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: 13-12 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	1	8	Apr 17	PHI	@	MON	W,9-6	GS-2		99	1.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	21.60	7.97	11	2	1	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.336	1.93	-0.27%	-3.27	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d3
2	2	13	Apr 22(2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.82	2.78	30	7	7	0	0	5	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.195	1.78	0.15%	2.28	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
3	3	17	Apr 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.76	2.08	24	5	8	0	3	1	81			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.419	1.33	0.34%	3.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
4	4	21	May 4	PHI		ATL	W,5-4	GS-8		5	8.0	6	2	0	3	6	0	1	1.85	2.24	36	11	9	0	1	6	69			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	3	.89	0.075	1.05	0.05%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
5	5	25	May 8	PHI		CIN	L,1-7	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	6	3	2	0	3	0	1	2.01	2.21	25	9	6	0	0	6	58			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.059	1.08	-0.05%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	6	30	May 13(2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	6	4	4	5	1	0	0	2.78	2.62	23	10	1	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	17	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.23	-0.150	1.22	-0.09%	-1.05	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
7	7	35	May 18	PHI		CHC	L,2-9	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.2	4	4	2	5	4	0	0	3.05	2.80	17	3	1	0	0	4	37			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.275	.91	-0.16%	-3.01	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
8	8	44	May 28	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-4)	9	5.1	8	5	4	4	2	2	0	3.50	3.55	27	7	7	0	1	7	32			1	0	1	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.287	.71	-0.14%	-2.82	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
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
9	9	48	Jun 2	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-11	GS-4		4	3.1	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.83	3.54	16	5	3	0	0	7	33			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	-0.210	.76	-0.07%	-1.46	1b start a 1	4b -23 1 out tie
10	10	52	Jun 6	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.83	3.68	28	13	3	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.32	-0.158	.51	-0.04%	-0.18	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
11	11	56	Jun 11	PHI		LAD	L,3-5	GS-2	L(1-5)	4	1.2	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	4.04	3.72	12	2	3	0	0	4	34			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.10	-0.245	.52	-0.07%	-2.54	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
12	12	60	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	GS-4		4	3.1	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.42	3.92	19	2	4	0	1	7	30			0	1	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.181	.33	-0.03%	-1.66	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d1
13	13	69	Jun 26(1)	PHI		STL	W,10-3	GS-6	W(2-5)	9	6.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.43	4.04	26	10	5	1	2	5	50			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.28	0.006	1.11	0.00%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
14	14	76	Jul 1	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.89	3.90	32	11	13	0	2	2	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.749	.92	0.31%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	15	81	Jul 6	PHI		CIN	L,2-8	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	6.0	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.05	4.07	27	10	5	1	2	6	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.29	-0.223	.96	-0.10%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
16	16	85	Jul 10	PHI		ATL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-7)	3	7.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	0	4.03	3.97	26	7	7	0	1	4	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.116	.39	-0.03%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	17	90	Jul 15	PHI		HOU	L,0-2	CG(6)	L(3-8)	4	6.0	6	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.97	3.91	28	7	4	0	2	6	53			2	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.026	.50	0.01%	0.82	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
18	18	94	Jul 20	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	3.91	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.045	.58	0.01%	0.23	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
19	19	96	Jul 22(1)	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	7-GF	W(4-8)	1	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.92	3.99	13	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	0.266	2.42	0.12%	0.49	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
20	20	102	Jul 29(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-9)	6	7.0	5	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.92	3.88	27	7	3	0	0	5	63			0	2	1	24	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.01	-0.245	.81	-0.12%	0.16	1b start tie	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
21	21	108	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(5-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	7	9	0	0	3.69	3.80	38	10	12	3	1	0	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.389	.76	0.15%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				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
22	22	138	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-9)	31	6.1	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.72	3.78	29	5	8	0	3	6	49			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.074	.13	-0.01%	-0.70	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
23	23	143	Sep 9	PHI		PIT	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.2	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.01	3.84	15	3	1	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.318	.01	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d3
24	24	148	Sep 15	PHI	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-4		5	3.1	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.19	3.89	16	3	2	0	1	4	33			0	0	2	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1b start a 1	4b -23 1 out d3
25	25	153	Sep 20	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.2	6	3	2	5	6	0	0	4.21	3.88	22	0	6	1	0	5	40			1	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out tie
							13-12		W-L:6-9,Sv:1	4.4	128.1	125	69	60	75	98	10	3	4.21	3.88	568	1.27		3%	7%	117	49	1	0%	8	6	5	486	18	4	9	14	3	9	1.19	-1.237	.82	-0.02%	-9.54

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