Red Ruffing
Charles Herbert Ruffing
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 3, 1905 in Granville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1924
Final Game: September 15, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1967 (266/306 ballots).
Died: February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Hts., OH
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 19 BOS AL 8 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .429 .571 44 3 0 0 /1
1925 20 BOS AL 37 83 79 6 17 4 2 0 11 0 0 1 22 .215 .235 .316 .551 39 25 1 2 1
1926 21 BOS AL 37 55 51 8 10 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 12 .196 .226 .275 .501 32 14 0 2 1
1927 22 BOS AL 29 62 55 5 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 .255 .268 .345 .613 59 19 1 6 1
1928 23 BOS AL 60 131 121 12 38 13 1 2 19 0 0 3 12 .314 .331 .488 .818 116 59 0 7 1
1929 24 BOS AL 60 120 114 9 35 9 0 2 17 0 0 2 13 .307 .325 .439 .763 97 50 1 3 1/O
1930 25 TOT AL 58 117 110 17 40 8 2 4 22 0 0 7 8 .364 .402 .582 .984 150 64 0 0 1
1930 25 BOS AL 6 11 11 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .455 .727 84 5 0 0 /1
1930 25 NYY AL 52 106 99 15 37 6 2 4 21 0 0 7 7 .374 .415 .596 1.011 157 59 0 0 1
1931 26 NYY AL 48 116 109 14 36 8 1 3 12 0 0 1 13 .330 .336 .505 .841 123 55 0 6 1/O
1932 27 NYY AL 55 132 124 20 38 6 1 3 19 0 0 6 10 .306 .338 .444 .782 105 55 0 2 1
1933 28 NYY AL 55 124 115 10 29 3 1 2 13 0 0 7 15 .252 .295 .348 .643 74 40 0 2 1
1934 29 NYY AL 45 117 113 11 28 3 0 2 13 0 0 3 17 .248 .274 .327 .601 59 37 1 0 1 AS
1935 30 NYY AL 50 114 109 13 37 10 0 2 18 0 0 3 9 .339 .363 .486 .849 123 53 1 1 1
1936 31 NYY AL 53 140 127 14 37 5 0 5 22 0 0 11 12 .291 .348 .449 .797 98 57 0 2 1
1937 32 NYY AL 54 144 129 11 26 3 0 1 10 0 0 13 24 .202 .275 .248 .523 32 32 0 2 1 MVP-8
1938 33 NYY AL 45 125 107 12 24 4 1 3 17 0 0 17 21 .224 .331 .364 .695 74 39 0 1 1 AS,MVP-4
1939 34 NYY AL 44 124 114 12 35 1 0 1 20 1 0 7 18 .307 .347 .342 .689 78 39 1 0 3 1 AS,MVP-5
1940 35 NYY AL 33 93 89 8 11 4 0 1 7 0 0 3 9 .124 .152 .202 .354 -7 18 6 0 1 1 AS
1941 36 NYY AL 38 94 89 10 27 8 1 2 22 0 0 4 12 .303 .333 .483 .816 115 43 2 0 1 1 AS,MVP-25
1942 37 NYY AL 30 88 80 8 20 4 0 1 13 0 0 5 13 .250 .302 .338 .640 81 27 2 1 2 1 AS
1945 40 NYY AL 21 46 46 4 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 8 .217 .217 .326 .543 54 15 0 0 0 1
1946 41 NYY AL 8 26 25 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .120 .154 .160 .314 -13 4 1 0 0 /1
1947 42 CHW AL 14 25 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .208 .240 .208 .448 27 5 1 0 0 /1
22 Seasons 882 2083 1937 207 521 98 13 36 273 1 1 97 266 .269 .306 .389 .695 81 753 13 6 43
162 Game Avg. 162 383 356 38 96 18 2 7 50 0 0 18 49 .269 .306 .389 .695 81 138 1 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (15 yrs) 631 1589 1475 163 398 66 8 31 213 1 0 88 196 .270 .312 .388 .701 83 573 12 3 23
BOS (7 yrs) 237 469 438 42 118 32 5 5 57 0 1 8 67 .269 .287 .400 .687 78 175 3 20
