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Red Ruffing

Charles Herbert Ruffing

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 3, 1905 in Granville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1924
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox/WhiteSox 1924-1947

Final Game: September 15, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA in Runoff Election as Player in 1967 (266/306 ballots).
   View Red Ruffing Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Heights, OH
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bedford Heights, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1924 19 BOS AL 0 0 6.65 8 2 3 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 17 0 9 10 3 0 1 102 66 1.652 11.3 0.0 3.5 3.9 1.11
1925 20 BOS AL 9 18 .333 5.01 37 27 6 13 3 1 217.1 253 135 121 10 75 64 2 1 1 957 90 1.509 10.5 0.4 3.1 2.7 0.85
1926 21 BOS AL 6 15 .286 4.39 37 22 11 6 0 2 166.0 169 96 81 4 68 58 5 0 0 724 93 1.428 9.2 0.2 3.7 3.1 0.85
1927 22 BOS AL 5 13 .278 4.66 26 18 7 10 0 2 158.1 160 94 82 7 87 77 4 1 5 703 91 1.560 9.1 0.4 4.9 4.4 0.89
1928 23 BOS AL 10 25 .286 3.89 42 34 8 25 1 2 289.1 303 147 125 8 96 118 10 0 4 1246 104 1.379 9.4 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.23
1929 24 BOS AL 9 22 .290 4.86 35 32 3 18 1 1 244.1 280 162 132 17 118 109 2 0 6 1112 87 1.629 10.3 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.92
1930 25 TOT AL 15 8 .652 4.38 38 28 9 13 2 1 221.2 232 125 108 11 68 131 3 2 4 960 100 1.353 9.4 0.4 2.8 5.3 1.93
1930 25 BOS AL 0 3 .000 6.38 4 3 1 1 0 0 24.0 32 19 17 1 6 14 1 2 0 114 73 1.583 12.0 0.4 2.3 5.3 2.33
1930 25 NYY AL 15 5 .750 4.14 34 25 8 12 2 1 197.2 200 106 91 10 62 117 2 0 4 846 105 1.325 9.1 0.5 2.8 5.3 1.89
1931 26 NYY AL 16 14 .533 4.41 37 30 5 19 1 2 237.0 240 130 116 11 87 132 6 0 1 1042 91 1.380 9.1 0.4 3.3 5.0 1.52
1932 27 NYY AL 18 7 .720 3.09 35 29 6 22 3 2 259.0 219 102 89 16 115 190 3 0 5 1098 132 1.290 7.6 0.6 4.0 6.6 1.65
1933 28 NYY AL 9 14 .391 3.91 35 28 7 18 0 3 235.0 230 118 102 7 93 122 4 0 0 1006 100 1.374 8.8 0.3 3.6 4.7 1.31
1934 29 NYY AL 19 11 .633 3.93 36 31 3 19 5 0 256.1 232 134 112 18 104 149 1 0 1 1100 104 1.311 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.2 1.43 AS
1935 30 NYY AL 16 11 .593 3.12 30 29 1 19 2 0 222.0 201 88 77 17 76 81 1 1 1 925 130 1.248 8.1 0.7 3.1 3.3 1.07
1936 31 NYY AL 20 12 .625 3.85 33 33 0 25 3 0 271.0 274 133 116 22 90 102 3 0 7 1151 120 1.343 9.1 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13
1937 32 NYY AL 20 7 .741 2.98 31 31 0 22 4 0 256.1 242 101 85 17 68 131 1 1 1 1058 150 1.209 8.5 0.6 2.4 4.6 1.93 MVP-8
1938 33 NYY AL 21 7 .750 3.31 31 31 0 22 3 0 247.1 246 104 91 16 82 127 0 1 1 1043 138 1.326 9.0 0.6 3.0 4.6 1.55 AS,MVP-4
1939 34 NYY AL 21 7 .750 2.93 28 28 0 22 5 0 233.1 211 88 76 15 75 95 2 0 3 968 148 1.226 8.1 0.6 2.9 3.7 1.27 AS,MVP-5
