Vern Ruhle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI us

Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Olivet College (Olivet, MI).

High School: Coleman HS (Coleman, MI)

School: Olivet College (Olivet, MI)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 23-227d, 13,568th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1986 (Age 35-252d)
vs. TEX 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Pronunciation: \RULE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

3.73

327

188

1411.1

582

WHIP

1.297

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1972	21	DET-min	A,Rk	5	10	.333	3.78	17	16		5	0	0	100.0	111	59	42	4	33	2	83	5	0	3				1.440	10.0	0.4	3.0	7.5	2.52	RKM,BRS CARL,APPY
1973	22	DET-min	A,AA	12	7	.632	2.44	25	25		13	3	0	177.0	153	60	48	5	41	1	101	8	0	5				1.096	7.8	0.3	2.1	5.1	2.46	LAK,MTG FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	DET-min	AAA,AA	18	5	.783	3.27	27	27		15	4	0	201.0	207	86	73	18	54	0	126	4	1	5				1.299	9.3	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.33	EVN,MTG AA,SOUL
1974	23	DET	AL	2	0	1.000	2.73	5	3	1	1	0	0	33.0	35	13	10	1	6	0	10	1	0	0	138	140	3.00	1.242	9.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.67
1975	24	DET	AL	11	12	.478	4.03	32	31	1	8	3	0	190.0	199	104	85	17	65	6	67	7	1	2	830	99	4.18	1.389	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.2	1.03
1976	25	DET	AL	9	12	.429	3.92	32	32	0	5	1	0	199.2	227	99	87	19	59	4	88	4	0	0	865	95	3.94	1.432	10.2	0.9	2.7	4.0	1.49
1977	26	DET-min	AAA	1	4	.200	6.86	10	4		0	0	0	21.0	31	19	16	4	9	0	15	0	0	0				1.905	13.3	1.7	3.9	6.4	1.67	EVN AA
1977	26	DET	AL	3	5	.375	5.70	14	10	1	0	0	0	66.1	83	44	42	9	15	0	27	3	0	4	294	75	4.50	1.477	11.3	1.2	2.0	3.7	1.80
1978	27	HOU-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	2.50	18	18		9	2	0	133.0	121	45	37	8	24	2	73	1	0	2				1.090	8.2	0.5	1.6	4.9	3.04	CHL,CBS IL,SOUL
1978	27	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	2.12	13	10	1	2	2	0	68.0	57	17	16	0	20	1	27	1	1	1	279	157	2.72	1.132	7.5	0.0	2.6	3.6	1.35
1979	28	HOU	NL	2	6	.250	4.07	13	10	0	2	2	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	0	33	2	0	2	269	87	3.95	1.085	8.7	1.2	1.1	4.5	4.13
1980	29	HOU	NL	12	4	.750	2.37	28	22	1	6	2	0	159.1	148	51	42	7	29	1	55	3	2	0	638	139	3.24	1.111	8.4	0.4	1.6	3.1	1.90
1981	30	HOU	NL	4	6	.400	2.91	20	15	3	1	0	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	1	39	1	0	0	412	113	3.22	1.147	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	1.95
1982	31	HOU	NL	9	13	.409	3.93	31	21	3	3	2	1	149.0	169	81	65	12	24	4	56	4	1	0	625	85	3.58	1.295	10.2	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.33
1983	32	HOU	NL	8	5	.615	3.69	41	9	11	0	0	3	114.2	107	49	47	13	36	7	43	3	0	1	480	92	4.50	1.247	8.4	1.0	2.8	3.4	1.19
1984	33	HOU	NL	1	9	.100	4.58	40	6	11	0	0	2	90.1	112	58	46	5	29	7	60	3	0	2	405	72	3.22	1.561	11.2	0.5	2.9	6.0	2.07
1985	34	CLE	AL	2	10	.167	4.32	42	16	7	1	0	3	125.0	139	65	60	16	30	6	54	2	0	2	532	96	4.25	1.352	10.0	1.2	2.2	3.9	1.80
1986	35	CAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.15	8	2	4	0	0	0	26.0	30	14	12	2	4	0	17	0	0	0				1.308	10.4	0.7	1.4	5.9	4.25	EDM PCL
1986	35	CAL	AL	1	3	.250	4.15	16	3	5	0	0	1	47.2	46	25	22	5	7	0	23	1	0	1	197	100	3.67	1.112	8.7	0.9	1.3	4.3	3.29
1987	36	CAL-min	AAA	0	7	.000	6.26	25	9	9	0	0	0	77.2	100	63	54	8	28	1	37	5	0	5				1.648	11.6	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.32	EDM PCL
13 Yrs				67	88	.432	3.73	327	188	45	29	12	11	1411.1	1483	675	585	119	348	37	582	35	5	15	5964	97	3.77	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.432	3.73	43	25	6	4	2	1	186	196	89	77	16	46	5	77	5	1	2	787	97	3.77	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67

HOU (7 yrs)				39	46	.459	3.35	186	93	30	14	8	7	749.2	754	325	279	52	166	21	313	17	4	6	3108	100	3.51	1.227	9.1	0.6	2.0	3.8	1.89
DET (4 yrs)				25	29	.463	4.12	83	76	3	14	4	0	489.0	544	260	224	46	145	10	192	15	1	6	2127	95	4.05	1.409	10.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.32
CAL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.15	16	3	5	0	0	1	47.2	46	25	22	5	7	0	23	1	0	1	197	100	3.67	1.112	8.7	0.9	1.3	4.3	3.29
CLE (1 yr)				2	10	.167	4.32	42	16	7	1	0	3	125.0	139	65	60	16	30	6	54	2	0	2	532	96	4.25	1.352	10.0	1.2	2.2	3.9	1.80

NL (7 yrs)				39	46	.459	3.35	186	93	30	14	8	7	749.2	754	325	279	52	166	21	313	17	4	6	3108	100	3.51	1.227	9.1	0.6	2.0	3.8	1.89
AL (6 yrs)				28	42	.400	4.16	141	95	15	15	4	4	661.2	729	350	306	67	182	16	269	18	1	9	2856	95	4.06	1.377	9.9	0.9	2.5	3.7	1.48

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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