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Ruppert
Jones		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 12, 1955 in Usa, TX, DALLAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1979    1980    1988    1990   
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
1976 21 LAD NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 22 LAD NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1978 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1979 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1980 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1981 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1982 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1983 28 CLN NL $ 914,286   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1984 29 CLN NL $ 968,571   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1985 30 CLN NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
1986 31 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1987 32 DET AL $ 612,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
1988 33 IND AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1989 34 IND AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 5
1990 35 IND AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
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
1976 21 AA   114 424 71 102 24 4 20 56 5 5 71 57 .241 .349 .458 .807 69.8  
1977 22 AAA   4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.7  
    AA   133 501 76 141 29 7 29 93 5 2 80 71 .281 .380 .541 .921 100.8  
1978 23 LAD NL 34 74 15 14 3 2 2 11 1 0 10 9 .189 .282 .365 .647 8.8 1.3
    AAA   24 102 11 24 9 0 3 9 0 0 9 16 .235 .297 .412 .709 12.4  
1979 24 CLN NL 145 562 62 113 22 3 12 52 5 2 64 95 .201 .281 .315 .596 50.7 3.5
1980 25 CLN NL 128 475 46 104 26 3 8 36 5 3 44 74 .219 .285 .337 .622 43.1 3.3
    AAA   4 17 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .529 .918 2.9  
1981 26 CLN NL 26 87 12 23 7 1 2 16 0 1 15 9 .264 .365 .437 .802 13.9 3.1
    AAA   133 518 81 160 33 8 33 98 1 2 79 65 .309 .400 .595 .995 114.6  
1982 27 CLN NL 54 114 28 31 7 1 5 21 4 2 9 11 .272 .320 .482 .802 17.5 3.1
    AAA   25 99 19 28 6 1 5 21 3 1 13 6 .283 .366 .515 .881 18.4  
1983 28 CLN NL 41 114 18 32 5 0 3 15 0 0 12 17 .281 .346 .404 .750 15.1 2.5
1984 29 CLN NL 104 331 41 87 11 5 10 63 1 1 30 49 .263 .322 .417 .738 45.4 9.7
1985 30 CLN NL 109 389 39 86 18 3 8 52 0 0 31 66 .221 .274 .344 .618 39.0 4.9
1986 31 AAA   136 498 76 136 25 2 29 98 9 2 69 87 .273 .362 .506 .868 91.5  
1987 32 DET AL 113 379 42 91 29 4 8 45 4 2 26 85 .240 .291 .401 .692 41.5 5.9
1988 33 IND AL 155 572 71 141 35 4 14 72 5 2 60 136 .247 .319 .395 .714 70.4 8.7
1989 34 IND AL 146 503 54 117 34 1 18 68 6 6 48 126 .233 .300 .412 .712 63.2 6.8
1990 35 IND AL 158 527 61 121 24 3 18 80 6 1 48 138 .230 .290 .389 .679 62.2 9.4
12 Years Sim 1213 4127 489 960 221 30 108 531 37 20 397 815 .233 .299 .379 .678 470.8 62.4
6 Years AAA 326 1248 189 356 76 11 70 228 14 5 173 180 .285 .371 .532 .903 240.6  
2 Years AA 247 925 147 243 53 11 49 149 10 7 151 128 .263 .365 .503 .868 170.6  
8 Years Minors 573 2173 336 599 129 22 119 377 24 12 324 308 .276 .368 .520 .888 411.2  
162 Game Average 551 65 128 29 4 14 70 4 2 53 108 .233 .299 .379 .678 62.9  
Career Highs 158 572 71 141 35 5 18 80 6 6 64 138 .281 .365 .482 .802 70.4  
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   2938 348 696 157 25 70 369 31 11 272 551 .237 .300 .379 .679 341.1
vs LH   1189 141 264 64 5 38 162 6 9 125 264 .222 .296 .380 .676 136.4
Home 611 2045 252 483 115 13 48 275 24 11 221 397 .236 .309 .376 .685 244.9
Away 602 2082 237 477 106 17 60 256 13 9 176 418 .229 .288 .383 .671 232.6
RISP   963 0 244 45 6 34 393 0 0 108 190 .253 .319 .418 .738 134.8
Pinch Hitting   57 7 16 2 2 2 12 0 0 6 10 .281 .349 .491 .840 9.5
Close/Late   479 54 115 20 6 8 57 0 0 58 93 .240 .320 .357 .677 57.4
Mar/Apr 158 556 59 130 31 2 15 72 5 2 66 100 .234 .313 .378 .691 68.8
May 198 681 97 163 29 5 22 88 4 2 66 130 .239 .305 .394 .698 84.1
June 217 718 77 158 37 7 15 77 10 5 77 149 .220 .295 .354 .649 77.6
July 190 641 75 152 35 6 19 88 4 3 54 123 .237 .297 .399 .696 76.0
August 229 781 89 180 48 5 18 94 6 4 67 162 .230 .290 .374 .664 85.1
Sep/Oct 221 750 92 177 41 5 19 112 8 4 67 151 .236 .297 .380 .677 86.0
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