1940 35 NYY AL 15 12 .556 3.38 30 30 0 20 3 0 226.0 218 98 85 24 76 97 3 0 1 954 119 1.301 8.7 1.0 3.0 3.9 1.28 AS
1941 36 NYY AL 15 6 .714 3.54 23 23 0 13 2 0 185.2 177 87 73 13 54 60 1 0 1 771 112 1.244 8.6 0.6 2.6 2.9 1.11 AS,MVP-25
1942 37 NYY AL 14 7 .667 3.21 24 24 0 16 4 0 193.2 183 72 69 10 41 80 3 0 0 784 107 1.157 8.5 0.5 1.9 3.7 1.95 AS
1945 40 NYY AL 7 3 .700 2.89 11 11 0 8 1 0 87.1 85 32 28 2 20 24 1 0 0 364 121 1.202 8.8 0.2 2.1 2.5 1.20
1946 41 NYY AL 5 1 .833 1.77 8 8 0 4 2 0 61.0 37 13 12 2 23 19 0 0 0 243 195 0.984 5.5 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.83
1947 42 CHW AL 3 5 .375 6.11 9 9 0 1 0 0 53.0 63 39 36 7 16 11 0 0 3 235 60 1.491 10.7 1.2 2.7 1.9 0.69
22 Yrs 273 225 .548 3.80 624 538 69 335 45 16 4344.0 4284 2115 1833 254 1541 1987 58 7 46 18546 109 1.341 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.1 1.29
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .548 3.80 37 31 4 20 3 1 254 251 124 107 15 90 116 3 0 3 1085 109 1.341 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.1 1.29
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (15 yrs) 231 124 .651 3.47 426 391 30 261 40 8 3168.2 2995 1406 1222 200 1066 1526 31 3 26 13353 119 1.282 8.5 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.43
BOS (7 yrs) 39 96 .289 4.61 189 138 39 73 5 8 1122.1 1226 670 575 47 459 450 27 4 17 4958 92 1.501 9.8 0.4 3.7 3.6 0.98
CHW (1 yr) 3 5 .375 6.11 9 9 0 1 0 0 53.0 63 39 36 7 16 11 0 0 3 235 60 1.491 10.7 1.2 2.7 1.9 0.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1924 19 BOS AL 23.0 8 2 17 6.65 5.08 -0.30 0.00 102.3 5.50 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .463 .498 $
1925 20 BOS AL 217.1 37 27 135 5.59 5.37 -0.33 0.00 103.8 5.92 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.5 35 .518 .504 $
1926 21 BOS AL 165.1 37 22 96 5.23 4.78 0.04 0.00 101.5 4.80 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.6 11 .479 .495 $
1927 22 BOS AL 157.1 26 18 94 5.38 5.19 -0.20 0.00 102.3 5.51 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.5 21 .507 .501 $
1928 23 BOS AL 288.1 42 34 147 4.59 4.86 0.08 0.00 100.5 4.80 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 3.0 39 .514 .504 $
1929 24 BOS AL 244.1 35 32 162 5.97 5.35 -0.03 0.00 100.3 5.39 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 0.6 13 .459 .491 $
1930 25 BOS AL 24.0 4 3 19 7.13 5.91 0.20 0.00 98.0 5.60 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .413 .498 $
1930 25 NYY AL 197.2 34 25 106 4.83 5.22 -0.21 0.00 94.2 5.12 6 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.2 32 .516 .503 $
1931 26 NYY AL 237.0 37 30 130 4.94 4.91 -0.06 0.00 90.8 4.51 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.8 18 .469 .493 $
1932 27 NYY AL 259.0 35 29 102 3.54 5.17 -0.10 0.00 93.5 4.93 39 3.9 1.0 -0.1 6.0 72 .611 .524 $
1933 28 NYY AL 235.0 35 28 118 4.52 4.76 -0.25 0.00 92.9 4.65 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 2.0 31 .503 .501 $