CHW (1 yr) 14 25 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .208 .240 .208 .448 27 5 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1924 19 BOS AL 7 6 0 0.0 111 .167 .143 .297 .143 .366 .429 .407 .571 .773 44 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .286 .286
1925 20 BOS AL 83 64 6 2.5 115 .298 .215 .300 .235 .370 .316 .420 .551 .790 39 .213 -8.0 -0.8 .435 .114 .101
1926 21 BOS AL 55 44 3 1.8 107 .237 .196 .286 .226 .357 .275 .401 .501 .758 32 .150 -5.4 -0.5 .357 .098 .078 .0
1927 22 BOS AL 62 47 5 2.8 109 .286 .255 .291 .268 .358 .345 .408 .613 .766 59 .273 -3.6 -0.3 .488 .091 .091
1928 23 BOS AL 131 90 20 5.9 105 .336 .314 .284 .331 .348 .488 .403 .818 .751 116 .601 2.5 0.2 .747 .198 .174 .0
1929 24 BOS AL 120 82 16 5.2 110 .333 .307 .288 .325 .354 .439 .416 .763 .770 97 .522 -0.7 -0.1 .671 .149 .132 .0
1930 25 TOT AL 117 70 25 9.5 112 .367 .364 .290 .402 .353 .582 .426 .984 .780 150 .747 8.0 0.8 1.014 .282 .218 .0
1930 25 BOS AL 11 8 1 3.3 112 .300 .273 .290 .273 .353 .455 .426 .727 .780 84 .302 -0.2 0.0 .625 .182 .182
1930 25 NYY AL 106 62 24 10.3 112 .375 .374 .290 .415 .354 .596 .426 1.011 .780 157 .774 8.3 0.8 1.065 .293 .222 .0
1931 26 NYY AL 116 79 19 6.4 104 .355 .330 .280 .336 .346 .505 .400 .841 .747 123 .621 2.9 0.3 .767 .183 .174 .0
1932 27 NYY AL 132 88 19 5.8 107 .315 .306 .279 .338 .349 .444 .410 .782 .759 105 .565 0.5 0.0 .709 .185 .137 .0
1933 28 NYY AL 124 88 12 3.7 101 .276 .252 .273 .295 .344 .348 .394 .643 .737 74 .382 -4.6 -0.4 .547 .157 .096 .0
1934 29 NYY AL 117 85 10 3.1 106 .277 .248 .279 .274 .352 .327 .402 .601 .754 59 .297 -7.2 -0.7 .482 .106 .080 .0
1935 30 NYY AL 114 73 19 7.0 107 .357 .339 .281 .363 .353 .486 .406 .849 .759 123 .645 3.4 0.3 .792 .174 .147 .0
1936 31 NYY AL 140 92 20 5.8 119 .291 .291 .295 .348 .370 .449 .433 .797 .803 98 .519 -0.9 -0.1 .756 .244 .157 .0
1937 32 NYY AL 144 105 9 2.3 118 .240 .202 .291 .275 .367 .248 .434 .523 .800 32 .176 -13.9 -1.3 .437 .147 .047 .0
1938 33 NYY AL 125 84 13 4.1 118 .253 .224 .290 .331 .369 .364 .432 .695 .801 74 .384 -4.5 -0.4 .675 .299 .140 .0
1939 34 NYY AL 124 83 14 4.5 113 .358 .307 .285 .347 .360 .342 .422 .689 .782 78 .443 -4.0 -0.4 .588 .105 .035 1.0
1940 35 NYY AL 93 85 3 0.9 107 .127 .124 .274 .152 .347 .202 .416 .354 .762 -7 .045 -14.2 -1.4 .250 .112 .079 .0
1941 36 NYY AL 94 65 14 5.8 106 .333 .303 .274 .333 .351 .483 .404 .816 .755 115 .589 1.5 0.1 .734 .225 .180 .0
1942 37 NYY AL 88 64 8 3.4 93 .288 .250 .263 .302 .337 .338 .368 .640 .706 81 .406 -2.1 -0.2 .532 .150 .088 .0
1945 40 NYY AL 46 36 3 2.2 92 .243 .217 .267 .217 .340 .326 .363 .543 .704 54 .269 -3.3 -0.4 .417 .109 .109 .0
1946 41 NYY AL 26 23 1 1.2 96 .176 .120 .265 .154 .339 .160 .381 .314 .720 -13 .088 -3.9 -0.4 .217 .080 .040
1947 42 CHW AL 25 20 1 1.3 93 .238 .208 .258 .240 .337 .208 .371 .448 .708 27 .110 -2.4 -0.2 .300 .042 .000
22 Seasons 2083 1473 240 4.3 108 .297 .269 .283 .306 .354 .389 .410 .695 .764 81 .440 -60.5 -6.0 .599 .170 .120 1.9
