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 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
1988	16	CHW-min	Rk	4	2	.667	2.30	13	11	1	1	0	0	58.2	43	27	15	3	22	0	31	4	2	9			1.108	6.6	0.5	3.4	4.8	1.41	WHS · GULF
1989	17	CHW-min	A-	4	8	.333	3.36	15	15	0	0	0	0	88.1	67	43	33	3	46	0	92	1	0	8			1.279	6.8	0.3	4.7	9.4	2.00	UTI · NYPL
1990	18	CHW-min	A	7	6	.538	4.17	24	24	0	0	0	0	123.0	117	86	57	7	82	0	92	3	4	17			1.618	8.6	0.5	6.0	6.7	1.12	SBN · MIDW
1991	19	CHW-min	A+	11	4	.733	3.23	26	26	0	6	2	0	158.2	126	68	57	9	62	0	117	5	2	10	655		1.185	7.1	0.5	3.5	6.6	1.89	SAR · FLOR
1992	20	CHW-min	A+,AA	3	14	.176	5.95	33	18	6	0	0	0	110.1	107	94	73	8	75	0	105	5	2	19	518		1.650	8.7	0.7	6.1	8.6	1.40	SAR,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1993	21	CIN-CHW-min	AAA,AA	4	9	.308	3.03	43	0	24	0	0	4	89.0	67	34	30	7	27	6	98	1	0	10	359		1.056	6.8	0.7	2.7	9.9	3.63	NVL,INA,BIR · AA,SOUL
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	136	1.200	7.3	0.9	3.5	5.7	1.63
1995	23	CIN-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.90	36	1	4	0	0	0	49.2	27	19	16	3	37	2	58	0	0	7	213		1.289	4.9	0.5	6.7	10.5	1.57	INA · AA
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	312	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	77	1.733	10.3	1.4	5.3	10.0	1.86

1997	25	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.50	6	1	2	0	0	0	14.0	5	7	7	0	16	0	16	0	0	4	60		1.500	3.2	0.0	10.3	10.3	1.00	PAW · IL
1998	26	NYM-MIL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.91	52	5	13	0	0	0	99.0	71	42	32	6	68	3	97	1	0	8	423		1.404	6.5	0.5	6.2	8.8	1.43	NFK,LOU · IL
1999	27	LAD-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.17	46	0	28	0	0	10	54.0	41	21	19	7	26	0	66	0	0	5	222		1.241	6.8	1.2	4.3	11.0	2.54	ABQ · PCL
2000	28	ARI-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.98	45	0	36	0	0	20	57.1	48	21	19	4	25	1	66	0	0	2	245		1.273	7.5	0.6	3.9	10.4	2.64	TUC · PCL
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	55	1.889	14.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	1.67
2001	29	FLA-CIN-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.48	46	0	40	0	0	27	41.1	43	18	16	1	13	3	58	2	0	3	181		1.355	9.4	0.2	2.8	12.6	4.46	CGY,LOU · PCL,IL
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	95	2.455	12.3	0.0	9.8	9.8	1.00
2002	30	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		3.86	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	8		0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00	LOU · IL
6 Yrs				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	55	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	95	2.455	12.3	0.0	9.8	9.8	1.00

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	21	CIN	NL	37.2	21	0	16	3.82	4.80	-0.31	-0.37	100.0	4.75	3	0.3	.7	-0.1	0.5	7	.516	.502	$109,000
1994	22	CIN	NL	70.0	51	0	26	3.34	4.61	-0.01	-0.35	99.3	4.24	7	0.7	1.3	-0.0	1.2	12	.513	.504	$115,000
1995	23	CIN	NL	13.1	10	0	3	2.03	4.48	0.14	-0.33	97.2	3.89	3	0.3	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.528	.502	$195,000
1996	24	CIN	NL	62.1	49	0	42	6.06	4.74	-0.23	-0.36	103.0	4.75	-9	-0.8	.6	0.0	-0.3	-3	.483	.495	$195,000

