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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 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
1973 22 PHI NL 6 9 .400 4.21 25 23 2 3 1 1 128.1 125 69 60 10 75 9 98 3 2 8 568 90 1.558 8.8 0.7 5.3 6.9 1.31
1974 23 PHI NL 9 13 .409 4.02 35 35 0 6 0 0 212.2 182 106 95 11 116 7 153 3 3 10 922 94 1.401 7.7 0.5 4.9 6.5 1.32
1975 24 PHI NL 2 2 .500 4.20 11 7 3 0 0 0 40.2 37 22 19 2 22 0 26 1 0 1 177 89 1.451 8.2 0.4 4.9 5.8 1.18
1976 25 ATL NL 14 17 .452 4.19 36 36 0 8 4 0 240.1 255 112 112 14 90 8 142 8 5 4 1042 90 1.436 9.5 0.5 3.4 5.3 1.58 AS
1977 26 ATL NL 7 13 .350 4.23 25 23 1 6 2 0 151.0 158 86 71 14 62 6 84 1 4 2 666 105 1.457 9.4 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.35
1978 27 TOT NL 15 11 .577 3.38 33 33 0 11 3 0 231.2 214 95 87 21 56 3 120 1 1 6 937 111 1.165 8.3 0.8 2.2 4.7 2.14
1978 27 ATL NL 2 6 .250 4.11 13 13 0 2 1 0 81.0 78 43 37 8 28 2 45 0 0 3 342 99 1.309 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.61
1978 27 PHI NL 13 5 .722 2.99 20 20 0 9 2 0 150.2 136 52 50 13 28 1 75 1 1 3 595 120 1.088 8.1 0.8 1.7 4.5 2.68
1979 28 PHI NL 7 5 .583 4.27 20 20 0 3 2 0 122.1 121 59 58 10 37 6 58 2 0 3 518 89 1.292 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.3 1.57
1980 29 PHI NL 17 10 .630 3.55 33 33 0 6 1 0 223.1 241 99 88 9 74 9 86 3 3 4 944 107 1.410 9.7 0.4 3.0 3.5 1.16
1981 30 PHI NL 12 7 .632 5.15 23 22 0 5 0 0 146.2 162 94 84 10 54 4 80 3 1 6 648 70 1.473 9.9 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.48 AS
1982 31 PHI NL 11 11 .500 3.79 33 31 0 8 2 0 204.1 189 99 86 18 59 10 115 6 2 6 849 97 1.214 8.3 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.95
1983 32 TOT NL 13 12 .520 4.38 32 32 0 5 2 0 183.0 202 101 89 22 38 3 99 3 0 1 775 86 1.311 9.9 1.1 1.9 4.9 2.61
1983 32 PHI NL 1 3 .250 5.61 7 7 0 0 0 0 33.2 46 23 21 5 10 0 26 0 0 0 152 64 1.663 12.3 1.3 2.7 7.0 2.60
1983 32 CHC NL 12 9 .571 4.10 25 25 0 5 2 0 149.1 156 78 68 17 28 3 73 3 0 1 623 92 1.232 9.4 1.0 1.7 4.4 2.61
1984 33 CHC NL 6 10 .375 5.04 23 22 0 0 0 0 126.2 154 75 71 14 41 4 55 4 1 2 562 77 1.539 10.9 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.34
1985 34 CHC NL 4 7 .364 4.53 20 15 3 0 0 0 87.1 103 49 44 6 37 3 26 0 0 0 392 87 1.603 10.6 0.6 3.8 2.7 0.70
1986 35 CHC NL 0 0 5.06 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 12 9 6 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 47 79 1.688 10.1 3.4 5.1 2.5 0.50
14 Seasons 123 127 .492 4.14 355 332 12 61 17 1 2109.0 2155 1075 970 165 767 72 1145 38 22 53 9047 92 1.385 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .492 4.14 35 33 1 6 2 0 209 213 106 96 16 76 7 113 4 2 5 895 92 1.385 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49
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
PHI (9 yrs) 78 65 .545 4.00 207 198 5 40 8 1 1262.2 1239 623 561 88 475 46 717 22 12 41 5373 93 1.357 8.8 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.51
CHC (4 yrs) 22 26 .458 4.55 74 62 6 5 2 0 374.0 425 211 189 41 112 10 157 7 1 3 1624 85 1.436 10.2 1.0 2.7 3.8 1.40
ATL (3 yrs) 23 36 .390 4.19 74 72 1 16 7 0 472.1 491 241 220 36 180 16 271 9 9 9 2050 97 1.421 9.4 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.51

