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: 19-18 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	224	1	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	3	3	0	7	1	0	3.00	3.03	34	9	10	0	1	8	66			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.67	0.257	1.70	0.39%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	225	5	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	1	3.00	3.58	36	9	14	3	2	6	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.054	2.50	0.09%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	226	9	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.33	3.36	34	9	13	0	4	6	61			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.215	2.28	0.42%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	227	19	May 5	NYY		WSH	W,18-8	3-GF	W(3-1)	10	6.1	7	4	3	4	0	0	0	3.51	3.68	31	8	12	1	3	7		2	0	0	0	0	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	.12	0.026	.35	0.05%	-0.25	3t 12- 2 out a6	9t end a10
5	228	21	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-9	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	3.67	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.008	1.12	0.02%	0.29	9b --- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
6	229	23	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.14	3.65	34	7	15	2	3	4	71			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.22	0.144	.81	0.32%	3.35	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a12
7	230	28	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS-2		4	1.0	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.68	3.71	11	2	1	0	1	7	24			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.347	4.85	-0.75%	-4.03	1b start a 2	2b -2- 0 out d2
8	231	31	May 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-7	GS-4	L(4-2)	4	3.2	6	4	4	4	1	1	0	4.15	4.14	19	1	7	2	0	6	30			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.209	5.38	-0.68%	-2.61	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
9	232	36	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	L(4-3)	3	8.2	12	5	4	2	6	1	0	4.15	4.11	40	10	11	2	4	11	46			0	0	0	38	3	0	1	1	0	2	1.69	-0.258	7.18	-0.66%	0.00	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
10	233	42	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	GS-4	L(4-4)	6	3.0	5	7	3	3	2	1	0	4.40	4.37	17	3	4	1	1	5	28			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.300	1.89	-0.44%	-4.71	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d5
11	234	46	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	5	4	4	4	7	1	0	4.35	4.37	35	5	14	0	5	5	64			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.182	2.74	-0.24%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
12	235	50	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS-2	L(4-6)	6	2.0	4	5	5	2	2	1	1	4.86	4.59	12	3	1	1	0	3	28			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.314	1.12	-0.26%	-3.90	1t start tie	2t 3 out d5
13	236	52	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	2	1	1	5	4	0	0	4.42	4.51	32	7	14	3	4	2	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.268	.66	0.15%	4.35	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
14	237	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	6-7	BL(5-7)	1	0.2	4	5	5	1	1	0	1	4.95	4.55	8	1	0	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.543	1.98	-0.23%	-4.17	6b 123 2 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out d3
15	238	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(6-7)	1	9.0	8	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.75	4.49	40	12	12	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.287	.57	0.14%	1.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
16	239	64	Jun 29(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	GS-3	L(6-8)	4	2.2	9	7	7	1	0	0	0	5.30	4.48	17	6	2	1	0	8	11			2	0	0	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.400	.85	-0.26%	-5.55	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d5
17	240	66	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	8-GF(11)	L(6-9)	0	3.1	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.40	4.54	19	7	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	1	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.31	-0.537	2.76	-0.27%	-2.30	8b --- 0 out d1	11b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	241	71	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG(11)	L(6-10)	4	11.0	10	6	4	4	4	1	0	5.18	4.55	46	19	9	1	1	10	57			0	0	0	41	4	0	1	1	0	1	1.18	-0.233	1.26	-0.15%	0.03	1t start tie	11t 3 out d3
19	242	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(7-10)	5	9.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	4.85	4.30	31	7	12	2	2	4	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.483	1.25	0.38%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	243	81	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,8-9	GS-5	L(7-11)	4	4.2	9	7	6	5	1	0	0	5.11	4.37	29	6	9	1	2	8	16			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.427	1.30	-0.24%	-4.07	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d3
21	244	87	Jul 22(2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	W(8-11)	5	9.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	5.11	4.33	38	11	10	2	1	9	53			2	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.037	.26	-0.01%	-0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	245	92	Jul 26(2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	GS-7	W(9-11)	3	7.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	1	5.17	4.32	31	15	1	0	1	8	41			1	0	0	27	1	2	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.345	.11	-0.03%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a17
23	246	95	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	8-8		1	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.44	4.32	4	0	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.178	.14	-0.02%	-4.41	8t 1-- 1 out a6	8t --3 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	247	99	Aug 2(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	10	0	0	5.16	4.15	37	8	9	0	5	8	75			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.518	.14	0.04%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	248	105	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(11-11)	5	9.0	4	2	1	1	8	0	1	4.92	4.02	33	5	14	1	2	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.522	.23	0.06%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	249	109	Aug 14(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-13	GS-4	L(11-12)	5	4.0	7	7	7	3	5	1	0	5.19	4.08	22	1	6	1	1	7	22			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.380	.08	-0.01%	-4.58	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d5
27	250	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9		3	8.0	11	4	4	4	6	0	0	5.16	4.03	36	5	10	0	1	11	46			2	3	0	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.160	.01	0.00%	1.12	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
28	251	117	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	4.03	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
29	252	119	Aug 23(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	W(12-12)	1	9.0	13	4	2	2	4	0	0	4.97	3.97	43	13	11	3	3	13	51			1	0	0	41	2	1	0	0	0	2	.32	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
30	253	124	Aug 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-7	L(12-13)	4	6.1	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	5.04	3.94	28	8	8	2	2	7	38			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	-0.367	.01	0.00%	-1.24	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out tie
31	254	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	3.93	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
32	255	129	Sep 1(2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(13-13)	0	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.83	3.85	34	8	14	0	3	5	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.314	.00	0.00%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	256	133	Sep 5(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.75	3.82	39						62						36	0	0			0
34	257	138	Sep 12(1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	GS-9		6	9.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.67	3.83	34	5	19	1	4	6	59			3	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
35	258	144	Sep 17(1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	SHO	W(15-13)	4	9.0	9	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.48	3.77	35	7	11	1	4	9	73			1	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.317	.00	0.00%	4.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a17
36	259	150	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	L(15-14)	3	9.0	8	5	4	7	4	0	1	4.46	3.82	42	11	11	0	2	8	50			0	1	1	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
37	260	154	Sep 26(2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(16-14)	4	9.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.41	3.80	33						70						33	0	0			0
							19-18		W-L:16-14,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.4	237.0	238	130	116	87	132	11	6	4.41	3.80	1023	0.79		6%	13%	216	53	6	33%	15	8	2	919	45	15	4	10	0	13	.97	-1.658	1.18	-2.19%	-2.83

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