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Ron
Pruitt		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 21, 1951 in Usa, MI, FLINT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
Gold Glove 1983    1985    1986   
All-Star Selections 1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 23 WAS NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1976 24 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1977 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1978 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1979 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 28 WAS NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1981 29 WAS NL $ 1,832,143   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1982 30 WAS NL $ 1,832,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1983 31 COL NL $ 4,000,002   7 7 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1984 32 COL NL $ 4,000,002   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1985 33 COL NL $ 4,000,002   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1986 34 COL NL $ 3,230,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1987 35 COL NL $ 3,230,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1988 36 MIN AL $ 3,098,765   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,002   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 23 AAA   55 196 22 48 15 1 5 23 0 1 23 17 .245 .324 .408 .732 25.8  
    AA   81 298 43 94 17 0 8 56 4 0 49 22 .315 .412 .453 .865 56.1  
1976 24 AAA   129 434 55 120 19 3 19 71 3 1 37 49 .276 .333 .465 .799 66.3  
1977 25 WAS NL 114 367 32 99 18 2 3 45 0 0 26 26 .270 .316 .354 .671 37.5 5.0
1978 26 WAS NL 126 348 46 104 14 2 5 42 1 0 30 33 .299 .354 .394 .748 46.0 9.0
1979 27 WAS NL 114 395 43 105 18 0 6 38 0 0 40 34 .266 .330 .357 .687 43.2 6.2
1980 28 WAS NL 104 335 47 93 12 0 4 32 2 0 30 25 .278 .334 .349 .683 40.6 7.4
1981 29 WAS NL 91 276 35 76 10 0 3 38 0 2 24 24 .275 .332 .344 .676 29.8 6.1
1982 30 WAS NL 91 304 38 94 9 1 6 34 2 0 24 35 .309 .361 .405 .765 40.5 9.6
1983 31 COL NL 137 440 59 131 19 2 4 68 1 0 33 48 .298 .342 .377 .720 56.3 11.9
1984 32 COL NL 139 506 55 148 22 2 12 79 2 0 32 57 .292 .333 .415 .748 67.5 13.7
1985 33 COL NL 122 428 44 116 21 2 4 40 0 1 26 65 .271 .312 .357 .670 43.0 5.6
1986 34 COL NL 121 432 54 120 18 3 3 44 2 2 25 54 .278 .317 .354 .671 43.8 6.4
1987 35 COL NL 110 377 39 101 19 0 3 42 1 1 17 51 .268 .301 .342 .643 35.3 4.4
1988 36 MIN AL 60 197 14 49 7 0 0 25 1 0 8 36 .249 .275 .284 .560 13.9 0.2
12 Years Sim 1329 4405 506 1236 187 14 53 527 12 6 315 488 .281 .327 .365 .693 497.4 85.4
2 Years AAA 184 630 77 168 34 4 24 94 3 2 60 66 .267 .327 .448 .775 92.1  
1 Years AA 81 298 43 94 17 0 8 56 4 0 49 22 .315 .406 .453 .859 56.1  
3 Years Minors 265 928 120 262 51 4 32 150 7 2 109 88 .282 .354 .449 .803 148.2  
162 Game Average 536 61 150 22 1 6 64 1 0 38 59 .281 .327 .365 .693 60.6  
Career Highs 139 506 59 148 22 3 12 79 2 2 40 65 .309 .361 .415 .765 67.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2807 298 761 116 10 26 328 8 3 169 309 .271 .312 .347 .659 297.4
vs LH   1598 208 475 71 4 27 199 4 3 146 179 .297 .353 .397 .751 222.3
Home 660 2154 253 614 100 9 21 245 9 5 161 234 .285 .333 .369 .702 260.5
Away 669 2251 253 622 87 5 32 282 3 1 154 254 .276 .322 .362 .684 259.1
RISP   1146 0 322 59 2 14 449 0 0 80 131 .281 .320 .373 .693 136.3
Pinch Hitting   119 9 38 4 0 0 21 0 0 9 14 .319 .364 .353 .717 15.2
Close/Late   527 38 151 20 0 2 55 0 0 33 60 .287 .327 .336 .663 56.9
Mar/Apr 223 725 89 210 32 2 11 103 0 0 46 75 .290 .329 .385 .714 89.7
May 237 776 81 226 35 4 6 99 3 2 57 89 .291 .339 .370 .709 95.0
June 217 712 90 200 28 3 13 94 1 2 57 77 .281 .333 .383 .716 89.8
July 218 741 79 180 19 1 5 74 1 1 59 87 .243 .298 .291 .590 65.5
August 232 786 87 236 40 2 9 73 3 1 47 83 .300 .340 .391 .730 99.7
Sep/Oct 202 665 80 184 33 2 9 84 4 0 49 77 .277 .324 .373 .697 80.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 WAS NL C 81 75 662.3 294 52 5 0 .986 4.70 89 38 .427 1 4.0
