179

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