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: 17-6 / in Starts: 17-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	550	2	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	10	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.00	3.01	35	8	9	0	0	10	61			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.085	2.57	0.15%	1.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
2	551	7	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,19-5	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	10	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.00	2.67	38	9	12	0	1	10	50			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	2	0	1	.71	-0.208	1.78	-0.31%	-0.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
3	552	13	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	0	3.24	2.78	30	7	8	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.232	3.74	0.45%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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	553	18	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.2	5	5	5	3	4	0	0	4.11	2.82	25	5	8	0	1	5	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.087	3.68	-0.20%	-1.35	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d4
5	554	24	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	5.2	9	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.46	3.31	29	6	9	0	2	9	34			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.067	4.97	-0.15%	-1.07	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out a1
6	555	28	May 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(3-3)	5	9.0	6	4	4	2	5	3	0	4.37	3.97	35	8	14	1	3	6	62			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.059	2.85	-0.11%	0.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
7	556	34	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	GS-6		5	6.0	7	5	4	1	4	3	0	4.56	4.50	26	6	8	0	1	7	43			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.284	1.84	-0.32%	-1.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
8	557	40	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-8	GS-6	W(4-3)	6	5.1	8	6	6	3	0	0	0	5.08	4.49	25	6	8	1	0	8	25			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.96	0.004	2.05	0.01%	-2.65	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out a4
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
9	558	45	Jun 1(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-3)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39	4.23	31	10	14	3	4	6	72			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.626	4.95	1.44%	4.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	559	51	Jun 8(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	W(6-3)	6	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.22	4.26	37	4	17	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.172	3.14	0.30%	1.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
11	560	56	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	6	2	0	3	3	0	0	3.76	4.13	37	12	15	2	4	4	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.458	6.47	1.65%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	561	63	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS-8		6	8.0	6	4	3	5	1	1	0	3.73	4.30	34	10	12	2	0	6	52			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.47	-0.202	7.01	-0.58%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	562	69	Jun 29(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	GS-6	W(8-3)	6	5.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.88	4.25	24	6	9	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.065	4.23	0.21%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out a2
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	563	74	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,10-5	CG	W(9-3)	5	9.0	9	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.98	4.33	36	7	18	4	0	9	51			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.115	4.90	-0.39%	-0.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	564	81	Jul 13(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(10-3)	7	11.0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.61	4.25	37	15	15	0	0	3	89			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.82	1.057	8.29	2.88%	5.80	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
16	565	88	Jul 19(2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-8	W(11-3)	5	7.2	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.53	4.18	32	9	11	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.182	2.57	0.35%	2.03	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out a4
17	566	95	Jul 27(1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	CG	W(12-3)	7	9.0	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.63	4.09	36	10	16	2	0	8	51			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.247	.43	0.10%	-0.26	1t start tie	9t 3 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
18	567	102	Aug 3(1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-6	GS-8	L(12-4)	6	7.2	10	6	4	1	0	0	0	3.68	4.04	36	14	12	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.285	.48	-0.08%	-2.24	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
19	568	110	Aug 9	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(13-4)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.64	3.99	36	6	19	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.164	.76	0.07%	1.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	569	119	Aug 16	NYY		PHA	L,4-6	CG	L(13-5)	6	9.0	12	6	4	3	3	0	1	3.66	3.96	43	10	14	2	1	12	43			0	0	0	38	2	2	0	1	0	2	1.00	-0.314	.04	-0.01%	-1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
21	570	128	Aug 24(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(14-5)	7	9.0	12	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.52	3.92	39	11	13	2	0	12	58			0	2	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.450	.00	0.00%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
22	571	145	Sep 14(1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(15-5)	20	9.0	3	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.50	3.93	32	11	10	0	0	3	71			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.243	.00	0.00%	1.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	572	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	GS-9	L(15-6)	8	8.0	10	9	4	4	1	0	0	3.54	3.94	38	17	6	0	0	10	33			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.39	-0.807	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
							17-6		W-L:15-6	5.7	185.2	177	87	73	54	60	13	1	3.54	3.94	771	0.75		4%	4%	172	53		---%	0	5	0	703	28	9	3	22	0	13	1.07	1.557	2.83	5.47%	11.55

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