1934 29 NYY AL 256.1 36 31 134 4.70 5.14 0.24 0.00 92.1 4.52 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.6 26 .486 .497 $ AS
1935 30 NYY AL 222.0 30 29 88 3.57 4.98 0.31 0.00 91.2 4.26 17 1.7 1.0 -0.2 3.5 44 .557 .511 $
1936 31 NYY AL 271.0 33 33 133 4.42 5.62 0.16 0.00 91.2 4.98 16 1.5 -0.2 3.6 53 .544 .509 $12,000
1937 32 NYY AL 256.1 31 31 101 3.55 5.28 0.13 0.00 96.9 4.99 40 4.0 -0.2 6.0 73 .629 .525 $30,000 MVP-8
1938 33 NYY AL 247.1 31 31 104 3.78 5.40 0.13 0.00 95.0 5.01 31 3.0 -0.1 5.0 66 .596 .518 $ AS,MVP-4
1939 34 NYY AL 233.1 28 28 88 3.39 5.09 0.59 0.00 96.1 4.32 23 2.3 -0.2 4.1 53 .581 .514 $28,000 AS,MVP-5
1940 35 NYY AL 226.0 30 30 98 3.90 4.97 0.26 0.00 93.9 4.42 11 1.1 -0.1 2.5 35 .537 .507 $20,000 AS
1941 36 NYY AL 185.2 23 23 87 4.22 4.58 0.43 0.00 94.5 3.93 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.5 11 .470 .496 $ AS,MVP-25
1942 37 NYY AL 193.2 24 24 72 3.35 4.13 0.46 0.00 94.8 3.47 1 0.2 -0.1 1.1 16 .507 .501 $ AS
1945 40 NYY AL 87.1 11 11 32 3.30 3.89 0.23 0.00 101.7 3.72 4 0.5 -0.1 1.0 9 .548 .503 $
1946 41 NYY AL 61.0 8 8 13 1.92 3.96 0.32 0.00 99.1 3.61 11 1.4 -0.0 1.8 16 .677 .509 $
1947 42 CHW AL 53.0 9 9 39 6.62 4.42 0.06 0.00 97.9 4.27 -14 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .356 .492 $
22 Seasons 4341.1 624 538 2115 4.38 5.02 0.10 0.00 95.9 4.73 148 15.1 1.0 -2.4 48.6 661 .524 .504 $90,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
NYY (15 yrs) 3168.2 426 391 1406 3.99 5.00 0.16 0.00 93.9 4.54 177 17.8 1.0 -1.9 41.7 553 .542 .507 $90,000
BOS (7 yrs) 1119.2 189 138 670 5.39 5.13 -0.07 0.00 101.5 5.28 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.5 7.9 117 .493 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 53.0 9 9 39 6.62 4.42 0.06 0.00 97.9 4.27 -14 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .356 .492 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1932 27 NYY AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 6 3 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 44 1.778 10.0 0.0 6.0 10.0 1.67
1936 31 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 1 .000 5.14 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 16 10 8 1 5 1 12 0 0 0 64 1.500 10.3 0.6 3.2 7.7 2.40
1937 32 NYY AL WS W NYG 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 37 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
1938 33 NYY AL WS W CHC 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 17 4 3 1 2 0 11 0 0 0 70 1.056 8.5 0.5 1.0 5.5 5.50
1939 34 NYY AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 29 0.556 4.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1941 36 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 35 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
1942 37 NYY AL WS L STL 1 1 .500 4.08 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 14 8 8 2 7 0 11 0 0 0 73 1.189 7.1 1.0 3.6 5.6 1.57
7 Yrs (7 Series) 7 2 .778 2.63 10 10 0 8 0 0 85.2 74 32 25 4 27 2 61 0 0 0 352 1.179 7.8 0.4 2.8 6.4 2.26
