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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 23 DET AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 62 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1982 24 DET AL 5 6 .455 3.38 27 4 8 1 0 0 64.0 62 26 24 4 23 3 31 2 0 1 274 120 1.328 8.7 0.6 3.2 4.4 1.35
1983 25 TOT MLB 6 5 .545 5.28 38 3 9 0 0 0 46.0 54 31 27 3 26 0 28 2 0 1 210 71 1.739 10.6 0.6 5.1 5.5 1.08
1983 25 DET AL 1 2 .333 17.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 18 17 17 2 8 0 6 1 0 0 52 24 2.889 18.0 2.0 8.0 6.0 0.75
1983 25 STL NL 5 3 .625 2.43 34 0 9 0 0 0 37.0 36 14 10 1 18 0 22 1 0 1 158 151 1.459 8.8 0.2 4.4 5.4 1.22
1984 26 STL NL 2 3 .400 2.10 50 0 15 0 0 0 73.0 62 23 17 0 34 2 38 1 0 1 304 167 1.315 7.6 0.0 4.2 4.7 1.12
1985 27 PHI NL 3 2 .600 4.31 39 3 11 0 0 1 79.1 83 42 38 6 40 6 41 2 0 2 350 86 1.550 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.7 1.03
1986 28 PHI NL 0 2 .000 5.76 19 0 5 0 0 0 25.0 34 19 16 4 14 3 14 0 0 2 119 68 1.920 12.2 1.4 5.0 5.0 1.00
1988 30 PIT NL 0 2 .000 4.76 31 0 11 0 0 0 28.1 39 19 15 2 9 1 16 0 0 1 131 72 1.694 12.4 0.6 2.9 5.1 1.78
7 Yrs 16 20 .444 3.94 206 10 61 1 0 1 319.2 337 164 140 19 147 15 170 8 0 8 1406 95 1.514 9.5 0.5 4.1 4.8 1.16
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .444 3.94 65 3 19 0 0 0 101 106 52 44 6 46 5 54 3 0 3 443 95 1.514 9.5 0.5 4.1 4.8 1.16
DET (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 33 7 10 1 0 0 77.0 83 47 44 6 32 3 39 4 0 1 344 79 1.494 9.7 0.7 3.7 4.6 1.22
PHI (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.66 58 3 16 0 0 1 104.1 117 61 54 10 54 9 55 2 0 4 469 81 1.639 10.1 0.9 4.7 4.7 1.02
STL (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 2.21 84 0 24 0 0 0 110.0 98 37 27 1 52 2 60 2 0 2 462 161 1.364 8.0 0.1 4.3 4.9 1.15
PIT (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.76 31 0 11 0 0 0 28.1 39 19 15 2 9 1 16 0 0 1 131 72 1.694 12.4 0.6 2.9 5.1 1.78
NL (5 yrs) 10 12 .455 3.56 173 3 51 0 0 1 242.2 254 117 96 13 115 12 131 4 0 7 1062 102 1.521 9.4 0.5 4.3 4.9 1.14
AL (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 33 7 10 1 0 0 77.0 83 47 44 6 32 3 39 4 0 1 344 79 1.494 9.7 0.7 3.7 4.6 1.22

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 23 DET AL 4.0 2 0 4 9.00 2.89 0.67 -0.23 110.9 2.21 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -3 .354 .498 $
1982 24 DET AL 64.0 27 4 26 3.66 4.49 0.50 -0.15 98.6 3.78 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.6 8 .505 .501 $
1983 25 DET AL 9.0 4 3 17 17.00 4.78 0.64 0.08 98.2 4.14 -13 -1.0 1.5 -0.0 -1.0 -12 .249 .494 $
1983 25 STL NL 37.0 34 0 14 3.41 4.33 0.02 -0.34 100.7 4.00 2 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.5 6 .508 .502 $
1984 26 STL NL 73.0 50 0 23 2.84 4.18 0.08 -0.32 97.1 3.66 6 0.7 .9 -0.2 1.1 14 .513 .504 $