1978 23 LAD NL CF 27 23 196.0 52 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 5 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1979 24 CLN NL LF 142 137 1188.7 264 12 1 4 .996 2.09 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 25 CLN NL LF 127 126 1063.3 230 6 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 8 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 CLN NL CF 26 26 225.7 58 5 0 2 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1982 27 CLN NL RF 14 11 111.0 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 14 12 106.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 15 0 23.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.80 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 3.7 1 1 1 0 .667 4.92 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 CLN NL CF 15 10 100.7 32 3 0 1 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 14 11 99.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 8 66.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.09 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 29 CLN NL RF 86 86 728.3 152 7 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 5 5 43.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 3 39.3 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.97 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 CLN NL RF 63 63 550.3 105 4 1 0 .991 1.78 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 45 42 380.3 88 3 1 1 .989 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 32 DET AL LF 76 74 624.7 138 5 0 0 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 36 31 279.0 99 1 3 1 .971 3.23 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 IND AL LF 151 147 1328.0 276 9 0 4 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 5 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 34 IND AL CF 136 131 1166.0 315 12 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    2B 3 3 28.0 7 6 0 2 1.000 4.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 16.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 10.0 10 1 1 2 .917 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 35 IND AL CF 153 146 1286.0 387 9 2 4 .995 2.77 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 528 510 4439.0 947 35 1 10 .999 1.99 0 0 .000 0 14.0
  CF 478 412 3719.6 1065 34 6 9 .995 2.66 0 0 .000 0 12.0
  RF 186 172 1511.0 321 13 1 0 .997 1.99 0 0 .000 0 6.1
  2B 4 3 29.0 7 6 0 2 1.000 4.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1 1 10.0 10 1 1 2 .917 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 3.7 1 1 1 0 .667 4.92 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1203 1098 9718.3 2351 93 10 24 .996 2.26 1 0 .000 0 32.2
Career Highs   156 147 1337.0 387 19 3 4 1.000 2.76 1 0 .000 0  
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
1982 27 CLN NL 13 37 6 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 5 6 .189 .279 .324 .603
1983 28 CLN NL 12 41 6 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 8 .171 .255 .268 .524
1984 29 CLN NL 13 46 6 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 13 .174 .269 .326 .595
Career Post-Season Batting 38 124 18 22 4 0 4 16 0 0 16 27 .177 .268 .306 .574
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1988-9-155
1990-2-158
 Strikeouts
1988-10-136
1990-5-138
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. John Hale (960)
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  3. Roger Repoz (952)
  4. George Altman (947)
  5. Lou Clinton (942)
  6. Don Baylor (935)
  7. Joe Lis (934)
  8. Harry Anderson (931)
  9. Lloyd Moseby (923)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1976
Injured on 4/27/1976 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/5/1978, off Tom Johnson (SEM)
Injured on 5/28/1978 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1978, off Mike Norris (MIL)
Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland (N) on 2/22/1979 (Going to CLN: CF Ruppert Jones. Going to LAD: P Dave Pagan, 1B Tony Solaita)
Injured on 4/24/1979 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1979
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1980
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 5/6/1981 with a Bruised Foot, out for 6 days
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $914,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $968,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/22/1984
Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 8/1/1984
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/3/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $612,000 per year
9/22/1987: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Indianapolis on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: P John Fulgham, LF Ruppert Jones, 3B Joe Lefebvre, P Greg Minton. Going to DET: 1B Eddie Murray, C Tim Blackwell)
Hit for the cycle against Milwaukee on 6/29/1988
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1988
Injured on 7/20/1989 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1990
 
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