C Sam Ruggles #6
St. Louis Pioneers FABL
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
07/09/1962
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C SAM RUGGLES #6 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
60 215 55 9 0 5 40 13 33 .256 .299 .367 0 0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 3 3 3
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 4
Errors: - 1 4
Arm: 3 2 3
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 4 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 4 Left Field: 3
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 2
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 4
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/08/1962 @ PHI Loss, 0-11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/07/1962 DET Loss, 3-5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/06/1962 DET Loss, 6-12 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
07/03/1962 @ CHI Win, 5-3 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
07/02/1962 @ CHI Win, 17-3 5 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
07/01/1962 @ CHI Win, 8-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/29/1962 NYG Win, 10-5 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
06/28/1962 NYG Win, 6-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/27/1962 @ BOS Win, 7-1 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
06/25/1962 @ BOS Loss, 3-8 3 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/02/1930
Born in:Oakley, KS
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$26,130
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 70 Days
Service This Yr:83 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, 70 Days
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1952, 11th Pick in Round 4
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1962 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 60 215 55 9 0 5 40 20 13 33 .256 .299 .367 .666 .301 .112 75
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 58 231 1 0 0 3 3 2 79 14 0 1 0.0 23.7 3.78 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   78 21 1 0 3 19 7 7 9 0 0 0 .269 .329 .397 .727
Versus Right   137 34 8 0 2 21 13 6 24 2 3 1 .248 .281 .350 .631
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 7 1 0 1 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 .350 .381 .550 .931
April   34 9 2 0 0 7 1 4 5 2 0 0 .265 .325 .324 .649
May   81 18 3 0 1 9 6 5 10 0 0 0 .222 .267 .296 .564
June   76 21 3 0 3 17 10 3 15 0 3 1 .276 .312 .434 .747
July   24 7 1 0 1 7 3 1 3 0 0 0 .292 .320 .458 .778
Spring Training   37 13 2 1 1 4 4 6 4 0 1 0 .351 .442 .541 .982
Last Year   437 106 15 2 7 47 47 50 54 4 7 0 .243 .318 .334 .652
2 Years Ago   433 105 12 1 13 58 49 46 77 4 10 0 .242 .313 .365 .678
Career   2968 804 112 6 68 397 295 264 372 13 27 1 .271 .329 .381 .711
Home   100 30 6 0 2 22 11 7 11 0 2 0 .300 .346 .420 .766
Road   115 25 3 0 3 18 9 6 22 2 1 1 .217 .258 .322 .580
Grass   215 55 9 0 5 40 20 13 33 2 3 1 .256 .299 .367 .666
Day   36 8 2 0 1 4 3 3 6 1 1 0 .222 .275 .361 .636
Night   179 47 7 0 4 36 17 10 27 1 2 1 .263 .304 .369 .672
As Starter   213 53 9 0 4 38 19 13 33 2 3 1 .249 .293 .347 .640
As Reliever / Substitution   2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
Pinch Hitting   2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
Close/Late   34 11 2 0 0 6 4 3 6 1 0 0 .324 .368 .382 .751
Inning 1-3   60 12 3 0 0 11 2 4 10 0 3 0 .200 .250 .250 .500
Inning 4-6   87 22 4 0 0 7 8 5 12 1 0 1 .253 .298 .299 .597
Inning 7-9   67 21 2 0 5 22 10 4 10 1 0 0 .313 .347 .567 .914
Extra Innings   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   57 12 1 0 2 4 6 5 10 1 3 0 .211 .270 .333 .603
1 Outs   83 19 2 0 1 9 8 3 15 1 0 1 .229 .261 .289 .551
2 Outs   75 24 6 0 2 27 6 5 8 0 0 0 .320 .362 .480 .843
