#27 Alfred Rucker, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Kansas City Royals

#27 Alfred Rucker, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Kansas City Royals
Monday, 10/24/2016

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Alfred Rucker

8/9/1988
28
Canada
6"1
175

Starting Pitcher
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R

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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,321,429
2016 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 101 Days (789 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 103 Days (963 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Arbitration eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	61	57	73	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	59	53	77
Versus RHB	62	60	68
Talent	4	4	4

Pitching Ratings
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17
41
1

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	22	29	3	20	21
Versus LHP	22	29	3	20	21
Versus RHP	22	29	3	20	21
Talent	2	2	1	2	2

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7
2
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 18 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 4

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/21	@CLE	L 1-10	*	6	5	4	4	2	3	L
8/27	TB	W 14-10	*	6.1	9	5	5	1	7	W
9/1	BOS	W 5-1	*	8	5	1	1	3	3	W	PoG
9/6	@NYA	W 6-0	*	7.2	7	0	0	0	9	W	PoG
9/13	TEX	W 5-0	*	9	6	0	0	3	4	W	PoG
9/19	NYA	W 4-3	*	7.1	9	3	3	3	4	W
9/25	@TB	W 7-3	*	8.2	7	3	2	2	5	W
10/7	@BOS	W 4-3	*	6.2	7	3	3	2	4	W
10/15	@TB	W 7-5	*	7.1	8	5	5	3	6	W
10/22	SF	W 6-5	*	6.1	7	4	4	1	1

Pitching Stats 2016

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	32	31	18	6	0	3.14	217.2	186	85	76	64	148	5	16.1	3	19	61.3

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	1	0	10.4	7.7	6.1	2.6	14	3	21.4	0	0	.0	2.65

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	306	69	24	2	2	28	29	26	57	0	0	0	.225	.281	.337	.618
vs. RHB	497	117	24	3	11	53	56	38	91	0	0	2	.235	.289	.362	.651

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	19	19	12	4	0	3.04	136.0	118	51	46	37	94
Road	13	12	6	2	0	3.31	81.2	68	34	30	27	54
Postseason	3	3	2	0	0	5.31	20.1	22	12	12	6	11
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	1	1	0	0	0	5.68	6.1	7	4	4	1	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	3	0	0	3.07	41.0	34	16	14	24	25
May	5	5	3	1	0	2.87	37.2	29	13	12	10	25
June	6	5	1	3	0	7.33	23.1	35	19	19	5	19
July	5	5	3	1	0	2.40	41.1	26	15	11	5	28
August	5	5	3	1	0	3.74	33.2	28	15	14	9	26
Sept./Oct.	5	5	5	0	0	1.33	40.2	34	7	6	11	25

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
2011	8	8	4	3	0	2.93	58.1	59	23	19	0	29	19	0	0	1.51	KC
2012	9	9	1	3	0	5.19	52.0	56	34	30	8	25	30	1	1	1.56	KC
2013	31	31	20	5	0	3.20	219.2	205	87	78	14	76	129	2	2	1.28	KC,AL
2014	31	31	21	7	0	3.66	216.2	210	93	88	13	67	147	3	0	1.28	KC,AL
2015	27	27	11	7	0	2.89	193.0	161	68	62	9	65	120	5	3	1.17	KC
2016	32	31	18	6	0	3.14	217.2	186	85	76	13	64	148	5	3	1.15	KC,AL
Total	138	137	75	31	0	3.32	957.1	877	390	353	57	326	593	16	9	1.26

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2010, AAA	4	4	1	2	0	6.23	21.2	32	19	15	11	8	0	0
2011, AAA	23	23	11	6	0	3.46	164.0	176	76	63	51	117	7	2
2012, AAA	19	19	8	6	0	3.85	124.0	139	58	53	43	114	0	0

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2013	1	1	0	0	0	5.68	6.1	7	4	4	4	3	0	0
2014	2	2	1	1	0	3.14	14.1	17	7	5	6	11	0	0
2015	1	1	0	1	0	6.35	5.2	5	4	4	4	2	0	0
2016	3	3	2	0	0	5.31	20.1	22	12	12	6	11	0	0
Total	7	7	3	2	0	4.82	46.2	51	27	25	20	27	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2011	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC
2012	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC
2013	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	KC,AL
2014	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC,AL
2015	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KC
2016	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	KC,AL
Total	109	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277

Fielding Stats 2016

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PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.914

217.2

1.45

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Kansas City in 2010...
Injured on 6/14/2010 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks...
Had first career hit on 6/5/2013, off David Walls (STL)...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/12/2013, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,321,429 through salary arbitration...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2016, going 5-0, 1.33...
Won World Series with Kansas City in 2016...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 2013 - 3.20 - 10th 2015 - 2.89 - 7th	Wins 2013 - 20 - 1st 2014 - 21 - 1st	BB 2013 - 76 - 10th	CG 2013 - 2 - 10th 2014 - 3 - 10th 2015 - 5 - 6th	SHO 2013 - 2 - 3rd 2015 - 3 - 2nd

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