Johnny Ruffin
Johnny Renando Ruffin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: July 29, 1971 in Butler, AL
High School: Choctaw County (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
Final Game: August 2, 2001
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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 21 CIN NL 2 1 .667 3.58 21 0 5 0 0 2 37.2 36 16 15 4 11 1 30 1 0 2 159 113 1.248 8.6 1.0 2.6 7.2 2.73
1994 22 CIN NL 7 2 .778 3.09 51 0 13 0 0 1 70.0 57 26 24 7 27 3 44 0 1 5 287 135 1.200 7.3 0.9 3.5 5.7 1.63
1995 23 CIN NL 0 0 1.35 10 0 6 0 0 0 13.1 4 3 2 0 11 0 11 0 0 3 54 307 1.125 2.7 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
1996 24 CIN NL 1 3 .250 5.49 49 0 13 0 0 0 62.1 71 42 38 10 37 5 69 2 0 8 289 78 1.733 10.3 1.4 5.3 10.0 1.86
2000 28 ARI NL 0 0 9.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 3 1 5 0 0 0 43 53 1.889 14.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
2001 29 FLA NL 0 0 4.91 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 0 21 86 2.455 12.3 0.0 9.8 9.8 1.00
6 Seasons 10 6 .625 4.13 139 0 40 0 0 3 196.0 187 100 90 25 93 11 163 4 1 18 853 102 1.429 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.5 1.75
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .625 4.13 68 0 20 0 0 1 96 91 49 44 12 45 5 80 2 0 9 417 102 1.429 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.5 1.75
CIN (4 yrs) 10 6 .625 3.88 131 0 37 0 0 3 183.1 168 87 79 21 86 9 154 3 1 18 789 108 1.385 8.2 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.79
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 3 1 5 0 0 0 43 53 1.889 14.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
FLA (1 yr) 0 0 4.91 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 0 21 86 2.455 12.3 0.0 9.8 9.8 1.00

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 21 CIN NL 21 159 146 16 36 7 4 4 4 0 11 30 .247 .304 .432 .735 .286 63 2 1 1 0 1
1994 22 CIN NL 51 287 256 26 57 8 3 7 2 0 27 44 .223 .295 .359 .654 .242 92 4 0 2 2 3
1995 23 CIN NL 10 54 43 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 11 11 .093 .278 .116 .394 .125 5 2 0 0 0 0
1996 24 CIN NL 49 289 243 42 71 7 3 10 11 2 37 69 .292 .386 .469 .855 .365 114 10 2 4 3 5
2000 28 ARI NL 5 43 40 9 14 2 1 4 0 1 3 5 .350 .395 .750 1.145 .323 30 0 0 0 0 1
2001 29 FLA NL 3 21 16 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 .313 .476 .438 .914 .417 7 1 1 0 0 1
6 Seasons 139 853 744 100 187 27 11 25 18 3 93 163 .251 .336 .418 .754 .289 311 19 4 7 5 11
162 Game Avg. 68 417 364 49 91 13 5 12 9 1 45 80 .251 .336 .418 .754 .289 152 9 2 3 2 5
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 21 CIN NL 21 21 5 2 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 10 5 50% 7 0.559 4 6 10 5 1 15 5 16 15 1 15 3 5.4 26
1994 22 CIN NL 51 51 13 7 2 4 1 3 25% 16 11 30 8 27% 6 1.256 24 12 15 18 12 21 17 34 27 9 30 10 4.1 19
1995 23 CIN NL 10 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 0.415 1 0 9 5 0 5 2 8 5 2 5 0 4.0 21
1996 24 CIN NL 49 49 13 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 1 20 4 20% 8 0.748 9 8 29 11 7 31 13 36 18 10 21 8 3.8 23
2000 28 ARI NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.354 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 4 1 4 0 5.4 25
2001 29 FLA NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0.364 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 3.7 25
6 Seasons 139 139 40 10 6 8 3 5 38% 25 15 71 22 31% 0.833 39 28 68 40 21 78 42 97 71 24 77 21 4.2 22

