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Vern Ruhle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI us

Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Olivet (Olivet, MI).

High School: Coleman HS (Coleman, MI)

School: University of Olivet (Olivet, MI)

Last Game: October 4, 1986 (Age 35-252d)
vs. TEX 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Pronunciation: \RULE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

3.73

327

188

1411.1

582

WHIP

1.297

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1972	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	DET	5	10	.333	3.78	5.31	17	16		5	0	0	100.0	111	59	42	4	33	2	83	5	0	3		1.440	10.0	0.4	3.0	7.5	2.52
1972	21	-1.2	Rocky Mount	CARL	A	DET	5	8	.385	4.75	6.63	13	13		3	0	0	72.0	87	53	38	3	28	2	53	4	0	3		1.597	10.9	0.4	3.5	6.6	1.89
1972	21	1.3	Bristol	APPY	Rk	DET	0	2	.000	1.29	1.93	4	3		2	0	0	28.0	24	6	4	1	5	0	30	1	0	0		1.036	7.7	0.3	1.6	9.6	6.00
1973	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	12	7	.632	2.44	3.05	25	25		13	3	0	177.0	153	60	48	5	41	1	101	8	0	5		1.096	7.8	0.3	2.1	5.1	2.46
1973	22	-0.9	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	6	2	.750	2.89	3.67	10	10		5	0	0	81.0	72	33	26	4	17	0	34	4	0	2		1.099	8.0	0.4	1.9	3.8	2.00
1973	22	1.4	Lakeland	FLOR	A	DET	6	5	.545	2.06	2.53	15	15		8	3	0	96.0	81	27	22	1	24	1	67	4	0	3		1.094	7.6	0.1	2.3	6.3	2.79
1974	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	DET	18	5	.783	3.27	3.85	27	27		15	4	0	201.0	207	86	73	18	54	0	126	4	1	5		1.299	9.3	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.33
1974	23	-1.7	Evansville	AA	AAA	DET	13	5	.722	4.04	4.62	22	22		10	2	0	156.0	178	80	70	16	42	0	94	3	0	5		1.410	10.3	0.9	2.4	5.4	2.24
1974	23	0.6	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	5	0	1.000	0.60	1.20	5	5		5	2	0	45.0	29	6	3	2	12	0	32	1	1	0		0.911	5.8	0.4	2.4	6.4	2.67
1974	23	-5.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	0	1.000	2.73	3.55	5	3	1	1	0	0	33.0	35	13	10	1	6	0	10	1	0	0	138	1.242	9.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.67
1975	24	-4.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	11	12	.478	4.03	4.93	32	31	1	8	3	0	190.0	199	104	85	17	65	6	67	7	1	2	830	1.389	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.2	1.03
1976	25	-2.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	12	.429	3.92	4.46	32	32	0	5	1	0	199.2	227	99	87	19	59	4	88	4	0	0	865	1.432	10.2	0.9	2.7	4.0	1.49
1977	26	0.9	Evansville	AA	AAA	DET	1	4	.200	6.86	8.14	10	4		0	0	0	21.0	31	19	16	4	9	0	15	0	0	0		1.905	13.3	1.7	3.9	6.4	1.67
1977	26	-1.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	5	.375	5.70	5.97	14	10	1	0	0	0	66.1	83	44	42	9	15	0	27	3	0	4	294	1.477	11.3	1.2	2.0	3.7	1.80
1978	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	HOU	8	5	.615	2.50	3.05	18	18		9	2	0	133.0	121	45	37	8	24	2	73	1	0	2		1.090	8.2	0.5	1.6	4.9	3.04
1978	27	2.2	Charleston	IL	AAA	HOU	4	4	.500	2.78	3.45	13	13		5	1	0	94.0	89	36	29	5	16	1	48	0	0	1		1.117	8.5	0.5	1.5	4.6	3.00
1978	27	4.4	Columbus	SOUL	AA	HOU	4	1	.800	1.85	2.08	5	5		4	1	0	39.0	32	9	8	3	8	1	25	1	0	1		1.026	7.4	0.7	1.8	5.8	3.13
1978	27	-1.0	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	3	3	.500	2.12	2.25	13	10	1	2	2	0	68.0	57	17	16	0	20	1	27	1	1	1	279	1.132	7.5	0.0	2.6	3.6	1.35
