Dave Rucker
David Michael Rucker
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 1, 1957 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Eisenhower (Rialto, CA)
Schools: University of La Verne, University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1981
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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 Awards
1983 25 TOT MLB 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 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 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
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
7 Seasons 175 28 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .192 .222 .231 .453 27 6 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 26 24 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .192 .222 .231 .453 27 6 0 0 1 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

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
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 .379 .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 0.0 101 .000 .000 .266 .000 .337 .000 .401 .000 .738 -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 Seasons 28 22 2 2.4 95 .313 .192 .262 .222 .329 .231 .388 .453 .717 27 .272 -2.6 -0.3 .333 .077 .038
162 Game Avg. 26 20 2 2.4 95 .313 .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*

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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 Seasons 28 0.0% 39.3% 3.6% 3.6% 20% 11.00 2.4 2.67 54%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
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
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 Seasons 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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Season 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

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
1983 25 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 26 84 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 27 125 25 23 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .261 .511 43 6 0 0 1 0 0
1986 28 144 26 24 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .208 .240 .250 .490 37 6 0 0 1 0 0
1987 29 144 26 24 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .208 .240 .250 .490 37 6 0 0 1 0 0
1988 30 175 28 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .192 .222 .231 .453 27 6 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1984 26 50 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 50
1985 27 41 13 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 Seasons 175 27 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 .154 .185 .192 .377 2 175
162 Game Avg. 162 25 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .154 .185 .192 .377 2 175

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