2000	28	ARI	NL	9.0	5	0	9	9.00	5.11	0.14	-0.39	105.4	4.84	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.425	.498	$
2001	29	FLA	NL	3.2	3	0	4	9.82	4.49	0.09	-0.34	102.1	4.15	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.427	.499	$
6 Seasons				196.0	139	0	100	4.59	4.70	-0.12	-0.36	100.8	4.50	-3	-0.1	.9	-0.2	1.3	15	.499	.500	$614,000

CIN (4 yrs)				183.1	131	0	87	4.27	4.68	-0.14	-0.36	100.5	4.49	4	0.4	.9	-0.2	1.7	20	.503	.501	$614,000
ARI (1 yr)				9.0	5	0	9	9.00	5.11	0.14	-0.39	105.4	4.84	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.425	.498	$
FLA (1 yr)				3.2	3	0	4	9.82	4.49	0.09	-0.34	102.1	4.15	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.427	.499	$

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	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	2
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	2
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	1
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	2

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	0
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	0
6 Yrs				139	853	744	100	187	27	11	25	18	3	93	163	.251	.336	.418	.754	.289	311	19	4	7	5	11	7
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	3
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.423	.762	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	21	CIN	NL	2.4	0.2	165	-0.1	1.6	-1.6	.54	-0.3	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.54	2.9	4	6	10
1994	22	CIN	NL	9.0	0.9	297	1.2	6.6	-5.4	1.24	0.7	0.3	9.1	0.9	1.24	9.1	22	14	15
1995	23	CIN	NL	4.0	0.4	59	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.41	0.3	0.1	4.5	0.5	0.41	3.9	1	0	9
1996	24	CIN	NL	-8.0	-0.8	309	-0.9	3.4	-4.3	.74	-1.0	-0.3	-9.1	-0.9	0.74	-9.2	9	7	28

2000	28	ARI	NL	-3.6	-0.3	44	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.37	-0.3	-0.9	-4.6	-0.4	0.37	-3.5	1	1	3
2001	29	FLA	NL	-1.0	-0.1	21	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.34	-0.2	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.34	-1.5	0	1	2
6 Yrs				2.8	0.4	895	-0.1	12.3	-12.4	.82	-0.7	0.6	-1.7	-0.1	0.82	1.6	37	29	67

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	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	21	CIN	NL	21	21	5	2	1	3	2	1	67%	5	2	10	5	50%	7	.544	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	1.239	22	14	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	.409	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	.738	9	7	28	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	.371	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	.337	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	2	0	3.7	25
6 Yrs				139	139	40	10	6	8	3	5	38%	25	15	71	22	31%		.821	37	29	67	40	21	78	42	97	71	24	77	21	4.2	22

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	21	CIN	NL	159	48%	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	60%	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	48%	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	63%	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	56%	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	57%	0.0%	19.1%	19.1%	9.5%	40%	1.00	2.50	57%	33%	0.0%	17%	8	1	13%
6 Yrs				853	58%	2.9%	19.1%	10.9%	7.4%	34%	0.88	1.17	66%	22%	9.7%	16%	151	19	13%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.5%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.1%	15%			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	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 Yrs				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						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	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	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	0	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 Yrs				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	0	0	33	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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	5	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	18	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	24	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	37	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	37	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	37	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	37	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	39	3	192.1	182	96	88	25	89	10	159	3	1	18	832	103	1.409	8.5	1.2	4.2	7.4	1.79	103
2001	29	10	6	.625	4.13	139	40	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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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
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	3.13	95.0	80	37	33	10	38	60	0	1.242	7.6	3.6	5.7	1.58	0.9	51
1995	23	1	0	1.000	1.20	15.0	4	2	2	0	11	13	0	1.000	2.4	6.6	7.8	1.18	0.0	10
1996	24	2	4	.333	5.31	61.0	69	40	36	10	36	67	2	1.721	10.2	5.3	9.9	1.86	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 Yrs		11	11	.500	3.91	221.0	207	107	96	28	103	178	4	1.403	8.4		7.2	1.73	1.1	139

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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