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Vern Ruhle
Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.
School Olivet College

Debut September 9, 1974
vs. CLE 5.3 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 4, 1986
Born January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI
Died January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 23 DET AL   2   0   5   3   1   0   1  0   33.0   35   13   10   1    6   10   1   0   138   0   0  2.73  3.77  138 1.242
 1975 24 DET AL  11  12  32  31   8   3   1  0  190.0  199  104   85  17   65   67   7   2   830   6   1  4.03  4.02  100 1.389
 1976 25 DET AL   9  12  32  32   5   1   0  0  199.7  227   99   87  19   59   88   4   0   865   4   0  3.92  3.70   94 1.432
 1977 26 DET AL   3   5  14  10   0   0   1  0   66.3   83   44   42   9   15   27   3   4   294   0   0  5.70  4.28   75 1.477
 1978 27 HOU NL   3   3  13  10   2   2   1  0   68.0   57   17   16   0   20   27   1   1   279   1   1  2.12  3.29  156 1.132
 1979 28 HOU NL   2   6  13  10   2   2   0  0   66.3   64   33   30   9    8   33   2   2   269   0   0  4.07  3.52   86 1.085
 1980 29 HOU NL  12   4  28  22   6   2   1  0  159.3  148   51   42   7   29   55   3   0   638   1   2  2.37  3.28  138 1.111
 1981 30 HOU NL   4   6  20  15   1   0   3  1  102.0   97   36   33   6   20   39   1   0   412   1   0  2.91  3.28  113 1.147
 1982 31 HOU NL   9  13  31  21   3   2   3  1  149.0  169   81   65  12   24   56   4   0   625   4   1  3.93  3.32   85 1.295
 1983 32 HOU NL   8   5  41   9   0   0  11  3  114.7  107   49   47  13   36   43   3   1   480   7   0  3.69  3.38   92 1.247
 1984 33 HOU NL   1   9  40   6   0   0  11  2   90.3  112   58   46   5   29   60   3   2   405   7   0  4.58  3.31   72 1.561
 1985 34 CLE AL   2  10  42  16   1   0   7  3  125.0  139   65   60  16   30   54   2   2   532   6   0  4.32  4.15   96 1.352
 1986 35 CAL AL   1   3  16   3   0   0   5  1   47.7   46   25   22   5    7   23   1   1   197   0   0  4.15  4.14  100 1.112
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .432  67  88 327 188  29  12  45 11 1411.3 1483  675  585 119  348  582  35  15  5964  37   5  3.73  3.63   97 1.297
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  43  24   3   1   5  1  186.3  195   89   77  15   45   76   4   1   787   4   0  3.73  3.63   97 1.297
 Career High     12  13  42  32   8   3  11  3  199.7  227  104   87  19   65   88   7   4   865   7   2  2.12  4.28  156 1.085

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

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 27 HOU NL  13   18    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  14  .056  .150  .056  -38    1   1   0   0   0   1
 1979 28 HOU NL  13   19    3    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .053  .100  .105  -42    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1980 29 HOU NL  28   49    7   12   3  0   0    2   0  0   4  15  .245  .302  .306   77   15   4   0   0   0   2
 1981 30 HOU NL  20   24    1    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   6  11  .250  .400  .292  104    7   4   0   0   0   0
 1982 31 HOU NL  31   41    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  1   4  27  .098  .196  .098  -12    4   5   0   0   1   0
 1983 32 HOU NL  41   19    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  11  .105  .227  .105   -2    2   4   0   0   0   0
 1984 33 HOU NL  40   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .083  .214  .083  -10    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     327  182   12   27   5  0   0    9   0  1  22  96  .148  .244  .176   23   32  20   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         90    6   13   2  0   0    4   0  0  11  48  .148  .244  .176   23   16  10   0   0   0   1
 Career High     42   49    7   12   3  0   0    3   0  1   6  27                          15   5   0   0   1   2

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 27 HOU NL   21   19    0   0.0    88| .056  .252| .150  .319| .056  .371| .206  .690| -38  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1979 28 HOU NL   22   20    0   0.0    94| .053  .262| .100  .326| .105  .388| .205  .715| -42  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1980 29 HOU NL   57   43    4   2.5    88| .245  .257| .302  .318| .306  .373| .608  .691|  77  .277  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1981 30 HOU NL   34   22    4   4.9    88| .250  .256| .400  .321| .292  .368| .692  .689| 104  .581   0.6   0.1   0%
 1982 31 HOU NL   51   43    1   0.6    88| .098  .256| .196  .318| .098  .372| .294  .690| -12  .030  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1983 32 HOU NL   26   21    1   1.3    91| .105  .255| .227  .322| .105  .378| .332  .700|  -2  .100  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1984 33 HOU NL   14   11    0   0.0    87| .083  .254| .214  .317| .083  .369| .297  .686| -10  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      225  179   10   1.5    89| .148  .256| .244  .320| .176  .374| .420  .694|  23  .132 -17.6  -1.8   0%