162 Game Avg. 383 271 44 4.3 108 .297 .269 .283 .306 .354 .389 .410 .695 .764 81 .440 -60.5 -6.0 .599 .170 .120
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (15 yrs) 1589 1112 188 4.5 108 .294 .270 .281 .312 .354 .388 .411 .701 .765 83 .454 -41.9 -4.2 .611 .179 .119 1.9
BOS (7 yrs) 469 341 51 4.0 109 .309 .269 .289 .287 .356 .400 .410 .687 .767 78 .409 -16.2 -1.6 .576 .146 .130 .0
CHW (1 yr) 25 20 1 1.3 93 .238 .208 .258 .240 .337 .208 .371 .448 .708 27 .110 -2.4 -0.2 .300 .042 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 27 NYY AL WS CHC W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1
1936 31 NYY AL WS NYG W 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 1 0 0 0 0
1937 32 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 1 0 0 0 0
1938 33 NYY AL WS CHC W 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 1 0 1 0 0
1939 34 NYY AL WS CIN W 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 36 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 37 NYY AL WS STL L 4 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 14 38 34 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .176 .243 .206 .449 7 4 0 1 0 1
7 WS 14 38 34 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .176 .243 .206 .449 7 4 0 1 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 NYY AL 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 33 DNP
1939 NYY AL 34 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYY AL 35 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYY AL 36 DNP
1942 NYY AL 37 DNP
6 Seasons (3 Appearances) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 19 8 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .429 .571 44 3 0 0
1925 20 45 90 86 6 18 4 3 0 11 0 0 1 23 .209 .227 .326 .553 39 28 1 2
1926 21 82 145 137 14 28 5 3 1 16 0 1 3 35 .204 .227 .307 .534 37 42 1 4
1927 22 111 207 192 19 42 8 4 1 20 0 1 3 41 .219 .239 .318 .556 43 61 2 10
1928 23 171 338 313 31 80 21 5 3 39 0 1 6 53 .256 .274 .383 .658 71 120 2 17
1929 24 231 458 427 40 115 30 5 5 56 0 1 8 66 .269 .288 .398 .686 78 170 3 20
1930 25 289 575 537 57 155 38 7 9 78 0 1 15 74 .289 .312 .436 .747 93 234 3 20
1931 26 337 691 646 71 191 46 8 12 90 0 1 16 87 .296 .316 .447 .763 98 289 3 26
1932 27 392 823 770 91 229 52 9 15 109 0 1 22 97 .297 .319 .447 .766 99 344 3 28
1933 28 447 947 885 101 258 55 10 17 122 0 1 29 112 .292 .316 .434 .750 96 384 3 30
1934 29 492 1064 998 112 286 58 10 19 135 0 1 32 129 .287 .311 .422 .733 92 421 4 30
1935 30 542 1178 1107 125 323 68 10 21 153 0 1 35 138 .292 .316 .428 .745 95 474 5 31
1936 31 595 1318 1234 139 360 73 10 26 175 0 1 46 150 .292 .320 .430 .750 95 531 5 33
1937 32 649 1462 1363 150 386 76 10 27 185 0 1 59 174 .283 .315 .413 .728 89 563 5 35
1938 33 694 1587 1470 162 410 80 11 30 202 0 1 76 195 .279 .317 .410 .726 88 602 5 36
1939 34 738 1711 1584 174 445 81 11 31 222 1 1 83 213 .281 .319 .405 .723 87 641 1 5 39
