Kirk Rueter stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 2005

Starting Pitcher · #46

Age 55 · 6' 3"

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Kirk Rueter played 13 MLB seasons, 1993 to 2005.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
340
W
130
L
92
ERA
4.27
IP
1,918.0
K
818
BB
582
WHIP
1.39

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1993WSH14802.7385.231181.20
1994WSH20735.1792.150231.40
1995WSH9533.2347.12890.99
1996WSH/SF20683.97102.046271.33
1997SF321363.45190.2115511.28
1998SF331694.36187.2102571.33
1999SF3315105.41184.294551.48
2000SF321193.96184.071621.45
2001SF3414124.42195.183661.43
2002SF331483.23203.276541.27
2003SF271054.53147.041471.48
2004SF339124.73190.156661.53
2005SF20275.95107.125471.66

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
8
W
1
L
1
ERA
3.79
IP
40.1
K
17
BB
11
WHIP
1.31

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
162
CG
4
SHO
1
K/9
3.8
GB
559
FB
574
G/F
1.00
WP
24

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1993WSH7103.30000
1994WSH5004.90002
1995WSH3115.30000
1996WSH/SF8004.10002
1997SF21005.40003
1998SF15104.90006
1999SF17104.60002
2000SF19003.50001
2001SF16003.80001
2002SF19003.40003
2003SF14002.50000
2004SF13002.63733441.11
2005SF5002.11862300.83

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
55 yearsDec 1, 1970
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1993
Birthplace
Centralia, IL
College
Murray State

Latest performance

Kirk Rueter

Jul 29 · @ MIL · W 7-6

IP
3.2
H
7
R
5
ER
5
BB
2
K
1
HR
1
ERA
5.95

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Fri, Jul 29atMILW 7-63.27551
Sat, Jul 23vsMIAL 16-43.18870
Mon, Jul 18vsATLL 6-151110
Mon, Jul 04vsCINL 11-1049772
Wed, Jun 29atARIW 4-253212
Thu, Jun 23vsARIL 7-26.27334

What were Kirk Rueter's career stats?

Kirk Rueter played 13 seasons for the Nationals and the Giants. He had 130 wins and 818 strikeouts with a 4.27 ERA over 1,918.0 innings. His best season was 1998: 16 wins, a 4.36 ERA and 102 strikeouts.

More on Kirk Rueter

Playoff series

Kirk Rueter played 6 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 1 won, 3 lost.

Kirk Rueter's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2003MIALost 0-115.0322
2002ATLLost 0-113.0761
2002STLWon 2-0211.01553
2002LAALost 1-1210.01035

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Kirk Rueter’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.