Muddy Ruel

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 150lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: February 20, 1896 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: November 13, 1963 in Palo Alto, CA

Buried: Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, CA

High School: Soldan HS (St. Louis, MO)

School: Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: May 29, 1915 (Age 19-098d, 4,329th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1934 (Age 38-186d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Herold Dominic Ruel

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1924 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

4514

1242

.275

494

RBI

536

OBP

.365

SLG

.332

OPS

.697

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	43-34 / in Starts: 39-28
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	74 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 275 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	179 (70-77-32) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 275 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	171 (82-57-31)

Most Driven In
D Lewis	9
D Pratt	8
P Bodie	6
W Pipp	5
H Baker	1
C Fewster	0

Most Driven In By
S Vick	5
R Peckinpaugh	4
C Fewster	3
G Mogridge	1
H Thormahlen	1
J Quinn	1
H Baker	1
C Mays	1

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	20	2 (1)	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.400	.600	8	1.59	-0.068	3.88	-0.10%	-0.67	C
2	21	3	Apr 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.250	.375	8	1.04	-0.103	2.88	-0.17%	-0.98	C
3	22	4	Apr 30	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.273	.523	8	.71	0.017	1.70	0.02%	0.37	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	23	5	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.357	.732	8	1.40	0.152	3.90	0.25%	1.79	C
5	24	6	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.222	.300	.278	.578	8	.42	-0.003	1.24	-0.01%	-0.30	C
6	25	7	May 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.333	.318	.652	8	2.10	0.182	6.80	0.36%	0.69	C
7	26	8	May 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.357	.385	.742	8	1.17	0.145	3.52	0.26%	0.80	C
8	27	9	May 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.258	.303	.323	.626	8	1.55	0.058	4.54	0.10%	-0.38	C
9	28	10	May 8	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.229	.270	.286	.556	8	.64	-0.067	1.79	-0.11%	-0.80	C
10	29	11	May 11	NYY		WSH	T,0-0	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.205	.244	.256	.500	8	1.68	-0.166	5.11	-0.30%	-0.87	C
11	30	12	May 12	NYY		WSH	T,4-4	CG(15)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.255	.250	.505	8	2.54	-0.005	8.01	-0.01%	-0.10	C
12	31	13	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.240	.234	.474	8	1.58	-0.022	4.78	-0.04%	-0.46	C
13	32	14	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.180	.226	.220	.446	8	2.09	-0.154	6.64	-0.29%	-1.21	C
14	33	15	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1		.189	.259	.245	.504	8	.27	0.019	1.00	0.04%	1.18	C
15	34	16	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.246	.232	.478	8	1.56	-0.142	6.63	-0.36%	-1.09	C
16	35	17	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.242	.230	.472	8	.19	-0.014	.75	-0.03%	-1.02	C
17	36	18	May 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.188	.246	.234	.481	8	1.38	-0.110	6.41	-0.31%	-0.74	C
18	37	19	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.227	.477	8	1.04	-0.029	4.66	-0.08%	-0.32	C
19	38	20	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.267	.246	.513	8	1.07	-0.053	4.31	-0.13%	-0.46	C
20	39	21	May 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.266	.236	.502	8	1.12	-0.105	3.97	-0.22%	-0.65	C
21	40	22	May 26	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.265	.237	.502	8	1.30	-0.057	4.39	-0.12%	-0.36	C
22	41	23	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.264	.238	.502	8	1.55	-0.070	4.66	-0.13%	-0.60	C
23	42	26 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.286	.244	.530	8	.85	0.065	2.49	0.11%	0.62	C
24	43	27	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.217	.293	.253	.546	6	.31	0.008	.91	0.01%	0.12	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	44	28	Jun 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.301	.262	.563	8	.84	-0.015	2.67	-0.03%	-0.28	C
26	45	30 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.305	.259	.564	8	.40	0.010	1.28	0.02%	0.15	C
27	46	31	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-9	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.313	.259	.571	8	2.02	0.080	7.50	0.18%	0.25	C
28	47	33 (1)	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.224	.313	.259	.571	8						C
29	48	44 (10)	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	L,3-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.221	.309	.256	.565	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
30	49	45	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.306	.253	.559	8	3.35	-0.083	20.56	-0.31%	-0.22	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	50	62 (16)	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.304	.253	.557	8	.42	-0.030	2.29	-0.10%	-0.11	C
32	51	64 (1)	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.220	.304	.253	.557	8						PR C
33	52	67 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0		.221	.302	.263	.565	8						C
34	53	70 (2)	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.318	.276	.594	8	1.56	0.315	8.42	1.02%	0.48	C
35	54	71	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.319	.277	.596	8	1.30	-0.032	6.42	-0.09%	-0.13	C
36	55	72	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.325	.286	.611	8	.50	0.077	2.47	0.23%	0.94	C
37	56	75 (2)	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-GF(17)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.325	.286	.611	8						C
