Scott Ruffcorn

Scott Patrick Ruffcorn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 29, 1969 in New Braunfels, TX
High School: S. F. Austin HS (Austin, TX)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
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
Teams (by GP): Phillies/WhiteSox 1993-1997

Final Game: August 17, 1997
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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	CHW-min	A,Rk	1	3	.250	3.76	13	11	1	0	0	0	55.0	43	33	23	1	30	0	60	2	3	2	242		1.327	7.0	0.2	4.9	9.8	2.00	SBN,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1992	22	CHW-min	A+	14	5	.737	2.19	25	24	0	2	0	0	160.1	122	53	39	7	39	0	140	3	1	3	642		1.004	6.8	0.4	2.2	7.9	3.59	SAR · FLOR
1993	23	CHW-min	AA,AAA	11	6	.647	2.75	27	26	0	4	3	0	180.0	138	63	55	11	60	1	185	4	0	10	735		1.100	6.9	0.6	3.0	9.2	3.08	BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
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	54	1.900	8.1	1.8	9.0	1.8	0.20
1994	24	CHW-min	AAA	15	3	.833	2.72	24	24	0	3	3	0	165.2	139	57	50	5	40	1	144	6	0	6	672		1.080	7.6	0.3	2.2	7.8	3.60	NVL · AA
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	38	3.158	21.3	1.4	7.1	4.3	0.60
1995	25	CHW-min	AA,Rk,AAA	0	2	.000	5.13	8	8	0	0	0	0	26.1	27	19	15	0	18	0	20	2	0	4	126		1.709	9.2	0.0	6.2	6.8	1.11	BIR,WHS,NVL · SOUL,GULF,AA
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	59	2.875	11.3	0.0	14.6	5.6	0.38
1996	26	CHW-min	AAA	13	4	.765	3.87	24	24	0	2	1	0	149.0	142	71	64	18	61	1	129	5	0	7	649		1.362	8.6	1.1	3.7	7.8	2.11	NVL · AA
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	44	2.526	14.2	1.4	8.5	4.3	0.50
1997	27	PHI-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.16	5	5	0	2	2	0	31.0	22	6	4	0	10	0	20	1	0	0	126		1.032	6.4	0.0	2.9	5.8	2.00	SWB · IL
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	56	1.966	9.5	0.9	8.2	7.5	0.92
1998	28	CIN-min	AAA,AA	9	2	.818	6.65	33	0	7	0	0	0	47.1	52	38	35	9	43	2	37	8	0	8	237		2.007	9.9	1.7	8.2	7.0	0.86	INA,CNG · IL,SOUL
1999	29	KCR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.02	8	0	1	0	0	0	14.1	14	10	8	4	10	0	8	0	0	1	63		1.674	8.8	2.5	6.3	5.0	0.80	OMA · PCL
5 Yrs				0	8	.000	8.57	30	9	5	0	0	0	70.1	86	77	67	8	70	1	46	9	1	9	367	52	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	52	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	48	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	56	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	48	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	56	1.966	9.5	0.9	8.2	7.5	0.92

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
1993	23	CHW	AL	10.0	3	2	11	9.90	4.33	0.40	0.10	100.8	4.06	-6	-0.5	.0	0.0	-0.4	-5	.321	.497	$
1994	24	CHW	AL	6.1	2	2	11	15.63	5.68	0.18	0.20	99.7	5.68	-7	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-6	.252	.497	$
1995	25	CHW	AL	8.0	4	0	7	7.88	4.69	-0.13	-0.35	100.3	4.49	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.1	-2	.433	.498	$
1996	26	CHW	AL	6.1	3	1	8	11.37	4.99	-0.12	0.07	92.1	4.77	-5	-0.4	.5	0.0	-0.3	-4	.371	.498	$
1997	27	PHI	NL	39.2	18	4	40	9.08	4.72	0.07	-0.12	102.8	4.66	-20	-1.8	.3	0.3	-1.2	-16	.399	.489	$158,500
5 Seasons				70.1	30	9	77	9.85	4.77	0.09	-0.07	101.0	4.66	-41	-3.5	.3	0.4	-2.4	-33	.383	.496	$158,500

