Vern Ruhle
Born: January 25, 1951, Coleman, MI Died: January 20, 2007, Houston, TXHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Olivet College
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Pitching Statistics Show 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 1974 Detroit AL 23 2 0 2.73 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 33.0 35 138 13 10 1 6 0 1 10 1975 Detroit AL 24 11 12 4.03 32 31 8 0 1 0 3 190.0 199 830 104 85 17 59 6 7 67 1976 Detroit AL 25 9 12 3.92 32 32 5 0 0 0 1 199.2 227 865 99 87 19 55 4 4 88 1977 Detroit AL 26 3 5 5.70 14 10 0 3 1 0 0 66.1 83 294 44 42 9 15 0 3 27 1978 Houston NL 27 3 3 2.12 13 10 2 2 1 0 2 68.0 57 279 17 16 0 19 1 1 27 1979 Houston NL 28 2 6 4.07 13 10 2 3 0 0 2 66.1 64 269 33 30 9 8 0 2 33 1980 Houston NL 29 12 4 2.37 28 22 6 5 1 0 2 159.1 148 638 51 42 7 28 1 3 55 1981 Houston NL 30 4 6 2.91 20 15 1 2 3 1 0 102.0 97 412 36 33 6 19 1 1 39 1982 Houston NL 31 9 13 3.93 31 21 3 7 3 1 2 149.0 169 625 81 65 12 20 4 4 56 1983 Houston NL 32 8 5 3.69 41 9 0 21 11 3 0 114.2 107 480 49 47 13 29 7 3 43 1984 Houston NL 33 1 9 4.58 40 6 0 23 11 2 0 90.1 112 405 58 46 5 22 7 3 60 1985 Cleveland AL 34 2 10 4.32 42 16 1 19 7 3 0 125.0 139 532 65 60 16 24 6 2 54 1986 California AL 35 1 3 4.15 16 3 0 8 5 1 0 47.2 46 197 25 22 5 7 0 1 23 TOTALS 67 88 3.73 327 188 29 94 45 11 12 1411.1 1483 5964 675 585 119 311 37 35 582
| 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 1974 Detroit AL 5 128 13 35 42 4 0 1 1 2 2 2 6 0 1 10 2 .273 .328 .307 1975 Detroit AL 32 749 104 199 283 27 3 17 4 5 9 8 59 6 7 67 18 .266 .378 .328 1976 Detroit AL 32 789 99 227 320 32 2 19 10 3 26 11 55 4 4 88 15 .288 .406 .339 1977 Detroit AL 14 272 44 83 127 13 2 9 2 2 3 2 15 0 3 27 7 .305 .467 .346 1978 Houston NL 13 255 17 57 70 11 1 0 2 1 6 2 19 1 1 27 5 .224 .275 .282 1979 Houston NL 13 257 33 64 109 14 2 9 2 0 3 2 8 0 2 33 5 .249 .424 .277 1980 Houston NL 28 590 51 148 199 22 4 7 11 5 14 5 28 1 3 55 19 .251 .337 .287 1981 Houston NL 20 388 36 97 134 15 2 6 2 1 6 8 19 1 1 39 8 .250 .345 .288 1982 Houston NL 31 585 81 169 246 25 8 12 8 4 13 9 20 4 4 56 14 .289 .421 .319 1983 Houston NL 41 429 49 107 168 16 3 13 6 6 9 7 29 7 3 43 7 .249 .392 .308 1984 Houston NL 40 363 58 112 144 15 1 5 8 2 10 4 22 7 3 60 12 .309 .397 .363 1985 Cleveland AL 42 492 65 139 205 16 1 16 4 4 9 6 24 6 2 54 11 .283 .417 .324 1986 California AL 16 186 25 46 67 6 0 5 1 2 3 0 7 0 1 23 4 .247 .360 .276
| 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 Show 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 1974 Detroit AL 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Detroit AL 24 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Detroit AL 25 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Detroit AL 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Houston NL 27 13 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 1 .056 .056 .150 1979 Houston NL 28 13 19 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 .053 .105 .100 1980 Houston NL 29 28 49 7 12 15 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 2 .245 .306 .302 1981 Houston NL 30 20 24 1 6 7 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 11 0 .250 .292 .400 1982 Houston NL 31 31 41 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 27 0 .098 .098 .196 1983 Houston NL 32 41 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 0 .105 .105 .227 1984 Houston NL 33 40 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 .083 .083 .214 1985 Cleveland AL 34 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 California AL 35 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 327 182 12 27 32 5 0 0 9 20 0 0 1 22 0 1 96 3 .148 .176 .244
| 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 1974 Detroit AL P 33.0 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 2 2 0 1975 Detroit AL P 190.0 31 32 15 19 5 1 .872 1.61 9 8 0 1976 Detroit AL P 199.2 32 32 14 28 0 1 1.000 1.89 26 11 0 1977 Detroit AL P 66.1 10 14 5 7 1 1 .923 1.63 3 2 0 1978 Houston NL P 68.0 10 13 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.46 6 2 0 1979 Houston NL P 66.1 10 13 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.09 3 2 1 1980 Houston NL P 159.1 22 28 15 17 2 2 .941 1.81 14 5 1 1981 Houston NL P 102.0 15 20 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.15 6 8 0 1982 Houston NL P 149.0 21 31 9 23 2 1 .941 1.93 13 9 1 1983 Houston NL P 114.2 9 41 12 19 0 0 1.000 2.43 9 7 0 1984 Houston NL P 90.1 6 40 4 18 2 1 .917 2.19 10 4 0 1985 Cleveland AL P 125.0 16 42 15 13 0 0 1.000 2.02 9 6 0 1986 California AL P 47.2 3 16 7 8 1 0 .938 2.83 3 0 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 Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers (May 21, 1977)
- Activated by Detroit Tigers (June 16, 1977)
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 27, 1978).
- Signed by Houston Astros (March 28, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros (May 14, 1979)
- Activated by Houston Astros (September 1, 1979)
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros, (April 30, 1981).
- Activated by Houston Astros, (May 21, 1981).
- Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 22, 1984).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by California Angels (June 5, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by California Angels (February 19, 1987).
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