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 21 CIN NL 159 52% 2.5% 18.9% 6.9% 9.4% 42% 0.66 0.93 70% 25% 7.3% 21% 23 2 9%
1994 22 CIN NL 287 40% 2.4% 15.3% 9.4% 6.3% 32% 0.84 0.95 72% 21% 7.1% 15% 44 4 9%
1995 23 CIN NL 54 52% 0.0% 20.4% 20.4% 1.9% 25% 1.13 1.14 59% 9% 0.0% 27% 9 2 22%
1996 24 CIN NL 289 37% 3.5% 23.9% 12.8% 6.9% 28% 1.05 1.62 58% 23% 13.2% 12% 62 10 16%
2000 28 ARI NL 43 44% 9.3% 11.6% 7.0% 16.3% 50% 0.88 2.00 72% 26% 28.6% 13% 5 0 0%
2001 29 FLA NL 21 43% 0.0% 19.1% 19.1% 9.5% 40% 1.00 2.50 57% 33% 0.0% 17% 8 1 13%
6 Seasons 853 42% 2.9% 19.1% 10.9% 7.4% 34% 0.88 1.17 66% 22% 9.7% 16% 151 19 13%
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 21 CIN NL 145 489 3.37 328 67% 22% 18% 27% 32% 77% 2% 52% 76% 59% 4% 6 3 20% 29 21 1 18% 6 2 14 0 2
1994 22 CIN NL 274 944 3.45 584 62% 19% 19% 27% 35% 81% 3% 50% 76% 53% 6% 17 7 14% 38 21 6 12% 3 7 13 0 2
1995 23 CIN NL 33 126 3.82 73 58% 27% 21% 23% 27% 71% 0% 41% 70% 52% 12% 4 1 27% 9 5 0 13% 1 3 21 0 1
1996 24 CIN NL 264 995 3.77 602 61% 21% 29% 24% 27% 79% 3% 48% 64% 55% 6% 16 7 21% 55 37 2 11% 18 6 25 0 2
2000 28 ARI NL 43 127 2.95 87 69% 21% 23% 16% 40% 79% 10% 54% 71% 63% 2% 1 0 19% 8 6 1 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 29 FLA NL 21 76 3.62 41 54% 29% 27% 15% 29% 71% 11% 38% 62% 57% 14% 3 2 14% 3 2 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 780 2757 3.53 1715 62% 21% 23% 25% 31% 79% 3% 49% 71% 55% 6% 47 20 18% 142 92 10 13% 29 18 73 0 7
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 21 CIN NL 159 36 3 0 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 11 5 4 45% 2 2 0 56 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 22 CIN NL 287 57 4 0 7 0 3 4 3 5 2 15 7 2 47% 2 5 3 96 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1995 23 CIN NL 54 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 3 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1996 24 CIN NL 289 71 9 0 10 0 7 8 2 4 6 17 10 2 59% 2 8 1 128 11 2 85% 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
2000 28 ARI NL 43 14 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 17 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 FLA NL 21 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 50% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 853 187 18 1 25 1 20 17 8 13 12 56 28 9 50% 7 18 4 326 18 3 86% 16 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 33 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 21 2 1 .667 3.58 21 0 5 0 0 2 37.2 36 16 15 4 11 1 30 1 0 2 159 113 1.248 8.6 1.0 2.6 7.2 2.73 113
1994 22 9 3 .750 3.26 72 0 18 0 0 3 107.2 93 42 39 11 38 4 74 1 1 7 446 127 1.217 7.8 0.9 3.2 6.2 1.95 127
1995 23 9 3 .750 3.05 82 0 24 0 0 3 121.0 97 45 41 11 49 4 85 1 1 10 500 136 1.207 7.2 0.8 3.6 6.3 1.73 136
1996 24 10 6 .625 3.88 131 0 37 0 0 3 183.1 168 87 79 21 86 9 154 3 1 18 789 108 1.385 8.2 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.79 108
1997 25 10 6 .625 3.88 131 0 37 0 0 3 183.1 168 87 79 21 86 9 154 3 1 18 789 108 1.385 8.2 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.79 108
1998 26 10 6 .625 3.88 131 0 37 0 0 3 183.1 168 87 79 21 86 9 154 3 1 18 789 108 1.385 8.2 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.79 108
1999 27 10 6 .625 3.88 131 0 37 0 0 3 183.1 168 87 79 21 86 9 154 3 1 18 789 108 1.385 8.2 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.79 108
2000 28 10 6 .625 4.12 136 0 39 0 0 3 192.1 182 96 88 25 89 10 159 3 1 18 832 102 1.409 8.5 1.2 4.2 7.4 1.79 102
2001 29 10 6 .625 4.13 139 0 40 0 0 3 196.0 187 100 90 25 93 11 163 4 1 18 853 102 1.429 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.5 1.75 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993 21 2 2 .500 3.65 37.0 36 17 15 4 11 29 1 1.270 8.8 2.7 7.1 2.64 1.0 21
1994 22 6 4 .600 3.00 96.0 79 36 32 10 37 60 0 1.208 7.4 3.5 5.6 1.62 0.9 51
1995 23 1 0 1.000 1.20 15.0 4 2 2 0 11 12 0 1.000 2.4 6.6 7.2 1.09 0.0 10
1996 24 2 4 .333 5.16 61.0 69 39 35 10 36 68 2 1.721 10.2 5.3 10.0 1.89 1.5 49
2000 28 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 13 9 8 4 3 5 0 1.778 13.0 3.0 5.0 1.67 4.0 5
2001 29 0 0 4.50 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 1 2.250 11.3 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 3
6 Seasons 11 11 .500 3.81 222.0 206 105 94 28 102 178 4 1.387 8.4 7.2 1.75 1.1 139

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