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Nap Rucker
George Rucker
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 30, 1884 in Crabapple, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1907
Final Game: September 13, 1916
Died: December 19, 1970 in Alpharetta, GA
Relatives: Uncle of Johnny Rucker
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Standard Pitching

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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 1122 114 1.169 7.9 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.64
1908 23 BRO NL 17 19 .472 2.08 42 35 6 30 6 1 333.1 265 102 77 1 125 199 19 0 5 1346 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 1227 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 1291 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 1273 123 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 115 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 3 521 114 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 13 7 0 7 14 1 0 0 149 158 1.098 8.2 0.0 1.7 3.4 2.00
10 Seasons 134 134 .500 2.42 336 272 60 186 38 14 2375.1 2089 817 639 41 701 1217 73 2 43 9625 119 1.175 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.74
162 Game Avg. 15 15 .500 2.42 38 30 7 21 4 2 266 234 91 71 5 78 136 8 0 5 1076 119 1.175 7.9 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.74

Postseason Pitching

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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

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
1907 22 BRO NL 37 103 97 6 15 1 1 0 8 0 3 .155 .180 .186 .366 19 18 0 3 1
1908 23 BRO NL 42 119 117 3 21 0 1 0 6 1 1 .179 .186 .197 .383 24 23 0 1 1
1909 24 BRO NL 38 110 101 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 .119 .136 .129 .265 -16 13 0 7 1
1910 25 BRO NL 41 116 110 6 23 1 0 0 3 0 2 15 .209 .223 .218 .441 30 24 0 4 1
1911 26 BRO NL 48 114 104 6 21 2 2 1 9 0 3 15 .202 .224 .288 .513 45 30 0 7 1 MVP-27
1912 27 BRO NL 45 109 102 8 25 2 1 0 12 1 3 12 .245 .267 .284 .551 53 29 0 4 1
1913 28 BRO NL 41 93 87 3 21 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 .241 .275 .253 .528 49 22 0 2 1
1914 29 BRO NL 16 38 34 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 .265 .286 .353 .639 88 12 0 3 1
1915 30 BRO NL 19 45 42 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 6 .214 .267 .238 .505 52 10 0 0 1
1916 31 BRO NL 9 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -45 1 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 336 858 805 44 157 10 6 1 44 2 22 64 .195 .216 .226 .443 33 182 0 31
162 Game Avg. 162 414 388 21 76 5 3 0 21 1 11 .195 .216 .226 .443 33 88 0 15

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1916 31 BRO NL WS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1907 BRO NL 22 P 37 85 5 73 7 4 .918 2.11 .952 2.27
1908 BRO NL 23 P 42 124 13 107 4 1 .968 2.86 .952 2.13
1909 BRO NL 24 P 38 74 3 67 4 3 .946 1.84 .939 1.95
1910 BRO NL 25 P 41 88 6 80 2 0 .977 2.10 .943 1.77
1911 BRO NL 26 P 48 98 7 88 3 1 .969 1.98 .942 1.72 MVP-27
1912 BRO NL 27 P 45 88 5 82 1 3 .989 1.93 .945 1.55
1913 BRO NL 28 P 41 57 5 50 2 1 .965 1.34 .954 1.57
1914 BRO NL 29 P 16 33 4 29 0 1 1.000 2.06 .939 1.65
1915 BRO NL 30 P 19 47 6 40 1 2 .979 2.42 .951 1.68
1916 BRO NL 31 P 9 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.11 .960 1.63
10 Seasons P 336 704 55 625 24 18 .966 2.02 .947 1.82
10 Seasons TOT 336 704 55 625 24 18 .966 2.02 .913 1.82

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 (1339th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 NL  2.585 (10th)
1912 NL  2.207 (3rd)
Career  2.421 (31st)

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 (8th)
1911 NL  1.156 (7th)
1912 NL  1.156 (3rd)
1913 NL  1.165 (9th)
Career  1.175 (88th)

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 (94th)

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 (2nd)
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  35 (7th)
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  .027 (3rd)
1913 NL  .104 (4th)
Career  .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 (236th)

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 (142nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1907 NL  1122 (8th)
1908 NL  1346 (4th)
1909 NL  1227 (5th)
1910 NL  1291 (1st)
1911 NL  1273 (4th)
1912 NL  1201 (9th)
Career  9625 (249th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1912 NL  151 (3rd)
Career  119 (134th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 119 (156), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (337), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

September, 1906: Drafted by the Brooklyn Superbas from Augusta (South Atlantic) in the 1906 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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