Matt Ruebel
Matthew Alexander Ruebel
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 16, 1969 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Ames (Ames, IA)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1996
Final Game: July 4, 1998
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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
1996 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 4.60 26 7 3 0 0 1 58.2 64 38 30 7 25 0 22 6 0 2 265 95 1.517 9.8 1.1 3.8 3.4 0.88
1997 27 PIT NL 3 2 .600 6.32 44 0 9 0 0 0 62.2 77 50 44 8 27 3 50 5 0 4 296 69 1.660 11.1 1.1 3.9 7.2 1.85
1998 28 TBD AL 0 2 .000 6.23 7 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 11 7 6 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 39 76 1.731 11.4 3.1 4.2 6.2 1.50
3 Seasons 4 5 .444 5.54 77 8 13 0 0 1 130.0 152 95 80 18 56 3 78 11 0 6 600 79 1.600 10.5 1.2 3.9 5.4 1.39
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .444 5.54 62 6 10 0 0 1 104 122 76 64 14 45 2 62 9 0 5 480 79 1.600 10.5 1.2 3.9 5.4 1.39
PIT (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 5.49 70 7 12 0 0 1 121.1 141 88 74 15 52 3 72 11 0 6 561 79 1.591 10.5 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.38
TBD (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.23 7 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 11 7 6 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 39 76 1.731 11.4 3.1 4.2 6.2 1.50
NL (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 5.49 70 7 12 0 0 1 121.1 141 88 74 15 52 3 72 11 0 6 561 79 1.591 10.5 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.38
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.23 7 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 11 7 6 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 39 76 1.731 11.4 3.1 4.2 6.2 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 26 PIT NL 26 265 231 38 64 18 2 7 4 3 25 22 .277 .358 .463 .822 .278 107 5 6 0 3 0
1997 27 PIT NL 44 295 255 50 77 15 3 8 7 1 27 50 .302 .373 .478 .852 .342 122 5 5 3 5 3
1998 28 TBD AL 7 39 35 7 11 0 0 3 1 1 4 6 .314 .385 .571 .956 .308 20 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 77 599 521 95 152 33 5 18 12 5 56 78 .292 .367 .478 .845 .309 249 11 11 3 8 3
162 Game Avg. 62 479 417 76 122 26 4 14 10 4 45 62 .292 .367 .478 .845 .309 199 9 9 2 6 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1996 26 PIT NL 26 7 1 1 5 0 0 4 3 .571 1 3 0 0 2 29% 40 61 19 17 6 1 4 5.6 5.4 4.7 77 2 4 1 0 109
1998 28 TBD AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 3 1 0 1 2.0 0.0 4.3 85 0 1 0 0 85
2 Seasons 33 8 1 2 5 0 0 4 4 .500 1 3 0 0 2 25% 40 61 19 20 7 1 5 5.2 4.6 4.6 78 2 5 1 0 109
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 26 PIT NL 26 19 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 6 4 14 4 29% 6 0.892 6 6 6 9 2 8 9 10 10 7 13 2 4.1 19
1997 27 PIT NL 44 44 9 3 2 1 0 1 0% 9 8 36 12 33% 7 0.802 12 13 18 13 7 24 23 21 19 17 23 5 4.3 25
1998 28 TBD AL 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 33% 8 0.650 2 0 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 4 1 0 2.2 9
3 Seasons 77 69 13 3 3 2 1 1 50% 17 13 56 18 32% 0.832 20 19 28 24 10 35 36 33 30 28 37 7 4.0 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1996 26 PIT NL 265 80% 2.6% 8.3% 9.4% 10.2% 42% 0.88 1.16 77% 17% 7.1% 12% 54 5 9%
1997 27 PIT NL 296 66% 2.7% 17.0% 9.2% 8.8% 34% 0.92 1.17 68% 14% 8.7% 15% 64 5 8%
1998 28 TBD AL 39 62% 7.7% 15.4% 10.3% 7.7% 27% 1.07 1.38 67% 24% 21.4% 0% 8 1 13%
3 Seasons 600 72% 3.0% 13.0% 9.4% 9.4% 37% 0.91 1.18 72% 16% 8.8% 12% 126 11 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1996 26 PIT NL 256 879 3.43 510 58% 23% 15% 22% 40% 77% 0% 45% 81% 58% 6% 16 9 10% 25 10 1 20% 2 7 9 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 294 1078 3.67 660 61% 24% 18% 26% 32% 76% 0% 47% 77% 55% 4% 11 4 21% 61 32 2 22% 12 6 2 0 0
1998 28 TBD AL 39 141 3.62 85 60% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 0% 43% 84% 56% 3% 1 1 15% 6 3 1 50% 2 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 589 2098 3.56 1255 60% 24% 16% 24% 36% 76% 0% 46% 79% 57% 5% 28 14 16% 92 45 4 24% 16 13 11 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1996 26 PIT NL 265 64 6 0 7 0 10 5 2 2 5 23 10 3 43% 3 2 1 94 4 3 57% 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
1997 27 PIT NL 296 77 10 0 8 0 11 6 2 4 4 28 21 2 75% 6 4 1 127 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 13 0
1998 28 TBD AL 39 11 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 15 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 600 152 19 0 18 0 21 13 5 6 12 53 33 5 62% 10 6 2 236 12 5 71% 9 5 3 0 0 0 4 3 21 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1996 26 1 1 .500 4.60 26 7 3 0 0 1 58.2 64 38 30 7 25 0 22 6 0 2 265 95 1.517 9.8 1.1 3.8 3.4 0.88 95
1997 27 4 3 .571 5.49 70 7 12 0 0 1 121.1 141 88 74 15 52 3 72 11 0 6 561 79 1.591 10.5 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.38 79
1998 28 4 5 .444 5.54 77 8 13 0 0 1 130.0 152 95 80 18 56 3 78 11 0 6 600 79 1.600 10.5 1.2 3.9 5.4 1.39 79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996 26 3 3 .500 4.19 58.0 61 30 27 7 24 22 6 1.466 9.5 3.7 3.4 0.92 1.1 26
1997 27 2 5 .286 5.86 63.0 75 46 41 8 26 50 5 1.603 10.7 3.7 7.1 1.92 1.1 44
1998 28 0 0 5.62 8.0 11 6 5 3 4 6 0 1.875 12.4 4.5 6.8 1.50 3.4 7
3 Seasons 5 8 .385 5.09 129.0 147 82 73 18 54 78 11 1.558 10.3 5.4 1.44 1.3 77

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