C Steve Rucker #51
Indianapolis Black Jacks EWB
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
01/03/2024
BNN Index | EWB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C STEVE RUCKER #51 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
45 119 29 7 0 3 19 17 14 .244 .338 .378 0 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 3 3 3 3
Gap 3 4 3 3
Power 3 3 3 3
Eye 3 3 2 3
Avoid K's 4 4 4 4
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 2
Errors: - 3 4
Arm: 8 3 4
Turn DP: - 1 -
Ability: 6 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 7 Left Field: 2
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 3
Stealing Ability: 4
Baserunning Inst.: 3
Sacrifice Bunt: 9
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/23/2023 @ DAL Win, 1-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/22/2023 @ DAL Win, 3-0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
10/01/2023 ELP Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/2023 @ STL Loss, 7-10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/14/2023 @ HOU Loss, 7-9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/05/2023 MIA Win, 7-3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
09/04/2023 MIA Loss, 7-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/30/2023 @ MIN Win, 5-4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/27/2023 CLE Loss, 6-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/2023 CLE Win, 6-4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/23/1992
Born in:Westminster, CO
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$400,000
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:1 Year, 149 Days
Service This Yr:183 Days
40-Man Service:5 Years, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet eligible
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2015, 14th Pick in Round 8
EARL WEAVER BASEBALL LEAGUE 2023 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 45 119 29 7 0 3 19 13 17 14 .244 .338 .378 .716 .310 .134 91
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 32 140 0 0 0 4 4 0 45 10 0 0 0.0 15.4 4.26 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   38 7 1 0 1 7 4 6 2 0 1 0 .184 .295 .289 .585
Versus Right   81 22 6 0 2 12 9 11 12 0 3 0 .272 .359 .420 .778
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   13 5 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 .385 .467 .538 1.005
May   25 7 1 0 1 7 1 4 1 0 2 0 .280 .379 .440 .819
June   25 7 1 0 1 4 5 4 5 0 1 0 .280 .379 .440 .819
July   23 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 .174 .240 .261 .501
August   25 4 1 0 1 2 3 4 6 0 0 0 .160 .276 .320 .596
September   8 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
October   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   26 7 1 0 1 5 4 3 6 0 1 0 .269 .345 .423 .768
Postseason   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Last Year   119 29 7 0 3 19 13 17 14 0 4 0 .244 .338 .378 .716
2 Years Ago   37 11 4 0 2 5 6 3 4 0 1 1 .297 .366 .568 .933
Career   170 45 13 0 7 31 22 21 18 0 5 1 .265 .349 .465 .814
Home   57 17 6 0 0 8 6 6 3 0 3 0 .298 .365 .404 .769
Road   62 12 1 0 3 11 7 11 11 0 1 0 .194 .315 .355 .670
Grass   107 26 6 0 3 19 10 15 11 0 4 0 .243 .336 .383 .719
Turf   12 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690
Night   119 29 7 0 3 19 13 17 14 0 4 0 .244 .338 .378 .716
As Starter   112 26 7 0 2 16 12 15 13 0 3 0 .232 .323 .348 .671
As Reliever / Substitution   7 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 .429 .556 .857 1.413
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   28 9 2 0 2 4 5 7 4 0 3 0 .321 .457 .607 1.064
Inning 1-3   36 7 1 0 0 6 3 4 4 0 0 0 .194 .275 .222 .497
Inning 4-6   45 9 2 0 1 7 4 5 5 0 1 0 .200 .280 .311 .591
Inning 7-9   35 12 4 0 2 6 6 6 4 0 3 0 .343 .439 .629 1.068
Extra Innings   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
0 Outs   48 10 4 0 2 5 7 6 5 0 4 0 .208 .296 .417 .713
1 Outs   30 10 2 0 1 9 5 7 6 0 0 0 .333 .459 .500 .959
2 Outs   41 9 1 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 0 0 .220 .289 .244 .533
