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	14-33 / in Starts: 11-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 148 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	82 (38-25-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 148 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	99 (50-31-18)

Most Driven In
T Oliver	2
B Rogell	2
U Pickering	2
F Doljack	1
A Van Camp	1
E Webb	1
R Warstler	1
N Richardson	0

Most Driven In By
H Rhyne	3
J Rothrock	2
A Van Camp	1
R Johnson	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	1313	3 (2)	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.69	-0.120	3.96	-0.17%	-0.92	C
2	1314	5 (1)	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	8						C
3	1315	10 (4)	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	8	4.01	-0.012	7.85	-0.01%	0.17	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	1316	12 (1)	May 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944	8	1.01	0.052	2.29	0.07%	1.00	C
5	1317	13	May 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.545	.600	1.145	8	3.62	0.507	7.69	0.65%	1.09	C
6	1318	14	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	8	.37	-0.029	.83	-0.04%	-0.69	C
7	1319	17 (2)	May 6	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-10	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.500	.967	3	.22	0.009	.45	0.01%	0.29	C
8	1320	22 (4)	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	2-GF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.474	.471	.944	8	1.90	-0.030	4.41	-0.04%	0.42	C
9	1321	23	May 14	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.478	.476	.954	8	1.46	0.068	3.15	0.09%	0.53	C
10	1322	24	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.385	.429	.423	.852	8	.40	-0.015	.88	-0.02%	-0.30	C
11	1323	25	May 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.414	.452	.448	.900	8	.67	0.038	1.50	0.05%	0.38	C
12	1324	26	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.424	.419	.844	8	1.63	-0.077	3.24	-0.09%	-0.67	C
13	1325	27	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.405	.400	.805	8	.68	-0.073	1.28	-0.08%	-0.17	C
14	1326	32 (4)	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.359	.725	8	.41	-0.054	.31	-0.03%	-1.22	C
15	1327	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.341	.333	.674	8	.49	-0.037	.46	-0.02%	-0.74	C
16	1328	35 (1)	May 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.356	.731	8	1.35	0.188	.80	0.07%	1.27	C
17	1329	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-5	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.377	.360	.737	8	1.46	-0.106	.73	-0.03%	-0.26	C
18	1330	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.357	.340	.697	8	.62	-0.036	.27	-0.01%	-0.71	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
19	1331	42 (3)	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.356	.357	.713	8	2.42	-0.069	.40	-0.01%	-0.22	C
20	1332	46 (3)	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.351	.701	9	.83	-0.024	.12	0.00%	-0.38	PH
21	1333	52 (5)	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.351	.701	8						C
22	1334	56 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.365	.345	.710	8	.31	-0.014	.01	0.00%	0.35	C
23	1335	62 (5)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.388	.377	.765	7	1.82	0.126	.03	0.00%	1.00	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
24	1336	68 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.394	.385	.779	7	1.07	0.142	.02	0.00%	1.01	C
25	1337	71 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.373	.362	.736	7	.47	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
26	1338	74 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.314	.368	.357	.726	8	.76	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
27	1339	78 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.377	.357	.734	2	2.49	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
28	1340	87 (8)	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.367	.347	.714	8	1.17	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
29	1341	92 (4)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.373	.382	.755	8	.71	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
30	1342	96 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.373	.382	.755	7						C
31	1343	97	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.369	.377	.746	9	5.09	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.82	PH
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
32	1344	113 (15)	Aug 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.375	.375	.750	8	.79	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
33	1345	121 (7)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.370	.361	.731	8	.56	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.69	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
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Detroit Tigers
34	1346	131	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.368	.353	.721	8	1.12	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
35	1347	132	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.370	.367	.737	8	.40	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
36	1348	134 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.369	.366	.735	8	.98	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
37	1349	136 (1)	Sep 8	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.355	.351	.706	8	1.85	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-1.34	C
38	1350	137	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.345	.340	.685	8	.72	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.70	C
39	1351	138	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.272	.336	.330	.666	8						C
40	1352	139	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(13)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.262	.325	.318	.643	8						C
41	1353	140	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.259	.320	.313	.632	8						C
42	1354	143 (2)	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.333	.316	.649	8	.61	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.06	C
43	1355	144	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.323	.305	.628	8	.52	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.53	C
44	1356	145	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.244	.311	.293	.604	8						C
45	1357	148 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.236	.302	.283	.586	8	1.51	0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
46	1358	149	Sep 22	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.308	.285	.592	8	.64	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
47	1359	153 (3)	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.306	.278	.584	8	1.26	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
							14-33		148	133	7	31	6	0	0	10	14	1	7	0	1		2		0	0	.233	.306	.278	.584		1.08	-0.010	.78	0.38%	-4.03

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