Johnny Rutherford Statistics and History

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Johnny Rutherford

John William Rutherford (Doc)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 5, 1925 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada
School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1952 (Age 26)
Team: Dodgers 1952

Final Game: September 23, 1952 (Age 27)
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Standard Pitching

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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
1947	22	LAD-min	D	4	2	.667	4.11	7	7					46.0	41	25	21		22								1.370	8.0		4.3			OLE · PONY
1948	23	LAD-min	D	14	9	.609	3.04	24	20					163.0	149	65	55		67								1.325	8.2		3.7			OLE · PONY
1949	24	LAD-min	B	13	9	.591	2.66	29						213.0	190	80	63		43								1.094	8.0		1.8			DNV · IIIL
1950	25	LAD-min	AA	11	12	.478	2.74	28	23					197.0	181	76	60		63								1.239	8.3		2.9			FTW · TL
1951	26	LAD-min	AAA	15	8	.652	2.94	26	24		14	0		190.0	194	77	62		53		72	7	2	1			1.300	9.2		2.5	3.4	1.36	STP · AA
1952	27	BRO	NL	7	7	.500	4.25	22	11	8	4	0	2	97.1	97	51	46	9	29		29	2	1	2	408	86	1.295	9.0	0.8	2.7	2.7	1.00
1953	28	LAD-min	AA,B	11	3	.786	3.25	16	16		3	0		119.0	114	48	43	6	42		15	1	0	3			1.311	8.6	0.5	3.2	1.1	0.36	FTW,NNW · TL,PIED
1954	29	LAD-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.38	18	8		2	0		56.0	58	21	21	3	16		28	0	0	0			1.321	9.3	0.5	2.6	4.5	1.75	STP,MTL · AA,IL
1955	30	LAD-min	AAA	6	10	.375	4.88	29	22		5	0		166.0	188	108	90	17	48	6	55	6	0	4			1.422	10.2	0.9	2.6	3.0	1.15	STP · AA
1 Yr				7	7	.500	4.25	22	11	8	4	0	2	97.1	97	51	46	9	29		29	2	1	2	408	86	1.295	9.0	0.8	2.7	2.7	1.00
162 Game Avg.				14	14	.500	4.25	45	23	16	8	0	4	200	200	105	95	19	60		60	4	2	4	841	86	1.295	9.0	0.8	2.7	2.7	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1952	27	BRO	NL	97.1	22	11	51	4.72	4.31	0.12	0.00	97.5	4.08	-7	-0.7	2.1	-0.2	0.1	3	.466	.495
1 Season				97.1	22	11	51	4.72	4.31	0.12	0.00	97.5	4.08	-7	-0.7	2.1	-0.2	0.1	3	.466	.495

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1952	27	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1 WS							0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

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	Pos	Awards
1947	22	LAD-min	D																									OLE · PONY
1948	23	LAD-min	D	42	64	64		17	6	2	0						.266	.266	.422	.688		27						OLE · PONY
1949	24	LAD-min	B	54	107	107		15	4	0	0						.140	.140	.178	.318		19						DNV · IIIL
1950	25	LAD-min	AA	36	63	63		14	1	1	0						.222	.222	.270	.492		17						FTW · TL
1951	26	LAD-min	AAA	26	74	67	3	9	2	0	0	8	0		7	17	.134	.216	.164	.380		11	2	0	0			STP · AA
1952	27	BRO	NL	22	33	31	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.290	.313	.323	.635	75	10	0	0	1		1
1953	28	LAD-min	AA,B	20	46	45	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.133	.152	.133	.286		6		0	0			FTW,NNW · TL,PIED
1954	29	LAD-min	AAA	18	27	25	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.080	.148	.080	.228		2	0	0	0	0		STP,MTL · AA,IL
1955	30	LAD-min	AAA	29	62	57	3	11	2	0	0	1	0		2	13	.193	.220	.228	.448		13	1	0	3	0		STP · AA
1 Yr				22	33	31	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.290	.313	.323	.635	75	10	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	243	228	22	66	7	0	0	22	0	0	7	81	.290	.313	.323	.635	75	74	0	0	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Awards
1952	27	BRO	NL	22	33	-1	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	4	0.3	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	4		1
1 Season				22	33	-1	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	4	0.3	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	4

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
1952	27	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1952	BRO	NL	27	P	22	11	4	97.1	27	3	24	1	1.000	2.50	1.23	.953	2.18	2.16	1	100%	44%
	1 Season			P	22	11	4	97.1	27	3	24	1	1.000	2.50	1.23	.953	2.18	2.16	1	100%	44%
	1 Season			TOT	22	11	4	97.1	27	3	24	1	1.000	2.50	1.23	.953	2.18	2.16	1	100%	44%

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

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1944th), 0.3 career WAR/0.3 7yr-peak WAR/0.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

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