MLB / Players

Glendon Rusch

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 170 lb
BornNovember 7, 1974 · Seattle, WA, USA
MLB debutApril 6, 1997
Final gameMay 13, 2009
Seasons12 (1997–2009)

Kansas City Royals 1997–1999; New York Mets 1999–2001; Milwaukee Brewers 2002–2003; Chicago Cubs 2004–2006; Colorado Rockies 2008; San Diego Padres 2008; Colorado Rockies 2009

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
72.6
GS
34
81
W
10
20.2
L
16
1.2
SV
0
0
CG
4
82.1
SHO
1
48.8
H
227
13.1
ER
110
7.1
BB
76
20.2
SO
140
60.7
HR
30
10.7
IP
210.7
69
ERA
4.70
15.5
WHIP
1.438
13.1
K/9
5.98
42.9
FIP
4.55
25
FIP-
111.6
14.3
ERA+
86.8
8.3
sWAR
1.1
14.3

of 85 qualified 2002 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
87.1
2.8
sWAR
4.0
76.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
199730330000000200.000.000.000.000-125.0-100.0.0000.1
199829330000000000.000.000.000.000-123.3-100.0.000-0.3
19994000000000000-0.3
200031575023000131900.060.113.060.173-59.2-53.2.0932.4
200133615403000512300.056.073.056.128-78.8-65.1.0620.5
2002378166619001812400.288.299.333.63264.167.4.2861.1
20033341342700023700.206.270.206.47626.327.2.230-1.6
200433463936102301100.154.154.333.4878.421.6.2042.6
20054643412620001900.146.186.195.381-12.9-0.6.1771.1
20062518151310000400.200.200.267.4675.316.9.204-1.3
20083623200100000300.050.050.050.100-103.7-74.4.0450.0
200911660210000200.333.333.500.833108.7107.7.365-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19973027690102061045211628170.35.501.5156.134.96106.484.80.1
19982924615111191101509422154.75.881.5585.474.90102.981.1-0.3
19994001000873415.012.602.2007.206.58134.138.5-0.3
200031301111020196854415718190.74.011.2597.413.4277.4110.22.4
20013333812010216924315623179.04.631.4477.843.7790.889.80.5
2002343410160412271107614030210.74.701.4385.984.55111.686.81.1
2003321911211017188459311123.36.421.7516.793.8289.166.8-1.6
200432166220012750339010129.73.471.2346.253.4279.6123.92.6
2005461998011175735311114145.34.521.5696.873.8388.595.71.1
200625938000865533592166.37.461.7948.016.98150.862.1-1.3
200835955000944825551083.75.161.4225.924.2496.785.80.0
2009110200003514313318.76.752.0366.274.2492.567.8-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
348
PA
382
AB
331
R
16
H
50
2B
5
3B
0
HR
3
RBI
19
BB
9
SO
104
SB
0
BA
.1511
OBP
.1760
SLG
.1934
OPS
.3694

Pitching

G (P)
342
GS
220
W
67
L
99
SV
4
CG
11
SHO
3
IP
1,477
SO (P)
1,088
491st-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
460
ERA
5.038
WHIP
1.4838
K/9
6.63
263rd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2002-04-05AZ @ MIL Gameday311001204
2004-06-07STL @ CHC Gameday211001104
2004-09-29CIN @ CHC Gameday211001104
2002-08-18MIL @ PIT Gameday202000102
2001-06-28NYM @ ATL Gameday302000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2000-07-08NYM @ NYY Gameday8.05440101
2001-07-14BOS @ NYM Gameday8.01001100
2004-05-22STL @ CHC Gameday7.2611190
2001-04-17WSH @ NYM Gameday7.0500390
2001-08-05NYM @ AZ Gameday7.0611191

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.