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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 DET AL 23 P 5 3 33.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 1.00 .940 1.80 0.82
1975 DET AL 24 P 32 31 190.0 39 15 19 5 1 .872 1.61 1.06 .944 1.87 0.85
1976 DET AL 25 P 32 32 199.2 42 14 28 0 1 1.000 1.89 1.31 .948 1.87 0.85
1977 DET AL 26 P 14 10 66.1 13 5 7 1 1 .923 1.63 0.86 .946 1.95 0.84
1978 HOU NL 27 P 13 10 68.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.85 .945 1.91 0.72
1979 HOU NL 28 P 13 10 66.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.62 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 HOU NL 29 P 28 22 159.1 34 15 17 2 2 .941 1.81 1.14 .953 1.91 0.69
1981 HOU NL 30 P 20 15 102.0 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.15 0.65 .954 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 31 P 31 21 149.0 34 9 23 2 1 .941 1.93 1.03 .953 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 32 P 41 9 114.2 31 12 19 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.76 .948 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 33 P 40 6 90.1 24 4 18 2 1 .917 2.19 0.55 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 CLE AL 34 P 42 16 125.0 28 15 13 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.67 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 CAL AL 35 P 16 3 47.2 16 7 8 1 0 .938 2.83 0.94 .956 1.83 0.68
13 Seasons P 327 188 1411.1 298 111 174 13 9 .956 1.82 0.87 .950 1.89 0.73
13 Seasons TOT 327 188 1411.1 298 111 174 13 9 .956 1.82 0.87 .906 1.89 0.73

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 DET AL 23 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 24 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 25 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 DET AL 26 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 27 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 28 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 29 28 22 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 30 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 31 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 32 41 9 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 33 40 6 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 34 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 35 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 327 93 186 327 327 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1974 DET AL 23 142 88% 37% 2 100% 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 24 849 84% 33% 25 84% 0 16 0 14 19 15 1 5 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1976 DET AL 25 902 83% 29% 32 97% 2 13 1 9 29 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 100%
1977 DET AL 26 303 85% 29% 9 89% 0 5 0 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1978 HOU NL 27 290 83% 30% 7 100% 1 3 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 HOU NL 28 278 85% 31% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 HOU NL 29 660 87% 30% 17 100% 0 15 1 8 16 15 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
1981 HOU NL 30 426 86% 33% 11 91% 0 4 0 2 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 100%
1982 HOU NL 31 654 87% 33% 27 85% 1 9 0 8 23 21 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1983 HOU NL 32 497 84% 34% 24 96% 0 12 0 7 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1984 HOU NL 33 420 78% 28% 18 89% 0 4 0 3 16 15 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1985 CLE AL 34 549 84% 30% 14 100% 0 14 0 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 35 202 85% 37% 9 78% 0 7 0 7 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33%
13 Seasons 6172 84% 31% 200 92% 4 109 3 80 173 154 3 13 1 6 6 7 9 1 8 1 39 90%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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