Matt Ruebel

Matthew Alexander Ruebel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 16, 1969 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Ames HS (Ames, IA)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1996
Teams (by GP): Pirates/DevilRays 1996-1998

Final Game: July 4, 1998
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1996 26 PIT NL 26 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 37 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1997 27 PIT NL 44 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 28 TBD AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
3 Yrs 77 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 50 42 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 6 0 0 6 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 70 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 3 0 0 3 0 0
TBD (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 70 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 3 0 0 3 0 0
AL (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1996 26 PIT NL 26 16 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $109,000 1
1997 27 PIT NL 44 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $160,000 1
1998 28 TBD AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
3 Seasons 77 24 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $269,000
PIT (2 yrs) 70 24 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $269,000
TBD (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1996 26 PIT NL 16 12 1 2.2 109 .333 .231 .273 .286 .343 .231 .428 .516 .771 37 .196 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .077 .000
1997 27 PIT NL 8 8 0 0.0 111 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .430 .000 .777 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
3 Yrs 24 20 1 1.3 110 .333 .150 .274 .190 .344 .150 .429 .340 .773 -10 .087 -3.3 -0.3 .235 .050 .000
162 Game Avg. 50 42 2 1.3 110 .333 .150 .274 .190 .344 .150 .429 .340 .773 -10 .087 -3.3 -0.3 .235 .050 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1996 26 PIT NL 16 0.0% 25.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.3 0.80 3.00 56% 27% 0.0% 20%
1997 27 PIT NL 8 0.0% 87.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
3 Yrs 24 0.0% 45.8% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 11.00 1.8 0.80 3.50 38% 25% 0.0% 20%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.8% 8.9% 7.8% 33% 1.89 5.3 32.7 7.5 0.82 1.10 70% 21% 8.2% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 26 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 17 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .94 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 1.04 -1.9 0
1997 27 PIT NL -2.1 -0.2 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.06 -0.2 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 1.07 -2.3 0
1998 28 TBD AL 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs -3.4 -0.3 25 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 .98 -0.4 -0.1 -5.1 -0.5 1.05 -4.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1996 26 PIT NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1996 26 PIT NL 16 56% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 8 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 24 63% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 7 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 10% 34% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 26 PIT NL 16 46 2.88 32 70% 22% 19% 25% 34% 78% 0% 54% 76% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 6% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 8 37 4.63 27 73% 19% 41% 37% 4% 81% 0% 59% 50% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 14% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 24 83 3.46 59 71% 20% 29% 31% 20% 80% 0% 57% 64% 54% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 4% 1 0 18% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 29%

Cumulative Batting

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
1996 26 26 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 37 3 0 0 2 0 0
1997 27 70 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 3 0 0 3 0 0
1998 28 77 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 -10 3 0 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1996 26 26 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 1 26
1997 27 44 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 44
2 Yrs 70 24 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .150 .190 .150 .340 1 70
162 Game Avg. 162 56 46 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .150 .190 .150 .340 2 70

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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