1985 27 PHI NL 79.1 39 3 42 4.76 4.14 -0.26 -0.22 105.2 4.40 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.1 4 .489 .497 $220,000
1986 28 PHI NL 25.0 19 0 19 6.84 4.32 -0.14 -0.33 102.2 4.21 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .458 .495 $
1988 30 PIT NL 28.1 31 0 19 6.04 4.11 0.20 -0.33 96.7 3.46 -8 -0.9 .9 0.0 -0.7 -6 .470 .494 $
7 Seasons 319.2 206 10 164 4.62 4.25 0.09 -0.25 100.4 3.93 -26 -2.4 1.0 -0.4 -0.1 6 .488 .498 $220,000
DET (3 yrs) 77.0 33 7 47 5.49 4.44 0.53 -0.12 99.2 3.74 -15 -1.2 1.3 0.0 -0.5 -7 .465 .498 $
PHI (2 yrs) 104.1 58 3 61 5.26 4.18 -0.23 -0.25 104.4 4.36 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .479 .496 $220,000
STL (2 yrs) 110.0 84 0 37 3.03 4.23 0.06 -0.33 98.3 3.77 8 0.9 1.0 -0.2 1.6 20 .511 .503 $
PIT (1 yr) 28.1 31 0 19 6.04 4.11 0.20 -0.33 96.7 3.46 -8 -0.9 .9 0.0 -0.7 -6 .470 .494 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1981 23 DET AL 2 18 16 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 .188 .278 .313 .590 .214 5 0 1 0 0 0 1
1982 24 DET AL 27 274 247 26 62 10 1 4 2 0 23 31 .251 .320 .348 .668 .274 86 4 2 2 0 3 2
1983 25 TOT MLB 38 210 180 31 54 12 0 3 3 4 26 28 .300 .394 .417 .811 .342 75 5 2 2 0 0 2
1983 25 DET AL 4 52 43 17 18 5 0 2 0 1 8 6 .419 .519 .674 1.194 .457 29 1 1 0 0 0 0
1983 25 STL NL 34 158 137 14 36 7 0 1 3 3 18 22 .263 .353 .336 .688 .307 46 4 1 2 0 0 2
1984 26 STL NL 50 303 262 23 62 6 1 0 2 6 34 38 .237 .324 .267 .592 .274 70 6 1 5 2 2 6
1985 27 PHI NL 39 350 298 42 83 16 5 6 5 3 40 41 .279 .361 .426 .787 .300 127 10 2 4 6 6 3
1986 28 PHI NL 19 119 100 19 34 9 0 4 2 0 14 14 .340 .410 .550 .960 .353 55 4 0 2 3 3 2
1988 30 PIT NL 31 131 119 19 39 10 1 2 1 2 9 16 .328 .369 .479 .848 .359 57 2 0 1 2 1 2
7 Yrs 206 1405 1222 164 337 63 9 19 15 15 147 170 .276 .354 .389 .743 .304 475 31 8 16 13 15 18
162 Game Avg. 65 442 385 52 106 20 3 6 5 5 46 54 .276 .354 .389 .743 .304 150 10 3 5 4 5 6
MLB Averages .259 .324 .390 .714 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 23 DET AL -1.4 -0.1 19 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.1 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.05 -0.5 0 0 2
1982 24 DET AL 5.2 0.5 282 -0.1 4.8 -5.0 .99 0.5 -0.6 11.9 1.2 0.99 4.8 9 5 9
1983 25 TOT MLB -8.6 -0.7 221 -0.9 3.1 -4.0 .96 -0.6 -0.4 -8.2 -0.7 0.96 -8.0 11 7 16
1983 25 DET AL -12.6 -1.1 54 -1.2 0.6 -1.7 1.05 -0.7 -0.4 -11.6 -1.0 1.05 -8.0 0 1 0
1983 25 STL NL 3.9 0.4 167 0.2 2.5 -2.3 .94 0.1 0.1 3.4 0.4 0.94 0.0 11 6 16
1984 26 STL NL 10.3 1.1 315 0.1 2.9 -2.8 .58 0.9 -0.7 9.1 1.0 0.58 9.3 12 7 31
1985 27 PHI NL -4.6 -0.5 359 -0.6 3.9 -4.6 .70 -0.9 0.0 -7.4 -0.8 0.70 -6.0 11 4 20
1986 28 PHI NL -5.3 -0.6 124 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 .75 -0.6 0.1 -9.1 -0.9 0.75 -10.8 6 4 8
1988 30 PIT NL -5.2 -0.6 137 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .39 -0.4 -1.0 -9.6 -1.0 0.39 -7.6 9 0 21
7 Yrs -9.8 -0.8 1457 -2.5 17.2 -19.7 .74 -1.2 -2.2 -15.4 -1.3 0.74 -18.7 58 27 107

