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Nap Rucker

George Rucker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 30, 1884 in Crabapple, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1907
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Dodgers/Robins 1907-1916

Final Game: September 13, 1916
Died: December 19, 1970 in Alpharetta, GA
Buried: Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery, Roswell, GA
Relatives: Uncle of Johnny Rucker
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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
1907 22 BRO NL 15 13 .536 2.06 37 30 7 26 4 0 275.1 242 94 63 3 80 131 8 0 10 1090 114 1.169 7.9 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.64
1908 23 BRO NL 17 19 .472 2.08 42 37 4 30 6 1 333.1 265 107 77 1 125 199 19 0 5 1292 112 1.170 7.2 0.0 3.4 5.4 1.59
1909 24 BRO NL 13 19 .406 2.24 38 33 5 28 6 1 309.1 245 95 77 6 101 201 14 0 5 1188 116 1.119 7.1 0.2 2.9 5.8 1.99
1910 25 BRO NL 17 18 .486 2.58 41 39 2 27 6 0 320.1 293 112 92 5 84 147 9 0 5 1261 117 1.177 8.2 0.1 2.4 4.1 1.75
1911 26 BRO NL 22 18 .550 2.71 48 33 14 23 5 4 315.2 255 102 95 12 110 190 8 0 5 1244 122 1.156 7.3 0.3 3.1 5.4 1.73 MVP-27
1912 27 BRO NL 18 21 .462 2.21 45 34 11 23 6 4 297.2 272 101 73 6 72 151 3 1 6 1201 151 1.156 8.2 0.2 2.2 4.6 2.10
1913 28 BRO NL 14 15 .483 2.87 41 33 7 16 4 3 260.0 236 99 83 3 67 111 7 1 3 1046 114 1.165 8.2 0.1 2.3 3.8 1.66
1914 29 BRO NL 7 6 .538 3.39 16 16 0 5 0 0 103.2 113 57 39 2 27 35 2 0 1 449 84 1.350 9.8 0.2 2.3 3.0 1.30
1915 30 BRO NL 9 4 .692 2.42 19 15 4 7 1 1 122.2 134 42 33 3 28 38 2 0 3 521 115 1.321 9.8 0.2 2.1 2.8 1.36
1916 31 BRO NL 2 1 .667 1.69 9 4 4 1 0 0 37.1 34 14 7 0 7 14 1 0 0 149 160 1.098 8.2 0.0 1.7 3.4 2.00
10 Yrs 134 134 .500 2.42 336 274 58 186 38 14 2375.1 2089 823 639 41 701 1217 73 2 43 9441 118 1.175 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.74
162 Game Avg. 15 15 .500 2.42 37 31 6 21 4 2 265 233 92 71 5 78 136 8 0 5 1052 118 1.175 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.74

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
1907 22 BRO NL 275.1 37 30 94 3.07 3.47 -0.05 0.00 95.0 3.34 12 1.5 1.0 -0.2 3.5 28 .541 .509 $1,900
1908 23 BRO NL 333.1 42 37 107 2.89 3.45 -0.08 0.00 99.0 3.49 23 3.2 1.0 -0.3 5.5 46 .575 .520 $
1909 24 BRO NL 309.1 38 33 95 2.76 3.77 -0.24 0.00 100.0 4.01 41 5.5 1.0 -0.3 7.5 67 .644 .534 $
1910 25 BRO NL 320.1 41 39 112 3.15 4.15 -0.13 0.00 100.0 4.28 40 4.8 1.0 -0.3 6.9 67 .618 .530 $
1911 26 BRO NL 315.2 48 33 102 2.91 4.55 0.05 0.00 97.0 4.37 54 6.2 1.0 -0.3 8.3 79 .629 .538 $ MVP-27
1912 27 BRO NL 297.2 45 34 101 3.05 4.67 -0.06 0.00 98.0 4.63 54 5.9 1.0 -0.3 7.9 80 .632 .537 $
1913 28 BRO NL 260.0 41 33 99 3.43 4.18 0.10 0.00 102.0 4.16 21 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.2 43 .559 .515 $4,000
1914 29 BRO NL 103.2 16 16 57 4.95 3.81 -0.07 0.00 102.0 3.96 -11 -1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .428 .493 $
1915 30 BRO NL 122.2 19 15 42 3.08 3.64 0.03 0.00 101.0 3.65 9 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.9 17 .558 .507 $4,500
1916 31 BRO NL 37.1 9 4 14 3.38 3.41 0.11 0.00 102.0 3.36 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .498 .500 $
10 Seasons 2375.1 336 274 823 3.12 3.99 -0.06 0.00 99.0 4.01 243 29.5 1.0 -2.0 45.5 425 .588 .518 $10,400