Scoring Position   33 12 1 0 2 18 6 7 2 0 2 0 .364 .475 .576 1.051
Bases Empty   65 13 5 0 1 1 7 8 11 0 0 0 .200 .288 .323 .611
Runner on 1st   21 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 .190 .261 .238 .499
Runner on 2nd   10 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
Runner on 3rd   4 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .750 1.417
Runner on 1st & 2nd   10 4 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 .400 .500 .700 1.200
Runner on 1st & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 .750 1.550
Bases Loaded   3 2 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
Two Strikes   54 11 4 0 1 6 6 8 14 0 0 0 .204 .306 .333 .640
First Pitch   21 6 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 .286 .286 .476 .762
Count 0-1   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   8 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-0   12 5 1 0 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .750 1.167
Count 1-1   9 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .444 .778
Count 1-2   18 5 2 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .278 .278 .556 .833
Count 2-0   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-1   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-2   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .750 .000 .750
Count 3-1   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .500 .800 .500 1.300
Full Count   17 5 2 0 0 1 3 8 5 0 0 0 .294 .520 .412 .932
Behind in Count   33 6 2 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 .182 .182 .333 .515
Ahead in Count   28 9 1 0 1 8 2 9 0 0 0 0 .321 .486 .464 .951
Batting 4th   7 2 0 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .286 .500 .714 1.214
Batting 6th   23 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 .217 .217 .217 .435
Batting 7th   79 19 6 0 1 8 10 8 10 0 2 0 .241 .310 .354 .665
Batting 8th   6 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 .333 .636 .500 1.136
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 1.000 1.400
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
2019 Indianapolis - EWB 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 100 0.0
2020 Indianapolis - EWB 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -125 -0.0
2021 Indianapolis - EWB 28 6 13 5 2 0 2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .429 1.000 1.429 260 261 0.3
2022 Indianapolis - EWB 29 12 37 11 4 0 2 5 6 3 1 0 4 0 0 .297 .366 .568 .933 143 140 0.1
2023 Indianapolis - EWB 30 45 119 29 7 0 3 19 13 17 0 0 14 0 0 .244 .338 .378 .716 92 91 0.3
Total EWB 65 170 45 13 0 7 31 22 21 1 0 18 0 0 .265 .349 .465 .814 114 113 0.6
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
2014 Total - 21 42 194 55 3 0 4 41 48 12 3 3 31 24 8 .284 .330 .361 .691 100 100 0.0
2015 Helena - R 22 24 74 21 2 1 1 10 16 13 0 1 16 0 0 .284 .386 .378 .765 121 114 0.0
2015 Adjuntas - R 22 94 308 87 13 0 12 41 40 35 2 1 67 0 3 .282 .358 .442 .800 127 127 0.0
2015 Greenville - R 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -118 0.0
2015 Total - R 22 119 386 108 15 1 13 51 56 48 2 2 84 0 3 .280 .361 .425 .786 0 0 0.0
2016 Helena - R 23 104 410 119 20 0 11 57 65 51 13 2 70 0 0 .290 .384 .420 .804 123 123 0.0
2016 Adjuntas - R 23 6 22 15 1 0 3 13 12 10 0 0 2 0 0 .682 .781 1.136 1.918 418 389 0.0
2016 Total - R 23 110 432 134 21 0 14 70 77 61 13 2 72 0 0 .310 .409 .456 .865 0 0 0.0
2016 West Virginia - A 23 15 61 11 0 0 2 11 11 9 0 1 15 0 0 .180 .282 .279 .560 54 52 0.0
2016 Brevard County - A 23 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 61 61 0.0
2016 Total - A 23 17 71 14 0 0 2 11 12 9 0 1 17 0 0 .197 .284 .282 .566 0 0 0.0
2017 Huntsville - AA 24 130 479 130 26 1 16 77 54 41 7 2 78 1 0 .271 .336 .430 .767 110 112 0.0
2018 Huntsville - AA 25 98 383 89 21 2 11 50 54 37 5 1 66 0 0 .232 .308 .384 .691 85 86 0.0
2018 Nashville - AAA 25 16 62 20 8 0 2 12 7 4 0 0 7 0 0 .323 .364 .548 .912 141 144 0.0
2019 Huntsville - AA 26 2 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 .333 .444 .333 .778 118 126 0.0
