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: 15-21 / in Starts: 15-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	72	3	Apr 11	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.60	2.63	20	8	4	0	0	3	54			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.033	1.36	0.03%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
2	73	6	Apr 16	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	1	1.64	2.91	24	11	3	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.174	1.67	0.16%	1.48	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
3	74	10	Apr 21	ATL		SFG	W,3-0	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	1	1.00	2.80	32	9	7	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.200	1.41	0.21%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
4	75	14	Apr 26	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	5.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	1.96	2.76	23	4	6	1	0	8	40			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.215	1.21	-0.21%	-1.90	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d2
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
5	76	18	May 1(1)	ATL		PHI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	6.1	10	2	2	2	6	1	1	2.15	3.08	30	6	5	1	0	10	49			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.001	1.52	0.00%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
6	77	22	May 5	ATL		STL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.41	2.93	34	12	8	0	1	8	56			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.023	.71	-0.01%	0.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
7	78	26	May 9	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	6.0	8	4	4	2	7	0	0	2.91	2.70	27	9	1	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.192	.52	-0.07%	-1.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
8	79	29	May 15(1)	ATL		MON	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.58	2.59	35	11	7	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.434	.49	0.11%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	80	35	May 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-5	L(4-5)	3	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	1	2.98	2.86	22	7	5	0	0	6	40			1	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.249	.60	-0.09%	-1.83	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
10	81	39	May 23(1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,9-2	GS-5	W(5-5)	3	5.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.89	3.00	17	5	6	0	0	2	61			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.163	.17	0.04%	1.26	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a8
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
11	82	49	Jun 5	ATL	@	MON	W,8-0	SHO	W(6-5)	12	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.52	2.97	33	7	15	2	5	4	80			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.464	.27	0.07%	4.19	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
12	83	53	Jun 10	ATL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.2	7	7	7	4	2	2	0	3.20	3.40	23	7	3	0	1	7	20			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.21	-0.568	.41	-0.12%	-3.92	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d2
13	84	58	Jun 15	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	7.2	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.23	3.33	33	14	6	1	1	8	52			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.191	.15	0.02%	0.37	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a2
14	85	63	Jun 20	ATL		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.91	3.23	32	16	7	3	0	0	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.308	.15	0.04%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	86	68	Jun 24	ATL		MON	W,2-1	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.74	3.24	35	15	11	0	0	5	71			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.611	.40	0.11%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	87	73	Jun 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	7.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.90	3.34	31	11	8	1	0	8	43			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.45	-0.304	.71	-0.09%	-0.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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	88	77	Jul 3	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.68	3.25	34	16	11	0	0	0	80			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.361	.42	0.10%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	89	81	Jul 7	ATL		PIT	L,7-9	GS-6	L(10-8)	3	5.0	9	8	8	4	4	1	0	3.15	3.37	27	6	4	0	0	9	17			2	0	0	23	3	0	1	1	0	0	.94	-0.453	.36	-0.10%	-5.48	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d4
19	90	85	Jul 11	ATL		NYM	W,9-8	GS-7		3	7.0	5	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.26	3.38	31	6	12	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	3	.83	-0.148	.18	-0.02%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
20	91	88	Jul 17	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(11-8)	5	9.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.18	3.33	36	11	10	3	0	10	60			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	3	0	0	.23	0.104	.04	0.01%	1.99	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
21	92	92	Jul 21	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.2	7	3	3	3	2	0	1	3.24	3.36	27	8	6	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.138	.18	-0.01%	-0.68	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out tie
22	93	97	Jul 25	ATL		CIN	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.0	9	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.46	3.44	21	5	1	0	1	8	25			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	-0.382	.13	-0.02%	-3.46	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out a1
23	94	101	Jul 31(1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-9)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	3.42	3.41	28	10	9	0	0	5	60			3	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.009	.02	0.00%	0.82	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
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
24	95	107	Aug 4	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-9)	3	9.0	8	0	0	3	10	0	0	3.23	3.30	37	8	8	1	0	8	78			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.666	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	96	111	Aug 8(1)	ATL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.12	3.27	35	11	9	0	0	5	75			2	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	0.510	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	97	116	Aug 13	ATL		STL	L,0-8	GS-5	L(13-10)	4	5.0	9	6	6	2	4	0	1	3.33	3.26	27	3	8	0	1	9	27			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.20	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-3.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
27	98	121	Aug 18	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-11)	4	7.0	9	4	4	6	4	0	0	3.40	3.29	33	6	8	3	0	9	41			3	1	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	.89	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
28	99	126	Aug 23	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(13-12)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.46	3.25	28	5	11	1	2	6	51			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out tie
29	100	130	Aug 28	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-5	L(13-13)	4	4.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.57	3.31	22	11	8	3	1	1	31			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
Sep/Oct				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
30	101	133	Sep 1	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GS-8		3	7.0	11	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.62	3.25	31	13	11	7	1	3	43			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-1.09	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
31	102	136	Sep 5	ATL		CIN	L,4-6	GS-6	L(13-14)	3	5.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.75	3.24	27	7	7	0	2	9	30			4	1	0	24	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.29	-0.417	.00	0.00%	-3.06	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
32	103	140	Sep 9	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.75	3.25	29	11	5	2	0	6	52			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
33	104	145	Sep 14(1)	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	GS-7	L(13-15)	4	7.0	6	4	4	5	7	1	1	3.79	3.31	32	8	5	0	0	6	51			3	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
34	105	152	Sep 19	ATL		LAD	L,1-8	GS-5	L(13-16)	4	4.1	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	3.96	3.35	22	7	4	0	0	9	21			2	1	1	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
35	106	156	Sep 25	ATL		SDP	W,11-8	GS-7	W(14-16)	5	6.0	11	7	7	1	1	1	0	4.13	3.40	29	11	5	1	0	11	22			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	.89	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
36	107	160	Oct 1	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-17)	5	7.0	9	5	5	5	7	1	0	4.19	3.43	35	10	4	1	1	9	41			1	0	0	30	3	0	2	1	0	1	.87	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
							15-21		W-L:14-17	3.7	240.1	255	112	112	90	142	14	8	4.19	3.43	1042	1.31		6%	3%	229	50		---%	38	9	1	926	39	4	8	26	6	10	1.04	-0.998	.34	0.16%	-5.12

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