1979	28	-0.2	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	6	.250	4.07	4.48	13	10	0	2	2	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	0	33	2	0	2	269	1.085	8.7	1.2	1.1	4.5	4.13
1980	29	0.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	12	4	.750	2.37	2.88	28	22	1	6	2	0	159.1	148	51	42	7	29	1	55	3	2	0	638	1.111	8.4	0.4	1.6	3.1	1.90
1981	30	1.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	4	6	.400	2.91	3.18	20	15	3	1	0	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	1	39	1	0	0	412	1.147	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	1.95
1982	31	2.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	9	13	.409	3.93	4.89	31	21	3	3	2	1	149.0	169	81	65	12	24	4	56	4	1	0	625	1.295	10.2	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.33
1983	32	3.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	8	5	.615	3.69	3.85	41	9	11	0	0	3	114.2	107	49	47	13	36	7	43	3	0	1	480	1.247	8.4	1.0	2.8	3.4	1.19
1984	33	4.9	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	1	9	.100	4.58	5.78	40	6	11	0	0	2	90.1	112	58	46	5	29	7	60	3	0	2	405	1.561	11.2	0.5	2.9	6.0	2.07
1985	34	5.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	10	.167	4.32	4.68	42	16	7	1	0	3	125.0	139	65	60	16	30	6	54	2	0	2	532	1.352	10.0	1.2	2.2	3.9	1.80
1986	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	CAL	2	2	.500	3.64	4.60	11	5	4	2	1	0	47.0	50	24	19	2	8	0	33	1	0	2		1.234	9.6	0.4	1.5	6.3	4.13
1986	35	9.1	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	CAL	0	1	.000	4.15	4.85	8	2	4	0	0	0	26.0	30	14	12	2	4	0	17	0	0	0		1.308	10.4	0.7	1.4	5.9	4.25
1986	35	12.3	San Jose	CALL	A		2	1	.667	3.00	4.29	3	3	0	2	1	0	21.0	20	10	7	0	4	0	16	1	0	2		1.143	8.6	0.0	1.7	6.9	4.00
1986	35	6.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	1	3	.250	4.15	4.72	16	3	5	0	0	1	47.2	46	25	22	5	7	0	23	1	0	1	197	1.112	8.7	0.9	1.3	4.3	3.29
1987	36	10.1	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	CAL	0	7	.000	6.26	7.30	25	9	9	0	0	0	77.2	100	63	54	8	28	1	37	5	0	5		1.648	11.6	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.32
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		67	88	.432	3.73	4.30	327	188	45	29	12	11	1411.1	1483	675	585	119	348	37	582	35	5	15	5964	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		46	40	.535	3.44	4.23	133	104	13	44	10	0	756.2	773	356	289	49	197	6	468	24	1	22		1.282	9.2	0.6	2.3	5.6	2.38
All Levels (16 Seasons)							113	128	.469	3.63	4.28	460	292	58	73	22	11	2168.0	2256	1031	874	168	545	43	1050	59	6	37	5964	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.3	4.4	1.93

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		18	21	.462	4.35	5.09	78	50	13	15	3	0	374.2	428	212	181	35	99	2	211	8	0	11		1.407	10.3	0.8	2.4	5.1	2.13
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		15	3	.833	2.02	2.62	20	20		14	3	0	165.0	133	48	37	9	37	1	91	6	1	3		1.030	7.3	0.5	2.0	5.0	2.46
A (3 seasons)					Minors		13	14	.481	3.19	4.29	31	31	0	13	4	0	189.0	188	90	67	4	56	3	136	9	0	8		1.291	9.0	0.2	2.7	6.5	2.43
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	1.29	1.93	4	3		2	0	0	28.0	24	6	4	1	5	0	30	1	0	0		1.036	7.7	0.3	1.6	9.6	6.00