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Dutch Ruether

Walter Henry Ruether

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 13, 1893 in Alameda, CA
High School: Saint Ignatius HS (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1917
Teams (by GP): Robins/Reds/Senators/Yankees/Cubs 1917-1927

Final Game: September 29, 1927
Died: May 16, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ
Cremated
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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
1917 23 TOT NL 3 2 .600 3.00 17 8 8 2 1 0 72.0 80 29 24 0 26 35 5 0 1 307 92 1.472 10.0 0.0 3.3 4.4 1.35
1917 23 CHC NL 2 0 1.000 2.48 10 4 5 1 0 0 36.1 37 12 10 0 12 23 3 0 1 153 117 1.349 9.2 0.0 3.0 5.7 1.92
1917 23 CIN NL 1 2 .333 3.53 7 4 3 1 1 0 35.2 43 17 14 0 14 12 2 0 0 154 75 1.598 10.9 0.0 3.5 3.0 0.86
1918 24 CIN NL 0 1 .000 2.70 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 10 9 3 0 3 10 1 0 0 47 105 1.300 9.0 0.0 2.7 9.0 3.33
1919 25 CIN NL 19 6 .760 1.82 33 29 3 20 3 0 242.2 195 69 49 1 83 78 7 0 5 983 154 1.146 7.2 0.0 3.1 2.9 0.94
1920 26 CIN NL 16 12 .571 2.47 37 33 4 23 5 3 265.2 235 87 73 2 96 99 9 1 6 1086 123 1.246 8.0 0.1 3.3 3.4 1.03
1921 27 BRO NL 10 13 .435 4.26 36 27 8 12 1 2 211.1 247 116 100 7 67 78 7 0 7 936 92 1.486 10.5 0.3 2.9 3.3 1.16
1922 28 BRO NL 21 12 .636 3.53 35 35 0 26 2 0 267.1 290 123 105 11 92 89 6 0 1 1157 116 1.429 9.8 0.4 3.1 3.0 0.97
1923 29 BRO NL 15 14 .517 4.22 34 34 0 20 0 0 275.0 308 157 129 11 86 87 6 0 4 1191 92 1.433 10.1 0.4 2.8 2.8 1.01
1924 30 BRO NL 8 13 .381 3.91 30 21 8 13 2 3 168.0 190 92 73 4 45 63 5 0 1 739 96 1.399 10.2 0.2 2.4 3.4 1.40
1925 31 WSH AL 18 7 .720 3.87 30 29 0 16 1 0 223.1 241 105 96 5 105 68 8 0 1 997 109 1.549 9.7 0.2 4.2 2.7 0.65
1926 32 TOT AL 14 9 .609 4.60 28 28 0 10 0 0 205.1 246 114 105 5 84 56 5 1 0 934 84 1.607 10.8 0.2 3.7 2.5 0.67
1926 32 WSH AL 12 6 .667 4.84 23 23 0 9 0 0 169.1 214 100 91 5 66 48 4 1 0 780 80 1.654 11.4 0.3 3.5 2.6 0.73
1926 32 NYY AL 2 3 .400 3.50 5 5 0 1 0 0 36.0 32 14 14 0 18 8 1 0 0 154 111 1.389 8.0 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44
1927 33 NYY AL 13 6 .684 3.38 27 26 0 12 3 0 184.0 202 88 69 8 52 45 7 0 0 785 115 1.380 9.9 0.4 2.5 2.2 0.87
11 Yrs 137 95 .591 3.50 309 272 31 155 18 8 2124.2 2244 989 826 54 739 708 66 2 26 9162 105 1.404 9.5 0.2 3.1 3.0 0.96
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .591 3.50 36 32 4 18 2 1 249 263 116 97 6 86 83 8 0 3 1072 105 1.404 9.5 0.2 3.1 3.0 0.96
BRO (4 yrs) 54 52 .509 3.97 135 117 16 71 5 5 921.2 1035 488 407 33 290 317 24 0 13 4023 99 1.438 10.1 0.3 2.8 3.1 1.09
CIN (4 yrs) 36 21 .632 2.26 79 68 10 45 9 3 554.0 483 182 139 3 196 199 19 1 11 2270 129 1.226 7.8 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.02
WSH (2 yrs) 30 13 .698 4.29 53 52 0 25 1 0 392.2 455 205 187 10 171 116 12 1 1 1777 95 1.594 10.4 0.2 3.9 2.7 0.68
NYY (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 3.40 32 31 0 13 3 0 220.0 234 102 83 8 70 53 8 0 0 939 115 1.382 9.6 0.3 2.9 2.2 0.76
CHC (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.48 10 4 5 1 0 0 36.1 37 12 10 0 12 23 3 0 1 153 117 1.349 9.2 0.0 3.0 5.7 1.92
NL (8 yrs) 92 73 .558 3.31 224 189 31 117 14 8 1512.0 1555 682 556 36 498 539 46 1 25 6446 107 1.358 9.3 0.2 3.0 3.2 1.08
AL (3 yrs) 45 22 .672 3.97 85 83 0 38 4 0 612.2 689 307 270 18 241 169 20 1 1 2716 101 1.518 10.1 0.3 3.5 2.5 0.70

