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	19-16 / in Starts: 16-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	65 (40-15-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-11)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	3
B Meusel	2
P Collins	2
J Dugan	2
Self	1
M Koenig	0

Most Driven In By
M Koenig	3
B Ruth	2
L Gehrig	1
Self	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 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	455	2 (1)	Apr 13	NYY		PHA	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	.88	0.235	2.38	0.38%	1.97	P
2	456	7 (4)	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.571	.714	1.286	9	.47	0.031	1.57	0.06%	0.78	P
3	457	11 (3)	Apr 23	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	9	1.28	-0.107	4.60	-0.23%	-0.87	P
4	458	14 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	9	.45	-0.047	1.41	-0.09%	-0.74	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
5	459	19 (4)	May 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	9						P
6	460	23 (3)	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	9	1.05	-0.086	4.73	-0.23%	-0.82	P
7	461	28 (4)	May 16	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	9	1.14	-0.074	5.87	-0.23%	-0.81	P
8	462	32 (3)	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	9	.63	0.031	3.22	0.10%	0.27	P
9	463	39 (6)	May 29	NYY		BOS	W,15-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.304	.624	9	1.58	0.086	7.55	0.25%	1.00	P
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
10	464	45 (5)	Jun 2	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	9	.80	-0.020	4.09	-0.06%	-0.42	P
11	465	46	Jun 3	NYY		DET	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	8	1.55	-0.046	7.81	-0.14%	-0.25	PH
12	466	49 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	W,12-11	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.323	.286	.608	9	1.69	-0.005	12.26	-0.02%	-0.17	P
13	467	62 (12)	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.361	.364	.725	9	.50	0.114	1.77	0.24%	2.29	P
14	468	65 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.351	.353	.704	9	2.50	-0.066	14.72	-0.23%	-0.25	PH
15	469	67 (1)	Jun 27	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.341	.368	.710	9	.55	-0.006	3.20	-0.02%	0.18	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
16	470	72 (4)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.341	.366	.707	9	1.06	-0.050	3.08	-0.09%	-0.28	P
17	471	77 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,8-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	9	1.26	-0.022	3.30	-0.04%	-0.23	P
18	472	84 (6)	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.306	.326	.632	9	.68	-0.074	1.56	-0.10%	-0.73	P
19	473	90 (5)	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.327	.347	.674	9	.74	0.187	.74	0.11%	2.28	P
20	474	95 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,15-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.316	.333	.649	9	.23	-0.028	.13	-0.01%	-0.74	P
21	475	100 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.361	.411	.771	9	1.23	0.268	.52	0.07%	2.90	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
22	476	103 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.355	.404	.758	9	5.40	-0.129	1.96	-0.03%	-0.38	PH
23	477	105 (1)	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.338	.383	.722	9	1.42	-0.140	.68	-0.04%	-1.02	P
24	478	109 (3)	Aug 9	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.328	.371	.699	9	.83	-0.046	.39	-0.01%	-0.45	P
25	479	112 (2)	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.338	.371	.709	8	5.59	0.223	5.39	0.13%	1.00	PH
26	480	115 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.348	.381	.729	8	2.89	0.083	.33	0.01%	0.40	PH
27	481	118 (2)	Aug 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-14	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.352	.385	.737	9	1.51	0.011	.07	0.00%	-0.05	P
28	482	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.361	.394	.755	8	.45	0.024	.02	0.00%	0.28	PH
29	483	125 (5)	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.351	.382	.734	9	.71	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.23	P
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
30	484	130 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.347	.377	.723	9	3.14	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
31	485	133 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.346	.366	.712	9	.40	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
32	486	141 (7)	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.333	.351	.685	9	.82	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
33	487	142	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.329	.347	.676	8	3.57	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
34	488	148 (5)	Sep 21	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.256	.326	.333	.659	9	.40	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
35	489	153 (4)	Sep 29	NYY		WSH	W,15-4	5-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.330	.338	.667	9	.00	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.83	P
							19-16		88	80	7	21	3	0	1	10	8	0	15	0	0		2		0	0	.263	.330	.338	.667		1.00	0.089	2.32	-0.22%	3.30

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