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Name Team Age
Ryan Rutherford Retired (1980, Age 33) Died (2011, Age 65)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25
(1969)
C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jesse Orosco League 0 8 years (129 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- B+ A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 11/1/1946
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
C- (35.2 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1971 DET 26 37 4 6 1 0 0 3 4 7 0 2 1 .433 .244 .189 .162
1972 DET 8 26 4 7 1 0 3 5 4 6 0 0 0 1.021 .367 .654 .269
1973 DET 108 354 33 77 9 0 8 32 36 81 7 7 6 .602 .291 .311 .218
1974 DET 97 292 31 66 10 2 5 26 27 68 3 2 6 .617 .292 .325 .226
1975 DET 71 226 29 60 10 2 4 25 34 50 4 5 3 .745 .364 .381 .265
1976 DET 83 306 47 82 15 1 8 35 34 59 1 4 2 .745 .343 .402 .268
1977 DET 24 80 8 13 1 0 2 10 7 15 0 0 1 .477 .227 .250 .163
1978 DET 44 157 19 35 5 0 2 15 14 40 0 1 1 .580 .287 .293 .223
1979 DET 28 85 7 19 4 0 2 9 8 23 0 1 2 .639 .298 .341 .224
1980 DET 58 118 17 26 7 1 3 18 13 19 0 2 1 .676 .303 .373 .220
Total 547 1681 199 391 63 6 37 178 181 368 15 24 23 .652 .309 .343 .233
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Ryan Rutherford has retired from the Detroit Thunderbirds
1977-09-14Ryan Rutherford of the Detroit Thunderbirds is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1975-08-21Ryan Rutherford of the Detroit Thunderbirds is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1974-05-12Ryan Rutherford of the Detroit Thunderbirds is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1973-04-20The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Ryan Rutherford to the major league team.
1972-10-23The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Ryan Rutherford to the minors. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Charley Flores to the minors.
1972-09-22The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Ryan Rutherford to the major league team.
1972-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jae Paik to the minors. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Ryan Rutherford to the minors.
1971-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Ryan Rutherford to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Martin Stanhope to the major league team.
1970-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Chuck Child to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Ryan Rutherford to the minors.
1970-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Ryan Rutherford to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Buck Hunter to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Harland Moolic to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Frank Moren to the major league team.
1969-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have renamed Moe Burnett to Ryan Rutherford.