Muddy Ruel
1915–1934 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,468G
.275AVG
.365OBP
.332SLG
More career statistics
1,242H
4HR
534RBI
61SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 4,514 | 4,511 |
| Batting · Doubles | 187 | 190 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,292 | 5,296 |
| Batting · Runs | 493 | 495 |
| Batting · RBI | 534 | 536 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 61 | 62 |
| Batting · Walks | 606 | 610 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,468 | 5,292 | 4,514 | 493 | 1,242 | 187 | 29 | 4 | 534 | 606 | 238 | 61 | 59 | 29 | 0 | 1,499 | .275 | .365 | .332 | .697 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1924-06-26 to 1924-07-15
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1930-05-22 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1925-08-22 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1923-07-31 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 746 | 2614 | 665 | 1 | 297 | 298 | 109 | .299 | .368 | .361 |
| Away | 722 | 2682 | 577 | 3 | 239 | 312 | 129 | .253 | .331 | .306 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 145 | 511 | 104 | 0 | 47 | 51 | 24 | .234 | .303 | .270 |
| May | 281 | 1040 | 257 | 1 | 110 | 136 | 51 | .293 | .378 | .352 |
| June | 262 | 943 | 244 | 2 | 114 | 116 | 39 | .310 | .382 | .398 |
| July | 316 | 1122 | 260 | 1 | 116 | 117 | 48 | .271 | .336 | .334 |
| August | 240 | 872 | 195 | 0 | 64 | 100 | 39 | .259 | .338 | .304 |
| September | 214 | 770 | 172 | 0 | 83 | 89 | 36 | .263 | .339 | .304 |
| October | 10 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .289 | .343 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 217 | 798 | 185 | 1 | 81 | 100 | 26 | .274 | .357 | .342 |
| detroit-tigers | 210 | 771 | 195 | 1 | 80 | 86 | 25 | .294 | .364 | .364 |
| cleveland-guardians | 203 | 734 | 175 | 0 | 74 | 70 | 31 | .273 | .334 | .319 |
| st-louis-browns | 200 | 743 | 168 | 0 | 71 | 76 | 31 | .260 | .328 | .327 |
| chicago-white-sox | 197 | 715 | 175 | 0 | 66 | 102 | 35 | .300 | .387 | .362 |
| new-york-yankees | 190 | 652 | 149 | 1 | 62 | 85 | 41 | .274 | .359 | .320 |
| boston-red-sox | 167 | 604 | 143 | 0 | 85 | 62 | 29 | .276 | .339 | .317 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 84 | 279 | 52 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 20 | .217 | .290 | .271 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  St. Louis Browns | 11 | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1917 |  New York Yankees | 6 | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | .118 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Yankees | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Yankees | 79 | 233 | 56 | – | 30 | 4 | .240 | – | – |
| 1920 | New York Yankees | 82 | 261 | 70 | 1 | 14 | 4 | .268 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Boston Red Sox | 112 | 354 | 97 | 1 | 43 | 2 | .274 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox | 116 | 361 | 93 | – | 28 | 4 | .258 | – | – |
| 1923 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 136 | 450 | 142 | – | 60 | 4 | .316 | – | – |
| 1924 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 149 | 500 | 142 | – | 57 | 7 | .284 | – | – |
| 1925 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 127 | 393 | 123 | – | 54 | 4 | .313 | – | – |
| 1926 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 117 | 369 | 110 | 1 | 57 | 7 | .298 | – | – |
| 1927 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 131 | 428 | 132 | 1 | 52 | 9 | .308 | – | – |
| 1928 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 108 | 350 | 90 | – | 52 | 12 | .257 | – | – |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 69 | 188 | 46 | – | 17 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 66 | 198 | 50 | – | 26 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1931 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 47 | 133 | 31 | – | 10 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Detroit Tigers | 51 | 136 | 32 | – | 19 | 1 | .235 | – | – |
| 1933 | St. Louis Browns | 36 | 63 | 12 | – | 8 | – | .190 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 22 | 57 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .211 | – | – |