Vern Ruhle
Detroit Tigers 1974–1977; Houston Astros 1978–1984; Cleveland Indians 1985; California Angels 1986
Percentile snapshot
1976 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 1975 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 1976 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
| 1978 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | -37.7 | -37.9 | .122 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .100 | .105 | .205 | -51.6 | -42.1 | .103 | 0.1 |
| 1980 | 28 | 57 | 49 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .302 | .306 | .608 | 79.9 | 77.1 | .290 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 20 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .292 | .692 | 122.1 | 104.0 | .353 | 1.9 |
| 1982 | 31 | 51 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | .098 | .196 | .098 | .293 | -7.6 | -12.4 | .163 | 0.4 |
| 1983 | 41 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 6.7 | -1.7 | .187 | 0.8 |
| 1984 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | -0.3 | -10.3 | .174 | -0.4 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 33.0 | 2.73 | 1.242 | 2.73 | 3.00 | 79.7 | 137.7 | 0.7 |
| 1975 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 199 | 85 | 65 | 67 | 17 | 190.0 | 4.03 | 1.389 | 3.17 | 4.15 | 104.5 | 98.7 | 1.8 |
| 1976 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 227 | 87 | 59 | 88 | 19 | 199.7 | 3.92 | 1.432 | 3.97 | 3.92 | 106.9 | 93.5 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 66.3 | 5.70 | 1.477 | 3.66 | 4.51 | 106.0 | 74.6 | -0.4 |
| 1978 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 68.0 | 2.12 | 1.132 | 3.57 | 2.76 | 82.6 | 157.5 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 30 | 8 | 33 | 9 | 66.3 | 4.07 | 1.085 | 4.48 | 3.91 | 110.8 | 86.8 | 0.1 |
| 1980 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 148 | 42 | 29 | 55 | 7 | 159.3 | 2.37 | 1.111 | 3.11 | 3.23 | 96.2 | 141.4 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 33 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 102.0 | 2.91 | 1.147 | 3.44 | 3.29 | 98.3 | 114.9 | 1.9 |
| 1982 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 169 | 65 | 24 | 56 | 12 | 149.0 | 3.93 | 1.295 | 3.38 | 3.61 | 106.7 | 86.1 | 0.4 |
| 1983 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 47 | 36 | 43 | 13 | 114.7 | 3.69 | 1.247 | 3.38 | 4.42 | 128.7 | 93.1 | 0.8 |
| 1984 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 46 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 90.3 | 4.58 | 1.561 | 5.98 | 3.25 | 96.0 | 73.7 | -0.4 |
| 1985 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 60 | 30 | 54 | 16 | 125.0 | 4.32 | 1.352 | 3.89 | 4.31 | 103.9 | 96.0 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 47.7 | 4.15 | 1.112 | 4.34 | 3.69 | 89.5 | 99.3 | 0.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-09-19 | HOU @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980-05-03 | HOU @ STL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979-05-04 | HOU @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980-07-13 | ATL @ HOU Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980-08-30 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-04-09 | LAD @ HOU Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1976-06-02 | MIL @ DET Gameday | 7.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977-09-23 | BOS @ DET Gameday | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985-04-16 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1976-06-12 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 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.