Ruppert
Pena
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 4, 1948 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 NO FL $ 300,000 4 7 6 3 3 3 5 7 6 0 0 0 3 4 3 3 2 2
1974 25 NO FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3
1975 26 NO FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 3 3 9 11 10 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 2 3
1976 27 NO FL $ 1,045,000 5 7 6 3 4 3 9 11 10 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 3 3
1977 28 NO FL $ 1,045,000 5 7 7 3 4 4 9 11 10 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 3 3
1978 29 NO FL $ 1,296,071 5 7 7 3 4 4 11 13 12 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 3 3
1979 30 NO FL $ 3,500,000 5 8 7 3 4 4 11 13 12 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 3 3
1980 31 AUS FL $ 3,500,000 5 8 7 3 4 4 11 13 12 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 7 6 3 3 3 5 7 6 0 0 0 3 4 3 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000 5 8 7 3 4 4 11 13 12 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 32 PHX JL $ 3,500,000   19 19 17 2 2 2 13 15 14 10 12 11 11 8 9
1982 33 DM FL $ 2,250,000   19 19 17 3 3 3 14 16 16 10 12 12 11 9 9
1983 34 NO FL $ 2,250,000   17 17 15 3 3 3 14 16 15 9 11 11 10 8 8
1984 35 NO FL $ 2,250,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 6 5 9 11 11 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,250,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 6 5 9 11 11 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   19 19 17 3 3 3 14 16 16 10 12 12 11 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 NO FL 15 55 8 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 20 .236 .300 .327 .627 4.9 0.3
    AAA   147 651 94 212 21 8 3 42 21 27 50 162 .326 .374 .396 .770 87.8  
1974 25 NO FL 156 609 87 190 17 9 0 58 10 7 29 100 .312 .348 .369 .717 74.8 14.0
1975 26 NO FL 156 559 76 157 18 2 1 43 6 8 43 93 .281 .345 .326 .670 61.8 10.0
1976 27 NO FL 151 595 64 152 10 7 2 36 7 8 40 116 .255 .305 .306 .611 52.1 5.7
1977 28 NO FL 151 578 79 148 23 5 2 41 12 12 51 98 .256 .324 .324 .647 58.0 7.1
1978 29 NO FL 154 582 75 167 16 7 1 47 25 17 49 87 .287 .345 .344 .689 68.6 12.7
1979 30 NO FL 154 555 61 157 17 8 3 63 23 31 49 97 .283 .343 .359 .701 63.3 9.2
1980 31 NO FL 36 106 7 25 3 2 0 13 2 2 6 25 .236 .289 .302 .591 8.8 0.7
  AUS FL 96 201 20 63 9 3 1 28 3 4 19 40 .313 .381 .403 .784 29.2 6.0
  TOT   132 307 27 88 12 5 1 41 5 6 25 65 .287 .350 .368 .718 38.0 6.6
1981 32 AUS FL 55 97 11 21 6 1 0 11 0 2 7 21 .216 .274 .299 .573 7.0 0.0
  PHX JL 27 59 10 25 3 1 1 9 0 1 8 11 .424 .493 .559 1.052 13.5 3.7
  TOT   82 156 21 46 9 2 1 20 0 3 15 32 .295 .358 .397 .756 20.5 3.7
    AAA   44 155 23 56 6 1 2 17 7 3 22 40 .361 .441 .452 .892 30.0  
1982 33 DM FL 146 445 65 154 33 5 0 61 20 16 37 80 .346 .402 .443 .844 71.4 16.2
1983 34 DM FL 29 96 12 26 7 3 0 13 6 4 5 19 .271 .311 .406 .717 11.5 1.6
  MAN FL 43 103 12 27 9 1 1 16 6 4 4 26 .262 .291 .398 .689 11.8 1.4
  NO FL 53 135 23 50 5 4 2 15 8 6 14 31 .370 .428 .511 .939 27.2 6.2
  TOT   125 334 47 103 21 8 3 44 20 14 23 76 .308 .353 .446 .800 50.6 9.2
    AAA   10 35 5 15 2 0 2 8 1 0 3 6 .429 .474 .657 1.131 9.1  
1984 35 NO FL 76 216 29 57 9 6 0 22 1 1 20 52 .264 .333 .361 .694 25.9 3.9
    AAA   31 114 15 28 5 0 1 8 4 3 24 28 .246 .377 .316 .693 15.7  
12 Years Sim 1498 4991 639 1432 187 64 15 481 129 123 386 916 .287 .343 .359 .702 590.0 98.9
4 Years AAA 232 955 137 311 34 9 8 75 33 33 99 236 .326 .392 .405 .798 142.6  
162 Game Average 539 69 154 20 6 1 52 13 13 41 99 .287 .343 .359 .702 63.8  
Career Highs 156 609 87 190 33 9 3 63 25 31 51 116 .346 .402 .446 .844 74.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3568 494 1103 146 46 12 370 102 98 300 594 .309 .367 .386 .753 472.1
vs LH   1423 145 329 41 18 3 111 28 25 86 322 .231 .281 .292 .573 107.3
Home 750 2430 279 657 92 34 9 237 62 58 188 457 .270 .329 .347 .677 261.9
Away 748 2561 360 775 95 30 6 244 68 65 198 459 .303 .356 .370 .727 317.5
RISP   1177 0 345 56 12 1 432 0 0 97 221 .293 .346 .364 .710 145.3
Pinch Hitting   180 30 54 6 3 1 20 3 5 17 34 .300 .363 .383 .747 23.5
Close/Late   667 81 193 27 14 5 79 0 0 58 137 .289 .350 .394 .744 88.9
Mar/Apr 269 931 112 265 33 13 0 94 21 29 52 161 .285 .323 .348 .671 95.0
May 270 884 99 245 29 15 3 80 24 23 80 161 .277 .345 .354 .699 102.6
June 252 829 98 238 38 8 3 84 18 11 63 152 .287 .343 .363 .706 98.9
July 237 786 101 213 31 11 2 84 16 14 69 149 .271 .335 .346 .681 88.0
August 222 755 107 229 28 8 3 75 29 23 55 132 .303 .354 .374 .728 93.9
