Amos W Rusie was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1977 along with Ernie Banks, Martin Dihigo, Pop Lloyd, Alfonso Lopez and Joseph Sewell. Rusie was a RHP\OF with 10 seasons MLB experience playing with the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1889), New York Giants (1890-1895, 1897-1898) and Cincinnati Reds (1901). For his MLB career he hit .248/.262/.320 with 8 HR, 176 RBI, 209 R, 25 SB in 487 games. He had a more successful pitching career as he was 246-174 with a 3.07 ERA, 1950 K, 1.35 WHIP, 5 SV, 393 complete games, 30 shut outs in 3778.2 IP over 463 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1894 when he was 36-13 with a 2.78 ERA, 195 K, 1.41 WHIP, 1 SV, 45 complete games, 3 shut outs in 444.0 IP over 54 games, 1897 when he was 28-10 with a 2.54 ERA, 135 K, 1.24 WHIP, 35 complete games, 2 shut outs in 322.1 IP over 38 games and 1891 when he was 33-20 with a 2.55 ERA, 337 K, 1.30 WHIP, 1 SV, 52 complete games, 6 shut outs in 500.1 IP over 61 games.
Rusie led the National League in wins in 1894. He led the NL in ERA in 1894 and 1897. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1890 (341), 1891, 1893 (208), 1894 and 1895 (201). He led the NL in shut outs in 1891, 1893 (4) and 1895 (4).
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