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Name Team Age
Charlie Ruth Retired (1966, Age 35) Died (2013, Age 82)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19
(1954)		 1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League 0 11 years (144 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ B- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- D  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B+ D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 1/22/1931
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 4
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF)
B+ (68.3 %) B  (65.4 %) B  (64.3 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1954 WAS 122 432 45 93 9 0 15 56 20 104 7 3 5 .589 .248 .340 .215
1955 WAS 90 341 36 82 13 2 16 57 18 81 4 4 3 .710 .279 .431 .240
1956 WAS 80 212 29 65 10 2 14 48 11 45 6 1 0 .909 .338 .571 .307
1957 WAS 81 241 24 54 5 2 9 29 14 57 6 2 2 .638 .265 .373 .224
1958 WAS 123 469 65 124 15 4 29 96 29 94 6 2 15 .806 .308 .499 .264
1959 WAS 67 160 23 42 5 0 11 30 17 25 2 1 0 .837 .337 .500 .263
1960 WAS 40 48 5 16 1 1 0 4 3 6 2 0 0 .768 .373 .396 .333
1961 WAS-CHA 51 58 5 19 2 0 2 5 1 21 0 2 2 .805 .339 .466 .328
1962 CHA-BRO 75 79 11 18 4 0 3 13 8 20 0 0 1 .688 .295 .392 .228
1963 BRO 88 123 16 24 3 0 5 17 9 25 5 0 1 .590 .248 .341 .195
1964 BRO 101 143 16 35 10 1 5 23 8 26 5 4 0 .716 .283 .434 .245
1965 BRO 94 160 24 39 6 1 12 31 11 35 4 0 0 .812 .293 .519 .244
1966 BRO-KC 20 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 .377 .227 .150 .150
Total 1032 2486 299 614 83 13 121 409 151 546 47 19 29 .726 .289 .437 .247
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Charlie Ruth has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1966-06-28The Kansas City Athletics have waived Charlie Ruth.
1966-06-10The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Tony Thorpe to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Charlie Ruth for assignment.
1966-05-18A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn OTG and the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics receive Jose Savage, Charlie Ruth, Heinie Wakefield, Manuel Duran, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 4 (BRO) from the Brooklyn OTG in exchange for Patrick Otis, Tim Stanicek, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 3 (KC).
1962-03-05A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn OTG and the Chicago Lightning. The Chicago Lightning receive Brent Shirley from the Brooklyn OTG in exchange for Charlie Ruth, Draft Pick - 1963 Round 3 (CHA), Draft Pick - 1964 Round 3 (CHA).
1961-09-09The Chicago Lightning have acquired Charlie Ruth from the waiver wire.
1961-09-05The Washington Jackals have promoted Danny Drucke to the major league team. The Washington Jackals have designated Charlie Ruth for assignment.
1955-09-23The Washington Senators have promoted Charlie Ruth to the major league team.
1955-07-24The Washington Senators have sent Charlie Ruth to the minors.
1954-05-29The Washington Senators have promoted Charlie Ruth to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Dwight Holbrook for assignment.
1954-05-24The Washington Senators have promoted Bob Carter to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Charlie Ruth to the minors.
1954-04-01The Washington Senators have renamed Jimmy Shiver to Charlie Ruth.
1954-04-01The Washington Senators have promoted Landon Jones to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted Jimmy Shiver to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Orion Dawson for assignment. The Washington Senators have designated John McCleskey for assignment.