7 WS 7 2 .778 2.63 10 10 0 8 0 0 85.2 74 32 25 4 27 2 61 0 0 0 352 1.179 7.8 0.4 2.8 6.4 2.26

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5.000 36.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1938 NYY AL 33
1939 NYY AL 34 1 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1940 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1941 NYY AL 36
1942 NYY AL 37
6 Yrs (3 GP) 2 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 7 7 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 36 2.143 16.7 1.3 2.6 7.7 3.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1924 19 BOS AL 102 0.0% 9.8% 8.8% 75%
1925 20 BOS AL 955 1.1% 6.7% 7.9% 3.9% 15% 81%
1926 21 BOS AL 722 0.6% 8.0% 9.4% 1.3% 5% 77%
1927 22 BOS AL 703 1.0% 11.0% 12.4% 3.6% 16% 70%
1928 23 BOS AL 1247 0.6% 9.5% 7.7% 5.0% 21% 78%
1929 24 BOS AL 1115 1.5% 9.8% 10.6% 4.7% 19% 74%
1930 25 TOT AL 960 1.2% 13.7% 7.1% 3.5% 15% 76%
1930 25 BOS AL 114 0.9% 12.3% 5.3% 4.4% 16% 74%
1930 25 NYY AL 846 1.2% 13.8% 7.3% 3.4% 15% 76%
1931 26 NYY AL 1023 1.1% 12.9% 8.5% 4.0% 17% 76%
1932 27 NYY AL 1098 1.5% 17.3% 10.5% 4.9% 25% 69%
1933 28 NYY AL 1008 0.7% 12.1% 9.2% 3.7% 16% 76%
1934 29 NYY AL 1099 1.6% 13.6% 9.5% 3.6% 17% 74%
1935 30 NYY AL 925 1.8% 8.8% 8.2% 4.3% 20% 80%
1936 31 NYY AL 1151 1.9% 8.9% 7.8% 5.8% 25% 80%
1937 32 NYY AL 1059 1.6% 12.4% 6.4% 5.0% 22% 79%
1938 33 NYY AL 1044 1.5% 12.2% 7.9% 5.2% 22% 78%
1939 34 NYY AL 968 1.6% 9.8% 7.8% 6.1% 28% 79%
1940 35 NYY AL 954 2.5% 10.2% 8.0% 5.9% 26% 78%
1941 36 NYY AL 771 1.7% 7.8% 7.0% 4.2% 18% 82%
1942 37 NYY AL 784 1.3% 10.2% 5.2% 3.8% 16% 82%
1945 40 NYY AL 364 0.6% 6.6% 5.5% 3.0% 13% 86%
1946 41 NYY AL 243 0.8% 7.8% 9.5% 2.1% 14% 80%
1947 42 CHW AL 235 3.0% 4.7% 6.8% 3.8% 14% 85%
22 Yrs 18530 1.4% 10.7% 8.3% 4.4% 19% 77%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.4% 8.4% 3.1% 13% 79%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1924 19 0 0 6.65 8 2 3 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 17 0 9 10 3 0 1 102 66 1.652 11.3 0.0 3.5 3.9 1.11 66
1925 20 9 18 .333 5.17 45 29 9 13 3 1 240.1 282 152 138 10 84 74 5 1 2 1059 88 1.523 10.6 0.4 3.1 2.8 0.88 88
1926 21 15 33 .313 4.85 82 51 20 19 3 3 406.1 451 248 219 14 152 132 10 1 2 1783 89 1.484 10.0 0.3 3.4 2.9 0.87 89
1927 22 20 46 .303 4.80 108 69 27 29 3 5 564.2 611 342 301 21 239 209 14 2 7 2486 90 1.505 9.7 0.3 3.8 3.3 0.87 90
1928 23 30 71 .297 4.49 150 103 35 54 4 7 854.0 914 489 426 29 335 327 24 2 11 3732 94 1.463 9.6 0.3 3.5 3.4 0.98 94
1929 24 39 93 .295 4.57 185 135 38 72 5 8 1098.1 1194 651 558 46 453 436 26 2 17 4844 92 1.500 9.8 0.4 3.7 3.6 0.96 92
1930 25 54 101 .348 4.54 223 163 47 85 7 9 1320.0 1426 776 666 57 521 567 29 4 21 5804 94 1.475 9.7 0.4 3.6 3.9 1.09 94
1931 26 70 115 .378 4.52 260 193 52 104 8 11 1557.0 1666 906 782 68 608 699 35 4 22 6846 93 1.461 9.6 0.4 3.5 4.0 1.15 93
