Johnny Ruffin

Johnny Renando Ruffin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: July 29, 1971 in Butler, AL
High School: Choctaw County HS (Choctaw County, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1993
Teams (by GP): Reds/Diamondbacks/Marlins 1993-2001

Final Game: August 2, 2001
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Standard Batting

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
1988	16	CHW-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WHS · GULF
1989	17	CHW-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		UTI · NYPL
1990	18	CHW-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SBN · MIDW
1991	19	CHW-min	A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR · FLOR
1992	20	CHW-min	AA,A+	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BIR,SAR · SOUL,FLOR
1993	21	CHW-CIN-min	AAA,AA	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL,INA,BIR · AA,SOUL
1993	21	CIN	NL	21	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1994	22	CIN	NL	51	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	23	CIN-min	AAA	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1995	23	CIN	NL	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	24	CIN	NL	49	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	166	2	1	0	0	0	0	1

1997	25	BOS-min	Fgn,AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KSU,PAW · JPPL,IL
1998	26	NYM-MIL-min	AAA	52	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308		2	1	0	0	0	0		NFK,LOU · IL
1999	27	LAD-min	AAA	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2000	28	ARI-min	AAA	45	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2000	28	ARI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	29	FLA-CIN-min	AAA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CGY,LOU · PCL,IL
2001	29	FLA	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	30	CIN-min	Fgn,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SKK,LOU · KBO,IL
6 Yrs				139	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	20	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2	0	0	0	0

CIN (4 yrs)				131	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1993	21	CIN	NL	21	3	-0	-0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	1
1994	22	CIN	NL	51	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$115,000	1
1995	23	CIN	NL	10	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$195,000	1
1996	24	CIN	NL	49	4	0	0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$195,000	1

2000	28	ARI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2001	29	FLA	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				139	17	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$614,000

CIN (4 yrs)				131	17	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$614,000
ARI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
FLA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1993	21	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.500	.333	.271	.333	.336	.333	.413	.667	.749	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1994	22	CIN	NL	8	8	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.273	.000	.340	.000	.427	.000	.768	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.125	.125	.000	.0
1995	23	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.270	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	24	CIN	NL	4	3	1	9.0	107	.667	.500	.270	.500	.339	.500	.422	1.000	.761	166	.755	0.4	0.0	.667	.000	.000
6 Yrs				17	16	1	1.7	107	.250	.176	.272	.176	.339	.176	.423	.353	.762	-6	.126	-2.7	-0.3	.250	.059	.000	.0
162 Game Avg.				20	19	1	1.7	107	.250	.176	.272	.176	.339	.176	.423	.353	.762	-6	.126	-2.7	-0.3	.250	.059	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1993	21	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0					67%	0%
1994	22	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7			1.50	1.00	63%	0%	0.0%	50%
1995	23	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	1.00	100%	50%	0.0%	0%
1996	24	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0					75%	0%
6 Yrs				17	0.0%	29.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.4			2.67	2.33	71%	8%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.5%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	1.83	5.4	32.4	7.4	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1993	21	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.0	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.12	-0.5	0
1994	22	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.88	-1.5	0
1995	23	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-1.0	-0.1	1.66	-0.6	0
1996	24	CIN	NL	0.4	0.0	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.07	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.93	0.0	0

2000	28	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	29	FLA	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.61	-0.2	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	1.02	-2.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1993	21	CIN	NL	0	0%	0	0		0	0%	1	1
1994	22	CIN	NL	1		1	1	100%	1		0	0
1995	23	CIN	NL	0		0	0		0		0	0
1996	24	CIN	NL	0	0%	2	0		0		0	0
6 Yrs				1	33%	3	1	100%	1	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1993	21	CIN	NL	3	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1994	22	CIN	NL	8	25%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	23	CIN	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	24	CIN	NL	4	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				17	29%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	5	0	0%	13	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	21	CIN	NL	3	7	2.33	6	86%	0%	50%	17%	33%	100%	0%	86%	50%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1994	22	CIN	NL	8	25	3.13	18	72%	17%	44%	11%	28%	83%	0%	60%	47%	25%	0%	0	0	13%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1995	23	CIN	NL	2	9	4.50	6	67%	17%	0%	50%	33%	83%	0%	56%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1996	24	CIN	NL	4	10	2.50	9	90%	22%	33%	11%	33%	78%	0%	70%	57%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				17	51	3.00	39	76%	15%	36%	18%	31%	85%	0%	65%	58%	41%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1993	21	21	3	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	1
1994	22	72	11	11	1	1	1	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	1
1995	23	82	13	13	1	1	1	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	1	1
1996	24	131	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2
1997	25	131	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2
1998	26	131	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2
1999	27	131	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2
2000	28	136	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2
2001	29	139	17	17	1	3	1	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	3	2

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	SB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	21	21	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1994	22	72	11	11	1	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	51
1995	23	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1996	24	49	4	4	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	49
4 Yrs		153	20	20	1	2	1	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	131
162 Game Avg.		162	21	21	1	2	1	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	131

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