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Nap Rucker
George Rucker

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 15, 1907
Final Game September 13, 1916
Born September 30, 1884 in Crabapple, GA
Died December 19, 1970 in Alpharetta, GA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1907 22 BRO NL  15  13  37  30  26   4   7  0  275.3  242   94   63   3   80  131   8  10  1122       0  2.06  2.34  114 1.169
 1908 23 BRO NL  17  19  42  35  30   6   6  1  333.3  265  102   77   1  125  199  19   5  1346       0  2.08  2.32  112 1.170
 1909 24 BRO NL  13  19  38  33  28   6   5  1  309.3  245   95   77   6  101  201  14   5  1227       0  2.24  2.59  116 1.119
 1910 25 BRO NL  17  18  41  39  27   6   2  0  320.3  293  112   92   5   84  147   9   5  1291       0  2.58  3.02  117 1.177
 1911 26 BRO NL  22  18  48  33  23   5  14  4  315.7  255  102   95  12  110  190   8   5  1273       0  2.71  3.32  123 1.156 MVP-27
 1912 27 BRO NL  18  21  45  34  23   6  11  4  297.7  272  101   73   6   72  151   3   6  1201       1  2.21  3.33  151 1.156
 1913 28 BRO NL  14  15  41  33  16   4   7  3  260.0  236   99   83   3   67  111   7   3  1046       1  2.87  3.29  115 1.165
 1914 29 BRO NL   7   6  16  16   5   0   0  0  103.7  113   57   39   2   27   35   2   1   449       0  3.39  2.84   84 1.350
 1915 30 BRO NL   9   4  19  15   7   1   4  1  122.7  134   42   33   3   28   38   2   3   521       0  2.42  2.77  114 1.321
 1916 31 BRO NL   2   1   9   4   1   0   4  0   37.3   34   13    7   0    7   14   1   0   149       0  1.69  2.67  158 1.098
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .500 134 134 336 272 186  38  60 14 2375.3 2089  817  639  41  701 1217  73  43  9625       2  2.42  2.87  119 1.175
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  14  37  30  20   4   6  1  265.3  233   91   71   4   78  136   8   4  1076   0   0  2.42  2.87  119 1.175
 Career High     22  21  48  39  30   6  14  4  333.3  293  112   95  12  125  201  19  10  1346   0   1  2.06  3.33  151 1.119

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 22 BRO NL  37   97    6   15   1  1   0    8   0      3      .155  .180  .186   19   18   3           0    
 1908 23 BRO NL  42  117    3   21   0  1   0    6   1      1      .179  .186  .197   24   23   1           0    
 1909 24 BRO NL  38  101    3   12   1  0   0    0   0      2      .119  .136  .129  -16   13   7           0    
 1910 25 BRO NL  41  110    6   23   1  0   0    3   0      2  15  .209  .223  .218   30   24   4           0    
 1911 26 BRO NL  48  104    6   21   2  2   1    9   0      3  15  .202  .224  .288   45   30   7           0     MVP-27
 1912 27 BRO NL  45  102    8   25   2  1   0   12   1      3  12  .245  .267  .284   53   29   4           0    
 1913 28 BRO NL  41   87    3   21   1  0   0    0   0      4  10  .241  .275  .253   49   22   2           0    
 1914 29 BRO NL  16   34    6    9   1  1   0    1   0      1   4  .265  .286  .353   88   12   3           0    
 1915 30 BRO NL  19   42    2    9   1  0   0    3   0      3   6  .214  .267  .238   52   10   0           0    
 1916 31 BRO NL   9   11    1    1   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .091  .091  .091  -45    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     336  805   44  157  10  6   1   44   2  0  22  64  .195  .216  .226   33  182  31   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        388   21   76   5  3   0   21   1  0  11  31  .195  .216  .226   33   88  15   0   0   0   0
 Career High     48  117    8   25   2  2   1   12   1  0   4  15                          30   7   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 22 BRO NL  103   85    3   0.9    69| .155  .243| .180  .308| .186  .309| .366  .616|  19  .102  -9.2  -1.1     
 1908 23 BRO NL  119   97    4   1.1    69| .179  .242| .186  .303| .197  .312| .383  .615|  24  .140 -10.3  -1.3     
 1909 24 BRO NL  110   96    2   0.6    74| .119  .248| .136  .315| .129  .319| .265  .634| -16  .039 -13.8  -1.7     
 1910 25 BRO NL  116   91    5   1.5    85| .209  .259| .223  .333| .218  .344| .441  .677|  30  .159 -10.0  -1.1     
 1911 26 BRO NL  114   90    7   2.1    92| .202  .263| .224  .340| .288  .363| .512  .703|  45  .234  -8.3  -0.9     
 1912 27 BRO NL  109   81    8   2.6    97| .245  .275| .267  .345| .284  .375| .551  .719|  53  .293  -6.9  -0.7     
 1913 28 BRO NL   93   68    6   2.4    94| .241  .273| .275  .338| .253  .372| .528  .710|  49  .290  -5.9  -0.6     
 1914 29 BRO NL   38   28    3   2.9    86| .265  .261| .286  .329| .353  .349| .639  .679|  88  .409  -0.8  -0.1     
 1915 30 BRO NL   45   33    3   2.4    82| .214  .258| .267  .321| .238  .345| .505  .667|  52  .368  -2.4  -0.3     
 1916 31 BRO NL   11   10    0   0.0    80| .091  .258| .091  .316| .091  .344| .182  .660| -45  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      858  679   41   1.6    83| .195  .257| .216  .325| .226  .342| .442  .667|  33  .192 -69.6  -8.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1907 22 BRO NL P 37 5 73 7 4 .918 .950 2.11 2.27 2.55 2.97 30 275.3 1908 23 BRO NL P 42 13 107 4 1 .968 .953 2.86 2.13 3.24 2.99 35 333.3 1909 24 BRO NL P 38 3 67 4 3 .946 .940 1.84 1.95 2.04 2.84 33 309.3 1910 25 BRO NL P 41 6 80 2 0 .977 .945 2.10 1.77 2.42 2.82 39 320.3 1911 26 BRO NL P 48 7 88 3 1 .969 .943 1.98 1.72 2.71 2.77 33 315.7 1912 27 BRO NL P 45 5 82 1 3 .989 .948 1.93 1.55 2.63 2.54 34 297.7 1913 28 BRO NL P 41 5 50 2 1 .965 .955 1.34 1.57 1.90 2.61 33 260.0 1914 29 BRO NL P 16 4 29 0 1 1.000 .943 2.06 1.65 2.86 2.68 16 103.7 1915 30 BRO NL P 19 6 40 1 2 .979 .952 2.42 1.68 3.37 2.72 15 122.7 1916 31 BRO NL P 9 1 9 0 2 1.000 .962 1.11 1.63 2.41 2.68 4 37.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 22 BRO NL P 37 5 73 7 4 .918 .950 2.11 2.27 2.55 2.97 30 275.3 1908 23 BRO NL P 42 13 107 4 1 .968 .953 2.86 2.13 3.24 2.99 35 333.3 1909 24 BRO NL P 38 3 67 4 3 .946 .940 1.84 1.95 2.04 2.84 33 309.3 1910 25 BRO NL P 41 6 80 2 0 .977 .945 2.10 1.77 2.42 2.82 39 320.3 1911 26 BRO NL P 48 7 88 3 1 .969 .943 1.98 1.72 2.71 2.77 33 315.7 1912 27 BRO NL P 45 5 82 1 3 .989 .948 1.93 1.55 2.63 2.54 34 297.7 1913 28 BRO NL P 41 5 50 2 1 .965 .955 1.34 1.57 1.90 2.61 33 260.0 1914 29 BRO NL P 16 4 29 0 1 1.000 .943 2.06 1.65 2.86 2.68 16 103.7 1915 30 BRO NL P 19 6 40 1 2 .979 .952 2.42 1.68 3.37 2.72 15 122.7 1916 31 BRO NL P 9 1 9 0 2 1.000 .962 1.11 1.63 2.41 2.68 4 37.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 336 55 625 24 18 .966 .948 2.02 1.82 2.58 2.79 272 2375.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 336 55 625 24 18 .966 .948 2.02 1.82 2.58 2.79 272 2375
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-27-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

