Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1993
- College
- Murray State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1993
- College
- Murray State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 340
- W
- 130
- L
- 92
- ERA
- 4.27
- IP
- 1918.0
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | WSH | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 | 85.2 | 31 | 18 | 1.20 |
| 1994 | WSH | 20 | 7 | 3 | 5.17 | 92.1 | 50 | 23 | 1.40 |
| 1995 | WSH | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.23 | 47.1 | 28 | 9 | 0.99 |
| 1996 |  WSH/SF | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3.97 | 102.0 | 46 | 27 | 1.33 |
| 1997 | SF | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3.45 | 190.2 | 115 | 51 | 1.28 |
| 1998 | SF | 33 | 16 | 9 | 4.36 | 187.2 | 102 | 57 | 1.33 |
| 1999 | SF | 33 | 15 | 10 | 5.41 | 184.2 | 94 | 55 | 1.48 |
| 2000 | SF | 32 | 11 | 9 | 3.96 | 184.0 | 71 | 62 | 1.45 |
| 2001 | SF | 34 | 14 | 12 | 4.42 | 195.1 | 83 | 66 | 1.43 |
| 2002 | SF | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3.23 | 203.2 | 76 | 54 | 1.27 |
| 2003 | SF | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4.53 | 147.0 | 41 | 47 | 1.48 |
| 2004 | SF | 33 | 9 | 12 | 4.73 | 190.1 | 56 | 66 | 1.53 |
| 2005 | SF | 20 | 2 | 7 | 5.95 | 107.1 | 25 | 47 | 1.66 |
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) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | WSH | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | WSH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | WSH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | WSH/SF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | SF | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | SF | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1999 | SF | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | SF | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | SF | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | SF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | SF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 373 | 344 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2005 | SF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 186 | 230 | 0.8 | 3 |
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.
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