Michael Rucker

#59 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	4/27/1994 (29)
Height, Weight	6'1", 195 lb
Hometown	Columbus, MS

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	0	23.0	5.48	1.74	23.6%	8.5%	26.6%

	115^th 1 Sv	108^th 18 IP	251^st 4.47 ERA	288^th 1.39 WHIP	165^th 23.5% K%	133^rd 10.1% BB%	271^st 29.4% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.8	12.7%	27.4%	55.7%	5.09	3.95

	117^th 93.5 FB MPH	146^th 12.3% SwStr%	225^th 25.1% HC%	74^th 45.7% GB%	154^th 5.06 PLV	158^th 4.40 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2021	CHC	20	0	28.1	0	0	6.99	5.42	4.74	4.22	1.52	10.2	23.8%	8.7%	.346	30.2%	48.2%	1.59	19.2%	52.6%	15.1%	28.8%	4.93
2022	CHC	41	0	54.2	3	1	3.95	2.97	4.30	4.08	1.28	8.2	21.8%	8.7%	.278	26.1%	46.1%	1.32	14.3%	76.5%	12.5%	27.0%	4.98
2023	CHC	20	0	23.0	1	1	5.48	3.95	4.24	3.54	1.74	12.1	23.6%	8.5%	.418	27.4%	55.7%	1.17	23.1%	74.1%	12.7%	26.6%	5.09
RP MLB Percentile		57	0	66	39	25	27	54	45	69	16	9	52	60	4	35	79	38	15	52	56	21	55
RP MLB AVG		16	0	18.0	1	1	4.47	4.40	4.34	4.27	1.39	8.5	23.5%	10.1%	.294	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.6%	72.1%	12.3%	29.4%	5.06
3 Years		81	0	106.0	4	2	5.09	-	-	-	1.44	9.6	22.8%	8.7%	.328	27.5%	48.9%	1.36	16.8%	69.1%	13.2%	27.4%	4.99

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 39%
Cutter | 31%
Slider | 13%
Curveball | 12%
Changeup | 5%
Sinker | 0%
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Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2021	95.1	36.9%	30.4%	49.2%	13.3%	14.4%	27.6%	65.7%	58.6%	31.3%	46.9%	.302	.421	.321	26.7%	.326	.446	28.8%	2,231
2022	94.7	43.0%	31.0%	45.0%	10.9%	11.5%	22.4%	65.6%	60.8%	31.4%	51.4%	.232	.333	.227	11.1%	.214	.310	28.3%	2,251
2023	94.8	38.5%	19.8%	49.7%	7.5%	15.5%	23.0%	61.5%	51.6%	43.8%	25.0%	.471	.531	.467	25.0%	.356	.454	35.6%	2,330
RP MLB Percentile	66	42	26	52	31	36	22	34	18	68	21	9	14	18	27	21	24	27	71
RP MLB AVG	92.8	42.1%	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.4%	27.6%	63.7%	58.0%	36.6%	38.8%	.260	.356	.299	15.3%	.264	.364	29.4%	2,226

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2021	.326	.446	.364	.550	28.8%	18.8%	53.1%	32.7%	93.6	93.4	22.1	5.2	9.1	-1.5	5.5	6.3	2,231
2022	.214	.310	.225	.291	28.3%	8.6%	34.3%	24.2%	90.9	87.9	23.9	4.9	9.3	-1.7	5.5	6.2	2,251
2023	.356	.454	.343	.441	35.6%	9.4%	53.1%	37.8%	92.9	91.1	14.0	3.8	9.5	-1.9	5.5	6.3	2,330
RP MLB Percentile	21	24	33	37	27	43	35	26	35	47	65	26	49	25	27	35	71
RP MLB AVG	.264	.364	.301	.412	29.4%	10.4%	45.9%	29.5%	91.0	89.2	17.3	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,226

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2021	181	52	8	1	0	4	12	6	2	0	119	62	.302	.605	.421
2022	393	99	13	1	1	4	14	15	0	0	258	135	.232	.415	.333
2023	161	45	11	3	0	2	4	8	1	0	99	62	.471	.735	.531
RP MLB Percentile	79	86	1	5	8	5	48	8	5	12	76	15	9	15	14
RP MLB AVG	96	23	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	62	34	.260	.459	.356

