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: 22-8 / in Starts: 22-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	461	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	8	8	8	3	3	1	0	13.50	6.05	28	7	7	1	2	8	20			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.409	3.34	-0.62%	-3.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
2	462	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.02	4.38	31	8	13	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.414	1.67	0.55%	5.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	463	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.86	4.59	38	7	15	1	5	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.282	2.24	0.38%	3.29	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
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	464	16	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	9	1	1	4	8	0	0	3.06	4.04	37	7	9	2	2	9	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.276	2.16	0.44%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	465	20	May 8	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	10	3	2	3	9	0	0	2.83	3.61	37	6	9	0	2	10	63			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.155	3.27	0.31%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	466	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	17	9.0	7	1	1	1	10	0	0	2.50	3.17	36	9	9	3	1	7	78			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.478	3.48	0.84%	4.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	467	33	May 30(1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	2.12	3.20	33	11	8	0	2	3	82			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.46	0.243	1.52	0.48%	5.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
8	468	39	Jun 3	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.98	3.08	33	7	14	0	2	6	73			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.358	3.21	0.80%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	469	42	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	GS-7	L(7-2)	3	6.2	11	8	6	5	3	1	0	2.52	3.37	37	7	11	0	5	11	22			2	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.319	2.34	-0.65%	-3.99	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d5
10	470	47	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	10	6	6	0	6	0	0	2.89	3.19	37	5	17	0	3	9	49			0	0	0	36	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.089	5.17	0.25%	-0.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	471	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	GS-7	L(8-3)	8	6.1	14	10	9	4	2	1	0	3.59	3.42	35	6	9	1	3	14	5			1	0	0	30	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.44	-0.721	8.13	-2.45%	-6.56	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d5
12	472	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.53	3.53	38	7	19	2	2	8	59			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.188	2.41	0.40%	2.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
13	473	64	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.32	3.55	30	7	13	1	2	4	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.45	0.266	1.87	0.67%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
14	474	68	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-7	W(11-3)	3	6.2	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.44	3.57	29	3	12	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.191	6.08	0.55%	1.13	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a3
15	475	73	Jul 12(1)	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(12-3)	7	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.41	3.53	35	8	11	2	5	8	61			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	.92	0.425	4.34	1.20%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	476	78	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	W(13-3)	3	9.0	12	5	3	2	1	1	0	3.38	3.62	41	11	16	4	2	11	46			0	1	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.301	5.92	1.04%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	477	82	Jul 24(2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GS-6		7	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.24	3.57	20	8	6	0	0	4	66			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.381	6.07	1.30%	3.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
18	478	88	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-6	W(14-3)	5	5.0	10	4	4	7	1	0	0	3.38	3.68	30	8	4	3	0	10	25			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.62	-0.027	9.36	-0.10%	-1.35	1b start a 1	6b -23 0 out a4
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
19	479	92	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-8		3	8.0	11	5	4	4	5	0	0	3.43	3.66	38	11	7	0	0	11	43			2	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.59	0.121	9.28	0.42%	0.25	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
20	480	96	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.24	3.64	35	10	14	1	5	2	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.506	7.02	2.39%	5.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
21	481	100	Aug 12(1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	L(15-4)	4	9.0	6	5	4	1	5	3	0	3.28	3.80	35	12	11	2	0	6	61			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.173	4.13	-0.40%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	482	106	Aug 16(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(16-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.22	3.83	34	13	12	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	4	1	0	1	0	1	.98	0.344	2.44	0.51%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
23	483	112	Aug 21(2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	W(17-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.11	3.80	34	3	17	2	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.228	.67	0.15%	4.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
24	484	118	Aug 25(2)	NYY		CLE	W,15-3	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	6	3	2	1	7	1	0	3.06	3.78	35	7	14	2	4	6	71			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	.72	0.341	.42	0.12%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
25	485	123	Aug 28	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(19-4)	2	9.0	12	2	1	2	3	1	0	2.97	3.81	38	10	11	1	0	12	58			2	0	0	36	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.56	0.514	.47	0.09%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
26	486	128	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(20-4)	4	9.0	13	4	4	4	4	0	0	3.01	3.80	43	11	11	1	2	13	45			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.225	.31	0.03%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	487	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS-4	L(20-5)	4	3.1	8	9	9	3	0	2	0	3.34	3.94	21	2	8	1	0	8	5			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.336	.04	-0.01%	-6.78	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d7
28	488	138	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(21-5)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.25	3.90	36	9	13	2	0	8	69			2	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.260	.00	0.00%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	489	142	Sep 18(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(21-6)	4	8.0	8	4	3	0	5	0	0	3.25	3.83	31	6	12	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.84	1b start a 3	8b 3 out d1
30	490	148	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	L(21-7)	5	9.0	11	7	7	4	3	1	0	3.39	3.88	41	11	16	0	1	7	36			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
31	491	155	Sep 29(2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,1-1	GS-3		4	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.86	14	3	5	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.76	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
							22-8		W-L:21-7	4.0	247.1	245	104	93	82	127	16	0	3.38	3.86	1040	0.68		6%	8%	238	55		---%	15	4	0	949	45	9	3	24	0	14	1.01	4.443	3.16	8.71%	49.18

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