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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	Awards
1940	NYG	NL	23	CF	57	55	53	130	121	3	6	0	.954	2.18	.981	2.66
1940	NYG	NL	23	OF	57	55	53	130	121	3	6	0	.954	2.18	.977	2.32
1941	NYG	NL	24	CF	142	140	137	369	344	13	12	5	.967	2.51	.980	2.63	MVP-33
1941	NYG	NL	24	OF	142	140	137	369	344	13	12	5	.967	2.51	.975	2.31	MVP-33
1943	NYG	NL	26	CF	117	115	113	320	301	9	10	3	.969	2.65	.978	2.75
1943	NYG	NL	26	OF	117	115	113	319	300	9	10	3	.969	2.64	.977	2.41
1944	NYG	NL	27	CF	139	134	133	329	310	14	5	4	.985	2.33	.985	2.96
1944	NYG	NL	27	OF	139	134	133	329	310	14	5	4	.985	2.33	.980	2.47
1945	NYG	NL	28	CF	98	95	94	268	256	6	6	2	.978	2.67	.983	2.87
1945	NYG	NL	28	OF	98	95	94	268	256	6	6	2	.978	2.67	.978	2.45
1946	NYG	NL	29	CF	54	41	41	97	91	1	5	0	.948	1.70	.979	2.85
1946	NYG	NL	29	OF	54	41	41	97	91	1	5	0	.948	1.70	.977	2.38
	6 Seasons			OF	607	580	571	1512	1422	46	44	14	.971	2.42	.977	2.40
	6 Seasons			CF	607	580	571	1513	1423	46	44	14	.971	2.42	.981	2.79
	6 Seasons			TOT	607	580	571	1512	1422	46	44	14	.971	2.42	.977	2.40

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	CF	OF	PH	PR
1940	NYG	NL	23	86	55	86	57	57	57	23	6
1941	NYG	NL	24	143	140	143	142	142	142	1	0
1943	NYG	NL	26	132	115	132	117	117	117	13	2
1944	NYG	NL	27	144	134	144	139	139	139	3	3
1945	NYG	NL	28	105	95	105	98	98	98	4	3
1946	NYG	NL	29	95	41	95	54	54	54	16	25
	6 Seasons			705	580	705	607	607	607	60	39

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 NL 142 (2nd) 1943 NL 117 (4th) 1944 NL 139 (3rd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 NL 344 (3rd) 1944 NL 310 (5th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 NL 13 (3rd) 1943 NL 9 (5th) 1944 NL 14 (2nd)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 NL 6 (3rd) 1941 NL 12 (1st) 1943 NL 10 (2nd) 1944 NL 5 (4th) 1945 NL 6 (4th) 1946 NL 5 (4th) Career 44 (75th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1941 NL 344 (4th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1941 NL 13 (5th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1941 NL 12 (2nd) 1943 NL 10 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 NL 2.51 (5th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 NL .985 (4th)

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