38	57	79 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.252	.333	.290	.623	8	1.91	0.095	12.88	0.39%	-0.02	C
39	58	86 (6)	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.339	.290	.629	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	PH C
40	59	88 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.245	.336	.282	.618	8	1.84	-0.072	11.85	-0.28%	-0.45	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	60	90 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.250	.339	.286	.624	8	1.14	0.060	3.31	0.11%	0.47	C
42	61	91	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,8-14	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.241	.333	.276	.609	8	1.19	-0.049	3.99	-0.10%	-0.29	C
43	62	92	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.353	.303	.655	8	.85	0.200	2.35	0.33%	2.34	C
44	63	93	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.260	.350	.301	.651	8	.93	-0.033	3.36	-0.07%	-0.57	C
45	64	95 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.340	.291	.632	8	.86	-0.010	2.59	-0.02%	-0.81	C
46	65	96	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.338	.285	.622	8	1.20	0.003	4.02	0.01%	-0.21	C
47	66	97	Aug 10	NYY		CLE	W,11-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.246	.336	.284	.619	8	.39	0.000	1.22	0.00%	0.08	C
48	67	98	Aug 11	NYY		CLE	L,9-15	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		1		0		.250	.342	.287	.629	8	1.08	0.190	3.47	0.37%	1.91	C
49	68	99	Aug 12	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.252	.342	.288	.630	8	1.15	-0.012	2.47	-0.02%	-0.20	C
50	69	100	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG(15)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.255	.341	.290	.631	8	1.43	-0.014	2.70	-0.02%	-0.26	C
51	70	101	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.335	.284	.619	8	.39	-0.029	1.02	-0.05%	-0.38	C
52	71	102	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.333	.283	.616	8	1.65	-0.025	3.20	-0.03%	0.36	C
53	72	106 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.253	.339	.286	.625	8	1.66	-0.018	.62	0.00%	-0.06	C
54	73	107	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	10-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.335	.282	.617	8	1.76	-0.088	.72	-0.02%	-0.31	C
55	74	111 (3)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.344	.289	.634	8	.94	0.095	.06	0.00%	0.95	C
56	75	112	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG(14)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0		0		.258	.349	.288	.638	8	2.13	-0.017	.06	0.00%	0.21	C
57	76	114 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.255	.349	.285	.634	8	.97	0.086	.08	0.00%	0.43	C
58	77	116 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.347	.280	.627	8	.45	-0.019	.04	0.00%	-0.40	C
59	78	117	Aug 31	NYY		PHA	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.342	.275	.617	8	.21	-0.016	.03	0.00%	-0.58	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	79	118	Sep 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.241	.337	.270	.607	8	.77	0.038	.19	0.01%	0.00	C
61	80	119	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.237	.332	.266	.597	8	.69	-0.051	.08	0.00%	-0.72	C
62	81	120	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.345	.274	.618	8	.45	0.070	.06	0.01%	1.36	C
63	82	121	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.242	.340	.269	.609	8	1.20	-0.096	.17	-0.01%	-0.57	C
64	83	124 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.242	.338	.269	.607	8	2.27	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
65	84	125	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.238	.333	.265	.598	8	.87	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.55	C
66	85	127 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.336	.266	.602	8	.86	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.95	C
67	86	128	Sep 14	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.339	.276	.615	8	.70	-0.015	.00	0.00%	1.61	C
68	87	129	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.339	.276	.616	8	1.33	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
69	88	131 (1)	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.338	.272	.610	8	.62	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
70	89	132	Sep 19	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.340	.277	.617	8	.47	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.60	C
71	90	133	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		1		.250	.347	.279	.626	8	1.14	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.95	C
72	91	134	Sep 21	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.246	.346	.275	.621	8	1.46	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
73	92	135	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.348	.276	.624	8	.76	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
74	93	136	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG(13)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.243	.343	.271	.613	8	1.01	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-1.79	C
75	94	137	Sep 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.345	.271	.617	8	.69	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
76	95	138	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	GS-7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.248	.353	.275	.627	8	.73	0.189	.00	0.00%	2.51	C
77	96	139	Sep 27 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.351	.271	.622	8	.91	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
78	97	140	Sep 27 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.350	.271	.620	8	.41	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
79	98	141	Sep 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.240	.344	.266	.611	8	1.16	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.92	C
							43-34		275	233	19	56	6	0	0	30	36	0	26	1	4		6		4		.240	.344	.266	.611		1.11	0.143	2.63	0.28%	1.02

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