Scoring Position   70 22 3 0 2 34 8 5 10 2 3 0 .314 .351 .443 .794
Bases Empty   99 21 3 0 2 2 7 8 13 0 0 0 .212 .271 .303 .574
Runner on 1st   46 12 3 0 1 4 5 0 10 0 0 1 .261 .277 .391 .668
Runner on 2nd   20 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 .100 .143 .100 .243
Runner on 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Runner on 1st & 2nd   27 11 2 0 1 12 5 1 3 0 0 0 .407 .429 .593 1.021
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Bases Loaded   8 4 0 0 1 13 1 1 2 2 0 0 .500 .455 .875 1.330
Two Strikes   81 15 1 0 1 7 6 8 33 0 0 0 .185 .258 .235 .493
First Pitch   37 13 2 0 1 13 2 0 0 0 1 1 .351 .368 .486 .855
Count 0-1   12 4 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .308 .667 .974
Count 0-2   12 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 .083 .083 .333 .417
Count 1-0   26 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 .231 .222 .308 .530
Count 1-1   30 7 1 0 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .233 .367 .600
Count 1-2   26 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 .154 .154 .192 .346
Count 2-0   8 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375
Count 2-1   10 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Count 2-2   23 8 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 0 0 0 .348 .348 .348 .696
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .364 .533 .364 .897
Full Count   20 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 4 0 0 0 .100 .357 .100 .457
Behind in Count   50 9 2 0 2 5 4 0 21 1 0 0 .180 .176 .340 .516
Ahead in Count   55 16 4 0 1 10 6 5 0 1 2 0 .291 .344 .418 .762
Batting 3rd   1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   60 14 2 0 0 7 4 4 10 1 0 0 .233 .277 .267 .544
Batting 7th   113 32 6 0 3 24 12 8 17 0 3 1 .283 .336 .416 .752
Batting 8th   40 7 1 0 1 7 3 1 6 1 0 0 .175 .190 .275 .465
Low Leverage   110 26 3 0 3 16 8 7 17 0 0 0 .236 .282 .345 .628
Medium Leverage   81 20 4 0 1 10 7 4 11 1 3 1 .247 .287 .333 .621
High Leverage   24 9 2 0 1 14 5 2 5 1 0 0 .375 .407 .583 .991
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1956 St. Louis - FABL 25 134 460 130 20 1 18 79 49 42 0 0 52 1 3 .283 .343 .448 .790 119 117 3.3
1957 St. Louis - FABL 26 136 483 129 21 1 9 55 49 38 0 0 43 1 1 .267 .321 .371 .691 90 91 2.5
1958 St. Louis - FABL 27 134 472 147 22 0 11 60 53 46 0 0 52 0 0 .311 .373 .428 .801 114 114 3.6
1959 St. Louis - FABL 28 134 468 132 13 1 5 58 28 29 0 3 61 1 1 .282 .322 .346 .668 80 78 1.4
1960 St. Louis - FABL 29 132 433 105 12 1 13 58 49 46 0 4 77 0 0 .242 .313 .365 .678 83 75 0.9
1961 St. Louis - FABL 30 131 437 106 15 2 7 47 47 50 0 4 54 0 1 .243 .318 .334 .652 78 68 0.9
1962 St. Louis - FABL 31 60 215 55 9 0 5 40 20 13 1 2 33 0 1 .256 .299 .367 .666 69 75 0.6
Total FABL 861 2968 804 112 6 68 397 295 264 1 13 372 3 7 .271 .329 .381 .711 92 90 13.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1951 Total - 20 55 245 69 9 0 11 51 52 23 1 3 30 0 0 .282 .342 .453 .795 100 100 0.7
1952 Total - 21 64 286 84 9 0 10 62 77 26 1 3 29 1 1 .294 .351 .430 .781 100 100 0.7
1952 Rock Island - C 21 21 52 12 2 0 1 10 15 32 0 2 12 0 0 .231 .512 .327 .839 107 139 0.6
1952 Fresno - B 21 45 146 31 3 0 1 12 10 21 0 0 30 1 0 .212 .311 .253 .565 49 43 -0.6
1953 Moline - C 22 34 107 34 9 1 4 16 21 45 1 0 9 0 0 .318 .523 .533 1.056 167 180 1.9
1953 Fresno - B 22 81 282 84 16 1 4 24 27 12 0 1 40 1 0 .298 .325 .404 .730 109 103 1.7
1953 Charlotte - B 22 5 23 7 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .304 .333 .391 .725 93 92 0.1
1953 Total - B 22 86 305 91 18 1 4 28 31 13 0 1 43 1 0 .298 .326 .403 .729 108 102 1.8
1954 Hartford - A 23 22 76 26 8 0 2 15 10 15 0 0 11 0 1 .342 .451 .526 .977 170 175 1.4
1954 Dallas - AA 23 104 363 104 19 2 12 64 57 51 2 6 45 0 0 .287 .372 .449 .821 114 111 2.8
