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Name	Team	Age
Joe Ruffing	Retired (2013, Age 37)	63
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4 (1996)	RF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Roberto Clemente League	0	9 years (159 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B	C	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	5/15/1976
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	3	4
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
B- (59.7 %)	C  (40.7 %)	D+ (24.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1996

Minors

53.00

7 / 10

2 / 2

5 / 7

5 / 8

11 / 11

8 / 8

7 / 7

45 / 53

1997

Minors

63.00

7 / 10

1 / 4

6 / 10

8 / 13

9 / 12

6 / 7

7 / 7

44 / 63

1998

Minors

41.00

1 / 8

4 / 8

5 / 9

5 / 9

0 / 0

2 / 4

3 / 3

20 / 41

1999

Minors

45.00

2 / 12

1 / 2

1 / 7

3 / 6

0 / 4

5 / 7

7 / 7

19 / 45

2000

Minors

37.00

1 / 4

1 / 5

5 / 9

1 / 3

4 / 5

2 / 2

4 / 9

18 / 37

2000

Majors

1.84

12

2

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

2000

Pos (LF)

31.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 31

2001

Minors

40.00

0 / 3

1 / 5

4 / 9

2 / 7

2 / 3

2 / 7

3 / 6

14 / 40

2001

Majors

8.33

40

9

0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

4 / 8

2001

Pos (1B)

57.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

8 / 57

2002

Minors

77.00

2 / 9

4 / 13

2 / 13

4 / 11

4 / 10

3 / 8

5 / 13

24 / 77

2002

Pos (1B)

86.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

12 / 86

2002

Pos (3B)

67.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 67

2003

Majors

27.61

162

8

0

0 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 1

3 / 6

0 / 3

5 / 27

2004

Majors

56.85

162

91

0

0 / 6

1 / 9

1 / 3

2 / 17

4 / 9

2 / 5

1 / 7

11 / 56

2005

Majors

60.67

152

122

10

0 / 7

0 / 7

2 / 14

0 / 9

1 / 14

1 / 4

1 / 5

5 / 60

2006

Majors

57.35

137

115

23

1 / 11

1 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 6

2 / 57

2007

Majors

62.43

162

113

0

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 62

2008

Majors

62.80

162

114

0

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 4

1 / 62

2009

Majors

53.66

149

94

13

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 13

1 / 4

1 / 8

2 / 53

2010

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

-3 / 12

-1 / 12

-1 / 11

-1 / 11

-3 / 8

-1 / 6

0 / 7

-10 / 67

2011

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 17

-7 / 8

-2 / 7

-1 / 16

-4 / 8

-2 / 4

-2 / 7

-18 / 67

2012

Majors

41.73

106

78

21

-1 / 9

-1 / 2

-2 / 11

-4 / 1

-6 / 8

-1 / 6

-1 / 4

-16 / 41

2013

Majors

1.15

3

2

28

-4 / 0

-6 / 0

-2 / 1

-8 / 0

-5 / 0

-2 / 0

-3 / 0

-30 / 1

Total

1571

1018

95

13 / 149

1 / 115

26 / 150

16 / 155

19 / 132

31 / 101

35 / 116

182 / 1159

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2013-11-01	Joe Ruffing has retired from the Arizona Lions
2013-04-03	Joe Ruffing of the Arizona Lions is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
2012-05-22	Joe Ruffing of the Arizona Lions is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
2009-07-22	The San Francisco Quakes have placed Joe Ruffing on the trade block.
2009-06-19	Joe Ruffing of the San Francisco Quakes is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
2009-04-01	The San Francisco Quakes have removed Joe Ruffing from the trade block.
2008-09-26	The San Francisco Quakes have placed Joe Ruffing on the trade block.
2006-07-20	Joe Ruffing of the San Francisco Quakes is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
2005-07-27	Joe Ruffing of the San Francisco Quakes is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2002-10-23	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Joe Ruffing to the major league team. The San Francisco Quakes have sent Joe Bowman to the minors.
2001-09-22	The San Francisco Quakes have sent Joe Ruffing to the minors.
2001-08-21	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Joe Ruffing to the major league team.
2001-05-25	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Dick Quinn to the major league team. The San Francisco Quakes have sent Joe Ruffing to the minors.
2001-05-19	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Joe Ruffing to the major league team. The San Francisco Quakes have sent Joe Yarrison to the minors.
2001-04-08	The San Francisco Quakes have demoted Joe Ruffing to the minor leagues.
2001-03-25	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Joe Ruffing to the major league team.
2000-04-21	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Steve Moore to the major league team. The San Francisco Quakes have sent Joe Ruffing to the minors.
2000-04-08	The San Francisco Quakes have promoted Joe Ruffing to the major league team. The San Francisco Quakes have waived Joey Rau.
2000-04-08	The San Francisco Quakes have acquired Joe Ruffing from the waiver wire.
2000-04-01	The Cleveland Planktons have waived Joe Ruffing.
1999-05-26	Trade #1765043 has been completed between the Montreal Machine and the Cleveland Planktons. The Cleveland Planktons receive Ralph Parker, Fred Sheely, Joe Ruffing, Draft Pick 2002 Round 1 MON (Lew Scarritt), Draft Pick 2000 Round 1 MON (Mike Wills) from the Montreal Machine in exchange for Chad Brewer, Randy Crable, Draft Pick 2000 Round 3 CLE (Ron Wilkinson), Draft Pick 2002 Round 3 CLE (Trench Purtell).