Scott Ruffcorn
Scott Patrick Ruffcorn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 29, 1969 in Austin, TX
High School: Austin (Austin, TX)
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1993
Final Game: August 17, 1997
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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
1993 23 CHW AL 0 2 .000 8.10 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 9 11 9 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 46 52 1.900 8.1 1.8 9.0 1.8 0.20
1994 24 CHW AL 0 2 .000 12.79 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 15 11 9 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 39 37 3.158 21.3 1.4 7.1 4.3 0.60
1995 25 CHW AL 0 0 7.88 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 7 7 0 13 0 5 2 0 0 46 57 2.875 11.3 0.0 14.6 5.6 0.38
1996 26 CHW AL 0 1 .000 11.37 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 10 8 8 1 6 0 3 0 0 2 34 42 2.526 14.2 1.4 8.5 4.3 0.50
1997 27 PHI NL 0 3 .000 7.71 18 4 3 0 0 0 39.2 42 40 34 4 36 1 33 7 1 6 202 55 1.966 9.5 0.9 8.2 7.5 0.92
5 Seasons 0 8 .000 8.57 30 9 5 0 0 0 70.1 86 77 67 8 70 1 46 9 1 9 367 51 2.218 11.0 1.0 9.0 5.9 0.66
162 Game Avg. 0 14 .000 8.57 52 16 9 0 0 0 123 150 134 117 14 122 2 80 16 2 16 640 51 2.218 11.0 1.0 9.0 5.9 0.66
CHW (4 yrs) 0 5 .000 9.68 12 5 2 0 0 0 30.2 44 37 33 4 34 0 13 2 0 3 165 46 2.543 12.9 1.2 10.0 3.8 0.38
PHI (1 yr) 0 3 .000 7.71 18 4 3 0 0 0 39.2 42 40 34 4 36 1 33 7 1 6 202 55 1.966 9.5 0.9 8.2 7.5 0.92
AL (4 yrs) 0 5 .000 9.68 12 5 2 0 0 0 30.2 44 37 33 4 34 0 13 2 0 3 165 46 2.543 12.9 1.2 10.0 3.8 0.38
NL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 7.71 18 4 3 0 0 0 39.2 42 40 34 4 36 1 33 7 1 6 202 55 1.966 9.5 0.9 8.2 7.5 0.92

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
1993 23 CHW AL 3 46 34 11 9 2 0 2 5 0 10 2 .265 .422 .500 .922 .226 17 2 0 1 1 0
1994 24 CHW AL 2 39 33 11 15 2 1 1 4 0 5 3 .455 .513 .667 1.179 .467 22 0 0 0 1 0
1995 25 CHW AL 4 46 30 7 10 0 0 0 1 1 13 5 .333 .556 .333 .889 .400 10 2 2 1 0 0
1996 26 CHW AL 3 34 27 8 10 2 0 1 3 1 6 3 .370 .485 .556 1.040 .391 15 0 0 1 0 0
1997 27 PHI NL 18 202 153 40 42 14 3 4 6 1 36 33 .275 .423 .484 .907 .314 74 3 7 1 5 1
5 Seasons 30 367 277 77 86 20 4 8 19 3 70 46 .310 .455 .498 .953 .339 138 7 9 4 7 1
162 Game Avg. 52 640 483 134 150 35 7 14 33 5 122 80 .310 .455 .498 .953 .339 241 12 16 7 12 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
1993 23 CHW AL 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 35 30 2 0 0 2 3.0 2.0 4.5 83 0 2 0 0 84
1994 24 CHW AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 32 15 5 1 0 1 2.5 2.3 3.2 72 1 1 0 0 80
1996 26 CHW AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 37 37 1 0 1 0 2.0 4.5 5.0 97 0 1 0 0 97
1997 27 PHI NL 18 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 38 58 20 16 8 0 2 3.8 6.5 4.4 96 0 2 0 0 99
4 Seasons 26 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 9 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 34 58 15 24 9 1 5 3.1 4.4 4.2 85 1 6 0 0 99
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
1993 23 CHW AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.775 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 20
1995 25 CHW AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.563 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 6.0 44
1996 26 CHW AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.944 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0 25
1997 27 PHI NL 18 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0.650 0 3 10 1 0 13 2 12 9 2 10 1 4.7 33
4 Seasons 28 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0.686 0 5 14 1 0 20 3 18 13 3 14 1 4.6 34