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 Awards
1917 23 CHC NL 36.1 10 4 12 2.97 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 3.99 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .552 .503 $
1917 23 CIN NL 35.2 7 4 17 4.29 3.48 -0.16 0.00 96.0 3.49 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .446 .498 $
1918 24 CIN NL 10.0 2 2 9 8.10 4.02 -0.07 0.00 94.0 3.85 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .276 .497 $
1919 25 CIN NL 242.0 33 29 69 2.57 3.60 0.30 0.00 95.2 3.14 17 2.2 1.0 -0.2 3.7 31 .566 .513 $
1920 26 CIN NL 265.2 37 33 87 2.95 3.88 0.15 0.00 97.6 3.64 21 2.6 1.0 -0.2 4.5 43 .570 .516 $
1921 27 BRO NL 211.1 36 27 116 4.94 4.85 -0.11 0.00 102.1 5.06 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.9 23 .510 .502 $
1922 28 BRO NL 267.1 35 35 123 4.14 4.91 -0.14 0.00 99.9 5.04 25 2.5 -0.1 4.4 55 .571 .515 $
1923 29 BRO NL 275.0 34 34 157 5.14 4.84 -0.16 0.00 98.2 4.91 -8 -0.8 -0.1 1.2 21 .477 .495 $
1924 30 BRO NL 168.2 30 21 92 4.91 4.56 -0.15 0.00 94.9 4.47 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.5 8 .476 .496 $
1925 31 WSH AL 223.1 30 29 105 4.23 5.14 0.26 0.00 94.9 4.63 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.7 37 .529 .505 $
1926 32 WSH AL 169.1 23 23 100 5.31 4.83 -0.14 0.00 94.9 4.72 -11 -1.1 -0.1 0.3 8 .453 .493 $
1926 32 NYY AL 36.0 5 5 14 3.50 4.52 -0.10 0.00 99.1 4.58 4 0.5 -0.0 0.7 8 .591 .503 $
1927 33 NYY AL 184.1 27 26 88 4.30 4.67 0.27 0.00 95.3 4.19 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.2 19 .490 .498 $11,000
11 Seasons 2125.0 309 272 989 4.19 4.53 0.02 0.00 97.3 4.39 47 5.8 1.0 -1.1 21.4 256 .519 .503 $11,000
BRO (4 yrs) 922.1 135 117 488 4.76 4.81 -0.14 0.00 99.0 4.90 13 1.3 1.0 -0.4 8.0 108 .510 .502 $
CIN (4 yrs) 553.1 79 68 182 2.96 3.74 0.19 0.00 96.4 3.42 31 3.9 1.0 -0.4 7.7 69 .550 .506 $
WSH (2 yrs) 392.2 53 52 205 4.70 5.01 0.09 0.00 94.9 4.67 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.2 3.0 45 .496 .499 $
NYY (2 yrs) 220.1 32 31 102 4.17 4.65 0.21 0.00 96.0 4.26 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.9 28 .506 .501 $11,000
CHC (1 yr) 36.1 10 4 12 2.97 3.53 -0.24 0.00 106.0 3.99 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .552 .503 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1919 25 CIN NL WS W CHW 1 0 1.000 2.57 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 12 5 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 56 1.143 7.7 0.0 2.6 0.6 0.25
1926 32 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 22 2.077 14.5 2.1 4.2 2.1 0.50
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 1 .500 2.95 3 3 0 1 0 0 18.1 19 9 6 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 78 1.364 9.3 0.5 2.9 1.0 0.33
2 WS 1 1 .500 2.95 3 3 0 1 0 0 18.1 19 9 6 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 78 1.364 9.3 0.5 2.9 1.0 0.33