1932 27 88 122 .419 4.32 295 222 58 126 11 13 1816.0 1885 1008 871 84 723 889 38 4 27 7944 97 1.436 9.3 0.4 3.6 4.4 1.23 97
1933 28 97 136 .416 4.27 330 250 65 144 11 16 2051.0 2115 1126 973 91 816 1011 42 4 27 8950 97 1.429 9.3 0.4 3.6 4.4 1.24 97
1934 29 116 147 .441 4.23 366 281 68 163 16 16 2307.1 2347 1260 1085 109 920 1160 43 4 28 10050 98 1.416 9.2 0.4 3.6 4.5 1.26 98
1935 30 132 158 .455 4.13 396 310 69 182 18 16 2529.1 2548 1348 1162 126 996 1241 44 5 29 10975 100 1.401 9.1 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.25 100
1936 31 152 170 .472 4.11 429 343 69 207 21 16 2800.1 2822 1481 1278 148 1086 1343 47 5 36 12126 102 1.396 9.1 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.24 102
1937 32 172 177 .493 4.01 460 374 69 229 25 16 3056.2 3064 1582 1363 165 1154 1474 48 6 37 13184 105 1.380 9.0 0.5 3.4 4.3 1.28 105
1938 33 193 184 .512 3.96 491 405 69 251 28 16 3304.0 3310 1686 1454 181 1236 1601 48 7 38 14227 107 1.376 9.0 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.30 107
1939 34 214 191 .528 3.89 519 433 69 273 33 16 3537.1 3521 1774 1530 196 1311 1696 50 7 41 15195 109 1.366 9.0 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.29 109
1940 35 229 203 .530 3.86 549 463 69 293 36 16 3763.1 3739 1872 1615 220 1387 1793 53 7 42 16149 110 1.362 8.9 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.29 110
1941 36 244 209 .539 3.85 572 486 69 306 38 16 3949.0 3916 1959 1688 233 1441 1853 54 7 43 16920 110 1.357 8.9 0.5 3.3 4.2 1.29 110
1942 37 258 216 .544 3.82 596 510 69 322 42 16 4142.2 4099 2031 1757 243 1482 1933 57 7 43 17704 110 1.347 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.30 110
1943 38 258 216 .544 3.82 596 510 69 322 42 16 4142.2 4099 2031 1757 243 1482 1933 57 7 43 17704 110 1.347 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.30 110
1944 39 258 216 .544 3.82 596 510 69 322 42 16 4142.2 4099 2031 1757 243 1482 1933 57 7 43 17704 110 1.347 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.30 110
1945 40 265 219 .548 3.80 607 521 69 330 43 16 4230.0 4184 2063 1785 245 1502 1957 58 7 43 18068 110 1.344 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.30 110
1946 41 270 220 .551 3.77 615 529 69 334 45 16 4291.0 4221 2076 1797 247 1525 1976 58 7 43 18311 110 1.339 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.1 1.30 110
1947 42 273 225 .548 3.80 624 538 69 335 45 16 4344.0 4284 2115 1833 254 1541 1987 58 7 46 18546 109 1.341 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.1 1.29 109

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1924 19 1 1 .500 6.55 22.0 29 18 16 0 9 10 3 1.727 11.9 3.7 4.1 1.11 0.0 8
1925 20 12 13 .480 4.11 230.0 242 117 105 10 72 68 2 1.365 9.5 2.8 2.7 0.94 0.4 37
1926 21 9 10 .474 4.13 172.0 171 88 79 4 69 60 5 1.395 8.9 3.6 3.1 0.87 0.2 37
1927 22 9 9 .500 4.14 163.0 157 83 75 7 85 79 4 1.485 8.7 4.7 4.4 0.93 0.4 26
1928 23 18 15 .545 3.67 299.0 307 136 122 8 97 122 10 1.351 9.2 2.9 3.7 1.26 0.2 42
