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Walter Henry Ruether

First name: Dutch

Last name: Ruether

Birthdate: 1893-09-13

Bats: L   Throws: L

RetroID: ruetd101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1917CHN0.70.00.70.81.0-0.23
1917CIN0.40.00.40.00.10.30
1918CIN0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1919CIN1.30.01.30.50.80.43
1920CIN1.40.01.4-0.40.01.40
1921BRO1.30.01.31.72.1-0.76
1922BRO1.80.01.81.01.50.34
1923BRO1.60.01.60.91.40.24
1924BRO0.80.00.80.30.50.32
1925WS11.50.01.51.01.40.04
1926NYA0.30.00.3-0.4-0.40.6-1
1926WS11.20.01.20.40.70.52
1927NYA1.10.01.10.30.60.42
Career13.40.013.46.09.63.629

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1917CHN52331000000158.20.60.00.00.60
1917CIN28-1-1-10000001-18.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
1918CIN3-1-100000000-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1919CIN100-2-2-1-100000628.00.20.00.00.20
1920CIN111-9-91-40-10007-68.7-0.70.00.0-0.70
1921BRO10344-10010009139.51.40.00.01.40
1922BRO143-9-9210000012610.10.60.00.00.60
1923BRO131-5-5000000011610.10.60.00.00.60
1924BRO68-3-3-110-1000519.70.10.00.00.10
1925WS112112-1-2-100009710.30.70.00.00.70
1926NYA24-5-50-1000001-510.4-0.50.00.0-0.50
1926WS1101-6-6-10000008110.60.10.00.00.10
1927NYA88-3-31-4000007110.50.10.00.00.10
Career1,073-36-35-1-10-1-10007729-3.00.00.03.00

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1917 CHN NL 10 1.6 36.3 11 14 -1 3.63 7.8 -0.12 -0.05 4 0.88 4 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.8 4
1917 CIN NL 7 1.5 36.0 18 15 -2 5.14 8.6 -0.03 -0.05 -1 0.82 -1 -0.1 0.7 0.9 0.2 2
1918 CIN NL 2 0.4 10.0 9 4 -1 5.00 9.8 -0.06 -0.05 -4 1.00 -4 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 -0.3 -1
1919 CIN NL 33 10.8 242.0 69 93 11 7.33 7.7 -0.05 -0.05 11 0.99 11 1.4 6.8 4.0 3.6 20
1920 CIN NL 37 12.2 265.7 89 113 6 7.18 8.2 -0.08 -0.05 14 1.05 14 1.7 7.8 4.4 4.2 23
1921 BRO NL 36 9.5 211.3 115 114 -6 5.87 10.1 -0.01 -0.05 4 1.00 4 0.4 5.2 4.4 2.4 16
1922 BRO NL 35 12.2 267.3 123 142 0 7.64 9.6 0.00 -0.05 18 1.00 18 1.9 8.0 4.2 4.4 24
1923 BRO NL 34 12.8 275.0 157 145 -7 8.09 10.1 -0.02 -0.05 -7 1.00 -7 -0.7 5.7 7.1 2.0 17
1924 BRO NL 30 8.1 168.7 94 82 -7 5.62 9.6 0.01 -0.05 -5 1.10 -5 -0.5 3.5 4.5 1.1 10
1925 WS1 AL 30 9.9 223.3 103 121 7 7.44 9.9 0.04 0.05 13 1.00 13 1.3 6.3 3.7 3.4 19
1926 NYA AL 5 1.6 36.0 14 18 1 7.20 9.2 0.05 0.05 4 1.00 4 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 4
1926 WS1 AL 23 7.7 169.3 99 87 -3 7.36 10.1 0.05 0.05 -7 1.00 -7 -0.7 3.2 4.6 0.9 10
1927 NYA AL 27 8.0 184.3 86 92 2 6.83 9.5 0.05 0.05 6 0.98 6 0.6 4.6 3.4 2.3 14
Career 309 96.3 2125.2 987 1040 0 50 50 5.8 54.1 42.5 25.7 162

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1917 CHN 7 -1.0 -1
1917 CIN 11 -1.0 -1
1918 CIN 3 -1.0 -1
1919 CIN 63 0.0 0
1920 CIN 79 2.0 2
1921 BRO 58 -1.0 -1
1922 BRO 66 2.0 2
1923 BRO 60 -2.0 -2
1924 BRO 45 1.0 1
1925 WS1 43 -1.0 -1
1926 NYA 5 0.0 0
1926 WS1 32 -2.0 -2
1927 NYA 50 0.0 0
522 -4.0 -4

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1917 CHN 1B 139 9 0.0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1920 CIN 1B 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1923 BRO 1B 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1925 WS1 1B 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1B 165 10 0.0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1919CIN0.10.00.10.40.4-0.41
1925WS10.00.00.00.00.00.00
1926NYA0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career0.10.00.10.30.3-0.31

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1919CIN7330000000037.90.40.00.00.40
1925WS11000000000008.30.00.00.00.00
1926NYA4-1-100000000-18.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career1222000000002-0.30.00.00.30

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1919 CIN MLB 2 0.6 14.0 5 7 0 7.00 8.9 -0.04 0.00 1 1.00 1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1
1926 NYA MLB 1 0.2 4.3 4 3 0 4.30 12.1 0.05 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Career 3 0.8 18.3 9 10 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.4 0.3 1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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