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Ronald Ralph Pruitt (born October 21, 1951) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers (1975), Cleveland Indians (1976–80 and 1981), Chicago White Sox (1980) and San Francisco Giants (1982–83). Primarily an outfielder, he also played substantially at catcher.

Ron Pruitt
Outfielder / Catcher
Born: (1951-10-21) October 21, 1951 (age 71) Flint, Michigan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 25, 1975, for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
April 9, 1983, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average	.269
Home runs	12
Runs batted in	92
Teams
Texas Rangers (1975) Cleveland Indians (1976–80) Chicago White Sox (1980) Cleveland Indians (1981) San Francisco Giants (1982–83)

After attending Flint Central High School, Pruitt was drafted out of Michigan State University by the Rangers in 1972. In 9 seasons he played in 341 games and had 795 at bats, 88 runs scored, 214 hits, 28 doubles, 4 triples, 12 home runs, 92 RBI, 8 stolen bases, 94 walks (7 intentional), a .269 batting average, a .345 on-base percentage, a .360 slugging percentage, 286 total bases, 7 sacrifice hits, and 7 sacrifice flies.

Pruitt was traded along with Stan Thomas from the Rangers to the Indians for John Ellis at the Winter Meetings on December 9, 1975.[1]

On September 9th, 1982, Ron had a late-season ninth inning walk-off single to overcome a 6-5 deficit to give the Giants a 7-6 win over the Astros in the midst of a division race.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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