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 24 DET AL 27 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 1 0 2 50% 58.2 72 47 15 11 3 0 3.5 2.7 6.5
1983 25 TOT MLB 38 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 50 22 35 15 2 1 6.6 4.5 2.6
1983 25 DET AL 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 31.7 50 22 10 7 2 1 6.6 4.5 2.6
1985 27 PHI NL 39 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.7 47 38 17 5 1 1 5.3 4.5 6.0
3 Yrs 70 10 3 4 3 1 1 5 5 .500 0 2 1 0 3 30% 46 72 22 42 23 6 2 4.9 3.6 5.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 23 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .045 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1982 24 DET AL 27 23 8 4 4 2 0 2 0% 5 3 20 6 30% 7 .993 9 5 9 5 4 14 12 11 9 13 10 5 5.0
1983 25 TOT MLB 38 35 9 5 4 0 0 0 5 2 25 5 20% .963 11 7 16 8 8 19 13 22 14 14 17 9 3.3
1983 25 DET AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1.048 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1983 25 STL NL 34 34 9 5 3 0 0 0 5 2 24 4 17% 6 .935 11 6 16 7 8 19 12 22 13 14 16 9 3.3
1984 26 STL NL 50 50 15 2 3 1 0 1 0% 4 3 29 10 34% 8 .584 12 7 31 7 5 38 20 30 24 11 28 11 4.4
1985 27 PHI NL 39 36 11 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 30 13 43% 7 .705 11 4 20 5 8 23 15 21 22 6 23 7 5.1
1986 28 PHI NL 19 19 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 4 40% 7 .754 6 4 8 3 5 11 7 12 11 7 11 5 3.9
1988 30 PIT NL 31 31 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 18 7 39% 8 .394 9 0 21 6 6 19 13 18 7 15 7 6 2.7 15
7 Yrs 206 196 61 13 16 5 1 4 20% 21 12 132 45 34% .740 58 27 107 34 36 126 80 116 89 66 98 43 4.1 15

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 23 DET AL 18 39% 0.0% 11.1% 5.6% 5.6% 33% 0.67 78% 3 0 0%
1982 24 DET AL 274 26% 1.5% 11.3% 8.4% 5.5% 24% 1.21 77% 54 4 7%
1983 25 TOT MLB 210 35% 1.4% 13.3% 12.4% 7.1% 28% 1.42 71% 46 5 11%
1983 25 DET AL 52 23% 3.9% 11.5% 15.4% 13.5% 39% 1.22 67% 14 1 7%
1983 25 STL NL 158 39% 0.6% 13.9% 11.4% 5.1% 22% 1.47 72% 32 4 13%
1984 26 STL NL 304 33% 0.0% 12.5% 11.2% 2.3% 11% 1.11 75% 72 6 8%
1985 27 PHI NL 350 24% 1.7% 11.7% 11.4% 7.7% 33% 1.37 73% 78 10 13%
1986 28 PHI NL 119 37% 3.4% 11.8% 11.8% 10.9% 38% 1.18 71% 26 4 15%
1988 30 PIT NL 131 40% 1.5% 12.2% 6.9% 9.9% 33% 0.56 0.76 79% 28% 4.7% 35% 33 2 6%
7 Yrs 1406 31% 1.4% 12.1% 10.5% 6.5% 27% 0.56 1.19 74% 28% 4.7% 35% 312 31 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.2% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 PIT NL 123 441 3.59 283 64% 19% 17% 30% 35% 81% 3% 52% 80% 50% 6% 7 4 11% 13 7 1 13% 1 2 8 0 0
