Nap Rucker

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Nap Rucker on a 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card (Gold Borders (T205)).

George "Nap" Rucker
Starting pitcher
Batted: Right	Threw: Left
MLB Debut
April 15, 1907 for the Brooklyn Superbas
Final game
September 13, 1916 for the Brooklyn Robins
Career Statistics
Record	134-134
ERA	2.42
Strikeouts	1,217
Teams
Brooklyn Superbas (1907-1910) Brooklyn Dodgers (1911-1913) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1916)
Career Highlights and Awards
Led the National League in complete games (27), innings pitched (320.1), and shutouts (6): 1910

George Napoleon "Nap" Rucker (September 30, 1884 in Crabapple, Georgia - December 19, 1970 in Alpharetta, Georgia) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins from 1907-1916.

Rucker threw a no-hitter against the Boston Doves on September 5, 1908 . He led the National League in complete games (27), innings pitched (320.1), and shutouts (6) in 1910. His best year was 1911, when he won 22 games for the Dodgers.

After his baseball career, Rucker went on to a successful business career and served as mayor of Roswell from 1935 to 1936 and as the city's water commissioner after his mayoral term. Rucker was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1967. He is buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Roswell, Georgia.