Dutch Ruether

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: September 13, 1893 in Alameda, CA us

Died: May 16, 1970 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1917 (Age 23-212d, 4,573rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 9.0 IP, 6 H, 9 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1927 (Age 34-016d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1917 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Ruether

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

137

ERA

3.50

309

272

2124.2

708

WHIP

1.404

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-33 / in Starts: 18-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 125 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	101 (48-34-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 125 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	83 (41-26-15)

Most Driven In
B Myer	2
O Bluege	2
J Harris	2
G Goslin	1
E McNeely	1
S Stewart	1
Self	1
M Ruel	0

Most Driven In By
S Rice	2
B Harris	1
B Ruth	1
L Gehrig	1
Self	1

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 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	395	4 (3)	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.78	0.011	1.97	0.02%	0.28	P
2	396	7 (2)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	L,5-18	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
3	397	8	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	9	.39	0.019	.90	0.03%	0.40	PH
4	398	9	Apr 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944	9	.47	0.059	1.10	0.08%	1.12	P
5	399	12 (2)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	4	4.33	-0.034	10.90	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
6	400	13	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.429	.467	.500	.967	9						P
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
7	401	18 (4)	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.421	.444	.865	9	.90	-0.053	2.34	-0.08%	-0.65	P
8	402	23 (4)	May 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.364	.381	.745	9	.49	-0.040	1.80	-0.09%	-0.60	P
9	403	25 (1)	May 8	WSH		CHW	L,5-11	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	9	2.21	-0.091	9.14	-0.23%	-0.81	PH
10	404	28 (2)	May 11	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.370	.360	.730	9	.40	-0.035	1.17	-0.06%	-0.19	P
11	405	31 (2)	May 14	WSH		SLB	L,7-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.346	.703	9	3.62	-0.109	12.50	-0.23%	-0.62	PH
12	406	33 (1)	May 17	WSH		CLE	L,5-12	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.286	.333	.321	.655	9	1.44	-0.032	5.71	-0.08%	-0.04	P
13	407	36 (2)	May 20	WSH		DET	L,5-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.310	.355	.345	.700	1						PH
14	408	37	May 21	WSH		DET	W,13-10	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.394	.387	.781	9	.81	0.064	1.93	0.09%	0.78	P
15	409	38	May 22	WSH		DET	T,6-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.382	.375	.757	9	3.46	-0.089	8.93	-0.14%	-0.79	PH
16	410	39	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.371	.364	.735	3	3.15	-0.045	7.88	-0.07%	-0.32	PH
17	411	41 (1)	May 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.361	.353	.714	9	2.23	-0.058	5.61	-0.09%	-0.18	PH
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
18	412	47 (5)	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.378	.371	.750	1	2.91	0.115	6.92	0.16%	0.39	PH
19	413	50 (2)	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.333	.368	.361	.730	9	2.91	0.122	4.32	0.11%	0.62	PH
20	414	52 (1)	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.385	.405	.790	9	4.09	0.267	4.08	0.16%	1.13	PH
21	415	53	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.375	.395	.770	9	2.16	-0.056	2.17	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
22	416	54	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.349	.366	.715	9	.99	-0.079	1.19	-0.06%	-0.78	P
23	417	55	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.341	.357	.698	7	1.30	-0.034	1.46	-0.02%	-0.45	PH
24	418	56	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.333	.349	.682	6	5.47	-0.143	5.08	-0.08%	-0.45	PH
25	419	58 (1)	Jun 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.306	.319	.625	9	1.84	-0.165	.93	-0.05%	-1.59	P
26	420	61 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.283	.294	.577	9	2.58	-0.291	1.61	-0.11%	-2.35	P
27	421	63 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-6	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	9	4.61	0.299	1.70	0.07%	1.27	PH
28	422	66 (2)	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.293	.304	.597	9	.63	-0.019	.38	-0.01%	-0.64	P
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
29	423	72 (5)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.290	.288	.578	9	1.08	0.032	.96	0.02%	0.07	P
30	424	73	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.283	.569	8	5.40	-0.294	6.46	-0.21%	-0.80	PH
31	425	77 (3)	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.292	.279	.571	9	1.01	0.013	.85	0.01%	-0.04	P
32	426	78	Jul 10	WSH		SLB	W,19-4	5-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.299	.274	.573	9	1.44	0.063	.91	0.02%	-0.17	PH
33	427	81 (2)	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	W,13-9	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.319	.297	.616	9	.46	0.061	.57	0.05%	2.02	P
34	428	83 (1)	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.314	.292	.607	9	.15	-0.004	.20	0.00%	-0.25	PH
35	429	84	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.301	.279	.581	9	.55	-0.011	.47	-0.01%	-0.65	P
36	430	90 (5)	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,13-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0	0	.254	.312	.282	.593	9						P
37	431	91	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,6-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.308	.278	.585	9						PH
38	432	95 (3)	Jul 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.305	.276	.581	9	1.33	-0.056	.39	-0.01%	-0.39	P
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
39	433	100 (4)	Aug 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-11	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.310	.321	.630	9	.79	0.085	.04	0.00%	0.74	P
40	434	101	Aug 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.318	.329	.647	2	2.19	0.092	.15	0.00%	0.67	PH
41	435	103 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,11-7	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.314	.325	.639	9	4.61	-0.106	.18	0.00%	-0.49	PH
42	436	105 (1)	Aug 6	WSH	@	DET	W,12-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.321	.631	9	.34	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.11	P
43	437	110 (4)	Aug 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.308	.318	.625	9	1.48	0.022	.02	0.00%	0.78	P
44	438	112 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.304	.314	.618	4	1.48	-0.037	.07	0.00%	-0.33	PH
45	439	114 (1)	Aug 13	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.301	.310	.611	9	1.53	-0.044	.17	0.00%	-0.24	PH
46	440	115	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.295	.303	.598	9	1.90	-0.075	.08	0.00%	-0.60	P
47	441	118 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-10	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.296	.304	.600	9	.78	-0.063	.01	0.00%	-0.73	P
				Player went from Washington Nationals to New York Yankees
48	442	129	Aug 31	NYY		PHA	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.293	.301	.594	9	.79	-0.017	3.61	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
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
49	443	130	Sep 1	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.291	.299	.590	9	.48	-0.043	2.84	-0.16%	-1.48	P
50	444	131	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.288	.296	.584	9	.19	-0.005	.89	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
51	445	134 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.280	.287	.568	9	1.46	-0.115	5.90	-0.28%	-0.80	P
52	446	139 (4)	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.284	.562	9	.80	-0.020	1.41	-0.02%	-0.31	PH
53	447	140	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.275	.282	.557	8	2.92	-0.076	6.39	-0.10%	-0.25	PH
54	448	141	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.273	.279	.552	9	.76	-0.022	2.31	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
55	449	142	Sep 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.231	.279	.279	.558	7	3.69	0.109	31.39	0.56%	0.67	PH
56	450	143	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.272	.271	.543	9	1.66	-0.156	5.36	-0.30%	-1.12	P
57	451	146 (2)	Sep 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.270	.269	.538	9	1.49	-0.039	22.77	-0.36%	-0.25	PH
58	452	147	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.269	.268	.537	9	.49	-0.005	11.12	-0.07%	-0.30	P
59	453	149 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.267	.265	.532	7	4.13	-0.127	34.28	-0.63%	-0.59	PH
60	454	154 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.217	.262	.261	.523	9						P
							26-33		125	115	8	25	2	0	1	13	6	0	11	1	1		1		0	0	.217	.262	.261	.523		1.42	-1.264	3.20	-2.35%	-10.71

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