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%
1918 24 CIN NL 47 0.0% 21.3% 6.4% 6.4% 30% 66%
1919 25 CIN NL 983 0.1% 7.9% 8.4% 2.3% 12% 81%
1920 26 CIN NL 1086 0.2% 9.1% 8.8% 4.0% 18% 78%
1921 27 BRO NL 936 0.8% 8.3% 7.2% 79%
1922 28 BRO NL 1158 1.0% 7.7% 7.9% 80%
1923 29 BRO NL 1191 0.9% 7.3% 7.2% 4.5% 18% 82%
1924 30 BRO NL 739 0.5% 8.5% 6.1% 3.5% 14% 82%
1925 31 WSH AL 997 0.5% 6.8% 10.5% 3.2% 13% 79%
1926 32 TOT AL 935 0.5% 6.0% 9.0% 1.5% 6% 81%
1926 32 WSH AL 781 0.6% 6.2% 8.5% 1.7% 6% 81%
1926 32 NYY AL 154 0.0% 5.2% 11.7% 0.7% 3% 79%
1927 33 NYY AL 795 1.0% 5.7% 6.5% 2.9% 11% 83%
10 Yrs 8867 0.6% 7.6% 8.0% 2.5% 10% 80%
MLB Averages 0.9% 7.4% 7.6% 2.8% 11% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1917 23 3 2 .600 3.00 17 8 8 2 1 0 72.0 80 29 24 0 26 35 5 0 1 307 92 1.472 10.0 0.0 3.3 4.4 1.35 92
1918 24 3 3 .500 2.96 19 10 8 3 1 0 82.0 90 38 27 0 29 45 6 0 1 354 94 1.451 9.9 0.0 3.2 4.9 1.55 94
1919 25 22 9 .710 2.11 52 39 11 23 4 0 324.2 285 107 76 1 112 123 13 0 6 1337 133 1.223 7.9 0.0 3.1 3.4 1.10 133
1920 26 38 21 .644 2.27 89 72 15 46 9 3 590.1 520 194 149 3 208 222 22 1 12 2423 128 1.233 7.9 0.0 3.2 3.4 1.07 128
1921 27 48 34 .585 2.80 125 99 23 58 10 5 801.2 767 310 249 10 275 300 29 1 19 3359 114 1.300 8.6 0.1 3.1 3.4 1.09 114
1922 28 69 46 .600 2.98 160 134 23 84 12 5 1069.0 1057 433 354 21 367 389 35 1 20 4516 114 1.332 8.9 0.2 3.1 3.3 1.06 114
1923 29 84 60 .583 3.23 194 168 23 104 12 5 1344.0 1365 590 483 32 453 476 41 1 24 5707 108 1.353 9.1 0.2 3.0 3.2 1.05 108
1924 30 92 73 .558 3.31 224 189 31 117 14 8 1512.0 1555 682 556 36 498 539 46 1 25 6446 107 1.358 9.3 0.2 3.0 3.2 1.08 107
1925 31 110 80 .579 3.38 254 218 31 133 15 8 1735.1 1796 787 652 41 603 607 54 1 26 7443 107 1.382 9.3 0.2 3.1 3.1 1.01 107
1926 32 124 89 .582 3.51 282 246 31 143 15 8 1940.2 2042 901 757 46 687 663 59 2 26 8377 104 1.406 9.5 0.2 3.2 3.1 0.97 104
1927 33 137 95 .591 3.50 309 272 31 155 18 8 2124.2 2244 989 826 54 739 708 66 2 26 9162 105 1.404 9.5 0.2 3.1 3.0 0.96 105

