Dutch Ruether
Walter Henry Ruether
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 13, 1893 in Alameda, CA
High School: St. Ignatius (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1917
Final Game: September 29, 1927
Died: May 16, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ
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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
1917 23 TOT NL 50 80 68 4 17 3 3 0 12 1 11 17 .250 .354 .382 .737 122 26 0 1 1/3
1917 23 CHC NL 31 53 44 3 12 1 3 0 11 0 8 11 .273 .385 .432 .816 142 19 0 1 1/3
1917 23 CIN NL 19 27 24 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 3 6 .208 .296 .292 .588 84 7 0 0 /1
1918 24 CIN NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1919 25 CIN NL 42 99 92 8 24 2 3 0 6 1 4 18 .261 .292 .348 .639 93 32 0 3 1
1920 26 CIN NL 45 111 104 3 20 4 0 0 10 0 0 5 24 .192 .229 .231 .460 33 24 0 2 1/3
1921 27 BRO NL 49 103 97 12 34 5 2 2 13 1 0 4 9 .351 .376 .505 .881 127 49 0 2 1
1922 28 BRO NL 67 143 125 12 26 6 1 2 20 0 0 12 11 .208 .283 .320 .603 55 40 1 5 1
1923 29 BRO NL 49 131 117 6 32 1 0 0 10 0 0 12 12 .274 .341 .282 .623 67 33 0 2 1/3
1924 30 BRO NL 34 68 62 5 15 1 1 0 4 0 0 5 2 .242 .299 .290 .589 60 18 0 1 1
1925 31 WSH AL 55 121 108 18 36 3 2 1 15 0 1 10 8 .333 .390 .426 .816 108 46 0 3 1/3
1926 32 TOT AL 60 123 113 8 25 2 0 1 11 0 0 6 11 .221 .267 .265 .532 40 30 1 3 1
1926 32 WSH AL 47 101 92 6 23 2 0 1 11 0 0 6 10 .250 .296 .304 .600 58 28 0 3 1
1926 32 NYY AL 13 22 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 -38 2 1 0 /1
1927 33 NYY AL 35 88 80 7 21 3 0 1 10 0 0 8 15 .263 .330 .338 .667 76 27 0 0 1
11 Seasons 488 1070 969 83 250 30 12 7 111 3 1 77 129 .258 .314 .335 .649 76 325 2 22
162 Game Avg. 162 355 322 28 83 10 4 2 37 1 26 43 .258 .314 .335 .649 76 108 1 7
BRO (4 yrs) 199 445 401 35 107 13 4 4 47 1 0 33 34 .267 .324 .349 .673 77 140 1 10
CIN (4 yrs) 108 240 223 12 49 8 3 0 17 2 0 12 50 .220 .260 .283 .542 61 63 0 5
WSH (2 yrs) 102 222 200 24 59 5 2 2 26 0 1 16 18 .295 .347 .370 .717 86 74 0 6
NYY (2 yrs) 48 110 101 9 23 3 0 1 10 0 0 8 16 .228 .291 .287 .578 52 29 1 0
CHC (1 yr) 31 53 44 3 12 1 3 0 11 0 8 11 .273 .385 .432 .816 142 19 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 338 738 668 50 168 22 10 4 75 3 0 53 95 .251 .307 .332 .640 76 222 1 16
AL (3 yrs) 150 332 301 33 82 8 2 3 36 0 1 24 34 .272 .328 .342 .670 75 103 1 6

