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Muddy Ruel
Herold Dominic Ruel

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 150 lb.

Debut May 29, 1915
Final Game August 25, 1934
Born February 20, 1896 in St. Louis, MO
Died November 13, 1963 in Palo Alto, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 19 SLB AL  10   14    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      5   5  .000  .263  .000  -20    0   0           0    
 1917 21 NYY AL   6   17    1    2   0  0   0    1   1      2   2  .118  .211  .118   -0    2   1           0    
 1918 22 NYY AL   3    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   1      2   1  .333  .500  .333  149    2   0           0    
 1919 23 NYY AL  79  233   18   56   6  0   0   31   4     34  26  .240  .340  .266   70   62   5           1    
 1920 24 NYY AL  82  261   30   70  14  1   1   15   4  2  15  18  .268  .310  .341   70   89   7           1    
 1921 25 BOS AL 113  358   41   99  21  1   1   45   2  7  41  15  .277  .353  .349   82  125  12           1    
 1922 26 BOS AL 116  361   34   92  15  1   0   28   4  2  41  26  .255  .333  .302   67  109  11           1    
 1923 27 WSH AL 136  449   63  142  24  3   0   54   4  6  55  21  .316  .394  .383  109  172  21           3     MVP-11
 1924 28 WSH AL 149  501   50  142  20  2   0   57   7 11  62  20  .283  .370  .331   84  166  29           7     MVP-11
 1925 29 WSH AL 127  393   55  122   9  2   0   54   4  5  63  16  .310  .411  .344   94  135  13           4    
 1926 30 WSH AL 117  368   42  110  22  4   1   53   7  6  61  14  .299  .401  .389  108  143  13           2    
 1927 31 WSH AL 131  428   61  132  16  5   1   52   9  6  63  18  .308  .403  .376  104  161   8           5     MVP-6
 1928 32 WSH AL 108  350   31   90  18  2   0   55  12 10  44  14  .257  .342  .320   75  112   9           1    
 1929 33 WSH AL  69  188   16   46   4  2   0   20   0  4  31   7  .245  .352  .287   66   54   5           0    
 1930 34 WSH AL  66  198   18   50   3  4   0   26   1  0  24  13  .253  .342  .308   66   61   4           3    
 1931 35 TOT AL  47  133    7   31   6  0   0    9   0  0  14   7  .233  .306  .278   57   37   1           0    
         BOS AL  33   83    6   25   5  0   0    6   0  0   9   6  .301  .370  .361   99   30   1           0    
         DET AL  14   50    1    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   5   1  .120  .200  .140  -10    7   0           0    
 1932 36 DET AL  51  136   10   32   4  2   0   18   1  0  17   6  .235  .320  .294   58   40   2           0    
 1933 37 SLB AL  36   63   13   12   2  0   0    8   0  0  24   4  .190  .414  .222   68   14   0           0    
 1934 38 CHW AL  22   57    4   12   3  0   0    7   0  0   8   5  .211  .308  .263   47   15   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons    1468 4514  494 1242 187 29   4  534  61 59 606 238  .275  .365  .332   83 1499 143   0   0  29   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        498   55  137  21  3   0   59   7  7  67  26  .275  .365  .332   83  165  16   0   0   3   0
 Career High    149  501   63  142  24  5   1   57  12 11  63  26  .316  .411  .389  109  172  29   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 19 SLB AL   19   14    0   0.0    80| .000  .251| .263  .328| .000  .329| .263  .657| -20  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