    LF 17 14 115.0 20 1 1 0 .955 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 8 4 37.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16 0 0 .000 0  
1978 26 WAS NL C 62 56 488.3 211 27 2 0 .992 4.39 43 16 .372 2 2.0
    RF 17 7 88.0 27 1 1 1 .966 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 4 37.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
1979 27 WAS NL C 100 96 847.0 501 33 8 0 .985 5.67 60 19 .317 2 4.1
    LF 3 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 28 WAS NL C 59 56 483.7 283 23 6 0 .981 5.69 42 15 .357 0 2.1
    RF 14 13 112.0 25 0 2 0 .926 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 11 7 61.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0  
1981 29 WAS NL C 54 52 444.0 262 21 0 0 1.000 5.74 45 11 .244 0 2.7
    RF 7 2 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 1 1 .800 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 WAS NL C 70 67 589.3 391 45 1 1 .998 6.66 64 35 .547 0 4.4
    LF 14 7 81.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1983 31 COL NL C 132 123 1089.7 624 50 5 0 .993 5.57 90 41 .456 2 9.9
1984 32 COL NL C 126 124 1126.7 819 54 7 1 .992 6.97 107 37 .346 2 7.6
    RF 8 6 52.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1985 33 COL NL C 121 118 1037.0 768 44 2 1 .998 7.05 85 32 .376 3 7.9
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 COL NL C 114 112 986.3 719 59 2 0 .997 7.10 95 40 .421 0 7.9
    RF 7 3 33.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 2 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
1987 35 COL NL C 107 103 912.0 581 50 0 0 1.000 6.23 84 26 .310 4 5.9
    RF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 36 MIN AL C 57 51 459.0 336 28 5 1 .986 7.14 54 21 .389 2 3.0
    RF 3 3 25.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1083 1033 9125.3 5789 486 43 4 .993 6.19 858 331 .386 18 61.3
  RF 71 39 402.0 107 2 4 1 .965 2.44 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  LF 63 35 347.7 68 3 1 1 .986 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 1 1 .800 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1218 1107 9877.0 5968 491 49 7 .992 5.89 858 331 .386 18 63.3
Career Highs   136 130 1180.7 829 59 8 2 1.000 7.02 107 41 .547 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 27 WAS NL 5 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .059 .111 .059 .170
1981 29 WAS NL 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1982 30 WAS NL 5 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .300 .278 .578
1983 31 COL NL 6 25 1 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .320 .320 .440 .760
1984 32 COL NL 18 61 3 12 3 2 0 7 0 0 8 13 .197 .290 .311 .601
1986 34 COL NL 15 55 4 13 3 0 1 9 0 0 3 12 .236 .271 .345 .617
Career Post-Season Batting 53 186 10 40 10 2 1 19 0 0 14 34 .215 .269 .306 .575
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Washington in 1975
Injured on 8/12/1975 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/8/1977, off Jack Billingham (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1977, off Jerry Koosman (TOR)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,832,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/10/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,002 per year
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1983
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 4/28/1984
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Pittsburgh on 9/20/1984
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
7/1/1985: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,230,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/13/1985 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1985
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1986
Injured on 8/31/1987 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/11/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $3,098,765 per year
 
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