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1974 23 DET AL   P    5      4    1    0    0 1.000  .943  1.00  0.82  1.36  1.80    3   33.0
 1975 24 DET AL   P   32     15   19    5    1  .872  .939  1.06  0.85  1.61  1.87   31  190.0
 1976 25 DET AL   P   32     14   28    0    1 1.000  .950  1.31  0.85  1.89  1.87   32  199.7
 1977 26 DET AL   P   14      5    7    1    1  .923  .945  0.86  0.84  1.63  1.95   10   66.3
 1978 27 HOU NL   P   13      4    7    0    0 1.000  .948  0.85  0.72  1.46  1.91   10   68.0
 1979 28 HOU NL   P   13      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.62  0.66  1.09  1.81   10   66.3
 1980 29 HOU NL   P   28     15   17    2    2  .941  .952  1.14  0.69  1.81  1.91   22  159.3
 1981 30 HOU NL   P   20      4    9    0    2 1.000  .956  0.65  0.68  1.15  1.97   15  102.0
 1982 31 HOU NL   P   31      9   23    2    1  .941  .952  1.03  0.70  1.93  1.96   21  149.0
 1983 32 HOU NL   P   41     12   19    0    0 1.000  .951  0.76  0.68  2.43  1.92    9  114.7
 1984 33 HOU NL   P   40      4   18    2    1  .917  .952  0.55  0.67  2.19  1.88    6   90.3
 1985 34 CLE AL   P   42     15   13    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  2.02  1.86   16  125.0
 1986 35 CAL AL   P   16      7    8    1    0  .938  .955  0.94  0.68  2.83  1.83    3   47.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1974 23 DET AL   P    5      4    1    0    0 1.000  .943  1.00  0.82  1.36  1.80    3   33.0
 1975 24 DET AL   P   32     15   19    5    1  .872  .939  1.06  0.85  1.61  1.87   31  190.0
 1976 25 DET AL   P   32     14   28    0    1 1.000  .950  1.31  0.85  1.89  1.87   32  199.7
 1977 26 DET AL   P   14      5    7    1    1  .923  .945  0.86  0.84  1.63  1.95   10   66.3
 1978 27 HOU NL   P   13      4    7    0    0 1.000  .948  0.85  0.72  1.46  1.91   10   68.0
 1979 28 HOU NL   P   13      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.62  0.66  1.09  1.81   10   66.3
 1980 29 HOU NL   P   28     15   17    2    2  .941  .952  1.14  0.69  1.81  1.91   22  159.3
 1981 30 HOU NL   P   20      4    9    0    2 1.000  .956  0.65  0.68  1.15  1.97   15  102.0
 1982 31 HOU NL   P   31      9   23    2    1  .941  .952  1.03  0.70  1.93  1.96   21  149.0
 1983 32 HOU NL   P   41     12   19    0    0 1.000  .951  0.76  0.68  2.43  1.92    9  114.7
 1984 33 HOU NL   P   40      4   18    2    1  .917  .952  0.55  0.67  2.19  1.88    6   90.3
 1985 34 CLE AL   P   42     15   13    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  2.02  1.86   16  125.0
 1986 35 CAL AL   P   16      7    8    1    0  .938  .955  0.94  0.68  2.83  1.83    3   47.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 327    111  174   13    9  .956  .950  0.87  0.73  1.82  1.89  188 1411.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       327    111  174   13    9  .956  .950  0.87  0.73  1.82  1.90  188   1411

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   1   1   3.86  0  0  0  0   7     8   3   1   3 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   1   1   2.25  0  1  0  1   8     4   2   2   1 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   1   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   2   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   1   4.70  0  0  0  0   7.2  10   4   1   3 
  3 Postseason Ser      0-3   3   2   3.45  0  1  0  1  15.2  14   6   3   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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 %
1980 NL-.750-2

Shutouts
1975 AL-3-9
1982 NL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1976 AL-19-9

Losses
1982 NL-13-10

Hit Batsmen
1975 AL-7-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1836) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1066) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1445) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
March 27, 1978: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
March 28, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
June 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 Cleveland Indians $295,000

1986 California Angels $60,000

Career (may be incomplete) $355,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View Vern Ruhle's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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