Advanced Batting

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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
1917 23 TOT NL 80 52 9 4.7 81 .333 .250 .261 .354 .319 .382 .344 .737 .663 122 .648 2.2 0.3 .745 .309 .132 .0
1917 23 CHC NL 53 33 7 5.7 84 .364 .273 .265 .385 .324 .432 .350 .816 .674 142 .728 2.4 0.3 .844 .341 .159
1917 23 CIN NL 27 19 2 2.8 75 .278 .208 .252 .296 .309 .292 .333 .588 .641 84 .427 -0.3 0.0 .579 .250 .083 .0
1918 24 CIN NL 3 3 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .259 .000 .316 .000 .334 .000 .651 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1919 25 CIN NL 99 71 9 3.4 80 .324 .261 .262 .292 .316 .348 .344 .639 .660 93 .483 -1.2 -0.1 .544 .141 .087 .0
1920 26 CIN NL 111 86 6 1.9 89 .250 .192 .274 .229 .328 .231 .364 .460 .692 33 .214 -8.8 -1.0 .345 .087 .038
1921 27 BRO NL 103 65 19 7.8 110 .372 .351 .303 .376 .354 .505 .417 .881 .771 127 .725 3.5 0.3 .857 .206 .155 1.3
1922 28 BRO NL 143 104 11 2.8 112 .214 .208 .301 .283 .359 .320 .419 .603 .778 55 .265 -8.6 -0.8 .535 .208 .112 .0
1923 29 BRO NL 131 87 11 3.4 105 .305 .274 .291 .341 .349 .282 .405 .623 .754 67 .352 -5.0 -0.5 .529 .111 .009
1924 30 BRO NL 68 48 5 2.8 101 .250 .242 .286 .299 .341 .290 .399 .589 .740 60 .291 -3.5 -0.3 .489 .129 .048
1925 31 WSH AL 121 76 18 6.3 114 .354 .333 .297 .390 .367 .426 .416 .816 .783 108 .597 1.3 0.1 .753 .176 .093 .0
1926 32 TOT AL 123 91 8 2.3 108 .238 .221 .288 .267 .359 .265 .403 .532 .762 40 .219 -10.2 -1.0 .420 .097 .044 .0
1926 32 WSH AL 101 72 8 3.0 108 .272 .250 .288 .296 .359 .304 .403 .600 .762 58 .301 -5.9 -0.6 .493 .120 .054 .0
1926 32 NYY AL 22 19 0 0.0 108 .100 .095 .288 .136 .359 .095 .403 .232 .762 -38 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .158 .000 .000
1927 33 NYY AL 88 59 9 4.1 108 .313 .263 .289 .330 .357 .338 .406 .667 .763 76 .420 -2.8 -0.3 .593 .175 .075 .0
11 Seasons 1070 742 105 3.8 102 .292 .258 .286 .314 .346 .335 .394 .649 .741 76 .425 -33.8 -3.4 .564 .159 .077 4.2
162 Game Avg. 355 246 35 3.8 102 .292 .258 .286 .314 .346 .335 .394 .649 .741 76 .425 -33.8 -3.4 .564 .159 .077 1
BRO (4 yrs) 445 304 46 4.1 108 .284 .267 .296 .324 .352 .349 .411 .673 .763 77 .429 -13.5 -1.3 .595 .167 .082 1.6
CIN (4 yrs) 240 179 17 2.6 84 .283 .220 .266 .260 .320 .283 .352 .542 .673 61 .343 -11.0 -1.2 .443 .126 .063 .0
WSH (2 yrs) 222 148 26 4.7 111 .317 .295 .293 .347 .363 .370 .410 .717 .774 86 .478 -4.6 -0.5 .627 .150 .075 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 110 78 9 3.1 108 .262 .228 .289 .291 .357 .287 .405 .578 .762 52 .306 -7.1 -0.7 .487 .139 .059 .0
CHC (1 yr) 53 33 7 5.7 84 .364 .273 .265 .385 .324 .432 .350 .816 .674 142 .728 2.4 0.3 .844 .341 .159
NL (8 yrs) 738 516 70 3.7 98 .288 .251 .284 .307 .340 .332 .387 .640 .727 76 .426 -22.1 -2.2 .558 .165 .081 3.4
AL (3 yrs) 332 226 35 4.1 110 .299 .272 .291 .328 .361 .342 .409 .670 .770 75 .424 -11.7 -1.2 .577 .146 .070 .0

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
1919 25 CIN NL WS CHW W 3 7 6 2 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 .667 .714 1.500 2.214 9 0 0 0 0 0
1925 31 WSH AL WS PIT L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926 32 NYY AL WS STL L 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 12 11 2 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .818 1.235 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 12 11 2 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .818 1.235 9 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1917 23 50 80 68 4 17 3 3 0 12 1 11 17 .250 .354 .382 .737 122 26 0 1
1918 24 52 83 71 4 17 3 3 0 12 1 11 19 .239 .341 .366 .708 114 26 0 1
1919 25 94 182 163 12 41 5 6 0 18 2 15 37 .252 .315 .356 .670 103 58 0 4
1920 26 139 293 267 15 61 9 6 0 28 2 0 20 61 .228 .282 .307 .589 75 82 0 6
1921 27 188 396 364 27 95 14 8 2 41 3 0 24 70 .261 .307 .360 .667 91 131 0 8
1922 28 255 539 489 39 121 20 9 4 61 3 0 36 81 .247 .300 .350 .650 81 171 1 13
1923 29 304 670 606 45 153 21 9 4 71 3 0 48 93 .252 .308 .337 .645 78 204 1 15
1924 30 338 738 668 50 168 22 10 4 75 3 0 53 95 .251 .307 .332 .640 76 222 1 16
1925 31 393 859 776 68 204 25 12 5 90 3 1 63 103 .263 .319 .345 .664 81 268 1 19
1926 32 453 982 889 76 229 27 12 6 101 3 1 69 114 .258 .313 .335 .648 76 298 2 22
1927 33 488 1070 969 83 250 30 12 7 111 3 1 77 129 .258 .314 .335 .649 76 325 2 22

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1917 23 52 86 73 5 20 4 4 0 15 1 13 18 .274 .384 .438 .822 11 50
1918 24 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1919 25 49 116 111 12 32 3 4 0 9 1 5 21 .288 .319 .387 .706 14 42
1920 26 47 116 110 3 22 4 0 0 11 0 6 25 .200 .241 .236 .478 6 45
1921 27 52 105 101 12 34 5 2 2 13 1 4 10 .337 .362 .485 .847 18 49
1922 28 70 142 129 11 26 6 1 2 19 0 12 11 .202 .275 .310 .585 10 67
1923 29 52 132 120 6 31 1 0 0 9 0 12 13 .258 .326 .267 .592 11 49
1924 30 36 69 64 5 15 1 1 0 4 0 5 2 .234 .290 .281 .571 5 34
1925 31 58 119 110 16 34 3 2 1 13 0 9 8 .309 .361 .400 .761 16 55
1926 32 63 127 120 8 27 2 0 1 11 0 6 12 .225 .268 .267 .534 8 60
1927 33 37 91 83 7 21 3 0 1 9 0 8 16 .253 .319 .325 .644 8 35
11 Seasons 519 1107 1025 85 262 32 14 7 113 3 80 139 .256 .311 .335 .645 107 488
162 Game Avg. 162 346 320 27 82 10 4 2 35 1 25 43 .256 .311 .335 .645 33 488

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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