Johnny Ruffin | Major Leaguer 1993-2001

Full Name: Johnny Renando Ruffing
Born: July 29,1971 in Butler, Alabama
Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Choctaw County (Butler,AL)
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Prospect Rankings*
1991 - 58th ranked Major League prospect
1992 - 74th ranked Major League prospect
1992 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Chicago White Sox
1993 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Chicago White Sox
1994 - 53rd ranked Major League prospect
1994 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Cincinnati Reds

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Chicago White Sox in 4th Round (93rd overall) of 1988 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 31,1993] - Traded by White Sox with Jeff Pierce to Reds for Tim Belcher. [Dec 20,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 27,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [May 1,1997] - Purchased by Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific) from Red Sox. [Nov 17,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Oct 15,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 1,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Mar 27,1999] - Released by Royals. [Apr 30,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Oct 15,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 20,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Mar 5,2000] - Released by Reds. [Apr 10,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Diamondbacks. [Nov 15,2000] - Released by Diamondbacks. [Jan 14,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Marlins. [Aug 3,2001] - Released by Marlins. [Aug 13,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Oct 15,2001] - Granted Free Agency.

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%
1988	GCL Chisox	GCL	16	Chw	Rk	4	2	2.30	13	11	1	0	1	0	58.2	43	27	15	3	22	31	9		6.60	0.46	3.38	4.76	1.11	--
1989	Utica	NYPL	17	Chw	A-	4	8	3.36	15	15	0	0	0	0	88.1	67	43	33	3	46	92	8		6.83	0.31	4.69	9.37	1.28	--
1990	South Bend	Midw	18	Chw	A	7	6	4.17	24	24	0	0	0	0	123.0	117	86	57	7	82	92	17		8.56	0.51	6.00	6.73	1.62	--
1991	Sarasota	FSL	19	Chw	A+	11	4	3.23	26	26	6	2	0	0	158.2	126	68	57	9	62	117	10		7.15	0.51	3.52	6.64	1.18	--
1992	Sarasota	FSL	20	Chw	A+	3	7	5.89	23	8	0	0	6	0	62.2	56	46	41	5	41	61	10		8.04	0.72	5.89	8.76	1.55	--
	Birmingham	Sou	20	Chw	AA	0	7	6.04	10	10	0	0	0	0	47.2	51	48	32	3	34	44	9		9.63	0.57	6.42	8.31	1.78	--
1993	Birmingham	Sou	21	Chw	AA	0	4	2.82	11	0	0	0	10	2	22.1	16	9	7	2	9	23	0		6.45	0.81	3.63	9.27	1.12	--
	Nashville & Indianapolis	Amer	21	Chw/Cin	AAA	4	5	3.11	32	0	0	0	14	2	66.2	51	25	23	5	18	75	10		6.89	0.68	2.43	10.13	1.04	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	2	1	3.58	21	0	0	0	5	2	37.2	36	16	15	4	11	30	2	0	8.60	0.96	2.63	7.17	1.25	42%
1994	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	7	2	3.09	51	0	0	0	13	1	70.0	57	26	24	7	27	44	5	1	7.33	0.90	3.47	5.66	1.20	48%
1995	Indy	Amer	23	Cin	AAA	3	1	2.90	36	1	0	0	4	0	49.2	27	19	16	3	37	58	7	0	4.89	0.54	6.71	10.51	1.29	--
	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	0	0	1.35	10	0	0	0	6	0	13.1	4	3	2	0	11	11	3	0	2.70	0.00	7.43	7.43	1.13	55%
1996	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	1	3	5.49	49	0	0	0	13	0	62.1	71	42	38	10	37	69	8	0	10.25	1.44	5.34	9.96	1.73	53%
1997	Pawtucket	IL	25	Bos	AAA	0	1	4.50	6	1	0	0	2	0	14.0	5	7	7	0	16	16	4	0	3.21	0.00	10.29	10.29	1.50	--
	Kinetsu	Jap Pac	25		Intl	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	0		0	5.0	3	3	3						5.40	---	---	---		--
1998	Louisville	IL	26	Mil	AAA	5	3	3.00	35	2	0	0	11	0	60.0	40	27	20	4	48	57	7	0	6.00	0.60	7.20	8.55	1.47	--
	Norfolk	IL	26	Nym	AAA	1	0	2.77	17	3	0	0	2	0	39.0	31	15	12	2	20	40	1	0	7.15	0.46	4.62	9.23	1.31	--
1999	Albuqurque	PCL	27	La	AAA	1	1	3.17	46	0	0	0	28	10	54.0	41	21	19	7	26	66	5	0	6.83	1.17	4.33	11.00	1.24	--
2000	Tucson	PCL	28	Ari	AAA	5	3	2.98	45	0	0	0	36	20	57.1	48	21	19	4	25	66	2	0	7.54	0.63	3.92	10.36	1.27	--
	Arizona	NL	28	Ari	MLB	0	0	9.00	5	0	0	0	2	0	9.0	14	9	9	4	3	5	0	0	14.00	4.00	3.00	5.00	1.89	57%
2001	Calgary	PCL	29	Fla	AAA	2	3	4.36	37	0	0	0	32	22	33.0	37	17	16	1	10	47	3	0	10.09	0.27	2.73	12.82	1.42	--
	Louisville	IL	29	Cin	AAA	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	8	5	8.1	6	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	6.48	0.00	3.24	11.88	1.08	--
	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	0	0	4.92	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	5	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	12.30	0.00	9.84	9.84	2.46	100%
2002	Louisville	IL	30	Cin	AAA	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	3.86	0.00	3.86	11.59	0.86	--
2003	Nashua	Atl	31		Ind	0	1	4.27	9	0	0	0	6	4	6.1	4	4	3	0	11	9	0		5.69	0.00	15.64	12.80	2.37	--
2004	Pennsylvna	Atl	32		Ind	0	0	13.51	4	0	0	0	2	0	3.1	6	5	5	1	5	7	0		16.22	2.70	13.51	18.92	3.30	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						10	6	4.13	139	0	0	0	40	3	196.0	187	100	90	25	93	163	18	1	8.59	1.15	4.27	7.48	1.43	50%
Minor League Totals - 15 Season(s)						50	56	3.62	402	102	7	2		65	960.1	776	493	386						7.27	---	---	---		--