Sep/Oct 248 806 122 242 28 9 4 64 22 23 67 161 .300 .361 .372 .733 101.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 24 NO FL CF 15 15 120.7 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.98 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1974 25 NO FL CF 153 153 1311.3 329 15 2 5 .994 2.36 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 26 NO FL CF 149 146 1252.0 354 10 1 4 .997 2.62 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    RF 13 0 19.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.12 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1976 27 NO FL CF 145 145 1219.0 360 14 0 4 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 28 NO FL LF 121 120 1065.3 193 5 8 2 .961 1.67 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 30 25 224.0 62 3 1 0 .985 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 29 NO FL CF 148 148 1279.7 340 15 2 3 .994 2.50 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 30 NO FL CF 148 147 1310.7 347 9 6 1 .983 2.44 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 6 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 NO FL LF 12 8 88.2 18 1 1 0 .950 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 9 6 77.5 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 8 6 62.9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 1 8.1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.44 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL LF 32 21 172.5 34 1 2 1 .946 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 24 17 151.5 41 2 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 22 15 123.1 21 0 1 0 .955 1.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 1 15.9 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   LF 44 29 260.7 52 2 3 1 .947 1.86   1.4
      CF 33 23 229.0 62 3 0 0 1.000 2.55   0.0
      RF 30 21 186.0 31 0 1 0 .969 1.50   0.0
      SS 4 2 24.0 5 5 0 2 1.000 3.75   0.1
1981 32 AUS FL RF 11 7 62.1 13 1 2 0 .875 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 11 6 58.6 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 9 5 45.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHX JL RF 6 4 39.2 8 0 1 0 .889 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 3 37.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 3 28.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 17 11 101.3 21 1 3 0 .880 1.95   0.7
      CF 17 9 95.6 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.0
      LF 13 8 74.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
1982 33 DM FL LF 90 90 773.3 163 5 5 0 .971 1.96 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 33 4 88.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 17 5 68.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0  
1983 34 DM FL RF 10 9 90.8 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 10 5 64.1 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 4 52.8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MAN FL RF 14 13 97.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 14 7 68.5 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 9 7 56.4 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NO FL RF 17 16 134.0 33 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 17 8 94.6 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 11 8 77.9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 41 38 321.8 79 4 0 0 1.000 2.32   2.5
      CF 41 20 227.2 58 0 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.0
      LF 26 19 187.1 41 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
1984 35 NO FL RF 54 52 432.0 97 2 2 0 .980 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 4 4 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 2 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 916 839 7391.8 2009 71 12 17 .994 2.53 0 0 .000 0 20.7
  LF 307 268 2399.1 475 12 16 3 .968 1.83 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  RF 180 127 1144.4 255 8 6 0 .978 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.3
  SS 5 2 26.0 5 5 0 2 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1410 1236 10966.0 2747 96 34 22 .988 2.33 0 0 .000 0 31.3
Career Highs   164 153 1318.7 364 15 9 5 1.000 2.98 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 24 NO FL 4 21 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .286 .318 .381 .699
1974 25 NO FL 15 59 8 24 2 4 1 9 1 1 4 4 .407 .446 .627 1.073
1975 26 NO FL 16 54 7 14 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 13 .259 .333 .296 .630
1980 31 AUS FL 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .300 .222 .522
1983 34 NO FL 8 26 2 11 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 9 .423 .444 .615 1.060
Career Post-Season Batting 45 169 23 57 5 7 1 16 4 1 11 31 .337 .386 .467 .853
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1974-6-.312
1982-4-.336*
On-Base Pct
1982-6-.390*
Games
1974-7-156
1975-5-156
At-Bats
1974-3-609
1976-7-595
Hits
1974-3-190
Singles
1974-1-164
1975-3-136
1976-4-133
1978-5-143
1979-10-129
Caught Stealing
1978-9-17
1979-1-31
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rich Barbato (906)
  2. Woodrow Wilhoite (905)
  3. Francesco Rivera (899)
  4. Lionel Joseph (899)
  5. Gregorio Cazares (887)
  6. Willie Mays Hayes (886)
  7. Kevin Paredes (884)
  8. John Minor (875)
  9. Ben Green (871)
  10. Leron Lee (869)
History
Had first career hit on 9/23/1973, off Larry Girard (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1973, off Casper Monoghan (MON)
Won Landis Memorial Series with New Orleans in 1974
Won Phenom Award in 1974, hitting .312 with 0 HR, 58 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Calgary on 7/12/1978
Traded from New Orleans to Austin on 5/11/1980 (Going to AUS: CF R. Pena, P P. Martinez. Going to NO: P L. Sciortino, C P. Bowman)
Traded from Austin to Phoenix on 7/3/1981 (Going to PHX: CF Ruppert Pena. Going to AUS: P Lincoln Park)