Dick Ruthven | Major Leaguer 1973-1986

Full Name: Richard David Ruthven
Born: March 27,1951 in Sacramento, California
Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College: Fresno State University

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Drafted: Selected by Baltimore Orioles in 20th Round (471st overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 1st Round (8th overall) of 1972 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1973 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)

Transactions: [Dec 10,1975] - Traded by Phillies with Alan Bannister and Roy Thomas to White Sox for Mike Buskey and Jim Kaat. [Dec 12,1975] - Traded by White Sox with Ozzie Osborn and Ken Henderson to Braves for Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr. [Jun 15,1978] - Traded by Braves to Phillies for Gene Garber. [May 22,1983] - Traded by Phillies with Bill Johnson to Cubs for Willie Hernandez. [May 6,1986] - Released by Cubs.

Signed by: Eddie Bockman

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1973	Philadelph	NL	22	Phi	MLB	6	9	4.21	25	23	3	1	2	1	128.1	125	69	60	10	75	98	8	2	8.77	0.70	5.26	6.87	1.56	47%
1974	Philadelph	NL	23	Phi	MLB	9	13	4.02	35	35	6	0	0	0	212.2	182	106	95	11	116	153	10	3	7.70	0.47	4.91	6.48	1.40	56%
1975	Toledo	IL	24	Phi	AAA	10	12	3.18	23						153.0	148	72	54		69	114			8.71	---	4.06	6.71	1.42	--
	Philadelph	NL	24	Phi	MLB	2	2	4.21	11	7	0	0	3	0	40.2	37	22	19	2	22	26	1	0	8.19	0.44	4.87	5.76	1.45	59%
1976	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	14	17	4.19	36	36	8	4	0	0	240.1	255	112	112	14	90	142	4	5	9.55	0.52	3.37	5.32	1.44	57%
1977	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	7	13	4.23	25	23	6	2	1	0	151.0	158	86	71	14	62	84	2	4	9.42	0.83	3.70	5.01	1.46	53%
1978	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	13	5	2.99	20	20	9	2	0	0	150.2	136	52	50	13	28	75	3	1	8.12	0.78	1.67	4.48	1.09	55%
	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	2	6	4.11	13	13	2	1	0	0	81.0	78	43	37	8	28	45	3	0	8.67	0.89	3.11	5.00	1.31	52%
1979	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	7	5	4.27	20	20	3	2	0	0	122.1	121	59	58	10	37	58	3	0	8.90	0.74	2.72	4.27	1.29	44%
1980	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	17	10	3.55	33	33	6	1	0	0	223.1	241	99	88	9	74	86	4	3	9.71	0.36	2.98	3.47	1.41	64%
1981	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	MLB	12	7	5.15	23	22	5	0	0	0	146.2	162	94	84	10	54	80	6	1	9.94	0.61	3.31	4.91	1.47	54%
1982	Philadelph	NL	31	Phi	MLB	11	11	3.79	33	31	8	2	0	0	204.1	189	99	86	18	59	115	6	2	8.32	0.79	2.60	5.07	1.21	59%
1983	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	1	3	5.61	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.2	46	23	21	5	10	26	0	0	12.30	1.34	2.67	6.95	1.66	56%
	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	12	9	4.10	25	25	5	2	0	0	149.1	156	78	68	17	28	73	1	0	9.40	1.02	1.69	4.40	1.23	59%
1984	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	6	10	5.05	23	22	0	0	0	0	126.2	154	75	71	14	41	55	2	1	10.94	0.99	2.91	3.91	1.54	60%
1985	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	4	7	4.53	20	15	0	0	3	0	87.1	103	49	44	6	37	26	0	0	10.61	0.62	3.81	2.68	1.60	57%
1986	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	0	0	5.07	6	0	0	0	3	0	10.2	12	9	6	4	6	3	0	0	10.13	3.38	5.07	2.53	1.69	43%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						123	127	4.14	355	332	61	17	12	1	2,109.0	2155	1075	970	165	767	1145	53	22	9.20	0.70	3.27	4.89	1.39	56%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)						10	12	3.18	23						153.0	148	72	54		69	114			8.71	---	4.06	6.71	1.42	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1973	Philadelph	NL	22	Phi	MLB	p	9	27	38	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	0	0	6	0	0	.132	.154	.158	312	75%
1974	Philadelph	NL	23	Phi	MLB	p	9	35	68	1	13	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	19	0	0	5	0	0	.191	.191	.206	397	71%
1975	Philadelph	NL	24	Phi	MLB	p	9	12	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	87%
1976	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	p	9	37	76	6	13	1	0	0	5	0	1	3	21	1	0	9	0	1	.171	.213	.184	397	70%
1977	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	p	9	25	45	4	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	15	0	0	5	0	2	.267	.298	.400	698	65%
1978	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	p	9	21	53	7	15	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	14	0	0	3	0	1	.283	.296	.358	654	54%
	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	p	9	13	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	44%
1979	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	p	9	21	41	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	2	0	2	0	0	.146	.222	.146	368	57%
1980	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	p	9	33	68	7	16	5	1	0	8	1	1	2	22	0	0	12	0	1	.235	.257	.338	595	65%
1981	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	MLB	p	9	23	50	2	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	0	0	5	0	0	.140	.173	.200	373	58%
1982	Philadelph	NL	31	Phi	MLB	p	9	33	64	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	0	0	12	1	1	.109	.108	.156	264	71%
1983	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	p	9	7	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.111	.222	333	85%
	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	p	9	25	53	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	0	0	4	0	2	.226	.255	.245	500	64%
1984	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	p	9	25	44	2	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	0	0	5	0	0	.159	.178	.227	405	60%
1985	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	p	9	20	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	0	1	.208	.208	.208	416	73%
1986	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	p	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								363	671	42	123	18	5	1	44	2	5	16	212	3	0	82	1	9	.183	.205	.230	435	66%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1978	Philadelph	NL	27		Ch	0	1	5.79	1		0			0	4.2	6		3		0	3			11.59	---	0.00	5.79	1.29	--
1980	Philadelph	NL	29		Ch	1	0	2.00	2		0			0	9.0	3		2		5	4			3.00	---	5.00	4.00	0.89	--
	Philadelph	NL	29		Ws	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	9.0	9		3		0	7			9.00	---	0.00	7.00	1.00	--
1981	Philadelph	NL	30		Div	0	1	4.50	1		0			0	4.0	3		2		1	0			6.75	---	2.25	0.00	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						1	2	3.37	5		0			0	26.2	21		10		6	14			7.09	---	2.02	4.72	1.01	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1978	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	Ch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1980	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	Ch	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	Div	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1973	Philadelph	NL	22	Phi	MLB	P	25		128.1	6	23	6	35	2	-	-	-	.829	2.03

