Johnny Rucker

John Joel Rucker

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 15, 1917 in Crabapple, GA
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Team: Giants 1940-1946

Final Game: September 29, 1946
Died: August 7, 1985 in Moultrie, GA
Buried: Rucker Family Cemetery, Crabapple, GA
Relatives: Nephew of Nap Rucker
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	21	MAC,ATA	B,A1	129	475	475		156	25	7	3						.328	.328	.429	.758		204					MAC,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1939	22	ATA	A1	140	511	511		177	32	4	8						.346	.346	.472	.818		241					ATA · SOUA
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	8O
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	*8O	MVP-33

1942	25	SFG-min	AA	148	629	578	79	165	34	5	4	37	26	5	34	64	.285	.327	.382	.710		221	5	2	15		JER · IL
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	*8O
1944	27	NYG	NL	144	622	587	79	143	14	8	6	39	8		24	48	.244	.275	.325	.600	69	191	2	1	10	*8O
1945	28	NYG	NL	105	451	429	58	117	19	11	7	51	7		20	36	.273	.305	.417	.722	99	179	3	0	3	8O
1946	29	NYG	NL	95	211	197	28	52	8	2	1	13	4		7	27	.264	.300	.340	.640	81	67	2	3	5	8O
1947	30	SLE,SAC	AAA	150	567	540	80	149	13	19	7	52	25		24	49	.276	.308	.409	.717		221		1	2		SLE,SAC · PCL
1948	31	POR	AAA	151	646	607	76	189	36	5	8	76	16		32	35	.311	.348	.427	.775		259		2	5		POR · PCL
1949	32	POR	AAA	174	728	687	108	203	39	3	17	95	13		28	32	.295	.323	.435	.758		299		0	13		POR · PCL
1950	33	POR	AAA	159	587	532	75	153	30	6	6	67	7		37	45	.288	.334	.400	.734		213		0	18		POR · PCL
1952	35	ATL-min	AA	107	390	390		113	22	6	12						.290	.290	.469	.759		183					ATA · SOUA
6 Yrs				705	2767	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

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	Awards
1940	23	NYG	NL	86	287	-3	-0	0	-2	-1	-6	-0.7	10	4	0.3	.493	.496	0.6	-0.3	6	$	8O
1941	24	NYG	NL	143	659	-6	-1	0	-5	-1	-13	-1.5	23	10	0.8	.490	.492	1.3	-0.7	15	$	*8O	MVP-33

1943	26	NYG	NL	132	537	-10	-0	0	-4	-1	-15	-1.8	16	1	-0.1	.487	.489	0.4	-0.6	5	$	*8O
1944	27	NYG	NL	144	622	-24	-0	0	-12	-1	-37	-4.1	19	-18	-2.2	.472	.475	-0.9	-1.4	-6	$	*8O
1945	28	NYG	NL	105	451	-3	-0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	14	10	1.0	.496	.498	1.0	-0.0	10	$	8O
1946	29	NYG	NL	95	211	-5	-0	0	-5	-0	-11	-1.2	7	-3	-0.5	.487	.492	0.1	-0.6	2	$	8O
6 Seasons				705	2767	-51	-2	0	-28	-5	-85	-9.6	89	4	-0.7	.487	.490	2.5	-3.7	32	$

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	PwrSpd
1940	23	NYG	NL	287	201	35	4.7	99	.324	.296	.273	.313	.338	.401	.393	.714	.730	95	.533	-3.8	-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	89	.296	.273	.265	.304	.333	.339	.359	.642	.692	85	.469	-11.4	-1.2	.532	.117	.065	2.7
1944	27	NYG	NL	622	456	52	3.1	93	.257	.244	.267	.275	.334	.325	.375	.600	.709	69	.359	-27.1	-2.8	.502	.136	.082	6.9
1945	28	NYG	NL	451	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	211	152	19	3.4	93	.302	.264	.263	.300	.338	.340	.368	.640	.706	81	.415	-5.7	-0.6	.551	.132	.076	1.6
6 Yrs				2767	1965	289	4.0	94	.294	.272	.268	.302	.337	.366	.375	.668	.712	87	.476	-57.9	-6.1	.574	.149	.094	26.3
162 Game Avg.				636	452	66	4.0	94	.294	.272	.268	.302	.337	.366	.375	.668	.712	87	.476	-57.9	-6.1	.574	.149	.094	6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1940	23	NYG	NL	287	1.4%	11.2%	2.4%	5.6%	20%	4.57	8.7	69.3	12.0	84%
1941	24	NYG	NL	659	0.2%	9.3%	4.4%	7.3%	27%	2.10	10.2	622.0	14.8	85%

1943	26	NYG	NL	537	0.4%	8.2%	4.1%	4.7%	18%	2.00	11.5	252.5	11.0	85%
1944	27	NYG	NL	622	1.0%	7.7%	3.9%	4.5%	20%	2.00	12.2	97.8	15.1	86%
1945	28	NYG	NL	451	1.6%	8.0%	4.4%	8.2%	32%	1.80	11.9	61.3	8.4	86%
1946	29	NYG	NL	211	0.5%	12.8%	3.3%	5.2%	21%	3.86	7.3	197.0	15.2	80%
6 Yrs				2767	0.8%	9.0%	3.9%	6.0%	23%	2.28	10.6	124.6	12.2	85%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	5.9%	26%	1.03	9.8	73.1	8.8	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
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	2556	2420	326	659	97	37	20	201	31	102	221	.272	.302	.368	.670	88	890	18	1	34
1946	29	705	2767	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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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1940	23	90	302	292	40	87	7	5	4	24	4	7	34	.298	.314	.397	.712	37	86
1941	24	148	688	649	101	189	40	10	1	45	8	31	63	.291	.324	.388	.712	81	143

1943	26	138	573	538	65	154	21	4	2	54	4	25	46	.286	.318	.351	.669	61	132
1944	27	150	651	614	86	153	15	9	6	43	9	26	50	.249	.281	.332	.613	57	144
1945	28	110	471	447	60	121	20	11	7	53	7	21	38	.271	.303	.412	.715	56	105
1946	29	99	227	211	33	59	9	2	1	15	5	8	28	.280	.315	.355	.671	23	95
6 Yrs		735	2912	2751	385	763	112	41	21	234	37	118	259	.277	.308	.371	.679	315	705
162 Game Avg.		162	642	606	85	168	25	9	5	52	8	26	57	.277	.308	.371	.679	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 (1497th)	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 Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Rudy Law (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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