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Dante
Ruiz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 11''
Weight: 225
 
Born: June 19, 1926 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Golden Arm 1952    1954   
All-Star Selections 1952    1954   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 26 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1953 27 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1954 28 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1955 29 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,680,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,680,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 26 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1953 27 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1954 28 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
1955 29 OKC PL $ 6,680,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,680,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,680,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 26 OKC PL 20 9 .690 38 38 12 4 0 306.3 265 130 27 124 268 3.82 .229 .310 .370 .680 25.2
1953 27 OKC PL 19 12 .613 38 38 19 6 0 303.0 276 118 23 95 302 3.50 .244 .316 .380 .696 25.3
1954 28 OKC PL 25 7 .781 37 37 13 2 0 293.0 257 121 21 101 307 3.72 .234 .313 .358 .671 24.4
1955 29 OKC PL 16 11 .593 38 38 10 3 0 293.0 276 133 26 97 299 4.09 .246 .316 .373 .689 17.0
4 Years Sim 80 39 .672 151 151 54 15 0 1195.3 1074 502 97 417 1176 3.78 .238 .314 .370 .684 91.9
Season Average 20 9 .690 37 37 13 3 0 298.8 268 125 24 104 294 3.78 .238 .314 .370 .684  
Career Highs 25 12 .781 38 38 19 6 0 306.3 276 133 27 124 307 4.09 .246 .316 .380 .696  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   534 254 49 193 641   .225 .283 .348 .631
vs LH   540 248 48 224 535   .253 .324 .395 .719
Home 43 19 .694 77 77 28 9 0 617.0 549 239 50 196 604 3.49 .237 .296 .362 .658
Away 37 20 .649 74 74 26 6 0 578.3 525 263 47 221 572 4.09 .240 .309 .379 .688
Mar/Apr 6 3 .667 17 17 3 2 0 134.3 128 51 8 45 135 3.42 .245 .305 .359 .664
May 20 8 .714 31 31 13 3 0 247.7 212 101 15 89 233 3.67 .229 .297 .348 .646
June 11 9 .550 28 28 11 1 0 200.3 206 103 20 85 201 4.63 .262 .334 .413 .748
July 17 8 .680 29 29 10 4 0 231.3 212 94 16 72 236 3.66 .241 .299 .354 .653
August 19 5 .792 31 31 11 3 0 260.7 208 95 23 82 253 3.28 .220 .282 .365 .647
Sep/Oct 7 6 .538 15 15 7 2 0 121.0 108 58 15 44 118 4.31 .237 .305 .396 .700
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 26 OKC PL 38 113 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 33 .097 .128 .106 .234 -2.3 0.0
1953 27 OKC PL 38 113 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 40 .035 .035 .044 .079 -7.5 0.0
1954 28 OKC PL 37 110 3 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 33 .082 .114 .118 .232 -2.1 0.0
1955 29 OKC PL 38 102 7 7 5 0 1 7 0 0 4 36 .069 .102 .147 .249 -0.5 0.0
4 Years Sim 151 438 17 31 9 1 1 20 0 0 9 142 .071 .095 .103 .197 -12.3 0.0
162 Game Average 469 18 33 9 1 1 21 0 0 9 152 .071 .095 .103 .197 -13.2  
Career Highs 38 113 7 11 5 1 1 7 0 0 4 40 .097 .128 .147 .249 -0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   335 10 22 8 0 0 12 0 0 6 106 .066 .087 .090 .177 -15.2
vs LH   103 7 9 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 36 .087 .119 .146 .265 -1.8
Home 77 219 7 15 3 1 1 11 0 0 2 75 .068 .088 .105 .193 -9.3
Away 74 219 10 16 6 0 0 9 0 0 7 67 .073 .101 .100 .202 -7.8
RISP   141 0 6 1 1 0 17 0 0 3 41 .043 .079 .064 .143 -8.2
Close/Late   36 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.9
Mar/Apr 17 47 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 .021 .042 .043 .084 -3.7
May 31 93 4 12 4 1 1 10 0 0 0 22 .129 .135 .226 .361 0.6
June 28 75 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 19 .107 .139 .133 .273 -1.0
July 29 80 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .063 .074 .075 .149 -4.1
August 31 102 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 37 .049 .085 .059 .144 -5.6
