Justin Ruggiano

Justin Marshall Ruggiano

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 12, 1982 in Austin, TX
High School: Anderson (Austin, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.061, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
2004	22	LAD-min	Rk	46	187	155	26	51	12	0	7	36	6	1	23	38	.329	.428	.542	.970		84	7	6	0	3	0	OGD · PION
2005	23	LAD-min	A+,AA	124	465	403	70	130	25	5	15	66	24	8	45	121	.323	.409	.521	.930		210	7	15	0	2	2	VRO,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
2006	24	LAD-TBD-min	AA	120	476	400	76	112	32	6	13	72	14	9	65	103	.280	.387	.488	.875		195	9	7	1	3	3	JCK,MTG · SOUL
2007	25	TBD-min	AAA	127	546	482	78	149	29	2	20	73	26	11	53	151	.309	.386	.502	.888		242	5	8	2	1	2	DHM · IL
2007	25	TBD	AL	7	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.214	.267	.214	.481	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	/
2008	26	TBD-min	AAA	66	289	257	49	81	18	3	11	51	20	3	22	77	.315	.374	.537	.911		138	6	5	0	5	1	DHM · IL
2008	26	TBR	AL	45	81	76	9	15	4	0	2	7	2	0	4	27	.197	.247	.329	.576	51	25	2	1	0	0	0

2011	29	TBD-min	AAA	43	190	168	29	51	13	1	7	34	12	2	20	42	.304	.378	.518	.896		87	4	0	2	0	0	DHM · IL
2011	29	TBR	AL	46	111	105	11	26	4	0	4	13	1	1	4	26	.248	.273	.400	.673	89	42	2	0	1	1	0	7/98D
3 Seasons				98	207	195	22	44	8	0	6	23	3	1	9	58	.226	.262	.359	.621	69	70	4	1	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	342	322	36	73	13	0	10	38	5	2	15	96	.226	.262	.359	.621	69	116	7	2	2	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2007	25	TBD	AL	15	-2	0	1	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/
2008	26	TBR	AL	81	-6	0	0	0	6	-1	3	2	0.2	-4	-0.4	0.6	$

2011	29	TBR	AL	111	-2	-2	0	-0	-2	-2	4	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	7/98D
3 Seasons				207	-10	-2	2	-0	4	-3	8	-2	-0.2	-6	-0.6	0.4	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2007	TBD	AL	25	OF	4				6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1				1.50	.987		2.28
2007	TBD	AL	25	CF	3	2	2	20.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	-42	-120	1.35	1.00	.990	2.70	2.67
2007	TBD	AL	25	LF	1	1	0	7.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	34	171	2.57	2.00	.985	2.06	2.10
2007	TBD	AL	25	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.10
2008	TBR	AL	26	OF	42				52	49	2	1	1	.981	6	5				1.21	.986		2.28
2008	TBR	AL	26	LF	26	6	5	94.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	4	3	49	38	2.20	0.88	.984	2.05	2.03
2008	TBR	AL	26	RF	15	8	4	87.0	22	21	0	1	0	.955	4	3	51	41	2.17	1.40	.985	2.15	2.13
2008	TBR	AL	26	CF	5	1	1	17.0	7	5	2	0	1	1.000	-2	-1	-141	-71	3.71	1.40	.989	2.70	2.68
2011	TBR	AL	29	OF	36	25	19	241.1	65	64	1	0	0	1.000	-1	7	-7	34	2.42	1.81	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	TBR	AL	29	LF	27	20	15	183.1	49	49	0	0	0	1.000	1	5	5	33	2.41	1.81	.982	2.13	2.11
2011	TBR	AL	29	RF	6	4	3	38.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-2	0	-77	0	2.13	1.50	.986	2.08	2.07
2011	TBR	AL	29	CF	4	1	1	20.0	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	0	2	16	120	3.15	1.75	.990	2.61	2.60
2011	TBR	AL	29	DH	4	1
	3 Seasons			OF	82	25	19	241.1	123	119	3	1	1	.992	4	11	18	28	2.42	1.49	.986	2.28	2.27
	3 Seasons			LF	54	27	20	284.1	74	74	0	0	0	1.000	5	9	20	37	2.34	1.37	.983	2.10	2.07
	3 Seasons			RF	22	12	7	126.0	32	31	0	1	0	.969	1	3	13	28	2.21	1.41	.985	2.13	2.11
	3 Seasons			CF	12	4	4	57.0	17	14	3	0	1	1.000	-2	-1	-51	-21	2.68	1.42	.989	2.67	2.65
	3 Seasons			TOT	82	25	19	241.1	123	119	3	1	1	.992	4	22	18	109	2.42	1.49	.986	2.28	2.27

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.
July 19, 2006: the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Justin Ruggiano to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete an earlier deal made on June 27, 2006. June 27, 2006: The Los Angeles Dodgers sent a player to be named later, Dioner Navarro and Jae Weong Seo to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Toby Hall, Mark Hendrickson and cash.
January 30, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
February 6, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary

2009	27	Tampa Bay Rays	$404,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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