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Earl Averill League
8-15-2077
Charlie Ruth Shortstop
Retired (1977, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .263 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .737 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 1632 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 03-04-1940
HR 165 Drafted Round 3, Pick 44
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(150 games)
RBI 780
SB 264
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF (1.6%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B D+ (24.8%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (99.0%) RF (2.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 3B BOS 71 71 616.1 174 46 125 3 6 +2 2.50 .983
SS BOS 57 57 498.1 285 103 174 8 30 -7 5.00 .972
1972 3B BOS 71 65 596.0 185 59 125 1 11 -3 2.78 .995
SS BOS 24 24 205.0 117 36 78 3 15 +2 5.00 .974
1973 SS BOS 74 65 601.2 333 123 205 5 33 -7 4.91 .985
3B BOS 36 31 289.1 74 18 56 0 3 -2 2.30 1.000
1974 SS BOS-STL 10 10 95.0 50 20 30 0 8 +1 4.74 1.000
3B BOS-STL 10 10 86.0 26 5 19 2 1 -3 2.51 .923
LF BOS-STL 4 3 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 -2 1.50 1.000
RF BOS-STL 3 1 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1B BOS-STL 2 1 10.0 13 13 0 0 1 0 11.70 1.000
2B BOS-STL 1 0 3.0 4 1 3 0 1 0 12.00 1.000
C BOS-STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1975 SS STL-PIT 18 18 150.0 67 25 42 0 10 -5 4.02 1.000
1B STL-PIT 3 2 18.0 20 20 0 0 1 0 10.00 1.000
2B STL-PIT 1 1 9.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 6.00 1.000
RF STL-PIT 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
C STL-PIT 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1976 3B CHA 14 14 124.2 33 13 19 1 0 +1 2.31 .970
SS CHA 10 10 89.0 49 18 31 0 4 0 4.96 1.000
CF CHA 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1977 3B CHA 11 11 108.2 39 7 31 1 2 +1 3.15 .974
SS CHA 7 7 63.0 32 8 24 0 2 +1 4.57 1.000
2B CHA 3 3 23.0 12 5 7 0 1 -1 4.70 1.000
Pos Total 3B 213 202 1821.0 531 148 375 8 23 -4 2.58 .985
SS 200 191 1702.0 933 333 584 16 102 -15 4.85 .983
2B 5 4 35.0 22 9 13 0 3 -1 5.66 1.000
LF 4 3 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 -2 1.50 1.000
1B 5 3 28.0 33 33 0 0 2 0 10.61 1.000
RF 4 2 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
C 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
Total 434 406 3648.0 1530 534 972 24 130 0 0 0 NaN% -22 3.72 .984
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01Charlie Ruth has retired from the Chicago Black Sox
1977-05-14Charlie Ruth of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1976-04-05The Chicago Black Sox have acquired Charlie Ruth from the waiver wire.
1976-03-01The Pittsburgh Paladins have promoted Pete Bishop to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Paladins have designated Charlie Ruth for assignment.
1975-05-27The Pittsburgh Paladins have acquired Charlie Ruth from the waiver wire.
1975-05-27The Pittsburgh Paladins have demoted David Wisdom to the minor leagues.
1975-05-23The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Jack Krivda to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have designated Charlie Ruth for assignment.
1974-04-25The St. Louis Rough Riders have acquired Charlie Ruth from the waiver wire.
1974-04-25The St. Louis Rough Riders have demoted Lou Sax to the minor leagues.
1974-04-20The Boston Bishops have promoted Nick Bush to the major league team. The Boston Bishops have designated Charlie Ruth for assignment.
1968-04-22The Boston Bucks have renamed Bobby Packard to Charlie Ruth.
1967-04-02The Boston Bucks have renamed Sal McCann to Bobby Packard.
1965-09-27A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Boston Bucks. The Boston Bucks receive Sal McCann, Ed Devine, Carter Poynter (Optioned), Roy Bero from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Dike Schmidt.
1962-04-01The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have promoted Sal McCann to the major league team. The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have designated Ray Hamelin for assignment.