Kirk Rueter
Montreal Expos 1993–1996; San Francisco Giants 1996–2005
Percentile snapshot
2004 season — qualified pitchers
of 89 qualified 2004 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 14 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .172 | .077 | .249 | -30.9 | -30.6 | .140 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 20 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | -31.0 | -23.6 | .142 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.8 |
| 1996 | 20 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .171 | .125 | .296 | -25.7 | -19.9 | .146 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 32 | 75 | 65 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .176 | .138 | .315 | -23.5 | -15.1 | .153 | 3.3 |
| 1998 | 34 | 76 | 67 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .209 | .209 | .224 | .433 | 8.1 | 17.1 | .195 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 33 | 70 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .194 | .190 | .383 | -3.5 | 1.1 | .179 | -0.3 |
| 2000 | 34 | 71 | 60 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .213 | .250 | .463 | 16.4 | 21.4 | .207 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 36 | 74 | 58 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .234 | .172 | .407 | 12.4 | 12.1 | .197 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 35 | 79 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .197 | .177 | .374 | -8.1 | 2.3 | .174 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | 27 | 61 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .132 | .164 | .132 | .296 | -31.5 | -20.7 | .142 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 34 | 67 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .172 | .164 | .336 | -22.8 | -12.2 | .158 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 21 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .194 | .200 | .394 | -8.3 | 3.7 | .181 | -1.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 85.7 | 2.73 | 1.202 | 3.26 | 3.64 | 88.7 | 150.3 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 53 | 23 | 50 | 11 | 92.3 | 5.17 | 1.397 | 4.87 | 4.34 | 103.6 | 81.2 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 47.3 | 3.23 | .993 | 5.32 | 3.34 | 78.6 | 131.5 | 0.8 |
| 1996 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 45 | 27 | 46 | 12 | 102.0 | 3.97 | 1.333 | 4.06 | 4.57 | 107.2 | 107.1 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 73 | 51 | 115 | 17 | 190.7 | 3.45 | 1.285 | 5.43 | 3.84 | 93.0 | 120.0 | 3.3 |
| 1998 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 91 | 57 | 102 | 27 | 187.7 | 4.36 | 1.332 | 4.89 | 4.87 | 120.6 | 92.6 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 111 | 55 | 94 | 28 | 184.7 | 5.41 | 1.484 | 4.58 | 4.95 | 115.8 | 79.1 | -0.3 |
| 2000 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 81 | 62 | 71 | 23 | 184.0 | 3.96 | 1.451 | 3.47 | 4.95 | 115.4 | 108.4 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 96 | 66 | 83 | 25 | 195.3 | 4.42 | 1.428 | 3.82 | 4.90 | 120.4 | 91.9 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 73 | 54 | 76 | 22 | 203.7 | 3.23 | 1.267 | 3.36 | 4.35 | 110.7 | 121.7 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 74 | 47 | 41 | 14 | 147.0 | 4.53 | 1.476 | 2.51 | 4.64 | 109.8 | 93.2 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 100 | 66 | 56 | 21 | 190.3 | 4.73 | 1.529 | 2.65 | 4.86 | 112.3 | 91.4 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 71 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 107.3 | 5.95 | 1.658 | 2.10 | 5.32 | 125.3 | 71.3 | -1.0 |
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
Pitching
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-08-31 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1998-07-28 | SF @ WSH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997-08-15 | WSH @ SF Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998-08-23 | SF @ MIA Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003-04-06 | SF @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-07-27 | STL @ SF Gameday | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 1997-05-10 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997-05-26 | HOU @ SF Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997-09-22 | SF @ SD Gameday | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1995-08-27 | SF @ WSH Gameday | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
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.