Dick Ruthven

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Irvington HS (Fremont, CA), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st) of the 1973 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Irvington HS (Fremont, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1973 (Age 22-021d, 13,346th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: May 1, 1986 (Age 35-035d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Richard David Ruthven

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Hutton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

123

127

ERA

4.14

355

332

2109.0

1145

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-15 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	133	2	Apr 8	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	8	4	4	3	1	1	0	9.00	7.59	22	7	3	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.248	1.57	-0.22%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d3
2	134	6	Apr 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.0	5	4	3	2	0	1	0	7.00	6.92	22	8	7	2	0	5	41			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.160	1.04	-0.12%	-1.40	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
3	135	10	Apr 19	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.50	4.47	28	15	6	1	1	2	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.583	1.19	0.35%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	136	14	Apr 23	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	2	3	5	0	0	3.24	3.91	30	11	5	2	0	6	57			3	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.096	.86	-0.05%	-0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	137	17	Apr 27	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	6.1	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.02	4.05	29	9	8	0	0	7	38			1	0	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.164	.93	-0.08%	-1.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	138	22	May 2	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	4	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.82	4.31	26	12	3	1	0	4	56			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.021	.73	0.01%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
7	139	26	May 9(1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	GS-7		6	6.1	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.48	4.06	26	9	6	1	1	6	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.61	0.111	1.25	0.05%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
8	140	30	May 14	ATL	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.06	3.92	38	8	15	1	0	8	66			4	1	0	33	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.75	0.635	.95	0.21%	2.94	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
9	141	34	May 19	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-6	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	4.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	0	3.79	3.83	20	3	4	0	0	8	23			1	1	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.317	.35	-0.10%	-4.36	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
10	142	41	May 27	ATL		PHI	L,5-6	GS-7		7	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.80	3.80	28	4	11	1	2	5	59			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.001	.33	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
11	143	45	May 31	ATL		CIN	L,4-10	GS-3	L(2-5)	3	2.1	4	5	4	1	2	2	0	4.21	4.14	13	5	1	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.304	.30	-0.06%	-3.76	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	144	49	Jun 5	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-8		4	7.2	6	4	1	1	4	0	0	3.89	3.91	31	9	11	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.37	-0.240	.19	-0.02%	-0.47	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out tie
13	145	54	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	8	1	0	4.11	3.79	29	5	7	2	1	8	48			1	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.372	.15	-0.04%	-1.85	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Philadelphia Phillies
14	146	59	Jun 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-4	L(2-7)	7	4.0	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.73	16	3	7	0	1	3	47			0	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	.51	-0.203	.99	-0.24%	-1.37	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
15	147	62	Jun 23(1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-7)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.91	3.74	27	16	9	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.286	3.34	0.48%	2.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	148	67	Jun 27	PHI	@	MON	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	1	3.56	3.59	34	8	12	1	2	7	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	0.747	4.52	1.36%	3.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	149	73	Jul 2	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	6.1	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.61	3.67	26	11	5	2	0	3	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	0	.59	0.125	2.31	0.29%	0.21	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a3
18	150	78	Jul 7	PHI		MON	L,4-7	GS-5	L(5-8)	4	5.0	8	5	5	0	3	2	0	3.85	3.80	22	7	4	1	1	8	34			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.249	1.76	-0.44%	-2.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
19	151	84	Jul 16	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-8)	8	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.70	3.70	27	8	10	1	1	5	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.330	2.79	0.53%	2.51	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
20	152	89	Jul 21(1)	PHI		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	11	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.51	3.57	37	9	9	2	0	11	65			2	0	0	35	5	0	1	2	0	0	.82	0.183	2.41	0.33%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	153	100	Jul 31	PHI		NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(8-8)	9	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.34	3.50	33	12	10	2	0	5	75			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.86	0.369	2.53	0.65%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	154	105	Aug 6(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.26	3.51	34	16	6	1	1	8	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.596	5.25	1.32%	2.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
23	155	111	Aug 10	PHI		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.13	3.49	32	12	10	0	1	6	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.424	3.39	0.84%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	156	115	Aug 15	PHI		LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	7.0	8	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.27	3.61	31	14	4	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.405	2.52	-0.67%	-1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	157	120	Aug 20	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	GS-5	W(11-9)	4	5.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.33	3.68	21	7	5	2	1	4	46			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.097	4.09	-0.19%	-0.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
26	158	125	Aug 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-8		4	8.0	13	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.39	3.78	38	13	7	0	2	13	41			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.55	-0.017	5.84	-0.04%	-0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
27	159	129	Aug 29	PHI	@	SDP	W,9-5	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	5	0	0	3.47	3.70	36	10	10	2	1	9	52			0	1	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.090	2.17	-0.21%	-1.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	160	133	Sep 3(1)	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.48	3.66	28	12	5	2	2	8	50			1	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.119	1.93	-0.24%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
29	161	139	Sep 8(1)	PHI		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.32	3.60	31	12	10	0	2	3	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.697	5.47	1.71%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	162	145	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.27	3.55	34	14	14	4	2	0	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	0.281	3.94	0.63%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	163	150	Sep 19	PHI	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-8	L(14-11)	5	7.1	8	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.32	3.49	30	10	7	0	1	8	47			0	1	1	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.369	5.55	-1.07%	-1.97	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d3
32	164	153	Sep 23(2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.31	3.48	33	10	10	0	4	4	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.094	4.52	0.30%	0.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	165	159	Sep 29(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	4	0	5	1	0	3.38	3.47	25	6	7	0	1	7	47			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							18-15		W-L:15-11	4.4	231.2	214	95	87	56	120	21	1	3.38	3.47	937	1.27		6%	5%	197	55		---%	21	7	3	853	34	6	3	24	8	8	1.08	1.720	2.42	5.28%	9.17

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