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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1917-01-15 · Played 1940–1946 · College: University of Georgia (1936–1938) · Career WAR 1.4 (bWAR) ·

IDs

BBREF=ruckejo01, LAHMAN=ruckejo01, MLBAM=121531, RETROSHEET=ruckj101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1940	NY1	NL	86	277	38	82	7	5	4	23	4	7	32	.296	.313	.401	.714	0.6
1941	NY1	NL	143	622	95	179	38	9	1	42	8	29	61	.288	.320	.383	.703	1.3
1943	NY1	NL	132	505	56	138	19	4	2	46	4	22	44	.273	.304	.339	.643	0.4
1944	NY1	NL	144	587	79	143	14	8	6	39	8	24	48	.244	.275	.325	.600	-1.8
1945	NY1	NL	105	429	58	117	19	11	7	51	7	20	36	.273	.305	.417	.722	1.2
1946	NY1	NL	95	197	28	52	8	2	1	13	4	7	27	.264	.300	.340	.640	-0.3
Total			705	2617	354	711	105	39	21	214	35	109	248	.272	.301	.366	.666	1.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1940	NY1	NL	OF	57	121	3	6	0
1941	NY1	NL	OF	142	344	13	12	5
1943	NY1	NL	OF	117	300	9	10	3
1944	NY1	NL	OF	139	310	14	5	4
1945	NY1	NL	OF	98	256	6	6	2
1946	NY1	NL	OF	54	91	1	5	0
Total				607	1422	46	44	14

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1943-09-10	Player	Call at 2B
1945-09-10	Player	Call at 2B

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Ejections (2)