1 Yr 123 441 3.59 283 64% 19% 17% 30% 35% 81% 3% 52% 80% 50% 6% 7 4 11% 13 7 1 13% 1 2 8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1981 23 DET AL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 24 DET AL 274 62 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 16 6 3 38% 2 1 3 115 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1983 25 TOT MLB 210 54 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 7 5 0 71% 2 1 1 83 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1983 25 DET AL 52 18 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 1 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1983 25 STL NL 158 36 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 64 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 26 STL NL 303 62 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 28 12 6 43% 6 1 3 127 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1985 27 PHI NL 350 83 6 1 13 5 1 3 3 32 18 4 56% 3 2 0 149 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1986 28 PHI NL 119 34 4 1 5 2 2 1 3 13 6 3 46% 2 2 1 53 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 30 PIT NL 131 39 2 0 2 0 9 1 1 2 0 12 5 3 42% 2 1 2 58 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Yrs 1405 337 2 0 19 2 48 13 6 11 8 109 53 19 49% 18 8 11 593 15 15 50% 12 14 3 0 0 1 2 1 39 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1981 23 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 62 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00 62
1982 24 5 6 .455 3.57 29 4 10 1 0 0 68.0 65 30 27 4 24 3 33 3 0 1 292 114 1.309 8.6 0.5 3.2 4.4 1.38 114
1983 25 11 11 .500 4.26 67 7 19 1 0 0 114.0 119 61 54 7 50 3 61 5 0 2 502 93 1.482 9.4 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.22 93
1984 26 13 14 .481 3.42 117 7 34 1 0 0 187.0 181 84 71 7 84 5 99 6 0 3 806 110 1.417 8.7 0.3 4.0 4.8 1.18 110
1985 27 16 16 .500 3.68 156 10 45 1 0 1 266.1 264 126 109 13 124 11 140 8 0 5 1156 102 1.457 8.9 0.4 4.2 4.7 1.13 102
1986 28 16 18 .471 3.86 175 10 50 1 0 1 291.1 298 145 125 17 138 14 154 8 0 7 1275 98 1.497 9.2 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.12 98
1987 29 16 18 .471 3.86 175 10 50 1 0 1 291.1 298 145 125 17 138 14 154 8 0 7 1275 98 1.497 9.2 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.12 98
1988 30 16 20 .444 3.94 206 10 61 1 0 1 319.2 337 164 140 19 147 15 170 8 0 8 1406 95 1.514 9.5 0.5 4.1 4.8 1.16 95

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 23 0 0 5.14 7.0 4 4 4 0 1 4 1 0.714 5.1 1.3 5.1 4.00 0.0 2
1982 24 3 3 .500 3.84 61.0 64 29 26 4 24 30 2 1.443 9.4 3.5 4.4 1.25 0.6 27
1983 25 1 3 .250 6.21 42.0 56 32 29 3 27 25 2 1.976 12.0 5.8 5.4 0.93 0.6 38
1984 26 5 2 .714 2.55 67.0 66 21 19 0 36 35 1 1.522 8.9 4.8 4.7 0.97 0.0 50
1985 27 3 5 .375 4.86 74.0 85 44 40 6 41 38 2 1.703 10.3 5.0 4.6 0.93 0.7 39
1986 28 1 1 .500 6.00 24.0 34 18 16 4 14 13 0 2.000 12.8 5.3 4.9 0.93 1.5 19
1988 30 1 1 .500 5.88 26.0 42 19 17 2 10 15 0 2.000 14.5 3.5 5.2 1.50 0.7 31
7 Yrs 14 15 .483 4.51 301.0 351 167 151 19 153 160 8 1.674 10.5 4.8 1.05 0.6 206

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