2019 Nashville - AAA 26 90 263 62 14 3 5 28 33 25 5 0 50 0 0 .236 .314 .369 .683 78 76 0.0
2020 Nashville - AAA 27 107 381 114 25 1 12 48 64 42 7 1 49 2 0 .299 .378 .465 .843 122 119 0.0
2021 Nashville - AAA 28 85 297 80 17 0 8 34 47 27 3 2 40 1 1 .269 .334 .407 .742 100 102 0.0
2022 Nashville - AAA 29 101 372 119 23 1 13 59 50 25 6 6 47 2 1 .320 .367 .492 .859 127 122 0.0
Total PCL 399 1375 395 87 5 40 181 201 123 21 9 193 5 2 .287 .353 .445 .798 111 109
Total SL 230 868 221 47 3 27 128 109 80 12 4 147 1 0 .255 .325 .409 .734 99 100
Total FLO 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 61 61
Total SOU 15 61 11 0 0 2 11 11 9 0 1 15 0 0 .180 .282 .279 .560 54 52
Total APP 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -118
Total PRL 100 330 102 14 0 15 54 52 45 2 1 69 0 3 .309 .394 .488 .882 151 149
Total PIO 128 484 140 22 1 12 67 81 64 13 3 86 0 0 .289 .385 .413 .798 122 122
CAREER POSTSEASON 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
2023 Indianapolis - EWB 30 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0.0
Total EWB 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 146 162
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2019 Indianapolis - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 Indianapolis - MLB C 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2021 Indianapolis - MLB C 4 3 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 26.2 5.06 -0.6 .000 0 2 0 0.0
2021 Indianapolis - MLB LF 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 11.2 2.31 -0.0 .983
2022 Indianapolis - MLB C 3 3 18 3 0 21 0 1.000 26.0 7.27 +0.1 1.057 0 1 0 0.0
2022 Indianapolis - MLB LF 9 8 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 67.0 1.75 -2.1 .772
2023 Indianapolis - MLB C 31 30 227 12 2 241 2 .992 272.0 7.91 -0.6 1.185 3 27 4 14.8
2023 Indianapolis - MLB LF 12 2 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 41.2 2.38 -1.5 .828
2023 Indianapolis - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 39 36 263 15 2 280 2 .993 328.2 7.61 -1.1 1.065 3 30 4 13.3
TOTAL LF 25 11 26 1 0 27 0 1.000 122.1 1.99 -3.7 .818
TOTAL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2015 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 2 (2); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 1 (2).
03/01/2015 Drafted in the 2015 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 14, 262nd overall pick) by the Cleveland Rockers, out of college (Colorado Christian).
04/05/2015 Released by the Cleveland organization.
04/06/2015 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Indianapolis Black Jacks organization.
05/07/2015 Injured (virus), out for 3 days.
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 2 (3); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 2 (2).
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 2 (3); Eye: 2 (2).
05/10/2017 Injured (hamstring tightness), day-to-day for 4 days.
06/20/2017 Was selected to the 2017 Southern League All-Star Game.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 2 (3); Eye: 2 (2).
05/28/2018 Injured on 05/27/2018, diagnosed with a tight hamstring, is day-to-day.
06/18/2018 Wins the SL SL Player of the Week Award.
08/21/2018 Injured (strained groin), out for 4 weeks.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 2 (2).
05/04/2019 Injured (hamstring tightness), day-to-day for 1 day.
11/25/2019 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 2 (2).
07/30/2020 Goes 5-6 against the Oklahoma Fisher Cats, with 2 2B, 0 RBI and 3 R.
11/30/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 3 (2).
12/03/2021 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 2 (3).
07/10/2022 Was selected to the 2022 Pacific Coast League All-Star Game.
08/21/2022 Goes 5-5 against the Key West Desperados, with 2 RBI and 2 R.
11/30/2022 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 2 (3).
10/30/2023 Won the 2023 Earl Weaver Baseball League World Series with the Indianapolis Black Jacks!
11/24/2023 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 3 (3).
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