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2021	31.3%	21.9%	46.9%	9.4%	26.7%	28.1%	46.9%	25.0%	20.4%	0.0%	15.6%	31.3%	31.3%	3.1%	46.9%
2022	31.4%	17.1%	51.4%	18.6%	11.1%	34.3%	30.0%	35.7%	25.4%	1.4%	21.4%	42.9%	22.9%	2.9%	28.6%
2023	43.8%	31.3%	25.0%	9.4%	25.0%	34.4%	40.6%	25.0%	18.6%	3.1%	21.9%	21.9%	37.5%	6.3%	46.9%
RP MLB Percentile	68	29	21	50	27	59	68	29	40	62	50	33	18	42	29
RP MLB AVG	36.6%	24.8%	38.8%	10.9%	15.3%	33.4%	35.3%	31.3%	19.8%	4.0%	23.6%	29.9%	24.7%	7.4%	39.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2021	28.8%	18.8%	53.1%	32.7%	.302	.421	.321	.406	.326	.446	.364	.550	93.6	93.4	22.1
2022	28.3%	8.6%	34.3%	24.2%	.232	.333	.227	.271	.214	.310	.225	.291	90.9	87.9	23.9
2023	35.6%	9.4%	53.1%	37.8%	.471	.531	.467	.500	.356	.454	.343	.441	92.9	91.1	14.0
RP MLB Percentile	27	43	35	26	9	14	18	14	21	24	33	37	35	47	65
RP MLB AVG	29.4%	10.4%	45.9%	29.5%	.260	.356	.299	.341	.264	.364	.301	.412	91.0	89.2	17.3

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2021	30.4%	49.2%	13.3%	14.4%	27.6%	65.7%	58.6%	25.8%	51.4%	74.2%	71.4%	75.4%	15.9%	21.3%	60.7%	50.0%
2022	31.0%	45.0%	10.9%	11.5%	22.4%	65.6%	60.8%	20.2%	54.2%	79.8%	70.1%	84.2%	13.9%	28.8%	58.6%	47.5%
2023	19.8%	49.7%	7.5%	15.5%	23.0%	61.5%	51.6%	16.2%	46.0%	83.8%	68.8%	87.9%	15.2%	16.7%	62.5%	40.6%
RP MLB Percentile	26	52	31	36	22	34	18	27	50	27	54	27	20	26	54	26
RP MLB AVG	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.4%	27.6%	63.7%	58.0%	21.8%	46.2%	78.2%	69.2%	81.5%	21.8%	23.9%	60.0%	49.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2021	30.9%	26.5%	42.5%	45.9%	24.3%	29.8%	7.7%	32.6%	40.9%	59.1%	14.9%	26.0%	49.2%	15.9%	25.5%
2022	25.4%	26.2%	48.3%	47.3%	27.5%	25.2%	6.6%	21.1%	52.7%	55.0%	18.6%	26.5%	45.0%	11.6%	13.5%
2023	40.4%	28.0%	31.7%	57.1%	26.1%	16.8%	8.1%	28.0%	44.1%	49.1%	28.6%	22.4%	49.7%	17.7%	11.1%
RP MLB Percentile	69	52	34	68	57	26	57	44	59	20	7	25	52	80	25
RP MLB AVG	34.5%	28.2%	37.3%	50.0%	25.9%	24.2%	7.8%	29.5%	42.3%	55.0%	16.1%	28.9%	48.7%	13.2%	18.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2021	181	4.66	843	39.8%	17.1%	43.1%	-3.3%	1.8	5.62	+2
2022	393	4.78	1,765	42.0%	19.8%	38.2%	3.8%	-3.1	4.38	-2
2023	161	4.93	794	46.6%	18.0%	35.4%	11.2%	7.7	4.29	+8
RP MLB Percentile	79	56	80	59	53	59	59	1	-	1
RP MLB AVG	96	4.83	472	42.6%	18.0%	39.4%	3.3%	-	-	+0

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2021	89.3	24.3%	36.5%	37.8%	18.5%	11.8%	30.3%	62.2%	57.1%	50.0%	31.3%	.240	.315	.375	0.0%	.198	.288	20.7%	2,402
2022	88.2	5.6%	31.0%	43.1%	19.6%	11.8%	31.4%	60.8%	54.9%	40.0%	40.0%	.333	.469	.333	50.0%	.110	.115	14.3%	2,371
2023	89.5	30.9%	41.5%	49.6%	18.6%	14.7%	33.3%	71.3%	64.3%	66.7%	9.5%	.281	.310	.400	50.0%	.211	.250	24.2%	2,428
RP MLB Percentile	62	65	88	56	88	37	68	77	76	84	11	44	56	25	18	66	70	50	64
RP MLB AVG	89.0	25.9%	27.3%	48.4%	11.4%	17.5%	28.9%	65.0%	59.0%	41.8%	36.9%	.272	.356	.287	12.8%	.256	.327	28.0%	2,356

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2021	.198	.288	.281	.348	20.7%	6.3%	43.8%	24.1%	86.6	84.7	10.4	1.5	2.8	-1.7	5.5	6.2	2,402
2022	.110	.115	.154	.162	14.3%	20.0%	14.3%	11.1%	92.4	88.7	6.4	1.4	2.1	-1.8	5.5	6.1	2,371
2023	.211	.250	.289	.358	24.2%	4.8%	38.1%	24.2%	89.8	98.0	-1.0	1.1	2.5	-2.0	5.5	6.3	2,428
RP MLB Percentile	66	70	46	45	50	43	61	72	35	23	93	19	13	24	30	32	64
RP MLB AVG	.256	.327	.274	.368	28.0%	8.2%	43.7%	31.9%	88.4	87.1	14.7	1.6	4.4	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,356