CHW (4 yrs)				30.2	12	5	37	10.86	4.84	0.11	-0.00	98.6	4.65	-21	-1.7	.4	0.1	-1.2	-18	.359	.497	$
PHI (1 yr)				39.2	18	4	40	9.08	4.72	0.07	-0.12	102.8	4.66	-20	-1.8	.3	0.3	-1.2	-16	.399	.489	$158,500

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
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	1
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	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	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	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	3
5 Yrs				30	367	277	77	86	20	4	8	19	3	70	46	.310	.455	.498	.953	.339	138	7	9	4	7	1	4
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	7
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.418	.755	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1993	23	CHW	AL	-4.8	-0.4	52	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.77	-0.6	0.0	-6.2	-0.6	0.77	-6.6	0	0
1994	24	CHW	AL	-6.2	-0.5	43	-0.5	0.3	-0.9	.79	-0.6	-0.1	-8.9	-0.7	0.79	-7.0	0	0
1995	25	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.2	48	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.57	-0.2	0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.57	-3.5	1	3
1996	26	CHW	AL	-4.4	-0.4	39	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.94	-0.3	-0.1	-4.7	-0.4	0.94	-4.4	1	1
1997	27	PHI	NL	-16.1	-1.5	217	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	.65	-1.4	-0.0	-15.2	-1.4	0.65	-16.9	2	11
5 Yrs				-34.2	-3.1	399	-2.3	3.6	-5.9	.70	-3.2	-0.2	-38.1	-3.4	0.70	-38.5	4	15

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
1993	23	CHW	AL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.5	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%	23.5	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%	37.0	37	37	1	0	1	0	2.0	4.5	5.0	98	0	1	0	0	98
1997	27	PHI	NL	18	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	38.2	58	20	16	8	0	2	3.8	6.5	4.4	96	0	2	0	0	99
4 Yrs				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													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.771	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	.571	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	3	4	0	4	0	6.0	45
1996	26	CHW	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.945	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	.648	0	2	11	1	0	13	2	12	9	2	10	1	4.7	33
4 Yrs				28	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%		.685	0	4	15	1	0	20	3	18	13	3	14	1	4.6	35

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%
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	44%	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	48%	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	56%	2.0%	16.3%	17.8%	10.4%	50%	0.70	0.93	60%	19%	7.4%	23%	38	3	8%
5 Yrs				367	52%	2.2%	12.5%	19.1%	8.7%	37%	0.69	0.98	63%	22%	7.1%	17%	76	7	9%
MLB Averages					44%	2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	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
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	47	181	3.85	85	47%	32%	9%	28%	31%	68%	0%	32%	86%	45%	15%	7	3	11%	5	4	0	20%	3	4	-1	0	0
1996	26	CHW	AL	30	123	4.10	70	57%	20%	13%	37%	30%	80%	0%	46%	84%	47%	3%	1	0	10%	3	1	0	0%	1	1	4	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 Yrs				315	1257	3.99	683	54%	28%	14%	28%	30%	72%	1%	39%	80%	49%	10%	31	16	20%	62	44	2	26%	8	14	52	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
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	0	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	0	0	16	0
5 Yrs				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	0	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	2	.000	8.10	3	2	1	10.0	9	11	9	2	10	0	2	0	0	1	46	54	1.900	8.1	1.8	9.0	1.8	0.20	54
1994	24	4	.000	9.92	5	4	1	16.1	24	22	18	3	15	0	5	0	0	1	85	46	2.388	13.2	1.7	8.3	2.8	0.33	46
1995	25	4	.000	9.25	9	4	1	24.1	34	29	25	3	28	0	10	2	0	1	131	50	2.548	12.6	1.1	10.4	3.7	0.36	50
1996	26	5	.000	9.68	12	5	2	30.2	44	37	33	4	34	0	13	2	0	3	165	48	2.543	12.9	1.2	10.0	3.8	0.38	48
1997	27	8	.000	8.57	30	9	5	70.1	86	77	67	8	70	1	46	9	1	9	367	52	2.218	11.0	1.0	9.0	5.9	0.66	52

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	12.00	9.0	20	13	12	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		12.00	6.0	10	9	8	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 Yrs		1	5	.167	8.63	72.0	91	77	69	8	72	47	9	2.264	11.4		5.9	0.65	1.0	30

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