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Vern Ruhle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI us

Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Olivet (Olivet, MI).

High School: Coleman HS (Coleman, MI)

School: University of Olivet (Olivet, MI)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 23-227d, 13,561st in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1986 (Age 35-252d)
vs. TEX 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Pronunciation: \RULE\

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

3.73

327

188

1411.1

582

WHIP

1.297

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 19	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	10 (3)	Apr 24	DET		TEX	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (3)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
4	18 (3)	May 8	DET		CHW	W,7-1	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	22 (3)	May 13	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	28	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
6	27 (4)	May 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS	27	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	31 (3)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	W,10-6	GS	29	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	37 (5)	May 28	DET		NYY	L,5-9	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	43 (5)	Jun 2	DET		MIL	W,6-4	GS	33	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	48 (4)	Jun 7	DET	@	KCR	L,0-10	GS	32	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	52 (3)	Jun 12	DET		CAL	W,10-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	57 (4)	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,0-4	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	61 (3)	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	65 (3)	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	71 (5)	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	75 (3)	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	79 (3)	Jul 11	DET		KCR	W,6-5	GS	22	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	82 (2)	Jul 17	DET		OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	86 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	27	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
20	92 (5)	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS	32	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
21	98 (5)	Jul 30	DET		BAL	L,3-7	GS	22	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	103 (4)	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
23	107 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	GS	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
24	113 (5)	Aug 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	117 (3)	Aug 18	DET		CAL	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	122 (4)	Aug 22	DET		MIN	L,4-6	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	126 (3)	Aug 27	DET	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	130 (3)	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	133 (2)	Sep 4	DET		MIL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
30	138 (4)	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	144 (5)	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	L,7-9	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	147 (2)	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	GS	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							32gm		199.2	14	28	0	42	1