 1917 21 NYY AL   20   16    0   0.0    80| .118  .256| .211  .327| .118  .331| .329  .658|  -0  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1918 22 NYY AL    8    4    1   6.8    84| .333  .263| .500  .334| .333  .335| .833  .669| 149  .772   0.6   0.1     
 1919 23 NYY AL  273  182   21   3.1    96| .240  .277| .340  .344| .266  .373| .606  .716|  70  .378  -7.7  -0.8     
 1920 24 NYY AL  284  200   27   3.6   110| .268  .296| .310  .361| .341  .407| .651  .768|  70  .393 -11.9  -1.2  66%
 1921 25 BOS AL  412  278   42   4.0   112| .277  .296| .353  .361| .349  .415| .702  .776|  82  .397  -8.0  -0.7  22%
 1922 26 BOS AL  414  282   36   3.4   109| .255  .292| .333  .357| .302  .410| .635  .766|  67  .354 -16.1  -1.6  66%
 1923 27 WSH AL  528  334   66   5.3   103| .316  .284| .394  .353| .383  .392| .777  .745| 109  .556   9.6   0.9  40%
 1924 28 WSH AL  599  399   58   3.9   109| .283  .294| .370  .363| .331  .404| .701  .767|  84  .396  -8.6  -0.8  38%
 1925 29 WSH AL  473  289   54   5.0   114| .310  .297| .411  .367| .344  .416| .755  .783|  94  .489   1.0   0.1  44%
 1926 30 WSH AL  444  277   56   5.4   108| .299  .288| .401  .359| .389  .403| .790  .762| 108  .563   8.0   0.8  53%
 1927 31 WSH AL  504  310   64   5.5   110| .308  .292| .403  .360| .376  .410| .779  .769| 104  .557   6.0   0.6  60%
 1928 32 WSH AL  404  279   37   3.5   107| .257  .287| .342  .352| .320  .408| .662  .760|  75  .370 -10.9  -1.1  54%
 1929 33 WSH AL  224  151   18   3.2   113| .245  .293| .352  .360| .287  .423| .639  .783|  66  .307  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1930 34 WSH AL  229  152   21   3.7   116| .253  .295| .342  .359| .308  .434| .650  .793|  66  .342  -9.9  -0.9 100%
 1931 35 TOT AL  148  103   12   3.1   105| .233  .282| .306  .349| .278  .403| .584  .752|  57  .303  -7.9  -0.8   0%
         BOS AL   93   59   11   5.0   102| .301  .278| .370  .344| .361  .397| .731  .740|  99  .506   0.4   0.0   0%
         DET AL   55   44    1   0.6   110| .120  .290| .200  .358| .140  .415| .340  .772| -10  .021  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1932 36 DET AL  155  106   13   3.3   114| .235  .290| .320  .361| .294  .426| .614  .788|  58  .316  -8.7  -0.8 100%
 1933 37 SLB AL   87   51    6   3.2   111| .190  .288| .414  .360| .222  .415| .636  .775|  68  .321  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1934 38 CHW AL   67   47    5   2.8   114| .211  .292| .308  .366| .263  .420| .571  .787|  47  .260  -4.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     5292 3474  537   4.1   109| .275  .290| .365  .358| .332  .407| .697  .765|  83  .431 -82.8  -7.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 19 SLB AL C 6 20 3 1 0 .958 .966 3.83 5.47 1 1917 21 NYY AL C 6 23 6 0 0 1.000 .970 4.83 4.98 1 1918 22 NYY AL C 2 8 2 0 0 1.000 .971 5.00 4.95 0 1919 23 NYY AL C 79 340 90 11 6 .975 .974 5.44 4.96 5 1920 24 NYY AL C 80 317 62 6 2 .984 .973 4.74 4.58 2 1921 25 BOS AL C 109 375 86 11 7 .977 .971 4.23 4.33 10 1922 26 BOS AL C 112 359 96 10 17 .978 .977 4.06 4.24 7 1923 27 WSH AL C 133 528 146 14 14 .980 .975 5.07 4.20 7 1924 28 WSH AL C 147 612 112 15 23 .980 .972 4.93 4.02 4 1925 29 WSH AL C 126 491 103 11 18 .982 .977 4.71 3.82 2 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.90 1926 30 WSH AL C 117 452 81 6 13 .989 .979 4.56 3.95 3 1927 31 WSH AL C 128 495 100 7 8 .988 .974 4.65 3.91 2 1928 32 WSH AL C 101 397 73 5 5 .989 .976 4.65 4.03 7 1B 2 19 2 1 1 .955 .991 10.50 9.90 1929 33 WSH AL C 62 247 52 3 6 .990 .976 4.82 4.04 5 1930 34 WSH AL C 60 243 32 4 5 .986 .984 4.58 4.19 0 1931 35 TOT AL C 44 143 38 8 4 .958 .981 4.11 4.34 