Vern Ruhle
Vernon Gerald Ruhle
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI
High School: Coleman (Coleman, MI)
School: Olivet College
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Final Game: October 4, 1986
Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1978 27 HOU NL 13 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .056 .150 .056 .206 -38 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1979 28 HOU NL 13 22 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .053 .100 .105 .205 -42 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1980 29 HOU NL 28 57 49 7 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .245 .302 .306 .608 77 15 2 0 4 0 0 1
1981 30 HOU NL 20 34 24 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 11 .250 .400 .292 .692 104 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
1982 31 HOU NL 31 51 41 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 27 .098 .196 .098 .293 -12 4 0 1 5 0 0 1
1983 32 HOU NL 41 26 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .105 .227 .105 .333 -2 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1984 33 HOU NL 40 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .083 .214 .083 .298 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 186 225 182 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 22 96 .148 .244 .176 .420 23 32 3 1 20 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 196 159 10 24 4 0 0 8 0 1 19 84 .148 .244 .176 .420 23 28 3 1 17 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1978 27 HOU NL 21 19 0 0.0 88 .250 .056 .252 .150 .319 .056 .371 .206 .690 -38 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .167 .111 .000
1979 28 HOU NL 22 20 0 0.0 94 .125 .053 .262 .100 .326 .105 .388 .205 .715 -42 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .167 .105 .053
1980 29 HOU NL 57 43 4 2.5 88 .353 .245 .257 .302 .318 .306 .373 .608 .691 77 .277 -1.3 -0.1 .487 .143 .061
1981 30 HOU NL 34 22 4 4.9 88 .462 .250 .256 .400 .321 .292 .368 .692 .689 104 .581 0.6 0.1 .722 .292 .042
1982 31 HOU NL 51 43 1 0.6 88 .286 .098 .256 .196 .318 .098 .372 .293 .690 -12 .030 -5.9 -0.6 .211 .073 .000
1983 32 HOU NL 26 21 1 1.3 91 .250 .105 .255 .227 .322 .105 .378 .333 .700 -2 .100 -2.5 -0.3 .294 .158 .000
1984 33 HOU NL 14 11 0 0.0 87 .200 .083 .254 .214 .317 .083 .369 .298 .686 -10 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .273 .167 .000
13 Seasons 225 179 10 1.5 89 .314 .148 .256 .244 .320 .176 .374 .420 .694 23 .132 -17.6 -1.8 .340 .143 .027
162 Game Avg. 196 156 9 1.5 89 .314 .148 .256 .244 .320 .176 .374 .420 .694 23 .132 -17.6 -1.8 .340 .143 .027

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 29 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 30 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1978 27 HOU NL 21 0.0% 66.7% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 7.00 1.3 18.0 2.50 19%
1979 28 HOU NL 22 0.0% 50.0% 4.6% 4.6% 100% 11.00 1.7 2.00 36%
1980 29 HOU NL 57 0.0% 26.3% 7.0% 5.3% 25% 3.75 3.3 24.5 2.50 60%
1981 30 HOU NL 34 0.0% 32.4% 17.7% 2.9% 17% 1.83 2.2 8.0 1.75 38%
1982 31 HOU NL 51 0.0% 52.9% 7.8% 0.0% 0% 6.75 1.5 41.0 2.75 27%
1983 32 HOU NL 26 0.0% 42.3% 11.5% 0.0% 0% 3.67 1.7 9.5 3.50 31%
1984 33 HOU NL 14 0.0% 50.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 3.50 1.7 3.00 36%
13 Seasons 225 0.0% 42.7% 9.8% 2.2% 19% 4.36 1.9 20.2 2.46 38%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 27 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 28 HOU NL 0 0 150% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 HOU NL 0 0 44% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 3 3
1981 30 HOU NL 0 0 8% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1982 31 HOU NL 0 0 0% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 32 HOU NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 33 HOU NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 0 0 24% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24% 8 8 0 3 2 1 6 3 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1978 27 HOU NL 21 29% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 5 2 40% 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1979 28 HOU NL 22 23% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 9 1 11% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1980 29 HOU NL 57 49% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 10 2 20% 11 2 18% 23 2 9% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1981 30 HOU NL 34 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 8 2 25% 19 3 16% 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1982 31 HOU NL 51 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 9 0 0% 8 2 25% 34 1 3% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1983 32 HOU NL 26 31% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 0 0% 6 2 33% 13 2 15% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1984 33 HOU NL 14 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 12 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 225 36% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 20 80% 43 3 7% 47 11 23% 128 9 7% 10 2 20% 11 1 9% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 27 13 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .056 .150 .056 .206 -38 1 1 0 1 0 0
1979 28 26 43 37 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 25 .054 .125 .081 .206 -40 3 1 0 3 0 0
1980 29 54 100 86 10 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 7 40 .163 .226 .209 .435 26 18 3 0 7 0 0
1981 30 74 134 110 11 20 5 0 0 6 0 0 13 51 .182 .268 .227 .496 44 25 3 0 11 0 0
1982 31 105 185 151 11 24 5 0 0 7 0 1 17 78 .159 .249 .192 .441 29 29 3 1 16 0 0
1983 32 146 211 170 12 26 5 0 0 9 0 1 20 89 .153 .246 .182 .428 26 31 3 1 20 0 0
1984 33 186 225 182 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 22 96 .148 .244 .176 .420 23 32 3 1 20 0 0
1985 34 186 225 182 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 22 96 .148 .244 .176 .420 23 32 3 1 20 0 0
1986 35 186 225 182 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 22 96 .148 .244 .176 .420 23 32 3 1 20 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 27 13 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 13
1979 28 13 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 13
1980 29 28 54 50 8 13 3 0 0 2 0 4 15 .260 .315 .320 .635 5 28
1981 30 30 49 38 2 11 2 0 0 5 0 11 17 .289 .449 .342 .791 6 20
1982 31 31 48 42 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 27 .119 .229 .119 .348 1 31
1983 32 41 24 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 .150 .292 .150 .442 1 41
1984 33 40 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 40
7 Seasons 196 229 199 11 32 5 0 0 10 0 29 102 .161 .271 .186 .457 13 186
162 Game Avg. 162 189 164 9 26 4 0 0 8 0 24 84 .161 .271 .186 .457 11 186

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