Muddy Ruel
Herold Dominic Ruel
Born: February 20, 1896
St. Louis, MO USA
Deceased: 1963
Palo Alto, CA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 150
Career: 1915-1934
Minor League Statistics
Muddy Ruel compiled a career batting average of .275 with 4 home runs and 534 RBI in his 1467-game career with the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1915 season and last took the field during the 1934 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1915 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .263 | .000 | .263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1917 | AL | New York Yankees | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1918 | AL | New York Yankees | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1919 | AL | New York Yankees | 79 | 273 | 233 | 18 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 26 | .240 | .340 | .266 | .606 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | 82 | 284 | 261 | 30 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | .268 | .310 | .341 | .651 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 113 | 412 | 358 | 41 | 99 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 15 | .277 | .353 | .349 | .702 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 116 | 414 | 361 | 34 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 26 | .255 | .333 | .302 | .634 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | AL | Washington Senators | 136 | 528 | 449 | 63 | 142 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 21 | .316 | .394 | .383 | .778 | 172 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | AL | Washington Senators | 149 | 599 | 501 | 50 | 142 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 20 | .283 | .370 | .331 | .702 | 166 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | 127 | 473 | 393 | 55 | 122 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 16 | .310 | .411 | .344 | .754 | 135 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | Washington Senators | 117 | 444 | 368 | 42 | 110 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 14 | .299 | .401 | .389 | .790 | 143 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | Washington Senators | 131 | 504 | 428 | 61 | 132 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 18 | .308 | .403 | .376 | .779 | 161 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | 108 | 404 | 350 | 31 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 14 | .257 | .342 | .320 | .662 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | 69 | 224 | 188 | 16 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7 | .245 | .352 | .287 | .639 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | 66 | 229 | 198 | 18 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 13 | .253 | .342 | .308 | .650 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 93 | 83 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .301 | .370 | .361 | .731 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .120 | .200 | .140 | .340 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 51 | 155 | 136 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | .235 | .320 | .294 | .614 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 36 | 87 | 63 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | .190 | .414 | .222 | .636 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 67 | 57 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .211 | .308 | .263 | .571 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1468 | 5292 | 4514 | 494 | 1242 | 187 | 29 | 4 | 534 | 61 | 59 | 606 | 238 | .275 | .365 | .332 | .697 | 1499 | 0 | 29 | 143 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1915 | AL | St. Louis Browns | C | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 3.833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1917 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1918 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1919 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 90 | 11 | 6 | .975 | 5.443 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 | 62 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 4.738 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1921 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 375 | 86 | 11 | 7 | .977 | 4.229 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1922 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 359 | 96 | 10 | 17 | .978 | 4.063 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1923 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 528 | 146 | 14 | 14 | .980 | 5.068 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1924 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 612 | 112 | 15 | 23 | .980 | 4.925 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 491 | 103 | 11 | 18 | .982 | 4.714 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1926 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 452 | 81 | 6 | 13 | .989 | 4.556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1927 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 495 | 100 | 7 | 8 | .988 | 4.648 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 397 | 73 | 5 | 5 | .989 | 4.653 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 52 | 3 | 6 | .990 | 4.823 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | C | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .986 | 4.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1931 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1931 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 83 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .945 | 3.467 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1932 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 3.571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1933 | AL | St. Louis Browns | C | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 3.952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1413 | 0 | 0.0 | 5368 | 1138 | 117 | 137 | .982 | 4.604 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1924 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 7 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .095 | .296 | .143 | .439 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 7 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .316 | .409 | .368 | .778 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .200 | .347 | .250 | .597 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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1924 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 67.0 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.522 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1925 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | C | 7 | 6 | 53.0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.792 | 5.714 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 14 | 13 | 120.0 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.200 | 6.857 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1925 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C1
1926 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1927 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
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