Postseason Pitching

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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
1978 27 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 1.9 0.0 5.8
1980 29 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 1 0 1.000 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 2 2 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 35 0.889 3.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
1980 29 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 1.000 9.0 2.0 0.0 7.0
1981 30 PHI NL NLDS L MON 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 2 .333 3.38 5 4 1 0 0 0 26.2 21 11 10 4 6 0 14 0 0 0 107 1.013 7.1 1.4 2.0 4.7 2.33
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 3.29 3 2 1 0 0 0 13.2 9 5 5 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 55 1.024 5.9 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
1 WS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 1.000 9.0 2.0 0.0 7.0

Standard Batting

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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
1973 22 PHI NL 27 45 38 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .132 .154 .158 .312 -14 6 0 0 6 0 0 1
1974 23 PHI NL 35 73 68 1 13 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 19 .191 .191 .206 .397 10 14 0 0 5 0 0 1
1975 24 PHI NL 12 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1976 25 ATL NL 37 89 76 6 13 1 0 0 5 0 1 3 21 .171 .213 .184 .397 11 14 1 1 9 0 0 1 AS
1977 26 ATL NL 25 52 45 4 12 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 15 .267 .298 .400 .698 77 18 2 0 5 0 0 1
1978 27 TOT NL 34 84 77 7 17 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 .221 .231 .273 .503 38 21 1 0 6 0 0 1
1978 27 ATL NL 13 27 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1978 27 PHI NL 21 57 53 7 15 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 14 .283 .296 .358 .655 82 19 1 0 3 0 0 1
1979 28 PHI NL 21 47 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .146 .222 .146 .369 2 6 0 2 2 0 0 1
1980 29 PHI NL 33 82 68 7 16 5 1 0 8 1 1 2 22 .235 .257 .338 .595 62 23 1 0 12 0 0 1
1981 30 PHI NL 23 57 50 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 .140 .173 .200 .373 4 10 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1982 31 PHI NL 33 77 64 2 7 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 26 .109 .108 .156 .264 -28 10 1 0 12 1 0 1
1983 32 TOT NL 32 71 62 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 16 .210 .234 .242 .476 31 15 2 0 7 0 0 1
1983 32 PHI NL 7 12 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -9 2 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1983 32 CHC NL 25 59 53 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .226 .255 .245 .500 37 13 2 0 4 0 0 1
1984 33 CHC NL 25 50 44 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .159 .178 .227 .405 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 1
1985 34 CHC NL 20 30 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 .208 .208 .208 .417 13 5 1 0 6 0 0 1
1986 35 CHC NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 363 773 671 42 123 18 5 1 44 2 5 16 212 .183 .205 .230 .435 19 154 9 3 82 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 345 299 19 55 8 2 0 20 1 2 7 95 .183 .205 .230 .435 19 69 4 1 37 0 0
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
PHI (9 yrs) 212 465 404 24 72 12 4 0 30 2 3 8 126 .178 .198 .228 .425 17 92 3 2 50 1 0
CHC (4 yrs) 76 140 122 8 24 4 0 0 6 0 1 3 39 .197 .216 .230 .446 22 28 3 0 15 0 0
ATL (3 yrs) 75 168 145 10 27 2 1 1 8 0 1 5 47 .186 .219 .234 .453 22 34 3 1 17 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1978 27 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 30 PHI NL NLDS MON L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976
1981 *

Wins s c a p y
1980 NL  17 (5th)
1981 NL  12 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL  .630 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 NL  1.166 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  2.176 (6th)
1983 NL  1.869 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  6.475 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  36 (6th)
Career  332 (213th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (7th)
1981 NL  5 (9th)
1982 NL  8 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 NL  4 (5th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1978 NL  3 (6th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  21 (6th)
1983 NL  22 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  116 (3rd)
1976 NL  90 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  255 (4th)
1980 NL  241 (9th)
1981 NL  162 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1983 NL  2.605 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  .466 (8th)
1980 NL  .363 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  112 (1st)
1981 NL  84 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL  10 (8th)
1981 NL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (2nd)
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1982 NL  6 (3rd)
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 NL  944 (10th)
1981 NL  648 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  12 (8th)
1982 NL  12 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Mike Garcia (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 10, 1973: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

December 10, 1975: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Alan Bannister and Roy Thomas to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Buskey and Jim Kaat.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Ken Henderson and Ozzie Osborn to the Atlanta Braves for Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr.

June 15, 1978: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Garber.

May 22, 1983: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Johnson to the Chicago Cubs for Willie Hernandez.

May 6, 1986: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$766,667
1986Chicago Cubs$1,050,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,816,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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