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Thurman Munson League
7-30-2254
Smitty Rushke Third Base
Retired (2021, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .272 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .765 Status Deceased (2063) Option Years 0  
H 1441 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 09-11-1986
HR 166 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(2005)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(151 games)
RBI 816
SB 92
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B B- (53.4%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 2
2B D- (5.5%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 7
3B A+ (100%) RF D- (5.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
2005 Minors 19 42.00 2 / 3 4 / 7 8 / 8 6 / 6 4 / 4 7 / 7 7 / 7 38 / 42
2005 Pos (C) 19 61.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 61
2006 Minors 20 35.00 4 / 6 2 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 2 5 / 5 6 / 6 7 / 7 27 / 35
2007 Minors 21 51.00 4 / 6 5 / 10 4 / 5 6 / 7 9 / 10 6 / 6 7 / 7 41 / 51
2008 Minors 22 61.00 3 / 5 8 / 12 7 / 9 4 / 9 4 / 8 8 / 11 6 / 7 40 / 61
2008 Pos (C) 22 154.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 154
2009 Majors 23 39.38 152 62 10 4 / 8 2 / 5 5 / 5 2 / 4 6 / 7 3 / 4 6 / 6 28 / 39
2010 Majors 24 51.11 143 120 19 0 / 4 3 / 10 6 / 9 4 / 5 6 / 7 6 / 9 7 / 7 32 / 51
2011 Majors 25 55.72 139 117 23 0 / 7 3 / 6 3 / 8 3 / 7 2 / 7 5 / 12 3 / 8 19 / 55
2012 Majors 26 61.62 146 122 15 3 / 11 6 / 13 1 / 3 3 / 12 2 / 8 2 / 8 3 / 6 20 / 61
2013 Majors 27 69.94 162 135 0 1 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 13 1 / 9 2 / 7 3 / 11 4 / 13 12 / 69
2014 Majors 28 70.17 162 135 0 0 / 5 2 / 8 2 / 10 0 / 8 4 / 13 1 / 15 2 / 11 11 / 70
2015 Majors 29 55.36 132 111 30 1 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 9 1 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 9 5 / 55
2016 Majors 30 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 12 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 67
2017 Majors 31 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 8 0 / 12 1 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 8 2 / 67
2018 Majors 32 64.33 154 129 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 64
2019 Majors 33 25.34 71 44 49 0 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 25
2020 Majors 34 45.81 156 51 6 -1 / 5 -5 / 6 -1 / 6 -2 / 4 -4 / 4 0 / 8 -2 / 12 -15 / 45
2021 Majors 35 19.54 107 3 9 -2 / 3 -2 / 3 -5 / 3 -3 / 0 -2 / 3 -1 / 2 -1 / 5 -16 / 19
Total 1848 1299 169 19 / 109 29 / 129 36 / 127 27 / 122 40 / 120 46 / 137 50 / 132 250 / 1091
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2021-11-01Smitty Rushke has retired from the St. Louis Tsunami
2021-07-17Smitty Rushke of the St. Louis Tsunami is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2021-05-23The St. Louis Tsunami have promoted Smitty Rushke to the major league team. The St. Louis Tsunami have designated Ray Garcia for assignment.
2021-05-23The St. Louis Tsunami have acquired Smitty Rushke from the waiver wire.
2021-04-11The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Smitty Rushke.
2021-04-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Roy Sechrist to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Luis Robinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Scott Patterson for assignment. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Smitty Rushke for assignment.
2020-09-17Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
2019-05-20Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
2018-10-13The Cincinnati Cubs have placed Smitty Rushke on the trade block.
2018-08-24Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
2015-05-29Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
2012-07-06Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
2011-04-19Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
2010-08-11Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
2009-08-15Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2009-04-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Smitty Rushke to the major league team.
2008-10-18A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Tsunami and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Larry Fine Howard, Flint Taveras, Smitty Rushke, Draft Pick 2009 Round 2 STL (Babe Simmons), Draft Pick 2009 Round 1 STL (Bob Lemke) from the St. Louis Tsunami in exchange for Carl Gaston.
2005-04-05The St. Louis Tsunami have renamed Jim Smith to Smitty Rushke.