Career Statistics
Game-by-Game Statistics
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2010
2013 (Senior): Ruth established new career-bests in a number of categories including wins (4), complete games (3), shutouts (1), innings pitched (58.2) and strikouets (45)...Brought his ERA down over a run and a half per game from his junior to senior seasons...Finished with a 3.83 career earned run average and 9-9 record after going 4-4 with a 4.14 ERA in 2013...Not known to be a power pitcher in his first three years with the program, but struck out eight or more batters in three games as a senior...More than half (5-of-9) of his starts were quality starts (6+ IP with 3 ER or fewer allowed)...Beat La Roche on March 3 with his first complete game of the season (7 IP) and five strikeouts...Matched what was, at the time, a career-high with eight strikeouts in another complete game win over Westminster (Pa.) March 8...Turned in the best start of his career March 22 against Stevenson, with a nine-inning complete game shutout, six hits allowed and four strikeouts in a 1-0 E-town win...Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 25 for his gem against Stevenson...Set a new career-high with nine strikeouts over 8.2 innings at Albright March 28, as he just missed back-to-back complete games by an out...Took the hill April 5 against NCAA Division III Tournament qualifier Alvernia and followed up his previous start with another nine-strikeout performance.
2012 (Junior): Appeared in 11 games, starting eight...Ranked second on the team in strikeouts with 28 and fourth in innings pitched with 49.2...Held opposing batters to a .297 average...Had a 1-3 record with one complete game and one save...Scattered eight hits over 6.1 innings while giving up three runs and striking out four in his season debut, a no decision, against La Roche March 4...Kept The College of New Jersey in check March 17 with seven innings of six-hit ball, but again received no decision...Went through a stretch of four tough outings following the TCNJ game, but came back to post three scoreless innings of work against Albright April 13 and earn his second career save...Each of his first six appearances were starts, before coming out of the bullpen for three appearances in a row...Moved back into the rotation on the final day of the regular season, April 28, and gave up just one run in a seven-inning complete game five-hitter at Messiah for his first win of the season...Got the ball in team's Commonwealth Conference Tournament opener against Lebanon Valley May 3 and lasted 6.2 innings before taking another no decision in a 5-4 Blue Jays' win.
2011 (Sophomore): Emerged as the Blue Jays best pitcher with a career-low 1.89 ERA and a team-best 31 strikeouts over 10 appearances (nine starts) and 52.1 innings...Team's co-leader in starts with
Wayne Leonard and
Rob Cressman...Ranked second on the team in innings pitched...Had a 3-2 record and one complete game...Only 11 of the 24 runs scored against him were earned...Held the second-lowest earned run average amongst starting pitchers in the Commonwealth Conference...Totaled six quality starts...Put together a string of four straight quality starts from March 29 to April 18...Nearly untouchable at home, where he had a 1.39 ERA over five starts and 32.1 innings pitched...Was 2-1 with a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (22:11) at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium and allowed six hits or fewer in 4-of-5 starts...Threw a seven-inning complete game four-hitter in a 2-1 game two win against Messiah April 18...Struck out a season- and career-high eight against Widener March 29...Limited Albright to three hits over five innings and struck out five on April 22...Voted Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 25...Did not record a decision in his longest outing of the year, 7.2 innings pitched, against Lebanon Valley April 29...Named to the All-Commonwealth Conference Second Team.
2010 (Freshman): Started one game and made 11 relief appearances during his first season in blue and gray...Held opponents to a .286 average and struck out 13 while giving up just seven earned runs (10 total) in 20.1 innings...Recorded a 1-0 record with one save...One of six pitchers on the staff to notch at least one save...First career start came against Ursinus on May 11, as he struck out two in 2.2 innings...Closed the door on Susquehanna April 6 with a perfect inning and two strikeouts for his first college save...Six scoreless appearances...Struck out three over three scoreless innings of relief against Franklin & Marshall March 28...Struck out the side in an inning of work against Lancaster Bible April 16...Grabbed his first career win out of the bullpen in the most unusual of circumstances April 30 against Arcadia...Threw just two pitches against the Knights in the top of the eighth inning, registering one out on a fly out, before the Blue Jays exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the inning to win 11-6.
High School: Played baseball, basketball and football at York Suburban High School...Pitched his way to a 12-5 career record in 97.2 innings with a 2.65 earned run average and 115 strikeouts...When not pitching, Ruth served as Suburban's designated hitter and was a career .328 hitter...Hit .351 with 15 RBIs and 15 runs scored during his senior season...Chosen as a
York Daily Record/Sunday News York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division III All-Star as a senior in 2009 and was an Honorable Mention pick as a junior in 2008...Most Valuable Pitcher on his American Legion team in 2009...YS won the division during his freshman season...Helped lead the Suburban York Legion team to a York/Adams American Legion Championship in 2009...Five-time varsity letterwinner...Coaches at York Suburban High School were Josh Leik (baseball), Tom Triggs (basketball) and John Knowles (football)...Graduated with academic honors.
Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1991...Son of Timothy and Alison Ruth...Has two older brothers, Andrew and Peter...Brother, Peter, played basketball at Division III Lebanon Valley College from 2004-08...Business administration major with a concentration in finance...Economics minor.