1940 35 771 1804 1673 182 456 85 11 32 229 1 1 86 222 .273 .310 .394 .704 82 659 7 5 40
1941 36 809 1898 1762 192 483 93 12 34 251 1 1 90 234 .274 .311 .398 .710 84 702 9 5 41
1942 37 839 1986 1842 200 503 97 12 35 264 1 1 95 247 .273 .311 .396 .707 84 729 11 6 43
1943 38 839 1986 1842 200 503 97 12 35 264 1 1 95 247 .273 .311 .396 .707 84 729 11 6 43
1944 39 839 1986 1842 200 503 97 12 35 264 1 1 95 247 .273 .311 .396 .707 84 729 11 6 43
1945 40 860 2032 1888 204 513 97 13 36 269 1 1 95 255 .272 .309 .394 .703 83 744 11 6 43
1946 41 868 2058 1913 205 516 98 13 36 270 1 1 96 263 .270 .307 .391 .698 82 748 12 6 43
1947 42 882 2083 1937 207 521 98 13 36 273 1 1 97 266 .269 .306 .389 .695 81 753 13 6 43

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1924 19 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1925 20 39 84 82 6 17 4 2 0 10 0 1 23 .207 .226 .305 .531 5 37
1926 21 39 55 53 9 10 1 0 1 5 0 2 13 .189 .218 .264 .482 3 37
1927 22 30 58 57 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .000 .017 .000 .017 4 29
1928 23 63 129 126 12 39 13 1 2 19 0 3 13 .310 .326 .476 .802 20 60
1929 24 64 123 120 9 36 9 0 2 17 0 2 14 .300 .317 .425 .742 16 60
1930 25 61 119 112 15 38 8 2 4 20 0 7 8 .339 .378 .554 .932 23 58
1931 26 50 113 112 13 36 8 1 3 12 0 1 14 .321 .327 .491 .819 18 48
1932 27 58 134 128 19 38 6 1 3 18 0 6 11 .297 .328 .430 .758 18 55
1933 28 59 129 122 10 30 3 1 2 13 0 7 16 .246 .287 .336 .623 12 55
1934 29 47 121 117 11 28 3 0 2 12 0 3 18 .239 .264 .316 .581 9 45
1935 30 53 117 113 12 37 10 0 2 17 0 3 10 .327 .350 .469 .819 18 50
1936 31 55 138 128 12 34 5 0 5 19 0 10 13 .266 .319 .422 .741 17 53
1937 32 56 143 131 9 24 3 0 1 8 0 12 25 .183 .252 .229 .481 7 54
1938 33 48 127 111 11 23 4 1 3 15 0 16 22 .207 .307 .342 .649 12 45
1939 34 46 124 117 11 34 1 0 1 18 1 7 19 .291 .331 .325 .655 13 44
1940 35 34 97 94 9 12 4 0 1 8 0 3 9 .128 .155 .202 .357 3 33
1941 36 39 94 90 9 26 8 1 2 21 0 4 12 .289 .319 .467 .786 14 38
1942 37 32 91 85 9 21 4 0 1 14 0 5 14 .247 .297 .329 .626 8 30
1945 40 22 49 49 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 21
1946 41 8 28 27 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 .148 .179 .185 .364 1 8
1947 42 15 26 25 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .200 .231 .200 .431 1 14
22 Seasons 926 2106 2006 199 492 95 10 35 260 1 94 280 .245 .281 .355 .636 226 882
162 Game Avg. 162 368 351 35 86 17 2 6 45 0 16 49 .245 .281 .355 .636 40 882
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1934 *
1938
1939 (P)
1940 (P)
1941
1942

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1937-AL-8-22%
1938-AL-4-43%
1939-AL-5-35%
1941-AL-25-1%
1.01 Career Shares (230th)

Oldest s c a p y
1946 AL--born 1905-05-03--6th
1947 AL--born 1905-05-03--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
1924 AL--born 1905-05-03--1st
1925 AL--born 1905-05-03--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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