ERA
1910 NL-2.58-9
1912 NL-2.21-3
Car-2.42-29

Wins
1908 NL-17-8
1910 NL-17-7
1911 NL-22-5
1912 NL-18-8

Won-Loss %
1915 NL-.692-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1910 NL-1.177-9
1911 NL-1.156-7
1912 NL-1.156-3
1913 NL-1.165-9
Car-1.175-88

Hits Allowed/9IP
1909 NL-7.13-7
1911 NL-7.27-3
1912 NL-8.22-8
Car-7.92-93

Bases on Balls/9IP
1910 NL-2.36-8
1912 NL-2.18-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1907 NL-4.28-7
1908 NL-5.37-3
1909 NL-5.85-2
1910 NL-4.13-10
1911 NL-5.42-3
1912 NL-4.57-7

Games
1907 NL-37-10
1908 NL-42-8
1909 NL-38-10
1911 NL-48-3
1912 NL-45-4

Saves
1911 NL-4-3
1912 NL-4-2
1913 NL-3-5

Innings
1907 NL-275.3-8
1908 NL-333.3-3
1909 NL-309.3-3
1910 NL-320.3-1
1911 NL-315.7-4
1912 NL-297.7-6

Strikeouts
1907 NL-131-7
1908 NL-199-2
1909 NL-201-2
1910 NL-147-5
1911 NL-190-3
1912 NL-151-5
1913 NL-111-9

Games Started
1908 NL-35-7
1909 NL-33-6
1910 NL-39-1
1911 NL-33-8
1912 NL-34-7
1913 NL-33-9

Comp. Games
1907 NL-26-6
1908 NL-30-4
1909 NL-28-3
1910 NL-27-1
1911 NL-23-6
1912 NL-23-6

Shutouts
1907 NL-4-10
1908 NL-6-7
1909 NL-6-4
1910 NL-6-1
1911 NL-5-3
1912 NL-6-1
1913 NL-4-3
Car-38-54

Home Runs Allow.
1909 NL-6-4
1911 NL-12-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1908 NL-125-1
1909 NL-101-5
1911 NL-110-7

Hits Allowed
1908 NL-265-4
1909 NL-245-4
1910 NL-293-1
1912 NL-272-10

SO to Walk
1909 NL-1.99-5
1910 NL-1.75-7
1911 NL-1.73-9
1912 NL-2.10-5

Losses
1908 NL-19-5
1909 NL-19-4
1910 NL-18-6
1911 NL-18-3
1912 NL-21-2
1913 NL-15-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1908 NL-77-5
1909 NL-77-5
1910 NL-92-5
1911 NL-95-7

Wild Pitches
1907 NL-10-4
1912 NL-6-10

Hit Batsmen
1908 NL-19-2
1909 NL-14-3
1910 NL-9-10

Batters Faced
1907 NL-1122-8
1908 NL-1346-4
1909 NL-1227-5
1910 NL-1291-1
1911 NL-1273-4
1912 NL-1201-9

Games Finished
1911 NL-14-4

Adjusted ERA+
1912 NL-151-3

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 8 (288) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 122 (146) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.0 (231) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 39.5 (334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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