Matt Ruebel
Matt Ruebel | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | October 16, 1969|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
May 21, 1996, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 4, 1998, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 4–5 |
Earned run average | 5.54 |
Strikeouts | 78 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Matthew Alexander Ruebel (born October 16, 1969) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1996 to 1998.
Amateur career
[edit]A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ruebel attended Ames High School and the University of Oklahoma. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 1989 to play for the Harwich Mariners.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Ruebel was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft and pitched parts of three major league seasons for the Pirates and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Ruebel won 4 games in the majors and had one career save, coming on September 15, 1996. In the first game of a doubleheader, Ruebel threw 2 shutout innings to preserve a 4–1 Pirates victory over the Giants.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants Box Score, September 15, 1996".
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or The Baseball Gauge, or Venezuela Winter League
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Augusta Pirates players
- Baseball players from Cincinnati
- Binghamton Mets players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Carolina Mudcats players
- Durham Bulls players
- Harwich Mariners players
- Jupiter Hammerheads players
- Leones del Caracas players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Norfolk Tides players
- Oklahoma Sooners baseball players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Salem Buccaneers players
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays players
- Tucson Sidewinders players
- University of Oklahoma alumni
- Wareham Gatemen players
- Welland Pirates players
- Zion Pioneerzz players
- Anchorage Bucs players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball pitcher, 1960s births stubs