Johnny Rucker
John Joel Rucker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 15, 1917 in Crabapple, GA
School: University of Georgia (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Final Game: September 29, 1946
Died: August 7, 1985 in Moultrie, GA
Relatives: Nephew of Nap Rucker
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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
1940 23 NYG NL 86 287 277 38 82 7 5 4 23 4 7 32 .296 .313 .401 .714 95 111 3 0 3 O
1941 24 NYG NL 143 659 622 95 179 38 9 1 42 8 29 61 .288 .320 .383 .702 96 238 7 0 8 *O MVP-33
1943 26 NYG NL 132 537 505 56 138 19 4 2 46 4 22 44 .273 .304 .339 .642 85 171 3 0 10 *O
1944 27 NYG NL 144 622 587 79 143 14 8 6 39 8 24 48 .244 .275 .325 .600 68 191 2 1 10 *O
1945 28 NYG NL 105 452 429 58 117 19 11 7 51 7 20 36 .273 .305 .417 .722 99 179 3 0 3 O
1946 29 NYG NL 95 212 197 28 52 8 2 1 13 4 7 27 .264 .300 .340 .640 80 67 2 3 5 O
6 Seasons 705 2769 2617 354 711 105 39 21 214 35 109 248 .272 .302 .366 .668 87 957 20 4 39
162 Game Avg. 162 636 601 81 163 24 9 5 49 8 25 57 .272 .302 .366 .668 87 220 5 1 9

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
1940 23 NYG NL 287 201 35 4.7 99 .324 .296 .273 .313 .338 .401 .393 .714 .730 95 .533 -3.7 -0.4 .616 .144 .105 4.0
1941 24 NYG NL 659 458 76 4.4 96 .318 .288 .268 .320 .339 .383 .378 .702 .717 96 .532 -5.8 -0.6 .611 .154 .095 1.8
1943 26 NYG NL 537 380 52 3.7 90 .296 .273 .266 .304 .335 .339 .361 .642 .696 85 .469 -12.0 -1.3 .532 .117 .065 2.7
1944 27 NYG NL 622 456 52 3.1 94 .257 .244 .268 .275 .335 .325 .376 .600 .712 68 .359 -27.7 -2.9 .502 .136 .082 6.9
1945 28 NYG NL 452 318 55 4.6 97 .285 .273 .275 .305 .344 .417 .379 .722 .723 99 .536 -4.2 -0.4 .654 .207 .145 7.0
1946 29 NYG NL 212 152 19 3.4 93 .302 .264 .264 .300 .339 .340 .369 .640 .708 80 .415 -5.9 -0.6 .551 .132 .076 1.6
6 Seasons 2769 1965 289 4.0 95 .294 .272 .269 .302 .338 .366 .375 .668 .713 87 .476 -59.4 -6.2 .574 .149 .094 26.3
162 Game Avg. 636 452 66 4.0 95 .294 .272 .269 .302 .338 .366 .375 .668 .713 87 .476 -59.4 -6.2 .574 .149 .094 6

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
1940 23 86 287 277 38 82 7 5 4 23 4 7 32 .296 .313 .401 .714 95 111 3 0 3
1941 24 229 946 899 133 261 45 14 5 65 12 36 93 .290 .318 .388 .706 95 349 10 0 11
1942 25 229 946 899 133 261 45 14 5 65 12 36 93 .290 .318 .388 .706 95 349 10 0 11
1943 26 361 1483 1404 189 399 64 18 7 111 16 58 137 .284 .313 .370 .683 92 520 13 0 21
1944 27 505 2105 1991 268 542 78 26 13 150 24 82 185 .272 .301 .357 .658 85 711 15 1 31
1945 28 610 2557 2420 326 659 97 37 20 201 31 102 221 .272 .302 .368 .670 87 890 18 1 34
1946 29 705 2769 2617 354 711 105 39 21 214 35 109 248 .272 .302 .366 .668 87 957 20 4 39

Neutralized Batting

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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
1940 23 90 299 292 40 87 7 5 4 24 4 7 34 .298 .314 .397 .712 37 86
1941 24 148 680 649 101 189 40 10 1 45 8 31 63 .291 .324 .388 .712 81 143
1943 26 138 563 538 65 154 21 4 2 54 4 25 46 .286 .318 .351 .669 61 132
1944 27 150 638 612 85 151 15 8 6 42 8 25 50 .247 .277 .327 .604 56 144
1945 28 110 468 447 60 121 20 11 7 53 7 21 38 .271 .303 .412 .715 56 105
1946 29 99 220 209 32 57 9 2 1 15 4 8 28 .273 .309 .349 .658 22 95
6 Seasons 735 2868 2747 383 759 112 40 21 233 35 117 259 .276 .307 .369 .676 313 705
162 Game Avg. 162 632 605 84 167 25 9 5 51 8 26 57 .276 .307 .369 .676 69 705

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-NL-33-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 NL--622--1st
1944 NL--587--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1941 NL--659--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 NL--95--4th

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL--179--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1941 NL--38--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1941 NL--9--6th
1945 NL--11--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1941 NL--131--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL--3--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1941 NL--458--4th
1944 NL--456--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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