Dick Ruthven
Richard David Ruthven
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Irvington (Fremont, CA)
School: California State University, Fresno
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1973
Final Game: May 1, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Hutton
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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
1973 PHI NL 22 P 25 23 128.1 35 6 23 6 2 .829 2.03 1.16 .957 1.88 0.73
1974 PHI NL 23 P 35 35 212.2 44 7 30 7 2 .841 1.57 1.06 .950 1.88 0.71
1975 PHI NL 24 P 11 7 40.2 9 2 5 2 1 .778 1.55 0.64 .956 1.86 0.72
1976 ATL NL 25 P 36 36 240.1 63 18 44 1 2 .984 2.32 1.72 .948 1.88 0.72 AS
1977 ATL NL 26 P 25 23 151.0 31 10 16 5 1 .839 1.55 1.04 .955 1.85 0.67
1978 TOT NL 27 P 33 33 231.2 61 17 36 8 0 .869 2.06 1.61 .956 1.91 0.72
1978 ATL NL 27 P 13 13 81.0 29 9 13 7 0 .759 2.44 1.69 .962 1.91 0.72
1978 PHI NL 27 P 20 20 150.2 32 8 23 1 0 .969 1.85 1.55 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 PHI NL 28 P 20 20 122.1 16 6 9 1 1 .938 1.10 0.75 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 PHI NL 29 P 33 33 223.1 60 21 33 6 3 .900 2.18 1.64 .955 1.91 0.69
1981 PHI NL 30 P 23 22 146.2 32 11 20 1 0 .969 1.90 1.35 .959 1.97 0.68 AS
1982 PHI NL 31 P 33 31 204.1 39 22 16 1 1 .974 1.67 1.15 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 TOT NL 32 P 32 32 183.0 53 16 35 2 4 .962 2.51 1.59 .951 1.92 0.68
1983 PHI NL 32 P 7 7 33.2 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 1.34 0.71 .940 1.92 0.69
1983 CHC NL 32 P 25 25 149.1 48 15 31 2 2 .958 2.77 1.84 .952 1.92 0.68
1984 CHC NL 33 P 23 22 126.2 27 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.17 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 CHC NL 34 P 20 15 87.1 17 5 11 1 1 .941 1.65 0.80 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 CHC NL 35 P 6 0 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.17 1.000 1.94 0.67
14 Seasons P 355 332 2109.0 488 149 298 41 19 .916 1.91 1.26 .953 1.90 0.70
14 Seasons TOT 355 332 2109.0 488 149 298 41 19 .916 1.91 1.26 .869 1.90 0.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1973 PHI NL 22 27 23 27 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1974 PHI NL 23 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 24 12 7 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 ATL NL 25 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 ATL NL 26 25 23 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 27 21 20 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 ATL NL 27 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 28 21 20 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 PHI NL 29 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 30 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 31 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 32 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 32 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 33 25 22 25 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1985 CHC NL 34 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 35 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 363 332 363 357 355 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
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%
1973 PHI NL 22 600 71% 25% 23 83% 0 6 1 3 23 15 2 6 0 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 0
1974 PHI NL 23 966 72% 26% 27 89% 0 7 1 5 30 20 1 7 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 50%
1975 PHI NL 24 188 74% 30% 6 83% 0 2 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1976 ATL NL 25 1099 78% 28% 50 98% 0 17 6 10 43 36 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 8 100%
1977 ATL NL 26 709 79% 26% 20 80% 0 10 0 8 15 12 2 5 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1978 PHI NL 27 610 83% 32% 26 85% 0 6 0 3 22 19 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1978 ATL NL 27 365 80% 26% 17 76% 1 9 1 7 13 7 1 7 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1979 PHI NL 28 540 82% 28% 12 83% 1 6 0 5 10 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1980 PHI NL 29 997 84% 32% 44 84% 1 22 5 14 30 23 2 6 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 6 50%
1981 PHI NL 30 683 80% 29% 24 83% 2 11 0 8 20 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1982 PHI NL 31 899 80% 30% 22 86% 1 22 1 19 17 16 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0%
1983 CHC NL 32 643 84% 32% 36 92% 0 16 3 11 31 25 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 100%
1983 PHI NL 32 159 77% 26% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
1984 CHC NL 33 589 83% 29% 20 100% 0 9 0 7 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1985 CHC NL 34 402 84% 30% 13 92% 0 4 0 4 13 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1986 CHC NL 35 47 81% 38% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 9496 79% 29% 345 88% 6 149 19 107 295 226 22 41 0 20 21 15 19 9 14 5 50 82%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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