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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1893-09-13 · Played 1917–1927 · Career WAR 29.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=ruethdu01, LAHMAN=ruethdu01, MLBAM=121542, RETROSHEET=ruetd101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1917	CHN	NL	31	44	3	12	1	3	0	11	0		8	11	.273	.385	.432	.817	0.8
1917	CIN	NL	19	24	1	5	2	0	0	1	1		3	6	.208	.296	.292	.588
1918	CIN	NL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1919	CIN	NL	42	92	8	24	2	3	0	6	1		4	18	.261	.292	.348	.640	0.7
1920	CIN	NL	45	104	3	20	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	24	.192	.229	.231	.460	-0.1
1921	BRO	NL	49	97	12	34	5	2	2	13	1	0	4	9	.351	.376	.505	.881	1.3
1922	BRO	NL	67	125	12	26	6	1	2	20	0	0	12	11	.208	.283	.320	.603	0.5
1923	BRO	NL	49	117	6	32	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	12	.274	.341	.282	.623	0.7
1924	BRO	NL	34	62	5	15	1	1	0	4	0	0	5	2	.242	.299	.290	.589	0.3
1925	WS1	AL	55	108	18	36	3	2	1	15	0	1	10	8	.333	.390	.426	.816	1.2
1926	WS1	AL	47	92	6	23	2	0	1	11	0	0	6	10	.250	.296	.304	.600	0.1
1926	NYA	AL	13	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.095	.136	.095	.231
1927	NYA	AL	35	80	7	21	3	0	1	10	0	0	8	15	.263	.330	.338	.668	0.5
Total			488	969	83	250	30	12	7	111	3	1	77	129	.258	.313	.335	.648	5.9

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1917	CHN	NL	2	0	10	4	1	0	0	36.1	37	10	0	12	23	2.48	1.349	0.7
1917	CIN	NL	1	2	7	4	1	1	0	35.2	43	14	0	14	12	3.53	1.598
1918	CIN	NL	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	10.0	10	3	0	3	10	2.70	1.300	-0.4
1919	CIN	NL	19	6	33	29	20	3	0	242.2	195	49	1	83	78	1.82	1.146	3.9
1920	CIN	NL	16	12	37	33	23	5	3	265.2	235	73	2	96	99	2.47	1.246	4.7
1921	BRO	NL	10	13	36	27	12	1	2	211.1	247	100	7	67	78	4.26	1.486	2.0
1922	BRO	NL	21	12	35	35	26	2	0	267.1	290	105	11	92	89	3.53	1.429	4.7
1923	BRO	NL	15	14	34	34	20	0	0	275.0	308	129	11	86	87	4.22	1.433	1.3
1924	BRO	NL	8	13	30	21	13	2	3	168.0	190	73	4	45	63	3.91	1.399	0.5
1925	WS1	AL	18	7	30	29	16	1	0	223.1	241	96	5	105	68	3.87	1.549	3.0
1926	WS1	AL	12	6	23	23	9	0	0	169.1	214	91	5	66	48	4.84	1.654	1.4
1926	NYA	AL	2	3	5	5	1	0	0	36.0	32	14	0	18	8	3.50	1.389
1927	NYA	AL	13	6	27	26	12	3	0	184.0	202	69	8	52	45	3.38	1.380	1.6
Total			137	95	309	272	155	18	8	2124.2	2244	826	54	739	708	3.50	1.404	23.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1917	CHN	NL	1B	5	41	2	0	2
1917	CHN	NL	P	10	2	11	0	1
1917	CIN	NL	P	7	0	10	2	0
1918	CIN	NL	P	2	0	2	0	0
1919	CIN	NL	P	33	10	57	2	1
1920	CIN	NL	1B	1	5	0	0	0
1920	CIN	NL	P	37	5	74	4	6
1921	BRO	NL	P	36	6	51	2	3
1922	BRO	NL	P	35	9	56	0	6
1923	BRO	NL	1B	1	2	0	0	2
1923	BRO	NL	P	34	7	53	2	5
1924	BRO	NL	P	30	5	46	1	3
1925	WS1	AL	1B	1	2	0	0	1
1925	WS1	AL	P	30	5	46	2	1
1926	WS1	AL	P	23	2	36	1	2
1926	NYA	AL	P	5	2	5	1	0
1927	NYA	AL	P	27	7	47	0	2
Total				317	110	496	17	35

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

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