1955 Hartford - A 24 12 45 16 4 0 2 8 3 4 0 0 6 0 0 .356 .408 .578 .986 164 154 0.6
1955 Dallas - AA 24 84 306 119 26 0 23 69 69 50 0 1 28 1 0 .389 .473 .699 1.173 207 205 6.3
1955 Oakland - AAA 24 34 133 44 6 0 9 43 27 14 0 1 10 0 0 .331 .392 .579 .971 156 154 1.6
Total GWL 34 133 44 6 0 9 43 27 14 0 1 10 0 0 .331 .392 .579 .971 156 154
Total MAL 34 121 42 12 0 4 23 13 19 0 0 17 0 1 .347 .436 .545 .981 168 167
Total SEL 5 23 7 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .304 .333 .391 .725 93 92
Total COW 126 428 115 19 1 5 36 37 33 0 1 70 2 0 .269 .320 .353 .673 88 81
Total LSA 188 669 223 45 2 35 133 126 101 2 7 73 1 0 .333 .418 .564 .982 156 154
Total UMVA 55 159 46 11 1 5 26 36 77 1 2 21 0 0 .289 .519 .465 .984 146 165
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Fresno - B C 41 41 291 28 1 321 2 .994 355.2 8.07 +1.3 .955 0 42 12 28.6
1952 Rock Island - C C 18 18 240 12 1 254 2 .992 159.1 14.23 +0.3 1.187 3 19 5 26.3
1953 Charlotte - B C 5 5 49 3 0 52 0 1.000 51.0 9.18 -0.0 .970 0 2 0 0.0
1953 Fresno - B C 75 75 398 43 3 443 2 .995 657.0 6.04 -0.2 1.030 2 44 16 36.4
1953 Moline - C C 32 32 257 27 4 285 1 .996 284.0 9.00 +1.9 1.418 1 30 13 43.3
1954 Dallas - AA C 95 95 576 62 8 640 2 .997 829.0 6.93 +3.7 1.125 5 49 25 51.0
1954 Hartford - A C 21 21 141 10 1 152 1 .993 184.0 7.39 +0.9 1.012 0 6 4 66.7
1955 Oakland - AAA C 31 31 150 15 0 166 1 .994 275.2 5.39 +0.5 .987 4 12 9 75.0
1955 Dallas - AA C 75 73 464 32 1 496 0 1.000 656.0 6.80 +2.4 1.207 0 26 8 30.8
1955 Hartford - A C 11 11 76 12 1 88 0 1.000 99.0 8.00 +0.3 .994 1 11 7 63.6
1956 St. Louis - MLB C 121 120 543 57 4 604 4 .993 1041.2 5.18 -0.9 .957 5 53 16 30.2
1957 St. Louis - MLB C 125 122 671 73 7 748 4 .995 1083.0 6.18 +1.0 1.059 13 54 27 50.0
1958 St. Louis - MLB C 126 121 762 71 6 834 1 .999 1091.0 6.87 +2.6 1.147 8 57 24 42.1
1959 St. Louis - MLB C 125 125 836 79 8 920 5 .995 1084.0 7.60 +2.5 .960 6 53 23 43.4
1960 St. Louis - MLB C 122 121 740 67 2 811 4 .995 1078.1 6.74 +0.4 .900 4 46 15 32.6
1961 St. Louis - MLB C 124 122 784 70 11 855 1 .999 1091.0 7.04 +2.2 1.095 4 68 22 32.4
1961 St. Louis - MLB LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.0 .935
1962 St. Louis - MLB C 58 58 400 40 4 440 0 1.000 502.0 7.89 +2.9 1.068 2 28 16 57.1
TOTAL C 1205 1191 7378 701 62 8109 30 .996 10521.2 6.91 +21.9 1.051 58 600 242 40.3
TOTAL LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.0 .935
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1952 Drafted in the 1952 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 11, 59th overall pick) by the New York Gothams, out of college Henry Hudson
07/31/1953 Was traded by the New York Gothams to the St. Louis Pioneers, along with LF Delos Davis, SP Zeb Stevens, and C Tom Williams, in exchange for SP Hal Hackney.
05/30/1955 Wins the LSA Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1955 Wins the LSA Batter of the Month Award.
06/01/1955 Goes 0-2 against the Galveston Gunners, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
08/01/1955 Wins the MAL Player of the Week Award.
04/16/1956 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the St. Louis Pioneers development complex.
10/20/1956 Finished 3rd in 1956 FABL FA Kellogg Award voting.
08/29/1959 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 4 weeks.
05/13/1960 Goes 5-5 against the Washington Eagles, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R.
05/16/1960 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
07/10/1960 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 3 days.
04/18/1961 Outstandingly completed training to learn a new position at the St. Louis Pioneers development complex.
10/28/1961 Wins the 1961 FABL FA Diamond Defense Award at C.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1960 9 9
1961 13 3
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