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%
1993 23 CHW AL 46 50% 4.4% 4.4% 21.7% 8.7% 44% 0.78 1.15 67% 24% 12.5% 11% 9 2 22%
1994 24 CHW AL 39 56% 2.6% 7.7% 12.8% 10.3% 27% 0.58 0.45 77% 26% 5.6% 5% 9 0 0%
1995 25 CHW AL 46 52% 0.0% 10.9% 28.3% 0.0% 0% 0.79 1.57 54% 23% 0.0% 21% 12 2 17%
1996 26 CHW AL 34 50% 2.9% 8.8% 17.7% 8.8% 30% 0.60 1.14 68% 28% 7.1% 7% 8 0 0%
1997 27 PHI NL 202 44% 2.0% 16.3% 17.8% 10.4% 50% 0.70 0.93 60% 19% 7.4% 23% 38 3 8%
5 Seasons 367 48% 2.2% 12.5% 19.1% 8.7% 37% 0.69 0.98 63% 22% 7.1% 17% 76 7 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
1993 23 CHW AL 46 186 4.04 98 53% 37% 8% 20% 35% 63% 0% 33% 87% 50% 7% 3 2 15% 7 5 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1994 24 CHW AL 39 143 3.67 91 64% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 0% 45% 83% 64% 3% 1 1 26% 10 9 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 25 CHW AL 46 176 3.83 83 47% 31% 10% 28% 31% 69% 0% 32% 86% 43% 15% 7 3 11% 5 4 0 20% 3 4 0 0 0
1996 26 CHW AL 29 122 4.21 70 57% 20% 13% 37% 30% 80% 0% 46% 84% 48% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 0 0% 1 1 5 0 0
1997 27 PHI NL 153 624 4.08 339 54% 25% 19% 29% 27% 75% 1% 41% 75% 46% 12% 19 10 24% 37 25 2 31% 3 8 49 0 0
5 Seasons 313 1251 4.00 681 54% 28% 15% 28% 30% 72% 1% 39% 80% 49% 10% 31 16 20% 62 44 2 26% 8 14 54 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
1993 23 CHW AL 46 9 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 19 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1994 24 CHW AL 39 15 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 80% 0 0 0 19 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 25 CHW AL 46 10 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 19 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1996 26 CHW AL 34 10 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 2 1 16 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PHI NL 202 42 3 0 4 0 8 4 0 1 3 16 11 2 69% 3 6 1 74 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
5 Seasons 367 86 11 2 8 0 14 6 2 4 4 32 22 3 69% 4 9 2 147 19 3 86% 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 19 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+
1993 23 0 2 .000 8.10 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 9 11 9 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 46 52 1.900 8.1 1.8 9.0 1.8 0.20 52
1994 24 0 4 .000 9.92 5 4 1 0 0 0 16.1 24 22 18 3 15 0 5 0 0 1 85 44 2.388 13.2 1.7 8.3 2.8 0.33 44
1995 25 0 4 .000 9.25 9 4 1 0 0 0 24.1 34 29 25 3 28 0 10 2 0 1 131 48 2.548 12.6 1.1 10.4 3.7 0.36 48
1996 26 0 5 .000 9.68 12 5 2 0 0 0 30.2 44 37 33 4 34 0 13 2 0 3 165 46 2.543 12.9 1.2 10.0 3.8 0.38 46
1997 27 0 8 .000 8.57 30 9 5 0 0 0 70.1 86 77 67 8 70 1 46 9 1 9 367 51 2.218 11.0 1.0 9.0 5.9 0.66 51

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
1993 23 0 1 .000 9.00 9.0 9 10 9 2 10 2 0 2.111 9.0 10.0 2.0 0.20 2.0 3
1994 24 0 1 .000 11.00 9.0 20 12 11 1 7 4 0 3.000 20.0 7.0 4.0 0.57 1.0 2
1995 25 0 0 9.00 8.0 11 9 8 0 14 5 2 3.125 12.4 15.8 5.6 0.36 0.0 4
1996 26 0 0 10.50 6.0 10 8 7 1 6 3 0 2.667 15.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 1.5 3
1997 27 1 3 .250 7.20 40.0 41 36 32 4 35 33 7 1.900 9.2 7.9 7.4 0.94 0.9 18
5 Seasons 1 5 .167 8.38 72.0 91 75 67 8 72 47 9 2.264 11.4 5.9 0.65 1.0 30

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