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Cesar Cedeno League
4-14-2073
Charlie Ruth First Base
Retired (1966, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .247 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .726 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
H 614 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 01-22-1931
HR 121 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1954)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(144 games)
RBI 409
SB 47
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L D  Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control D+   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF B  (65.4%) Arm B- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF B  (64.3%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF B+ (68.3%)   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
1954 WAS
122
432
45
93
9
0
15
56
20
 104 1 6
7
 3 5
.589
.248
.340
.125
.215
1955 WAS
90
341
36
82
13
2
16
57
18
 81 2 5
4
 4 3
.710
.279
.431
.191
.240
1956 WAS
80
212
29
65
10
2
14
48
11
 45 0 2
6
 1 0
.909
.338
.571
.264
.307
1957 WAS
81
241
24
54
5
2
9
29
14
 57 0 2
6
 2 2
.638
.265
.373
.149
.224
1958 WAS
123
469
65
124
15
4
29
96
29
 94 2 4
6
 2 15
.806
.308
.499
.235
.264
1959 WAS
67
160
23
42
5
0
11
30
17
 25 1 0
2
 1 0
.837
.337
.500
.238
.262
1960 WAS
40
48
5
16
1
1
0
4
3
 6 0 0
2
 0 0
.768
.373
.396
.062
.333
1961 WAS-CHA
51
58
5
19
2
0
2
5
1
 21 0 0
0
 2 2
.805
.339
.466
.138
.328
1962 CHA-BRO
75
79
11
18
4
0
3
13
8
 20 0 1
0
 0 1
.688
.295
.392
.165
.228
1963 BRO
88
123
16
24
3
0
5
17
9
 25 0 1
5
 0 1
.590
.248
.341
.146
.195
1964 BRO
101
143
16
35
10
1
5
23
8
 26 0 1
5
 4 0
.716
.283
.434
.189
.245
1965 BRO
94
160
24
39
6
1
12
31
11
 35 1 2
4
 0 0
.812
.293
.519
.275
.244
1966 BRO-KC
20
20
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
 7 0 0
0
 0 0
.377
.227
.150
.000
.150
Total
1032
2486
299
614
83
13
121
409
151
 546 7 24
47
 19 29
.726
.289
.437
.190
.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.