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2021	119	29	3	3	0	0	9	4	0	0	74	45	.240	.360	.315
2022	51	9	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	31	20	.333	.778	.469
2023	129	33	7	1	0	1	11	0	1	0	92	37	.281	.406	.310
RP MLB Percentile	83	86	7	18	7	9	90	63	3	12	88	17	44	49	56
RP MLB AVG	67	17	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	44	23	.272	.478	.356

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2021	50.0%	18.8%	31.3%	12.5%	0.0%	37.5%	43.8%	18.8%	18.5%	0.0%	43.8%	12.5%	25.0%	12.5%	37.5%
2022	40.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%	50.0%	57.1%	42.9%	0.0%	15.7%	0.0%	40.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%
2023	66.7%	23.8%	9.5%	4.8%	50.0%	52.4%	38.1%	9.5%	21.7%	0.0%	52.4%	9.5%	33.3%	0.0%	28.6%
RP MLB Percentile	84	44	11	43	18	74	63	19	74	0	87	17	27	43	62
RP MLB AVG	41.8%	21.3%	36.9%	9.7%	12.8%	39.3%	32.4%	28.3%	17.7%	4.1%	27.5%	28.1%	26.7%	5.4%	34.5%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2021	20.7%	6.3%	43.8%	24.1%	.240	.315	.375	.375	.198	.288	.281	.348	86.6	84.7	10.4
2022	14.3%	20.0%	14.3%	11.1%	.333	.469	.333	.429	.110	.115	.154	.162	92.4	88.7	6.4
2023	24.2%	4.8%	38.1%	24.2%	.281	.310	.400	.429	.211	.250	.289	.358	89.8	98.0	-1.0
RP MLB Percentile	50	43	61	72	44	56	25	26	66	70	46	45	35	23	93
RP MLB AVG	28.0%	8.2%	43.7%	31.9%	.272	.356	.287	.329	.256	.327	.274	.368	88.4	87.1	14.7

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2021	36.5%	37.8%	18.5%	11.8%	30.3%	62.2%	57.1%	36.7%	50.4%	63.3%	40.7%	81.8%	14.7%	25.0%	65.2%	43.5%
2022	31.0%	43.1%	19.6%	11.8%	31.4%	60.8%	54.9%	40.0%	49.0%	60.0%	44.4%	68.8%	16.7%	12.5%	52.9%	47.1%
2023	41.5%	49.6%	18.6%	14.7%	33.3%	71.3%	64.3%	32.9%	56.6%	67.1%	55.6%	73.9%	17.5%	40.7%	59.5%	48.6%
RP MLB Percentile	88	56	88	37	68	77	76	77	81	77	57	83	37	66	44	46
RP MLB AVG	27.3%	48.4%	11.4%	17.5%	28.9%	65.0%	59.0%	24.2%	47.4%	75.8%	59.2%	83.9%	21.1%	29.8%	57.2%	46.3%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2021	9.2%	13.4%	77.3%	17.6%	28.6%	53.8%	5.9%	30.3%	56.3%	57.1%	12.6%	30.3%	37.8%	13.2%	25.0%
2022	11.8%	25.5%	62.7%	25.5%	25.5%	49.0%	2.0%	25.5%	49.0%	70.6%	13.7%	15.7%	43.1%	8.3%	25.0%
2023	10.1%	17.8%	72.1%	17.1%	29.5%	53.5%	7.8%	37.2%	45.0%	62.0%	17.1%	20.9%	49.6%	13.8%	40.7%
RP MLB Percentile	24	21	83	19	63	76	53	60	59	34	19	52	56	41	91
RP MLB AVG	18.7%	25.2%	56.1%	31.2%	27.4%	41.5%	7.6%	33.3%	41.5%	64.6%	14.1%	21.3%	48.4%	15.4%	17.9%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2021	119	5.11	608	41.2%	20.2%	38.7%	2.5%	-0.2	4.22	0
2022	51	5.38	253	42.6%	23.4%	34.0%	8.5%	2.6	2.74	+2
2023	129	5.47	706	52.7%	19.4%	27.9%	24.8%	1.9	2.54	+2
RP MLB Percentile	83	84	87	72	56	80	80	21	-	14
RP MLB AVG	67	5.07	345	46.2%	18.3%	35.5%	10.7%	-	-	+0

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2021	87.0	10.8%	37.5%	39.6%	26.4%	7.5%	34.0%	64.2%	60.4%	75.0%	25.0%	.182	.234	.250	0.0%	.126	.183	33.3%	2,476
2022	86.0	23.5%	35.0%	33.5%	20.9%	13.5%	34.4%	60.5%	54.4%	46.4%	28.6%	.245	.313	.400	37.5%	.198	.270	25.0%	2,489
2023	85.9	13.2%	32.6%	16.4%	20.0%	1.8%	21.8%	43.6%	38.2%	55.6%