Sep/Oct 15 41 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .000 .045 .000 .045 -3.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 26 OKC PL P 38 38 306.3 14 30 1 0 .978 1.29    
1953 27 OKC PL P 38 38 303.0 13 44 0 2 1.000 1.69    
1954 28 OKC PL P 37 37 293.0 10 31 4 3 .911 1.26    
1955 29 OKC PL P 38 38 293.0 17 25 2 3 .955 1.29    
Career Totals   151 151 1195.3 54 130 7 8 .963 1.39    
Career Highs   38 38 306.3 17 44 4 3 1.000 1.69    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 26 OKC PL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 15 10 3 6 16 6.43 .273 .344 .527 .872
1953 27 OKC PL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 29 15 3 6 20 6.98 .337 .380 .605 .985
1954 28 OKC PL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 22.3 22 17 4 9 19 6.85 .262 .333 .524 .857
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 6 .143 8 8 1 0 0 55.7 66 42 10 21 55 6.79 .293 .354 .556 .909
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 26 OKC PL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 27 OKC PL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 28 OKC PL 3 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .571 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 8 19 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .053 .053 .211 .263
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-1-3.82
1953-2-3.50
1954-1-3.72
CAR-6-3.78
 Wins
1952-2-20
1953-5-19
1954-1-25
1955-7-16
CAR-3-80
 Losses
CAR-37-39
 Winning Pct
1952-2-.690
1953-9-.613
1954-1-.781
CAR-1-.672
 Games Pitched
CAR-35-151
 Games Started
1952-6-38
1953-4-38
1954-8-37
1955-4-38
CAR-2-151
Complete Games
1953-2-19
1954-8-13
1955-8-10
CAR-12-54
 Shutouts
1952-1-4
1953-1-6
1954-3-2
1955-3-3
CAR-1-15
 Innings Pitched
1952-3-306.3
1953-3-303.0
1954-5-293.0
1955-4-293.0
CAR-2-1195.3
 Hits Allowed
1955-5-276
CAR-9-1074
 Homeruns Allowed
1952-9-27
1955-8-26
CAR-15-97
 Strikeouts
1952-2-268
1953-1-302
1954-2-307
1955-2-299
CAR-2-1176
Walks Allowed
1952-9-124
CAR-9-417
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-15-3.1
 Hits per 9IP
1952-2-7.8
1953-3-8.2
1954-4-7.9
1955-7-8.5
CAR-4-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-3-7.9
1953-1-9.0
1954-2-9.4
1955-3-9.2
CAR-4-8.9
 WHiP
1952-3-1.27
1953-1-1.22
1954-1-1.22
1955-4-1.27
CAR-6-1.25
 OAVG
1952-1-.229
1953-3-.244
1954-4-.234
1955-7-.246
CAR-4-.238
OOBP
1952-1-.310
1953-3-.316
1954-1-.313
1955-7-.316
CAR-8-.314
 OSLG
1952-3-.370
1953-3-.380
1954-2-.358
1955-7-.373
CAR-6-.370
 OOPS
1952-1-.680
1953-4-.696
1954-1-.671
1955-5-.689
CAR-7-.684
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 23
   Gray Ink Test: 95
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Donald Phillips (972)
  2. Michael Knepper (962)
  3. Harry Robin (949)
  4. Jason Williams (935)
  5. John Alton (931)
  6. Clyde Pearson (921)
  7. Carl Nicosia (911)
  8. Francis Wachter (905)
  9. Harry Frink (904)
  10. Robert Stadler (898)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Carl Nicosia (987)
  2. Eduardo Garza (987)
  3. Alexander Lenihan (986)
  4. James Leggett (986)
  5. Fabian Cordova (973)
  6. Gerald Adkisson (972)
  7. Joshua Stephens (963)
  8. Steven Caesar (960)
  9. Harry Frink (955)
  10. Billy Delucia (955)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Oklahoma in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/20/1952, off Carl Nicosia (DEN)
Earned first career win on 4/24/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Golden Arm Award in 1952, going 20-9, 3.82 ERA
4/14/1953: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $6,680,000 per year, for 5 years
Set a new season PL-Record for Strikeouts with 297 on 9/9/1953
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1954, going 7-1, 2.24
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Golden Arm in 1954, going 25-7, 3.72 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1955, off Kevin Clingerman (DAL)
 
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