Dave Rucker
Born: September 1, 1957, San Bernardino, CAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: La Verne
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1981 Detroit AL 23 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 3 18 4 3 0 1 0 1 2 1982 Detroit AL 24 5 6 3.38 27 4 1 15 8 0 0 64.0 62 274 26 24 4 20 3 2 31 1983 Detroit AL 25 1 2 17.00 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 18 52 17 17 2 8 0 1 6 1983 St. Louis NL 25 5 3 2.43 34 0 0 25 9 0 0 37.0 36 158 14 10 1 18 0 1 22 1984 St. Louis NL 26 2 3 2.10 50 0 0 35 15 0 0 73.0 62 304 23 17 0 32 2 1 38 1985 Philadelphia NL 27 3 2 4.31 39 3 0 25 11 1 0 79.1 83 350 42 38 6 34 6 2 41 1986 Philadelphia NL 28 0 2 5.76 19 0 0 14 5 0 0 25.0 34 119 19 16 4 11 3 0 14 1988 Pittsburgh NL 30 0 2 4.76 31 0 0 20 11 0 0 28.1 39 131 19 15 2 8 1 0 16 TOTALS 16 20 3.94 206 10 1 135 61 1 0 319.2 337 1406 164 140 19 132 15 8 170
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1981 Detroit AL 2 16 4 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 .188 .312 .278 1982 Detroit AL 27 247 26 62 86 10 1 4 2 0 2 0 20 3 2 31 4 .251 .348 .320 1983 Detroit AL 4 43 17 18 29 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 6 1 .419 .674 .519 1983 St. Louis NL 34 137 14 36 46 7 0 1 2 0 3 3 18 0 1 22 4 .263 .336 .353 1984 St. Louis NL 50 262 23 62 70 6 1 0 5 2 2 6 32 2 1 38 6 .237 .267 .324 1985 Philadelphia NL 39 298 42 83 127 16 5 6 4 6 5 3 34 6 2 41 10 .279 .426 .361 1986 Philadelphia NL 19 100 19 34 55 9 0 4 2 3 2 0 11 3 0 14 4 .340 .550 .410 1988 Pittsburgh NL 31 119 19 39 57 10 1 2 1 2 1 2 8 1 0 16 2 .328 .479 .369
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1981 Detroit AL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Detroit AL 24 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Detroit AL 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 St. Louis NL 25 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 St. Louis NL 26 50 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .143 .143 1985 Philadelphia NL 27 41 12 2 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .333 .417 .385 1986 Philadelphia NL 28 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Pittsburgh NL 30 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 208 26 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 .192 .231 .222
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1981 Detroit AL P 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 0 1982 Detroit AL P 64.0 4 27 4 10 3 2 .824 1.97 2 0 0 1983 Detroit AL P 9.0 3 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 1 1 1983 St. Louis NL P 37.0 0 34 5 5 1 1 .909 2.43 3 3 0 1984 St. Louis NL P 73.0 0 50 4 10 5 1 .737 1.73 2 6 0 1985 Philadelphia NL P 79.1 3 39 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.16 5 3 0 1986 Philadelphia NL P 25.0 0 19 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.16 2 0 0 1988 Pittsburgh NL P 28.1 0 31 1 4 1 0 .833 1.59 1 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 19th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1975).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 16th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978 - signed June 15, 1978).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Cardinals (July 5, 1983) completing trade in which St. Louis Cardinals traded Doug Bair to Detroit Tigers in exchange for a player to be named later (June 22, 1983).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bill Campbell and Ivan De Jesus (April 6, 1985).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 3, 1986).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1987).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (February 9, 1988).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 13, 1988).
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