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 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
1991	21	PIT-min	A,A-	4	5	.444	3.13	14	14	0	2	1	0	74.2	59	35	26	5	36	0	62	6	3	5	315		1.272	7.1	0.6	4.3	7.5	1.72	AUG,WLD · SALL,NYPL
1992	22	PIT-min	A+,A	6	8	.429	3.84	25	23	1	2	0	0	143.0	130	75	61	14	62	0	111	8	2	8	612		1.343	8.2	0.9	3.9	7.0	1.79	SAL,AUG · CARL,SALL
1993	23	PIT-min	A,A+	6	9	.400	3.63	42	8	10	1	1	0	96.2	85	59	39	8	66	7	79	8	2	9	444		1.562	7.9	0.7	6.1	7.4	1.20	AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1994	24	PIT-min	A+,AA	7	7	.500	3.94	27	16	0	0	0	0	102.2	115	64	45	12	30	0	86	8	1	4	452		1.412	10.1	1.1	2.6	7.5	2.87	SAL,CAR · CARL,SOUL
1995	25	PIT-min	AA	13	5	.722	2.76	27	27	0	4	3	0	169.1	150	68	52	7	45	1	136	7	1	7	699		1.152	8.0	0.4	2.4	7.2	3.02	CAR · SOUL
1996	26	PIT-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.60	13	13	0	1	0	0	76.1	89	43	39	8	28	2	48	3	0	0	338		1.533	10.5	0.9	3.3	5.7	1.71	CGY · PCL
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	96	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-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.74	24	23	0	1	1	0	129.0	141	73	68	17	45	1	87	5	0	2	569		1.442	9.8	1.2	3.1	6.1	1.93	DHM · IL
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	79	1.731	11.4	3.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
1999	29	ARI-NYM-min	AAA,AA	6	3	.667	4.72	19	14	0	0	0	0	93.1	96	59	49	14	35	0	67	5	0	3	408		1.404	9.3	1.4	3.4	6.5	1.91	NFK,TUC,BNG · IL,PCL,EL
2000	30	WSN-min	AAA,A+	0	2	.000	5.13	11	4	2	0	0	0	33.1	44	23	19	3	11	0	15	3	0	2	149		1.650	11.9	0.8	3.0	4.0	1.36	OTT,JUP · IL,FLOR
3 Yrs				4	5	.444	5.54	77	8	13	0	0	1	130.0	152	95	80	18	56	3	78	11	0	6	600	80	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	80	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	80	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	79	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	80	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	79	1.731	11.4	3.1	4.2	6.2	1.50

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
1996	26	PIT	NL	58.2	26	7	38	5.83	4.94	-0.31	-0.06	107.4	5.56	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.495	.499	$109,000
1997	27	PIT	NL	62.2	44	0	50	7.18	4.69	-0.59	-0.36	104.8	5.17	-14	-1.4	1.2	-0.2	-1.1	-8	.468	.491	$160,000
1998	28	TBD	AL	8.2	7	1	7	7.27	5.57	0.61	-0.11	98.1	4.76	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.468	.499	$
3 Seasons				130.0	77	8	95	6.58	4.86	-0.38	-0.21	105.5	5.32	-18	-1.8	1.1	-0.3	-1.0	-5	.477	.496	$269,000

PIT (2 yrs)				121.1	70	7	88	6.53	4.81	-0.45	-0.21	106.1	5.36	-15	-1.5	1.1	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.478	.495	$269,000
TBD (1 yr)				8.2	7	1	7	7.27	5.57	0.61	-0.11	98.1	4.76	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.468	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	3
1997	27	PIT	NL	44	296	255	50	77	15	3	8	7	1	27	50	.302	.373	.478	.852	.342	122	5	5	3	5	3	6
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	1
3 Yrs				77	600	521	95	152	33	5	18	12	5	56	78	.292	.367	.478	.845	.309	249	11	11	3	8	3	10
162 Game Avg.				62	480	417	76	122	26	4	14	10	4	45	62	.292	.367	.478	.845	.309	199	9	9	2	6	2	8
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.422	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	26	PIT	NL	-3.1	-0.3	275	-0.7	4.0	-4.8	.89	-0.9	0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.89	-8.2	6	6	6
1997	27	PIT	NL	-13.9	-1.4	309	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	.79	-1.5	1.0	-13.9	-1.3	0.79	-14.2	12	12	19
1998	28	TBD	AL	-1.4	-0.1	41	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.65	-0.2	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.65	-2.4	2	0	4
3 Yrs				-18.5	-1.8	625	-1.4	8.2	-9.6	.82	-2.6	0.9	-21.2	-2.0	0.82	-24.8	20	18	29

Starting Pitching*

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%	40.4	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%	36.0	36	36	3	1	0	1	2.0	0.0	4.3	85	0	1	0	0	85
2 Yrs				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													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.886	6	6	6	9	2	8	9	10	10	7	13	2	4.1	20
1997	27	PIT	NL	44	44	9	3	2	1	0	1	0%	9	8	36	12	33%	7	.785	12	12	19	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	.647	2	0	4	2	1	3	4	2	1	4	1	0	2.2	11
3 Yrs				77	69	13	3	3	2	1	1	50%	17	13	56	18	32%		.821	20	18	29	24	10	35	36	33	30	28	37	7	4.0	22

Ratio Pitching*

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	20%	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	34%	2.7%	16.9%	9.1%	8.8%	34%	0.92	1.17	68%	14%	8.7%	15%	64	5	8%
1998	28	TBD	AL	39	38%	7.7%	15.4%	10.3%	7.7%	27%	1.07	1.38	67%	24%	21.4%	0%	8	1	13%
3 Yrs				600	28%	3.0%	13.0%	9.3%	9.3%	37%	0.91	1.18	72%	16%	8.8%	12%	126	11	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	40	148	3.70	88	59%	27%	11%	28%	33%	73%	0%	43%	84%	55%	3%	1	1	15%	6	3	1	50%	2	0	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				590	2105	3.57	1258	60%	24%	16%	25%	36%	76%	0%	46%	79%	56%	5%	28	14	16%	92	45	4	24%	16	13	10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	1	0	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 Yrs				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	3	2	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	1	58.2	64	38	30	7	25	0	22	6	2	265	96	1.517	9.8	1.1	3.8	3.4	0.88	96
1997	27	4	3	.571	5.49	70	7	12	1	121.1	141	88	74	15	52	3	72	11	6	561	80	1.591	10.5	1.1	3.9	5.3	1.38	80
1998	28	4	5	.444	5.54	77	8	13	1	130.0	152	95	80	18	56	3	78	11	6	600	80	1.600	10.5	1.2	3.9	5.4	1.39	80

Neutralized Pitching

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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	51	5	1.603	10.7	3.7	7.3	1.96	1.1	44
1998	28	0	0		6.75	8.0	11	7	6	3	4	6	0	1.875	12.4	4.5	6.8	1.50	3.4	7
3 Yrs		5	8	.385	5.16	129.0	147	83	74	18	54	79	11	1.558	10.3		5.5	1.46	1.3	77

* 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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