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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.

Matt Ruebel
Pitcher
Born: (1969-10-16) October 16, 1969 (age 52) Cincinnati, Ohio
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
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1996–1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998)

Amateur career

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

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

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or The Baseball Gauge, or Venezuela Winter League

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