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Scott Ruskin

Scott Drew Ruskin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 8, 1963 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Sandalwood (Jacksonville, FL)
School: University of Florida
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1990
Teams (by GP): Expos/Reds/Pirates 1990-1993

Final Game: September 16, 1993
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:33AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1989	26	PIT-min	A,AA	6	8	.429	3.35	26	23	1	5	0	1	147.2	135	73	55	10	65	0	148	5	6	8			1.354	8.2	0.6	4.0	9.0	2.28	SAL,HRB · CARL,EL
1990	27	TOT	NL	3	2	.600	2.75	67	0	12	0	0	2	75.1	75	28	23	4	38	6	57	2	1	3	336	133	1.500	9.0	0.5	4.5	6.8	1.50
1990	27	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.02	44	0	8	0	0	2	47.2	50	21	16	2	28	3	34	2	1	3	221	120	1.636	9.4	0.4	5.3	6.4	1.21
1990	27	MON	NL	1	0	1.000	2.28	23	0	4	0	0	0	27.2	25	7	7	2	10	3	23	0	0	0	115	162	1.265	8.1	0.7	3.3	7.5	2.30
1991	28	MON	NL	4	4	.500	4.24	64	0	24	0	0	6	63.2	57	31	30	4	30	2	46	3	0	5	275	87	1.366	8.1	0.6	4.2	6.5	1.53
1992	29	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	5.03	57	0	19	0	0	0	53.2	56	31	30	6	20	4	43	1	0	1	234	72	1.416	9.4	1.0	3.4	7.2	2.15
1993	30	CIN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.14	49	2	42	0	0	28	56.0	60	34	32	8	22	3	41	0	0	1	245		1.464	9.6	1.3	3.5	6.6	1.86	INA · AA
1993	30	CIN	NL	0	0		18.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	31	5.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
4 Seasons				11	9	.550	3.95	192	0	55	0	0	8	193.2	191	92	85	15	90	12	146	6	1	9	853	93	1.451	8.9	0.7	4.2	6.8	1.62
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.550	3.95	68	0	19	0	0	3	69	68	33	30	5	32	4	52	2	0	3	302	93	1.451	8.9	0.7	4.2	6.8	1.62

CIN (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	5.27	61	0	19	0	0	0	54.2	59	33	32	7	22	4	43	1	0	1	242	70	1.482	9.7	1.2	3.6	7.1	1.95
MON (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	3.65	87	0	28	0	0	6	91.1	82	38	37	6	40	5	69	3	0	5	390	101	1.336	8.1	0.6	3.9	6.8	1.73
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.02	44	0	8	0	0	2	47.2	50	21	16	2	28	3	34	2	1	3	221	120	1.636	9.4	0.4	5.3	6.4	1.21

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1990	27	PIT	NL	47.2	0	21	25	1	1.4	4	0.1	$100,000
1990	27	MON	NL	27.2	0	7	15	0	1.2	8	0.7	$
1991	28	MON	NL	63.2	0	31	34	0	1.3	3	-0.1	$147,500
1992	29	CIN	NL	53.2	0	31	29	-1	.8	-2	-0.6	$235,000
1993	30	CIN	NL	1.0	0	2	1	0	1.4	-1	-0.2	$
4 Seasons				193.2	0	92	104	0	1.2	12	-0.1	$482,500

CIN (2 yrs)				54.2	0	33	30	-1	.8	-3	-0.8	$235,000
MON (2 yrs)				91.1	0	38	49	0	1.3	11	0.6	$147,500
PIT (1 yr)				47.2	0	21	25	1	1.4	4	0.1	$100,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1986	23	PIT-min	Rk	11	34	31	3	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	9	.355	.364	.387	.751		12		0	1	1	0	PRA · GULF
1987	24	PIT-min	A	104	349	322	37	96	12	3	12	42	7	0	25	64	.298	.348	.466	.814		150		0	1	1	0	MAC,SAL · SALL,CARL
1988	25	PIT-min	AA,A	116	442	405	43	97	22	5	7	48	17	8	33	125	.240	.297	.370	.667		150	1	1	1	2	4	HRB,SAL · EL,CARL
1989	26	PIT-min	AA,A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HRB,SAL · EL,CARL
1990	27	TOT	NL	67	8	8	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.625	.875	137	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	27	PIT	NL	44	6	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.833	1.167	216	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	27	MON	NL	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	28	MON	NL	64	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	29	CIN	NL	57	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1993	30	CIN-min	AAA	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	INA · AA
1993	30	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Seasons				192	16	13	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	9	.154	.214	.385	.599	65	5	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	14	11	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.154	.214	.385	.599	65	4	0	0	2	0	0

CIN (2 yrs)				61	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				87	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				44	6	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.833	1.167	216	5	0	0	0	0	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
1990	27	PIT	NL	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$100,000	1
1990	27	MON	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1991	28	MON	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$147,500	1
1992	29	CIN	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$235,000	1
3 Seasons				16	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$482,500

MON (2 yrs)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$147,500
PIT (1 yr)				6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$100,000
CIN (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$235,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1990	TOT	NL	27	P	67	75.4	17	1	14	2	2	.882	1.79	0.22	.957	1.79	1.79	20	2	9%
1990	PIT	NL	27	P	44	47.2	11	1	8	2	1	.818	1.70	0.20	.957	1.79	1.79	14	1	7%
1990	MON	NL	27	P	23	27.2	6	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.95	0.26	.957	1.79	1.79	6	1	14%
1991	MON	NL	28	P	64	63.2	12	1	10	1	1	.917	1.55	0.17	.955	1.87	1.85	7	3	30%
1992	CIN	NL	29	P	57	53.2	12	2	10	0	0	1.000	2.01	0.21	.954	1.95	1.94	5	3	38%
1993	CIN	NL	30	P	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.82	0	0
	4 Seasons			P	192	193.2	41	4	34	3	3	.927	1.77	0.20	.956	1.86	1.86	32	8	20%
	4 Seasons			TOT	192	193.2	41	4	34	3	3	.927	1.77	0.20	.956	1.86	1.86	32	8	20%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1990 NL 67 (8th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1992 NL 1.000 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1990 NL 67 (8th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1992 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 14th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 14, 1986: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary).
August 8, 1990: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with a player to be named later and Willie Greene to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moises Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
December 11, 1991: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Willie Greene and Dave Martinez to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Risley and John Wetteland.
October 11, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1990	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$100,000	USA Today
1991	28	Montreal Expos	$147,500	USA Today survey
1992	29	Cincinnati Reds	$235,000	4/2/92 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$482,500

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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