1929 24 13 15 .464 4.26 260.0 278 137 123 17 117 116 2 1.519 9.6 4.1 4.0 0.99 0.6 35
1930 25 14 12 .538 3.76 237.0 228 110 99 11 67 140 3 1.245 8.7 2.5 5.3 2.09 0.4 38
1931 26 13 14 .481 4.14 250.0 244 128 115 11 88 139 6 1.328 8.8 3.2 5.0 1.58 0.4 37
1932 27 20 10 .667 2.89 271.0 222 97 87 16 117 199 3 1.251 7.4 3.9 6.6 1.70 0.5 35
1933 28 13 13 .500 3.93 243.0 242 118 106 7 98 126 4 1.399 9.0 3.6 4.7 1.29 0.3 35
1934 29 16 14 .533 3.73 270.0 238 124 112 18 107 157 1 1.278 7.9 3.6 5.2 1.47 0.6 36
1935 30 16 9 .640 3.05 230.0 208 87 78 18 79 84 1 1.248 8.1 3.1 3.3 1.06 0.7 30
1936 31 19 12 .613 3.28 283.0 264 114 103 21 87 107 3 1.240 8.4 2.8 3.4 1.23 0.7 33
1937 32 20 9 .690 2.61 266.0 235 86 77 17 66 136 1 1.132 8.0 2.2 4.6 2.06 0.6 31
1938 33 18 10 .643 2.91 260.0 243 93 84 16 81 134 0 1.246 8.4 2.8 4.6 1.65 0.6 31
1939 34 19 8 .704 2.67 243.0 211 80 72 15 75 99 2 1.177 7.8 2.8 3.7 1.32 0.6 28
1940 35 15 10 .600 3.35 231.0 224 96 86 25 78 99 3 1.307 8.7 3.0 3.9 1.27 1.0 30
1941 36 11 9 .550 3.56 187.0 182 82 74 13 56 61 1 1.273 8.8 2.7 2.9 1.09 0.6 23
1942 37 11 10 .524 3.80 192.0 204 90 81 11 46 79 3 1.302 9.6 2.2 3.7 1.72 0.5 24
1945 40 5 4 .556 3.34 89.0 95 37 33 2 22 24 1 1.315 9.6 2.2 2.4 1.09 0.2 11
1946 41 6 1 .857 2.00 63.0 40 16 14 2 25 20 0 1.032 5.7 3.6 2.9 0.80 0.3 8
1947 42 1 4 .200 6.96 53.0 68 46 41 8 17 11 0 1.604 11.5 2.9 1.9 0.65 1.4 9
22 Yrs 279 212 .568 3.55 4514.0 4332 1983 1782 257 1558 2070 58 1.305 8.6 4.1 1.33 0.5 624
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1949 BBWAA (14.4%)
1949 Run Off ( 2.1%)
1950 BBWAA ( 7.1%)
1951 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1952 BBWAA ( 4.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 9.1%)
1954 BBWAA (11.5%)
1955 BBWAA (23.9%)
1956 BBWAA (50.3%)
1958 BBWAA (37.2%)
1960 BBWAA (32.0%)
1962 BBWAA (45.0%)
1964 BBWAA (70.1%)
1964 Run Off (91.5%)
1966 BBWAA (68.9%)
1967 BBWAA (72.6%)
1967 Run Off (86.9%)
Selected to HOF in 1967
by BBWAA in Runoff Election

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 (236th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1932 AL  7.4 (5th)
1937 AL  5.9 (10th)
1938 AL  5.9 (5th)
Career  63.3 (117th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1932 AL  6.0 (4th)
1935 AL  3.5 (10th)
1936 AL  3.6 (9th)
1937 AL  6.0 (4th)
1938 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1939 AL  4.1 (9th)
Career  48.6 (87th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 AL  3.09 (2nd)
1934 AL  3.93 (10th)
1935 AL  3.12 (3rd)
1936 AL  3.85 (6th)
1937 AL  2.98 (4th)
1938 AL  3.31 (2nd)
1939 AL  2.93 (4th)
1940 AL  3.38 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1930 AL  15 (10th)
1931 AL  16 (7th)
1932 AL  18 (7th)
1934 AL  19 (5th)
1935 AL  16 (8th)
1936 AL  20 (3rd)
1937 AL  20 (2nd)
1938 AL  21 (1st)
1939 AL  21 (2nd)
1940 AL  15 (7th)
1941 AL  15 (5th)
1942 AL  14 (8th)
Career  273 (32nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1930 AL  .652 (6th)
