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Duke Snider League
4-25-2078
Paul Rucker Center Field
Retired (1971, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .252 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .691 Status Deceased (2001) Option Years 0  
H 1432 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 09-30-1934
HR 150 Drafted Round 3, Pick 37
(1957)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(90 games)
RBI 668
SB 84
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R Power vs. L C- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF (19.2%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (97.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1957 CIN
105
354
34
82
13
1
6
31
26
84 1 1
5
1 5
.610
.285
.325
.093
.232
1958 CIN
112
360
42
92
2
1
11
40
29
58 0 1
6
6 4
.669
.310
.358
.103
.256
1959 CIN
99
309
42
75
13
2
6
29
26
50 0 3
10
3 4
.655
.299
.356
.113
.243
1960 CIN
116
383
47
98
15
1
4
20
25
62 0 0
12
5 4
.633
.301
.332
.076
.256
1961 BAL
129
440
37
87
13
2
8
36
21
81 1 5
4
2 3
.524
.233
.291
.093
.198
1962 BAL
132
431
41
110
12
2
11
56
42
79 5 4
2
1 6
.695
.326
.369
.114
.255
1963 BAL
120
395
68
111
16
3
14
52
59
74 1 2
2
7 6
.817
.374
.443
.162
.281
1964 BAL
123
468
55
101
18
2
9
33
40
77 2 3
6
3 0
.599
.279
.321
.105
.216
1965 BAL
107
379
44
106
7
1
17
46
35
60 1 1
4
4 5
.779
.341
.438
.158
.280
1966 BAL
123
429
43
106
24
2
6
51
41
62 1 1
6
2 4
.668
.314
.354
.107
.247
1967 BAL
124
451
52
125
16
2
15
74
35
74 2 1
5
6 2
.753
.331
.421
.144
.277
1968 BAL
134
426
41
99
20
1
8
66
41
70 4 5
6
2 2
.643
.303
.340
.108
.232
1969 BAL
113
344
40
98
17
2
15
55
32
67 3 3
5
2 3
.825
.348
.477
.192
.285
1970 CHA
117
370
49
104
17
5
17
67
29
59 3 7
8
6 5
.824
.333
.492
.211
.281
1971 CHA
84
134
14
38
6
1
3
12
5
21 0 1
3
1 0
.718
.307
.410
.127
.284
Total
1738
5673
649
1432
209
28
150
668
486
978 24 38
84
51 53
.691
.312
.378
.126
.252
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Paul Rucker has retired from the Chicago Rotties
1970-04-05The Chicago Rotties have acquired Paul Rucker from the waiver wire.
1970-04-05The Chicago Rotties have demoted Mike Nunnally to the minor leagues.
1970-03-01The Baltimore Roughnecks have promoted Charlie Thomas to the major league team. The Baltimore Roughnecks have promoted Charlie Norris to the major league team. The Baltimore Roughnecks have designated Paul Rucker for assignment. The Baltimore Roughnecks have designated Charlie Stoviak for assignment.
1957-04-01The Cincinnati Lawyers have promoted Bill Roberts to the major league team. The Cincinnati Lawyers have promoted Shawon Lewis to the major league team. The Cincinnati Lawyers have promoted Paul Rucker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Lawyers have promoted Casey Blake to the major league team. The Cincinnati Lawyers have promoted Rube Estalella to the major league team. The Cincinnati Lawyers have sent Bob Dessau to the minors. The Cincinnati Lawyers have sent Mike Flowers to the minors. The Cincinnati Lawyers have designated Hank Blyleven for assignment. The Cincinnati Lawyers have sent Cesar Stovey to the minors. The Cincinnati Lawyers have sent Paul Garland to the minors.