1974	Philadelph	NL	23	Phi	MLB	P	35		212.2	7	30	7	44	2	-	-	-	.841	1.57

1975	Philadelph	NL	24	Phi	MLB	P	11		40.2	2	5	2	9	1	-	-	-	.778	1.55

1976	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	P	36		240.1	18	44	1	63	2	-	-	-	.984	2.32

1977	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	P	25		151	10	16	5	31	1	-	-	-	.839	1.55

1978	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	P	13		81	9	13	7	29	0	-	-	-	.759	2.44
1978	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	P	20		150.2	8	23	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	1.85

1979	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	P	20		122.1	6	9	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	1.10

1980	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	P	33		223.1	21	33	6	60	3	-	-	-	.900	2.18

1981	Philadelph	NL	30	Phi	MLB	P	23		146.2	11	20	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	1.90

1982	Philadelph	NL	31	Phi	MLB	P	33		204.1	22	16	1	39	1	-	-	-	.974	1.67

1983	Chi Cubs	NL	32	Chc	MLB	P	25		149.1	15	31	2	48	2	-	-	-	.958	2.77
1983	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	P	7		33.2	1	4	0	5	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.34

1984	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	P	23		126.2	8	19	0	27	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.92

1985	Chi Cubs	NL	34	Chc	MLB	P	20		87.1	5	11	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	1.65

1986	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	P	6		10.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.84

Awards

[1976] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1981] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	766,667	97	299,108	11
1986	1,050,000	49	325,466	6

Career:	$1,816,667	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1976, 1981)

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