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1916 31 BRO NL WS L BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

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+
1907 22 15 13 .536 2.06 37 30 7 26 4 0 275.1 242 94 63 3 80 131 8 0 10 1090 114 1.169 7.9 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.64 114
1908 23 32 32 .500 2.07 79 67 11 56 10 1 608.2 507 201 140 4 205 330 27 0 15 2382 113 1.170 7.5 0.1 3.0 4.9 1.61 113
1909 24 45 51 .469 2.13 117 100 16 84 16 2 918.0 752 296 217 10 306 531 41 0 20 3570 114 1.153 7.4 0.1 3.0 5.2 1.74 114
1910 25 62 69 .473 2.25 158 139 18 111 22 2 1238.1 1045 408 309 15 390 678 50 0 25 4831 115 1.159 7.6 0.1 2.8 4.9 1.74 115
1911 26 84 87 .491 2.34 206 172 32 134 27 6 1554.0 1300 510 404 27 500 868 58 0 30 6075 116 1.158 7.5 0.2 2.9 5.0 1.74 116
1912 27 102 108 .486 2.32 251 206 43 157 33 10 1851.2 1572 611 477 33 572 1019 61 1 36 7276 122 1.158 7.6 0.2 2.8 5.0 1.78 122
1913 28 116 123 .485 2.39 292 239 50 173 37 13 2111.2 1808 710 560 36 639 1130 68 2 39 8322 121 1.159 7.7 0.2 2.7 4.8 1.77 121
1914 29 123 129 .488 2.43 308 255 50 178 37 13 2215.1 1921 767 599 38 666 1165 70 2 40 8771 118 1.168 7.8 0.2 2.7 4.7 1.75 118
1915 30 132 133 .498 2.43 327 270 54 185 38 14 2338.0 2055 809 632 41 694 1203 72 2 43 9292 118 1.176 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.73 118
1916 31 134 134 .500 2.42 336 274 58 186 38 14 2375.1 2089 823 639 41 701 1217 73 2 43 9441 118 1.175 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.74 118

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
1907 22 16 11 .593 3.32 247.0 298 101 91 4 99 117 10 1.607 10.9 3.6 4.3 1.18 0.1 37
1908 23 18 13 .581 3.40 283.0 319 119 107 1 150 169 23 1.657 10.1 4.8 5.4 1.13 0.0 42
1909 24 18 12 .600 3.16 276.0 281 108 97 7 116 180 16 1.438 9.2 3.8 5.9 1.55 0.2 38
1910 25 20 13 .606 3.20 298.0 321 118 106 5 92 137 10 1.386 9.7 2.8 4.1 1.49 0.2 41
1911 26 21 12 .636 3.06 300.0 269 113 102 13 116 180 8 1.283 8.1 3.5 5.4 1.55 0.4 48
1912 27 25 8 .758 2.26 303.0 285 84 76 6 75 154 3 1.188 8.5 2.2 4.6 2.05 0.2 45
1913 28 17 11 .607 3.22 254.0 252 101 91 3 72 108 7 1.276 8.9 2.6 3.8 1.50 0.1 41
1914 29 6 5 .545 3.93 103.0 124 50 45 2 30 35 2 1.495 10.8 2.6 3.1 1.17 0.2 16
1915 30 8 5 .615 3.13 118.0 153 46 41 3 32 37 2 1.568 11.7 2.4 2.8 1.16 0.2 19
1916 31 2 1 .667 2.25 36.0 39 10 9 0 8 13 1 1.306 9.8 2.0 3.3 1.63 0.0 9
10 Yrs 151 91 .624 3.10 2218.0 2341 850 765 44 790 1130 82 1.412 9.5 4.6 1.43 0.2 336

