Vern Ruhle

Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI
High School: Coleman HS (Coleman, MI)
School: Olivet College (Olivet, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers/Indians/Angels 1974-1986

Final Game: October 4, 1986
Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX
Cremated
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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
1972	21	DET-min	A,Rk	17	31	31		2	1	0	0						.065	.065	.097	.161		3							RKM,BRS · CARL,APPY
1973	22	DET-min	A,AA	25	28	28		1	0	0	0						.036	.036	.036	.071		1							LAK,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1974	23	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	24	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	25	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	26	DET-min	AAA	10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200		0		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1977	26	DET	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	27	HOU-min	AA,AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
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
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	35	ANA-min	AAA,A	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM,SJO · PCL,CALL
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	36	ANA-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
13 Yrs				327	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	111	90	6	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	11	48	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	16	1	0	10	0	0

HOU (7 yrs)				186	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	0	0
DET (4 yrs)				83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				186	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	0	0
AL (6 yrs)				141	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
1974	23	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1975	24	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	25	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	26	DET	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	21	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	22	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	57	-2	0	-0	0	6	5	0.5	2	6	0.5	.518	.503	0.5	0.0	6	$	1
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	34	0	0	0	0	4	4	0.5	1	5	0.5	.523	.503	0.4	0.0	5	$	1
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	51	-6	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	26	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	14	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$295,000	1
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000	1
13 Seasons				327	225	-20	-1	1	0	26	6	0.7	7	13	0.7	.502	.500	0.6	0.2	13	$1,855,000

HOU (7 yrs)				186	225	-20	-1	1	0	26	6	0.7	7	13	0.7	.504	.501	0.6	0.1	13	$1,500,000
DET (4 yrs)				83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
CAL (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000
CLE (1 yr)				42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$295,000

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
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	95	.125	.053	.262	.100	.326	.105	.388	.205	.715	-42	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.167	.105	.053
1980	29	HOU	NL	57	43	4	2.5	88	.353	.245	.257	.302	.318	.306	.373	.608	.692	77	.277	-1.3	-0.1	.487	.143	.061
1981	30	HOU	NL	34	22	4	4.9	88	.462	.250	.257	.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	.687	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.167	.000
13 Yrs				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.				111	89	5	1.5	89	.314	.148	.256	.244	.320	.176	.374	.420	.694	23	.132	-17.6	-1.8	.340	.143	.027

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

1986	35	CAL	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							3	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
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				225	0.0%	42.7%	9.8%	2.2%	19%	4.36	1.9		20.2	2.46	38%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.3%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.7	44.7	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1974	23	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	24	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	25	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1977	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	27	HOU	NL	-3.2	-0.3	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.70	-0.3	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	0.86	-3.6	0
1979	28	HOU	NL	-3.7	-0.4	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.95	-0.4	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.04	-4.3	0
1980	29	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	57	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.76	-0.3	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.86	-2.9	0
1981	30	HOU	NL	0.6	0.1	35	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.79	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.89	-0.1	0
1982	31	HOU	NL	-5.9	-0.6	52	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	.97	-0.8	-0.0	-7.4	-0.8	0.96	-7.2	0
1983	32	HOU	NL	-2.5	-0.3	26	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.98	-0.2	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	0
1984	33	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.88	-0.2	0.1	-1.4	-0.2	1.02	-1.8	0
1985	34	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	35	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0
13 Yrs				-17.6	-1.8	227	-1.8	1.9	-3.7	.86	-2.3	0.2	-21.8	-2.4	0.93	-22.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	27	HOU	NL	0%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	28	HOU	NL	150%	3	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	29	HOU	NL	44%	23	0		0	0	44%	2	2	1	0	1	6	3	3
1981	30	HOU	NL	8%	16	0		0	1	0%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1982	31	HOU	NL	0%	7	1	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	32	HOU	NL	20%	7	0		0	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1984	33	HOU	NL	0%	5	0		0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				24%	63	1	0%	1	2	24%	8	8	3	2	1	6	3	3

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
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	1	50%	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%	2	1	50%	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%	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		1	1	100%	0
13 Yrs				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%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1978	27	96	21	18	0	1	0	1	0	2	14	.056	.150	.056	.206	-38	1	1	0	1
1979	28	109	43	37	3	2	1	1	0	3	25	.054	.125	.081	.206	-40	3	1	0	3
1980	29	137	100	86	10	14	4	3	0	7	40	.163	.226	.209	.435	26	18	3	0	7
1981	30	157	134	110	11	20	5	6	0	13	51	.182	.268	.227	.496	44	25	3	0	11
1982	31	188	185	151	11	24	5	7	1	17	78	.159	.249	.192	.441	29	29	3	1	16
1983	32	229	211	170	12	26	5	9	1	20	89	.153	.246	.182	.428	26	31	3	1	20
1984	33	269	225	182	12	27	5	9	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20
1985	34	311	225	182	12	27	5	9	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20
1986	35	327	225	182	12	27	5	9	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20

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	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	27	13	21	18	0	0	0	0	2	14	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	13
1979	28	13	22	19	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	13
1980	29	28	58	50	8	13	3	2	4	15	.260	.315	.320	.635	5	28
1981	30	30	51	36	2	9	2	5	9	17	.250	.400	.306	.706	5	20
1982	31	31	53	42	0	5	0	1	5	27	.119	.229	.119	.348	1	31
1983	32	41	28	20	2	3	0	4	4	11	.150	.292	.150	.442	1	41
1984	33	40	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	40
7 Yrs		196	247	197	12	30	5	12	27	102	.152	.258	.178	.435	12	186
162 Game Avg.		162	204	163	10	25	4	10	22	84	.152	.258	.178	.435	10	186

* 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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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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