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1917 23 3 4 .429 4.43 63.0 93 34 31 0 30 31 6 1.952 13.3 4.3 4.4 1.03 0.0 17
1918 24 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 15 6 5 0 4 13 2 1.462 10.4 2.8 9.0 3.25 0.0 2
1919 25 20 8 .714 2.50 256.0 253 79 71 1 108 82 9 1.410 8.9 3.8 2.9 0.76 0.0 33
1920 26 17 11 .607 3.13 253.0 265 98 88 2 108 94 10 1.474 9.4 3.8 3.3 0.87 0.1 37
1921 27 12 12 .500 3.97 222.0 251 109 98 7 68 82 7 1.437 10.2 2.8 3.3 1.21 0.3 36
1922 28 18 12 .600 3.16 276.0 285 108 97 11 90 92 6 1.359 9.3 2.9 3.0 1.02 0.4 35
1923 29 15 16 .484 4.05 282.0 314 141 127 11 88 89 6 1.426 10.0 2.8 2.8 1.01 0.4 34
1924 30 9 10 .474 3.96 175.0 200 86 77 4 47 66 5 1.411 10.3 2.4 3.4 1.40 0.2 30
1925 31 14 11 .560 3.44 233.0 238 99 89 5 104 71 8 1.468 9.2 4.0 2.7 0.68 0.2 30
1926 32 10 13 .435 4.54 212.0 255 119 107 5 87 58 5 1.613 10.8 3.7 2.5 0.67 0.2 28
1927 33 12 8 .600 3.36 185.0 206 77 69 8 53 45 7 1.400 10.0 2.6 2.2 0.85 0.4 27
11 Yrs 131 105 .555 3.56 2170.0 2375 956 859 54 787 723 71 1.457 9.9 3.0 0.92 0.2 309

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1922 NL  5.0 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1919 NL  3.7 (8th)
1920 NL  4.5 (7th)
1922 NL  4.4 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1919 NL  1.82 (3rd)
1920 NL  2.47 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1919 NL  19 (4th)
1922 NL  21 (3rd)
1925 AL  18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1919 NL  .760 (1st)
1922 NL  .636 (4th)
1925 AL  .720 (4th)
1926 AL  .609 (7th)
1927 AL  .684 (6th)
Career  .591 (146th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 NL  7.232 (3rd)
1920 NL  7.961 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  2.544 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1921 NL  3.322 (8th)
1924 NL  3.375 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1920 NL  3 (6th)
1924 NL  3 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1922 NL  267.3 (5th)
1923 NL  275.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 NL  99 (9th)
1922 NL  89 (6th)
1923 NL  87 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1919 NL  29 (8th)
1920 NL  33 (10th)
1922 NL  35 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1919 NL  20 (9th)
1920 NL  23 (6th)
1922 NL  26 (2nd)
1923 NL  20 (10th)
1925 AL  16 (8th)
Career  155 (214th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1920 NL  5 (3rd)
1922 NL  2 (6th)
1927 AL  3 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1919 NL  83 (2nd)
1920 NL  96 (3rd)
1921 NL  67 (9th)
1922 NL  92 (4th)
1923 NL  86 (7th)
1925 AL  105 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1922 NL  290 (8th)
1923 NL  308 (5th)
1926 AL  246 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1924 NL  1.400 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 NL  0.037 (4th)
1920 NL  0.068 (2nd)
1924 NL  0.214 (7th)
1925 AL  0.202 (1st)
Career  0.229 (202nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1922 NL  105 (10th)
1923 NL  129 (3rd)
1926 AL  105 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1919 NL  5 (8th)
1920 NL  6 (7th)
1921 NL  7 (3rd)
1923 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1919 NL  7 (10th)
1920 NL  9 (4th)
1921 NL  7 (9th)
1923 NL  6 (10th)
1925 AL  8 (4th)
1927 AL  7 (10th)
Career  66 (230th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1922 NL  1,157 (5th)
1923 NL  1,191 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1919 NL  154 (3rd)
1920 NL  123 (8th)
1922 NL  116 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1919 NL  24 (4th)
1920 NL  19 (5th)
1922 NL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1919 NL  2.9 (4th)
1920 NL  2.1 (5th)
1922 NL  1.9 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 81 (303), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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