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1937 BBWAA ( 5.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 4.6%)
1939 BBWAA ( 4.7%)
1942 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 6.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (27, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1908 NL  5.4 (9th)
1909 NL  7.0 (5th)
1910 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1911 NL  8.5 (1st)
1912 NL  8.1 (1st)
1913 NL  4.5 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1907 NL  3.5 (9th)
1908 NL  5.5 (6th)
1909 NL  7.5 (3rd)
1910 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1911 NL  8.3 (1st)
1912 NL  7.9 (1st)
1913 NL  4.2 (9th)
Career  45.5 (103rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 NL  2.58 (10th)
1912 NL  2.21 (3rd)
Career  2.42 (30th)

Wins s c a p y
1908 NL  17 (8th)
1910 NL  17 (7th)
1911 NL  22 (5th)
1912 NL  18 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 NL  1.177 (9th)
1911 NL  1.156 (7th)
1912 NL  1.156 (3rd)
1913 NL  1.165 (9th)
Career  1.175 (93rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 NL  7.128 (7th)
1911 NL  7.270 (3rd)
1912 NL  8.224 (8th)
Career  7.915 (96th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 NL  2.360 (8th)
1912 NL  2.177 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 NL  4.282 (7th)
1908 NL  5.373 (3rd)
1909 NL  5.848 (2nd)
1910 NL  4.130 (10th)
1911 NL  5.417 (3rd)
1912 NL  4.566 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1907 NL  37 (10th)
1908 NL  42 (8th)
1909 NL  38 (10th)
1911 NL  48 (3rd)
1912 NL  45 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1911 NL  4 (3rd)
1912 NL  4 (3rd)
1913 NL  3 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1907 NL  275.3 (8th)
1908 NL  333.3 (3rd)
1909 NL  309.3 (3rd)
1910 NL  320.3 (1st)
1911 NL  315.7 (4th)
1912 NL  297.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1907 NL  131 (7th)
1908 NL  199 (2nd)
1909 NL  201 (2nd)
1910 NL  147 (5th)
1911 NL  190 (3rd)
1912 NL  151 (5th)
1913 NL  111 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1908 NL  37 (5th)
1909 NL  33 (6th)
1910 NL  39 (1st)
1911 NL  33 (8th)
1912 NL  34 (7th)
1913 NL  33 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1907 NL  26 (6th)
1908 NL  30 (4th)
1909 NL  28 (3rd)
1910 NL  27 (1st)
1911 NL  23 (6th)
1912 NL  23 (6th)
Career  186 (161st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1907 NL  4 (10th)
1908 NL  6 (7th)
1909 NL  6 (4th)
1910 NL  6 (1st)
1911 NL  5 (3rd)
1912 NL  6 (1st)
1913 NL  4 (3rd)
Career  38 (54th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 NL  6 (4th)
1911 NL  12 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1908 NL  125 (1st)
1909 NL  101 (5th)
1911 NL  110 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1908 NL  265 (4th)
1909 NL  245 (4th)
1910 NL  293 (1st)
1912 NL  272 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1909 NL  1.990 (5th)
1910 NL  1.750 (7th)
1911 NL  1.727 (9th)
1912 NL  2.097 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 NL  0.027 (3rd)
1913 NL  0.104 (4th)
Career  0.155 (107th)

Losses s c a p y
1908 NL  19 (5th)
1909 NL  19 (4th)
1910 NL  18 (6th)
1911 NL  18 (3rd)
1912 NL  21 (2nd)
1913 NL  15 (9th)
Career  134 (238th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  77 (5th)
1909 NL  77 (5th)
1910 NL  92 (5th)
1911 NL  95 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1907 NL  10 (4th)
1912 NL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1908 NL  19 (2nd)
1909 NL  14 (3rd)
1910 NL  9 (10th)
Career  73 (183rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1907 NL  1,090 (9th)
1908 NL  1,292 (4th)
1909 NL  1,188 (5th)
1910 NL  1,261 (1st)
1911 NL  1,244 (5th)
1912 NL  1,201 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1911 NL  14 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1912 NL  151 (3rd)
Career  118 (143rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  10 (9th)
1909 NL  17 (10th)
1910 NL  20 (6th)
1911 NL  31 (4th)
1912 NL  38 (2nd)
Career  138 (143rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1908 NL  1.2 (9th)
1909 NL  1.9 (10th)
1910 NL  2.2 (6th)
1911 NL  3.2 (5th)
1912 NL  3.9 (2nd)
Career  14.9 (135th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 119 (161), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (347), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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