Johnny Rucker
1940–1946 · bats L / throws R · New York Giants
705G
.272AVG
.302OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
711H
21HR
214RBI
35SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,769 | 2,768 |
| Batting · RBI | 214 | 216 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 705 | 2,769 | 2,617 | 354 | 711 | 105 | 39 | 21 | 214 | 109 | 248 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 957 | .272 | .302 | .366 | .668 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1945-04-17 to 1945-05-09
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1940-09-29 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1945-06-24 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1941-07-06 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 349 | 1322 | 332 | 18 | 110 | 46 | 115 | .264 | .286 | .364 |
| Away | 356 | 1446 | 379 | 3 | 106 | 63 | 133 | .278 | .306 | .367 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 234 | 57 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 20 | .265 | .308 | .367 |
| May | 108 | 401 | 103 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 25 | .272 | .297 | .344 |
| June | 135 | 570 | 156 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 56 | .293 | .321 | .419 |
| July | 105 | 344 | 86 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 29 | .261 | .288 | .356 |
| August | 147 | 554 | 134 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 59 | .256 | .280 | .328 |
| September | 154 | 662 | 175 | 7 | 55 | 16 | 58 | .275 | .289 | .370 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 108 | 447 | 112 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 36 | .273 | .313 | .398 |
| boston-braves | 106 | 440 | 122 | 6 | 38 | 13 | 33 | .290 | .307 | .399 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 103 | 404 | 94 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 43 | .245 | .272 | .333 |
| cincinnati-reds | 102 | 395 | 103 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 31 | .275 | .304 | .340 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 100 | 397 | 120 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 24 | .316 | .325 | .403 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 96 | 336 | 76 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 44 | .239 | .268 | .311 |
| chicago-cubs | 90 | 349 | 84 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 37 | .255 | .275 | .361 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  New York Giants | 86 | 277 | 82 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .296 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Giants | 143 | 622 | 179 | 1 | 42 | 8 | .288 | – | – |
| 1943 | New York Giants | 132 | 505 | 138 | 2 | 48 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1944 | New York Giants | 144 | 587 | 143 | 6 | 39 | 8 | .244 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Giants | 105 | 429 | 117 | 7 | 51 | 7 | .273 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Giants | 95 | 197 | 52 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .264 | – | – |