Vern Ruhle
[edit] Biography
Born on January 25, 1951 in Coleman, Michigan, Vern Ruhle (Vernon Gerald Ruhle) played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians and California Angels over the course of his 13 year career. Ruhle broke into the bigs on September 9, 1974 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.03 ERA in 190 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Vern Ruhle's best season was 1980, when he posted a 2.37 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 55 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1974
| DET
| A
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2.73
| 10
| 13
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 35
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| DET
| A
| 32
| 31
| 11
| 12
| 4.03
| 67
| 104
| 85
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 190
| 199
| 17
| 65
| 6
| 2
| 7
|
| 1976
| DET
| A
| 32
| 32
| 9
| 12
| 3.92
| 88
| 99
| 87
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 199.2
| 227
| 19
| 59
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1977
| DET
| A
| 14
| 10
| 3
| 5
| 5.70
| 27
| 44
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.1
| 83
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 10
| 3
| 3
| 2.12
| 27
| 17
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 68
| 57
| 0
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 10
| 2
| 6
| 4.07
| 33
| 33
| 30
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 66.1
| 64
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1980
| HOU
| N
| 28
| 22
| 12
| 4
| 2.37
| 55
| 51
| 42
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 159.1
| 148
| 7
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1981
| HOU
| N
| 20
| 15
| 4
| 6
| 2.91
| 39
| 36
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 102
| 97
| 6
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1982
| HOU
| N
| 31
| 21
| 9
| 13
| 3.93
| 56
| 81
| 65
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 149
| 169
| 12
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1983
| HOU
| N
| 41
| 9
| 8
| 5
| 3.69
| 43
| 49
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 114.2
| 107
| 13
| 36
| 7
| 1
| 3
|
| 1984
| HOU
| N
| 40
| 6
| 1
| 9
| 4.58
| 60
| 58
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 90.1
| 112
| 5
| 29
| 7
| 2
| 3
|
| 1985
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 16
| 2
| 10
| 4.32
| 54
| 65
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 125
| 139
| 16
| 30
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 1986
| CAL
| A
| 16
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 4.15
| 23
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 47.2
| 46
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 186
| 93
| 39
| 46
| 3.35
| 313
| 325
| 279
| 14
| 8
| 7
| 749.2
| 754
| 52
| 166
| 21
| 6
| 17
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 141
| 95
| 28
| 42
| 4.16
| 269
| 350
| 306
| 15
| 4
| 4
| 661.2
| 729
| 67
| 182
| 16
| 9
| 18
|
| Total
|
|
| 327
| 188
| 67
| 88
| 3.73
| 582
| 675
| 585
| 29
| 12
| 11
| 1411.1
| 1483
| 119
| 348
| 37
| 15
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 3
| 33
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| DET
| A
| P
| 32
| 31
| 190
| 15
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| .872
|
| 1976
| DET
| A
| P
| 32
| 32
| 199.2
| 14
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 11
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| DET
| A
| P
| 14
| 10
| 66.1
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| P
| 13
| 10
| 68
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| P
| 13
| 10
| 66.1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| HOU
| N
| P
| 28
| 22
| 159.1
| 15
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 5
| 1
| .941
|
| 1981
| HOU
| N
| P
| 20
| 15
| 102
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| HOU
| N
| P
| 31
| 21
| 149
| 9
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 9
| 0
| .941
|
| 1983
| HOU
| N
| P
| 41
| 9
| 114.2
| 12
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| HOU
| N
| P
| 40
| 6
| 90.1
| 4
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 0
| .917
|
| 1985
| CLE
| A
| P
| 42
| 16
| 125
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| CAL
| A
| P
| 16
| 3
| 47.2
| 7
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 327
| 188
| 1411.1
| 111
| 174
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 7
| 113
| 66
| 2
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| DET
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .056
| .150
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .100
| .105
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| HOU
| N
| 28
| 49
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 2
| .245
| .302
| .306
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1981
| HOU
| N
| 20
| 24
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .250
| .400
| .292
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| HOU
| N
| 31
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .098
| .196
| .098
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 27
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| HOU
| N
| 41
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .105
| .227
| .105
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| HOU
| N
| 40
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .214
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CAL
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 186
| 182
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 9
| .148
| .244
| .176
| 5
| 0
| 22
| 96
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 327
| 182
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 9
| .148
| .244
| .176
| 5
| 0
| 22
| 96
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 27, 1978).
- Signed by Houston Astros (March 28, 1978).
- 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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