Kirk Rueter

Full Name: Kirk Wesley Rueter	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: July 7, 1993
Birthdate: December 1, 1970	Final Game: July 29, 2005
Birthplace: Hoyleton, Illinois	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 1, 1970 in Hoyleton, Illinois, Kirk Rueter (Kirk Wesley Rueter) played for the Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 13 year career. Rueter broke into the bigs on July 7, 1993 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 85.2 innings pitched in 1993, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kirk Rueter's best season was 1997, when he posted a 3.45 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 115 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	MON	N	14	14	8	0	2.73	31	33	26	1	0	85.2	85	5	18	1	0	0
1994	MON	N	20	20	7	3	5.17	50	60	53	0	0	92.1	106	11	23	1	2	2
1995	MON	N	9	9	5	3	3.23	28	17	17	1	1	47.1	38	3	9	0	0	1
1996	SF	N	4	3	1	2	1.93	16	6	5	0	0	23.1	18	0	5	0	2	0
1996	MON	N	16	16	5	6	4.58	30	44	40	0	0	78.2	91	12	22	0	0	2
1996	TOT	N	20	19	6	8	3.97	46	50	45	0	0	102	109	12	27	0	2	2
1997	SF	N	32	32	13	6	3.45	115	83	73	0	0	190.2	194	17	51	8	3	1
1998	SF	N	33	33	16	9	4.36	102	100	91	1	0	187.2	193	27	57	3	6	7
1999	SF	N	33	33	15	10	5.41	94	118	111	1	0	184.2	219	28	55	2	2	2
2000	SF	N	32	31	11	9	3.96	71	92	81	0	0	184	205	23	62	5	1	2
2001	SF	N	34	34	14	12	4.42	83	105	96	0	0	195.1	213	25	66	4	1	4
2002	SF	N	33	33	14	8	3.23	76	83	73	0	0	203.2	204	22	54	7	3	1
2003	SF	N	27	27	10	5	4.53	41	77	74	0	0	147	170	14	47	2	0	1
2004	SF	N	33	33	9	12	4.73	56	108	100	0	0	190.1	225	21	66	5	1	1
2005	SF	N	20	18	2	7	5.95	25	78	71	0	0	107.1	131	12	47	3	3	1
Total			340	336	130	92	4.27	818	1004	911	4	1	1918	2092	220	582	41	24	25

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	MON	N	P	14	14	85.2	7	19	1	4	1	1	4	7	2	.963
1994	MON	N	P	20	20	92.1	4	17	1	0	0	0	4	5	4	.955
1995	MON	N	P	9	9	47.1	8	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1.000
1996	SF	N	P	4	3	23.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1996	MON	N	P	16	16	78.2	7	23	0	2	0	0	1	5	3	1.000
1996	TOT	N	P	20	19	102	8	25	0	2	0	0	2	5	3	1.000
1997	SF	N	P	32	32	190.2	6	53	0	4	0	1	4	7	7	1.000
1998	SF	N	P	33	33	187.2	12	39	2	2	0	3	5	4	2	.962
1999	SF	N	P	33	33	184.2	15	30	1	5	0	0	4	8	2	.978
2000	SF	N	P	32	31	184	8	44	0	4	0	3	1	5	1	1.000
2001	SF	N	P	34	34	195.1	11	50	0	11	0	0	3	9	1	1.000
2002	SF	N	P	33	33	203.2	15	38	0	5	0	0	2	5	1	1.000
2003	SF	N	P	27	27	147	10	33	0	5	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
2004	SF	N	P	33	33	190.1	18	51	1	6	0	0	1	3	2	.986
2005	SF	N	P	20	18	107.1	13	32	1	5	0	0	1	4	3	.978
Total			P	340	336	1918	135	440	7	54	1	8	34	65	30	.988

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1993	MON	N	14	26	0	2	3	.077	.172	.077	0	3	10	8	0	0
1994	MON	N	20	34	1	4	1	.118	.167	.118	0	2	8	2	0	0
1995	MON	N	9	16	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	2	0	0
1996	SF	N	4	7	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	0	1	1	0	0	1
1996	MON	N	16	25	2	3	2	.120	.148	.120	0	1	4	2	0	0
1996	TOT	N	20	32	2	4	3	.125	.171	.125	0	2	5	2	0	1
1997	SF	N	32	65	5	9	5	.138	.176	.138	0	3	14	7	0	1
1998	SF	N	34	67	7	14	3	.209	.209	.224	1	0	12	9	0	1
1999	SF	N	33	58	6	9	5	.155	.194	.190	2	3	6	8	0	3
2000	SF	N	34	60	5	12	5	.200	.213	.250	3	1	11	10	0	2
2001	SF	N	36	58	5	10	5	.172	.234	.172	0	5	5	10	0	0
2002	SF	N	35	62	3	11	3	.177	.197	.177	0	2	11	13	0	0
2003	SF	N	27	53	5	7	3	.132	.164	.132	0	2	8	6	1	0
2004	SF	N	34	61	4	8	2	.131	.172	.164	2	3	7	3	0	0
2005	SF	N	21	30	1	5	1	.167	.194	.200	1	1	2	6	0	1
Total			349	622	44	95	40	.153	.187	.167	9	27	105	86	1	9

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 21, 1991).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Tim Scott to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Mark Leiter (July 30, 1996).
Released by San Francisco Giants (August 14, 2005).