Dick Ruthven

Full Name: Richard David Ruthven	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: April 17, 1973
Birthdate: March 27, 1951	Final Game: May 1, 1986
Birthplace: Sacramento, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, California, Dick Ruthven (Richard David Ruthven) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 14 year career. Ruthven broke into the bigs on April 17, 1973 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.21 ERA in 128.1 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dick Ruthven's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.38 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 120 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1973	PHI	N	25	23	6	9	4.21	98	69	60	3	1	1	128.1	125	10	75	9	8	3
1974	PHI	N	35	35	9	13	4.02	153	106	95	6	0	0	212.2	182	11	116	7	10	3
1975	PHI	N	11	7	2	2	4.20	26	22	19	0	0	0	40.2	37	2	22	0	1	1
1976	ATL	N	36	36	14	17	4.19	142	112	112	8	4	0	240.1	255	14	90	8	4	8
1977	ATL	N	25	23	7	13	4.23	84	86	71	6	2	0	151	158	14	62	6	2	1
1978	PHI	N	20	20	13	5	2.99	75	52	50	9	2	0	150.2	136	13	28	1	3	1
1978	ATL	N	13	13	2	6	4.11	45	43	37	2	1	0	81	78	8	28	2	3	0
1978	TOT	N	33	33	15	11	3.38	120	95	87	11	3	0	231.2	214	21	56	3	6	1
1979	PHI	N	20	20	7	5	4.27	58	59	58	3	2	0	122.1	121	10	37	6	3	2
1980	PHI	N	33	33	17	10	3.55	86	99	88	6	1	0	223.1	241	9	74	9	4	3
1981	PHI	N	23	22	12	7	5.15	80	94	84	5	0	0	146.2	162	10	54	4	6	3
1982	PHI	N	33	31	11	11	3.79	115	99	86	8	2	0	204.1	189	18	59	10	6	6
1983	PHI	N	7	7	1	3	5.61	26	23	21	0	0	0	33.2	46	5	10	0	0	0
1983	CHI	N	25	25	12	9	4.10	73	78	68	5	2	0	149.1	156	17	28	3	1	3
1983	TOT	N	32	32	13	12	4.38	99	101	89	5	2	0	183	202	22	38	3	1	3
1984	CHI	N	23	22	6	10	5.04	55	75	71	0	0	0	126.2	154	14	41	4	2	4
1985	CHI	N	20	15	4	7	4.53	26	49	44	0	0	0	87.1	103	6	37	3	0	0
1986	CHI	N	6	0	0	0	5.06	3	9	6	0	0	0	10.2	12	4	6	0	0	0
Total			355	332	123	127	4.14	1145	1075	970	61	17	1	2109	2155	165	767	72	53	38

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1973	PHI	N	P	25	23	128.1	6	23	6	2	1	8	6	4	.829
1974	PHI	N	P	35	35	212.2	7	30	7	2	1	22	3	3	.841
1975	PHI	N	P	11	7	40.2	2	5	2	1	2	3	1	0	.778
1976	ATL	N	P	36	36	240.1	18	44	1	2	2	38	9	1	.984
1977	ATL	N	P	25	23	151	10	16	5	1	1	26	6	0	.839
1978	PHI	N	P	20	20	150.2	8	23	1	0	0	8	3	1	.969
1978	ATL	N	P	13	13	81	9	13	7	0	0	13	4	2	.759
1978	TOT	N	P	33	33	231.2	17	36	8	0	0	21	7	3	.869
1979	PHI	N	P	20	20	122.1	6	9	1	1	0	14	5	0	.938
1980	PHI	N	P	33	33	223.1	21	33	6	3	0	27	14	0	.900
1981	PHI	N	P	23	22	146.2	11	20	1	0	0	26	1	1	.969
1982	PHI	N	P	33	31	204.1	22	16	1	1	1	33	9	0	.974
1983	PHI	N	P	7	7	33.2	1	4	0	2	0	6	1	0	1.000
1983	CHI	N	P	25	25	149.1	15	31	2	2	1	12	3	1	.958
1983	TOT	N	P	32	32	183	16	35	2	4	1	18	4	1	.962
1984	CHI	N	P	23	22	126.2	8	19	0	1	0	17	7	1	1.000
1985	CHI	N	P	20	15	87.1	5	11	1	1	0	8	2	0	.941
1986	CHI	N	P	6	0	10.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	355	332	2109	149	298	41	19	9	261	74	14	.916

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1973	PHI	N	27	38	1	5	0	2	.132	.154	.158	1	0	1	14	0	6	0	0
1974	PHI	N	35	68	1	13	0	5	.191	.191	.206	1	0	0	19	0	5	1	0
1975	PHI	N	12	13	1	2	0	1	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
1976	ATL	N	37	76	6	13	0	5	.171	.213	.184	1	0	3	21	1	9	0	1
1977	ATL	N	25	45	4	12	1	3	.267	.298	.400	1	1	2	15	0	5	0	2
1978	PHI	N	21	53	7	15	0	4	.283	.296	.358	0	2	1	14	0	3	0	1
1978	ATL	N	13	24	0	2	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	11	0	3	0	0
1978	TOT	N	34	77	7	17	0	4	.221	.231	.273	0	2	1	25	0	6	0	1
1979	PHI	N	21	41	2	6	0	0	.146	.222	.146	0	0	2	11	2	2	0	0
1980	PHI	N	33	68	7	16	0	8	.235	.257	.338	5	1	2	22	0	12	1	1
1981	PHI	N	23	50	2	7	0	5	.140	.173	.200	3	0	2	14	0	5	0	0
1982	PHI	N	33	64	2	7	0	5	.109	.108	.156	1	1	0	26	0	12	0	1
1983	PHI	N	7	9	1	1	0	0	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
1983	CHI	N	25	53	5	12	0	3	.226	.255	.245	1	0	2	13	0	4	0	2
1983	TOT	N	32	62	6	13	0	3	.210	.234	.242	2	0	2	16	0	7	0	2
1984	CHI	N	25	44	2	7	0	2	.159	.178	.227	3	0	1	18	0	5	0	0
1985	CHI	N	20	24	1	5	0	1	.208	.208	.208	0	0	0	7	0	6	0	1
1986	CHI	N	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total			363	671	42	123	1	44	.183	.205	.230	18	5	16	212	3	82	2	9

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 10, 1973).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Roy Thomas and Alan Bannister to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jim Kaat and Mike Buskey (December 10, 1975).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ken Henderson and Ozzie Osborn to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Ralph Garr and Larvell Blanks (December 12, 1975).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Gene Garber (June 15, 1978).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Johnson to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Guillermo Hernandez (May 22, 1983).
Released by Chicago Cubs (May 6, 1986).

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