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Johnny Ruffin
Johnny Renando Ruffin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 172 lb.

Debut August 8, 1993
  vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game August 2, 2001
Born July 29, 1971 in Butler, AL

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1993 21 CIN NL   2   1  21   0   0   0   5  2   37.7   36   16   15   4   11   30   1   2   159   1   0  3.58  4.05  113 1.248
 1994 22 CIN NL   7   2  51   0   0   0  13  1   70.0   57   26   24   7   27   44   0   5   287   3   1  3.09  4.18  135 1.200
 1995 23 CIN NL   0   0  10   0   0   0   6  0   13.3    4    3    2   0   11   11   0   3    54   0   0  1.35  4.14  307 1.125
 1996 24 CIN NL   1   3  49   0   0   0  13  0   62.3   71   42   38  10   37   69   2   8   289   5   0  5.49  4.27   78 1.733
 2000 28 ARI NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   14    9    9   4    3    5   0   0    43   1   0  9.00  4.78   53 1.889
 2001 29 FLA NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    5    4    2   0    4    4   1   0    21   1   0  4.91  4.23   86 2.455
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .625  10   6 139   0   0   0  40  3  196.0  187  100   90  25   93  163   4  18   853  11   1  4.13  4.21  102 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   2  68   0   0   0  19  1   95.7   91   48   44  12   45   79   1   8   417   5   0  4.13  4.21  102 1.429
 Career High      7   3  51   0   0   0  13  2   70.0   71   42   38  10   37   69   2   8   289   5   1  3.09  4.27  135 1.200

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 21 CIN NL  21    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   79    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1994 22 CIN NL  51    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1995 23 CIN NL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1996 24 CIN NL  49    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  165    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      139   17    1    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   5  .176  .176  .176   -6    3   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         20    1    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   6  .176  .176  .176   -6    3   0   0   0   0   2
 Career High     51    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   3                           2   0   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 21 CIN NL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .333  .272| .333  .338| .333  .415| .666  .752|  79  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1994 22 CIN NL    8    8    0   0.0   108| .000  .273| .000  .340| .000  .427| .000  .768|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.2 100%
 1995 23 CIN NL    2    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .000  .340| .000  .421| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1996 24 CIN NL    4    3    1   8.9   108| .500  .271| .500  .340| .500  .424|1.000  .764| 165  .755   0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        17   16    1   1.7   107| .176  .272| .176  .340| .176  .424| .352  .763|  -6  .126  -2.7  -0.3 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 21 CIN NL P 21 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 0.54 2.15 1.84 0 37.7 1994 22 CIN NL P 51 10 2 0 0 1.000 .960 0.24 0.54 1.54 1.86 0 70.0 1995 23 CIN NL P 10 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.51 2.03 1.83 0 13.3 1996 24 CIN NL P 49 4 5 1 1 .900 .957 0.18 0.52 1.30 1.83 0 62.3 2000 28 ARI NL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.48 4.00 1.70 0 9.0 2001 29 FLA NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.47 0.00 1.70 0 3.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 21 CIN NL P 21 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 0.54 2.15 1.84 0 37.7 1994 22 CIN NL P 51 10 2 0 0 1.000 .960 0.24 0.54 1.54 1.86 0 70.0 1995 23 CIN NL P 10 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.51 2.03 1.83 0 13.3 1996 24 CIN NL P 49 4 5 1 1 .900 .957 0.18 0.52 1.30 1.83 0 62.3 2000 28 ARI NL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.48 4.00 1.70 0 9.0 2001 29 FLA NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.47 0.00 1.70 0 3.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 139 21 16 1 2 .974 .959 0.27 0.53 1.70 1.84 0 196.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 139 21 16 1 2 .974 .959 0.27 0.53 1.70 1.84 0 196
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1994 NL-.778-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.

July 31, 1993: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jeff Pierce to the Cincinnati Reds for Tim Belcher.

December 20, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 27, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

May 1, 1997: Purchased by the Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific) from the Boston Red Sox.

November 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

March 1, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

March 27, 1999: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

April 30, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

March 5, 2000: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

April 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

November 15, 2000: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

January 14, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

August 3, 2001: Released by the Florida Marlins.

August 13, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Cincinnati Reds$109,000
1994Cincinnati Reds$115,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$195,000
1996Cincinnati Reds$195,000
Career (may be incomplete)$614,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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