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%
1993	Nashville & Indianapolis	Amer	21	Chw/Cin	AAA	p		32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	p	9	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	666	100%
1994	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	p	9	51	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	25%
1995	Indy	Amer	23	Cin	AAA	p		36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	p	9	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1996	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	p	9	49	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1000	67%
1998	Norfolk	IL	26	Nym	AAA	p		17	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
	Louisville	IL	26	Mil	AAA	p		35	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1999	Albuqurque	PCL	27	La	AAA	p		46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	Tucson	PCL	28	Ari	AAA	p		45	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Arizona	NL	28	Ari	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	p	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)								139	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	352	60%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								211	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0		.100	.100	.100	200	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1988	GCL Chisox	GCL	16	Chw	Rk	P	13			4	11	2	17	1	-	-	-	.882	--

1989	Utica	NYPL	17	Chw	A-	P	15			7	15	2	24	0	-	-	-	.917	--

1990	South Bend	Midw	18	Chw	A	P	24			11	12	3	26	0	-	-	-	.885	--

1991	Sarasota	FSL	19	Chw	A+	P	26			22	23	6	51	1	-	-	-	.882	--

1992	Sarasota	FSL	20	Chw	A+	P	23			10	3	2	15	0	-	-	-	.867	--
1992	Birmingham	Sou	20	Chw	AA	P	10			7	4	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	--

1993	Birmingham	Sou	21	Chw	AA	P	11			3	2	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1993	Nashville & Indianapolis	Amer	21	Chw/Cin	AAA	P	32			6	7	2	15	1	-	-	-	.867	--
1993	Cincinnati	NL	21	Cin	MLB	P	21		37.2	4	5	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.15

1994	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	P	51		70	10	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.54

1995	Indy	Amer	23	Cin	AAA	P	36			4	3	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--
1995	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	P	10		13.1	2	1	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.03

1996	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	P	49		62.1	4	5	1	10	1	-	-	-	.900	1.30

1997	Pawtucket	IL	25	Bos	AAA	P	6			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Louisville	IL	26	Mil	AAA	P	35			4	7	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Norfolk	IL	26	Nym	AAA	P	17			3	7	1	11	2	-	-	-	.909	--

1999	Albuqurque	PCL	27	La	AAA	P	46			8	4	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Tucson	PCL	28	Ari	AAA	P	45			6	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Arizona	NL	28	Ari	MLB	P	5		9	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.00

2001	Calgary	PCL	29	Fla	AAA	P	37			4	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Louisville	IL	29	Cin	AAA	P	9			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Florida	NL	29	Fla	MLB	P	3		3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2002	Louisville	IL	30	Cin	AAA	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1993	109,000		815,723	80
1994	115,000		914,157	75
1995	195,000		831,504	49
1996	195,000		835,262	50
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	71

Career:	$989,000	estimate

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