Muddy Ruel
Herold Dominic Ruel
 
 
Born: February 20, 1896 in St. Louis, MO
Died: November 13, 1963 - 67 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 150
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- High School: Soldan (St. Louis, MO)
- Visit Ruel's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Gabby Hartnett
1922 - 1941
C
53.3
Pl
 
52.5
6.6
0.0
5.8
2 Mickey Cochrane
1925 - 1937
C
52.1
Pl
WW2
 
52.3
4.4
0.0
4.6
3 Wally Schang
1913 - 1931
C
45.0
 
47.4
3.5
0.0
6.0
4 Ray Schalk
1912 - 1929
C
28.6
Pl
WW2
 
23.8
13.7
0.0
8.9
5 Steve O'Neill
1911 - 1928
C
24.2
 
22.9
9.2
0.0
7.9
6 Hank Severeid
1911 - 1926
C
20.0
WW1
 
19.9
5.9
0.0
5.8
7 Bob O'Farrell
1915 - 1935
C
19.8
 
19.7
4.5
0.0
4.4
8 Johnny Bassler
1913 - 1927
C
19.6
 
18.8
3.4
0.0
2.6
9 Bubbles Hargrave
1913 - 1930
C
18.6
 
18.7
2.5
0.0
2.6
10 Muddy Ruel
1915 - 1934
C
18.5
 
16.4
6.8
0.0
4.7
11 Hank Gowdy
1910 - 1930
C
18.2
WWB
 
17.5
5.2
0.0
4.4
12 Shanty Hogan
1925 - 1937
C
16.0
 
15.1
3.9
0.0
3.0
13 Frank Snyder
1912 - 1927
C
15.3
 
13.9
7.4
0.0
6.0
14 Earl Smith
1919 - 1930
C
14.4
 
15.1
1.7
0.0
2.4
15 Ivey Wingo
1911 - 1929
C
14.3
 
15.8
5.3
0.0
6.8
16 Les Nunamaker
1911 - 1922
C
11.4
 
11.3
4.0
0.0
3.9
17 Jimmie Wilson
1923 - 1940
C
9.3
WW2
 
8.9
4.8
0.0
4.4
18 Butch Henline
1921 - 1931
C
9.0
WW1
 
8.9
2.1
0.0
2.0
19 Pinky Hargrave
1923 - 1933
C
7.5
 
7.4
1.4
0.0
1.4
20 Val Picinich
1916 - 1933
C
7.3
 
8.7
1.9
0.0
3.4
21 Verne Clemons
1916 - 1924
C
7.2
WW1
 
7.0
1.9
0.0
1.7
22 Mike Gonzalez
1912 - 1932
C
7.2
Y
  
6.7
4.4
0.0
3.9
23 Pat Collins
1919 - 1929
C
6.8
 
6.8
1.2
0.0
1.2
24 Cy Perkins
1915 - 1934
C
6.7
WWB
 
6.1
4.8
0.0
4.2
25 Glenn Myatt
1920 - 1936
C
6.3
WW1
 
7.1
1.3
0.0
2.1
26 Patsy Gharrity
1916 - 1930
C
6.3
 
6.8
0.7
0.0
1.3
27 Oscar Stanage
1906 - 1925
C
6.0
 
6.8
6.2
0.0
6.9
28 Eddie Ainsmith
1910 - 1924
C
5.5
WW1
 
7.2
3.7
-0.2
5.2
29 Charlie Berry
1925 - 1938
C
5.4
 
5.4
1.8
0.0
1.8
30 Johnny Gooch
1921 - 1933
C
4.6
 
4.3
2.5
0.0
2.3
31 Harry McCurdy
1922 - 1934
C
4.2
 
4.3
0.9
0.0
1.0
32 Larry Woodall
1920 - 1929
C
4.0
 
3.7
1.6
0.0
1.3
33 Gabby Street
1904 - 1931
C
4.0
Sp-Am
 
3.8
3.6
0.0
3.4
34 Grover Hartley
1911 - 1934
C
4.0
 
4.7
1.4
0.0
2.1
35 Luke Sewell
1921 - 1942
C
3.8
 
4.0
4.7
0.0
4.9
36 Walter Schmidt
1916 - 1925
C
3.5
 
2.2
4.9
0.0
3.5
37 Bennie Tate
1924 - 1934
C
3.3
 
3.1
1.5
0.0
1.3
38 Ernie Krueger
1913 - 1925
C
2.9
 
3.8
0.5
0.0
1.3
39 Johnny Schulte
1923 - 1932
C
2.5
 
2.7
0.2
0.0
0.4
40 Hank DeBerry
1916 - 1930
C
2.1
WW1
 
2.3
1.6
0.0
1.9
41 Ray Hayworth
1926 - 1945
C
1.8
 
1.9
1.8
0.0
1.9
42 Buck Crouse
1923 - 1930
C
1.7
 
1.9
1.0
0.0
1.2
43 Frank Gibson
1913 - 1927
C
1.6
WW1
 
2.3
0.2
0.0
0.9
44 Fred Carisch
1903 - 1923
C
1.5
 
0.8
1.9
0.0
1.2
45 Jack Cummings
1926 - 1929
C
1.4
 
1.5
0.1
0.0
0.1
46 Eddie Phillips
1924 - 1935
C
1.1
 
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.9
47 Clyde Sukeforth
1926 - 1945
C
0.5
 
1.0
0.7
0.0
1.2
48 Yam Yaryan
1921 - 1922
C
0.3
 
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.2
49 Johnnie Heving
1920 - 1932
C
0.3
 
0.3
0.8
0.0
0.8
50 Frank Bruggy
1921 - 1925
C
0.2
WW1
 
1.1
-0.2
0.0
0.7
 
  Muddy Ruel
1915 - 1934
C
18.5
 
16.4
6.8
0.0
4.7
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