Red Ruffing

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: May 3, 1905 in Granville, IL us

Died: February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Heights, OH

Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bedford Heights, OH

Debut: May 31, 1924 (Age 19-028d, 6,005th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1947 (Age 42-135d)
vs. BOS 7.0 IP, 12 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1967. (Voted by BBWAA in Runoff Election on 266/306 ballots)
View Red Ruffing's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Charles Herbert Ruffing

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.6

273

225

ERA

3.80

624

538

4344.0

1987

WHIP

1.341

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-3 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1932	WS g1	Sep 28	NYY		CHC	W,12-6	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	10	6	3	6	10	0	0	3.00	2.57	44	182	111	21	30	9	11	2	3	8	53			1	0	0	38	2	1	1	0	0	1	.66	0.134	34.55	3.69%	-1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
1936 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1936	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(0-1)	4	8.0	9	6	4	4	5	1	0	4.50	5.19	37	138	91	10	16	10	18	6	7	0	45			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.049	54.91	-1.13%	-1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
3	1936	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	3	1	7	0	0	4.50	3.60	27	83	58	9	13	9	10	3	3	0	50			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.063	49.62	-2.10%	-0.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
1937 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1937	WS g2	Oct 7	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	8	0	0	1.00	2.42	37					11	8	0	1	7	74			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.298	31.01	9.74%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
1938 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1938	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.00	1.94	32					10	9	0	5	8	70			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.533	67.34	17.95%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY		CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	6	1	0	1.50	2.88	38					11	14	1	5	5	65			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.286	21.66	3.51%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
1939 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	16	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.00	2.04	29					14	10	3	1	0	78			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.13	0.611	59.30	17.49%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
1941 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	7	9.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	1.00	2.67	35					11	12	2	0	4	71			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.75	0.529	91.38	15.05%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
1942 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	9	8.2	5	4	4	6	8	0	0	4.15	2.30	37					4	14	0	4	5	60			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.427	39.84	13.76%	0.80	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a4
10	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	9	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.08	3.49	36					6	18	1	9	8	55			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.179	50.65	-4.91%	0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
											85.2	74	32	24	27	61	4	0	2.52		352																			2

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