Nap Rucker
1907–1916 · bats R / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers
336G
.195AVG
.216OBP
.226SLG
More career statistics
157H
1HR
44RBI
2SB
134–134W–L
2,375.1IP
1,217K
2.42ERA
273GS
14SV
5Rare feats
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 | 805 | 804 |
| Batting · Hits | 157 | 158 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 64 | 117 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 858 | 856 |
| Batting · RBI | 44 | 45 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 21 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,441 | 9,619 |
| Pitching · p cg | 186 | 187 |
| Pitching · p er | 639 | 631 |
| Pitching · p gs | 273 | 274 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,089 | 2,090 |
| Pitching · p hr | 41 | 40 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,126 | 7,076 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,217 | 1,225 |
| Pitching · p r | 823 | 824 |
| Pitching · p w | 701 | 703 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | 858 | 805 | 44 | 157 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | .195 | .216 | .226 | .442 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,375.3 | 336 | 273 | 186 | 134 | 134 | 14 | 2,089 | 823 | 639 | 41 | 701 | 1,217 | 0 | 0 | 2.42 | 1.175 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1912-08-21 to 1913-04-09
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1909-07-24 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1908-09-05 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1908-06-22 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 167 | 401 | 76 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 59 | .201 | .204 | .238 |
| Away | 169 | 455 | 82 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 58 | .192 | .213 | .218 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .190 | .185 | .222 |
| May | 58 | 131 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | .154 | .191 | .179 |
| June | 57 | 155 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 26 | .159 | .187 | .196 |
| July | 63 | 158 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 19 | .204 | .215 | .238 |
| August | 59 | 150 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .246 | .247 | .275 |
| September | 63 | 175 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 28 | .195 | .200 | .231 |
| October | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .318 | .318 | .318 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 54 | 137 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | .246 | .255 | .269 |
| chicago-cubs | 53 | 132 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 19 | .176 | .220 | .208 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 49 | 121 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .226 | .223 | .235 |
| cincinnati-reds | 48 | 118 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | .120 | .119 | .130 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 115 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | .222 | .235 | .269 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 45 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | .202 | .226 | .237 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 40 | 109 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | .173 | .174 | .240 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 37 | 97 | 16 | – | 7 | – | .165 | 274 | 135 |
| 1908 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 117 | 21 | – | 6 | 1 | .179 | 324 | 201 |
| 1909 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 38 | 101 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 309 | 201 |
| 1910 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 41 | 109 | 23 | – | 3 | – | .211 | 317 | 148 |
| 1911 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 104 | 21 | 1 | 9 | – | .202 | 314 | 190 |
| 1912 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 45 | 102 | 25 | – | 11 | 1 | .245 | 295 | 152 |
| 1913 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 41 | 87 | 21 | – | – | – | .241 | 260 | 111 |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 34 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .265 | 103 | 35 |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 19 | 42 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .214 | 123 | 38 |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 9 | 11 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .091 | 37 | 14 |