1932 AL  .720 (3rd)
1934 AL  .633 (7th)
1937 AL  .741 (4th)
1938 AL  .750 (2nd)
1939 AL  .750 (3rd)
1941 AL  .714 (2nd)
1942 AL  .667 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1930 AL  1.353 (10th)
1932 AL  1.290 (4th)
1934 AL  1.311 (6th)
1935 AL  1.248 (4th)
1936 AL  1.343 (2nd)
1937 AL  1.209 (3rd)
1938 AL  1.326 (3rd)
1939 AL  1.226 (2nd)
1940 AL  1.301 (8th)
1941 AL  1.244 (3rd)
1942 AL  1.157 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  9.163 (10th)
1932 AL  7.610 (2nd)
1933 AL  8.809 (9th)
1934 AL  8.146 (2nd)
1935 AL  8.149 (2nd)
1936 AL  9.100 (7th)
1937 AL  8.497 (5th)
1938 AL  8.952 (7th)
1939 AL  8.139 (4th)
1940 AL  8.681 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  2.989 (9th)
1937 AL  2.388 (4th)
1938 AL  2.984 (10th)
1939 AL  2.893 (9th)
1941 AL  2.618 (4th)
1942 AL  1.905 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  4.377 (5th)
1928 AL  3.671 (10th)
1929 AL  4.015 (6th)
1930 AL  5.319 (5th)
1931 AL  5.013 (5th)
1932 AL  6.602 (1st)
1933 AL  4.672 (3rd)
1934 AL  5.232 (1st)
1937 AL  4.600 (7th)
1938 AL  4.621 (7th)
1940 AL  3.863 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 AL  42 (5th)
Career  624 (160th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1928 AL  289.3 (2nd)
1932 AL  259.0 (8th)
1933 AL  235.0 (8th)
1934 AL  256.3 (5th)
1936 AL  271.0 (5th)
1937 AL  256.3 (6th)
1938 AL  247.3 (4th)
1939 AL  233.3 (5th)
Career  4,344.0 (32nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1927 AL  77 (9th)
1928 AL  118 (4th)
1929 AL  109 (5th)
1930 AL  131 (5th)
1931 AL  132 (4th)
1932 AL  190 (1st)
1933 AL  122 (3rd)
1934 AL  149 (3rd)
1936 AL  102 (9th)
1937 AL  131 (7th)
1938 AL  127 (5th)
1939 AL  95 (9th)
1940 AL  97 (10th)
Career  1,987 (70th)

Games Started s c a p y
1928 AL  34 (2nd)
1929 AL  32 (8th)
1934 AL  31 (8th)
1935 AL  29 (10th)
1936 AL  33 (6th)
1937 AL  31 (8th)
1938 AL  31 (5th)
1939 AL  28 (10th)
1940 AL  30 (10th)
Career  538 (32nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 AL  25 (1st)
1929 AL  18 (10th)
1931 AL  19 (6th)
1932 AL  22 (3rd)
1933 AL  18 (4th)
1934 AL  19 (5th)
1935 AL  19 (5th)
1936 AL  25 (3rd)
1937 AL  22 (3rd)
1938 AL  22 (2nd)
1939 AL  22 (3rd)
1940 AL  20 (4th)
Career  335 (29th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1925 AL  3 (4th)
1930 AL  2 (4th)
1932 AL  3 (3rd)
1934 AL  5 (3rd)
1935 AL  2 (9th)
1936 AL  3 (6th)
1937 AL  4 (3rd)
1938 AL  3 (2nd)
1939 AL  5 (1st)
1940 AL  3 (4th)
1941 AL  2 (10th)
1942 AL  4 (2nd)
Career  45 (29th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  17 (6th)
1932 AL  16 (10th)
1934 AL  18 (3rd)
1935 AL  17 (4th)
1936 AL  22 (3rd)
1937 AL  17 (10th)
1938 AL  16 (10th)
1940 AL  24 (1st)
Career  254 (97th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 AL  87 (7th)
1928 AL  96 (5th)
1929 AL  118 (2nd)
1932 AL  115 (3rd)
1933 AL  93 (8th)
1934 AL  104 (6th)
Career  1,541 (11th)

Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  303 (2nd)
1929 AL  280 (4th)
1936 AL  274 (7th)
1937 AL  242 (10th)
1938 AL  246 (6th)
Career  4,284 (28th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1930 AL  1.926 (3rd)
1931 AL  1.517 (6th)
1932 AL  1.652 (3rd)
1933 AL  1.312 (7th)
1934 AL  1.433 (5th)
1935 AL  1.066 (9th)
1936 AL  1.133 (7th)
1937 AL  1.926 (2nd)
1938 AL  1.549 (3rd)
1939 AL  1.267 (9th)
1942 AL  1.951 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  0.217 (10th)
1928 AL  0.249 (10th)
1933 AL  0.268 (4th)
1938 AL  0.582 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1925 AL  18 (4th)
1926 AL  15 (6th)
1928 AL  25 (1st)
1929 AL  22 (1st)
1931 AL  14 (10th)
1933 AL  14 (10th)
Career  225 (24th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  121 (4th)
1928 AL  125 (1st)
1929 AL  132 (1st)
1933 AL  102 (10th)
1934 AL  112 (8th)
Career  1,833 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1927 AL  5 (8th)
1928 AL  4 (7th)
1929 AL  6 (7th)
1930 AL  4 (9th)
1932 AL  5 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1928 AL  10 (2nd)
1931 AL  6 (4th)
1933 AL  4 (6th)
1940 AL  3 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1928 AL  1,246 (2nd)
1929 AL  1,112 (7th)
1934 AL  1,100 (6th)
1936 AL  1,151 (5th)
1937 AL  1,058 (8th)
1938 AL  1,043 (5th)
1939 AL  968 (8th)
Career  18,546 (30th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 AL  133 (3rd)
1935 AL  130 (6th)
1936 AL  122 (8th)
1937 AL  150 (5th)
1938 AL  138 (4th)
1939 AL  150 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1932 AL  33 (3rd)
1935 AL  26 (6th)
1936 AL  27 (8th)
1937 AL  43 (3rd)
1938 AL  36 (1st)
1939 AL  40 (4th)
Career  202 (80th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1932 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1935 AL  2.5 (6th)
1936 AL  2.5 (8th)
1937 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1938 AL  3.5 (1st)
1939 AL  3.9 (4th)
Career  20.2 (84th)

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 258 (16), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 130 (57), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 38 (83), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Red Faber (864) *
  7. Sad Sam Jones (863)
  8. Dennis Martinez (863)
  9. Jack Morris (860)
  10. Tommy John (857)
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  8. Pedro Ramos (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pedro Ramos (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chick Fraser (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chick Fraser (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Bullet Joe Bush (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  16. Mel Harder (876)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  18. Burleigh Grimes (888) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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