1 BOS AL C 30 83 21 6 2 .945 .981 3.47 4.34 1 DET AL C 14 60 17 2 2 .975 .981 5.50 4.34 0 1932 36 DET AL C 49 150 25 2 3 .989 .982 3.57 4.23 2 1933 37 SLB AL C 28 72 21 0 3 1.000 .988 3.32 4.28 0 1934 38 CHW AL C 21 75 8 2 1 .976 .981 3.95 4.36 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 29 WSH AL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.90 1928 32 WSH AL 1B 2 19 2 1 1 .955 .991 10.50 9.90 1915 19 SLB AL C 6 20 3 1 0 .958 .966 3.83 5.47 1 1917 21 NYY AL C 6 23 6 0 0 1.000 .970 4.83 4.98 1 1918 22 NYY AL C 2 8 2 0 0 1.000 .971 5.00 4.95 0 1919 23 NYY AL C 79 340 90 11 6 .975 .974 5.44 4.96 5 1920 24 NYY AL C 80 317 62 6 2 .984 .973 4.74 4.58 2 1921 25 BOS AL C 109 375 86 11 7 .977 .971 4.23 4.33 10 1922 26 BOS AL C 112 359 96 10 17 .978 .977 4.06 4.24 7 1923 27 WSH AL C 133 528 146 14 14 .980 .975 5.07 4.20 7 1924 28 WSH AL C 147 612 112 15 23 .980 .972 4.93 4.02 4 1925 29 WSH AL C 126 491 103 11 18 .982 .977 4.71 3.82 2 1926 30 WSH AL C 117 452 81 6 13 .989 .979 4.56 3.95 3 1927 31 WSH AL C 128 495 100 7 8 .988 .974 4.65 3.91 2 1928 32 WSH AL C 101 397 73 5 5 .989 .976 4.65 4.03 7 1929 33 WSH AL C 62 247 52 3 6 .990 .976 4.82 4.04 5 1930 34 WSH AL C 60 243 32 4 5 .986 .984 4.58 4.19 0 1931 35 TOT AL C 44 143 38 8 4 .958 .981 4.11 4.34 1 BOS AL C 30 83 21 6 2 .945 .981 3.47 4.34 1 DET AL C 14 60 17 2 2 .975 .981 5.50 4.34 0 1932 36 DET AL C 49 150 25 2 3 .989 .982 3.57 4.23 2 1933 37 SLB AL C 28 72 21 0 3 1.000 .988 3.32 4.28 0 1934 38 CHW AL C 21 75 8 2 1 .976 .981 3.95 4.36 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1410 5347 1136 116 135 .982 .976 4.60 4.18 59 1B 3 21 2 1 2 .958 .991 7.67 9.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1413 5368 1138 117 137 .982 .976 4.60 4.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    WSH NYG     W   7  21   2   2  1  0  0   0   6   1  .095  .296  .143   0  0   2   0   0 
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   7  19   0   6  1  0  0   1   3   2  .316  .409  .368   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  14  40   2   8  2  0  0   1   9   3  .200  .347  .250   0  0   2   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)
1923-AL-11-0.11
1924-AL-11-0.11
1927-AL-6-0.23
Car-455-0.45 shares

Hit By Pitch
1924 AL-7-8
1927 AL-5-9

Sac. Hits
1924 AL-29-6

Caught Stealing
1928 AL-10-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 AL-26.3-10

Oldest Player
1932 AL-36-10

Youngest Player
1915 AL-19-6

         

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 48.5 (381) (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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Transactions 

August 21, 1917: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the St. Louis Browns.

December 15, 1920: Traded by the New York Yankees with Del Pratt, Hank Thormahlen, and Sammy Vick to the Boston Red Sox for Waite Hoyt, Harry Harper, Wally Schang, and Mike McNally.

February 10, 1923: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Allen Russell to the Washington Senators for Val Picinich, Howie Shanks, and Ed Goebel.

December 15, 1930: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Washington Senators.

August 31, 1931: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Marty McManus.

December 9, 1932: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

December 13, 1933: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

March 10, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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