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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 in Runoff Election as Player in 1967 (266/306 ballots).
Died: February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Hts., OH
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 108 65 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 98 81 4 68 58 5 0 0 724 92 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 90 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 1273 104 1.379 9.4 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.23
1929 24 BOS AL 9 22 .290 4.86 35 30 5 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 99 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 72 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 4 846 104 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 90 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 122 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 149 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 137 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 1 771 111 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 0 364 120 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 0 243 196 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 Seasons 273 225 .548 3.80 624 536 71 335 45 16 4344.0 4284 2117 1833 254 1541 1987 58 7 46 18579 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 1 255 251 124 107 15 90 116 3 0 3 1089 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 4.61 189 136 41 73 5 8 1122.1 1226 672 575 47 459 450 27 4 17 4991 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

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/
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/
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 53 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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1924 BOS AL 19 P 8 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.38 .967 1.32
1925 BOS AL 20 P 37 58 7 50 1 3 .983 1.54 .959 1.40
1926 BOS AL 21 P 37 45 10 34 1 2 .978 1.19 .956 1.39
1927 BOS AL 22 P 26 45 8 36 1 1 .978 1.69 .958 1.40
1928 BOS AL 23 P 42 61 7 51 3 4 .951 1.38 .957 1.37
1929 BOS AL 24 P 35 56 7 46 3 1 .946 1.51 .959 1.29
1929 BOS AL 24 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.30 2-0-0
1930 TOT AL 25 P 38 35 3 29 3 0 .914 0.84 .949 1.18
1930 BOS AL 25 P 4 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.50 .967 1.18
1930 NYY AL 25 P 34 32 3 27 2 0 .938 0.88 .947 1.18
1931 NYY AL 26 P 37 36 4 32 0 1 1.000 0.97 .953 1.19
1931 NYY AL 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 0-0-1
1932 NYY AL 27 P 35 44 4 38 2 4 .955 1.20 .959 1.21
1933 NYY AL 28 P 35 55 8 45 2 5 .964 1.51 .960 1.18
1934 NYY AL 29 P 36 45 10 32 3 2 .933 1.17 .958 1.11 AS
1935 NYY AL 30 P 30 43 17 26 0 3 1.000 1.43 .947 1.12
1936 NYY AL 31 P 33 70 13 56 1 6 .986 2.09 .954 1.04
1937 NYY AL 32 P 31 38 9 28 1 2 .974 1.19 .953 1.09 MVP-8
1938 NYY AL 33 P 31 45 11 34 0 2 1.000 1.45 .949 1.12 AS,MVP-4
1939 NYY AL 34 P 28 42 8 32 2 2 .952 1.43 .950 0.98 AS,MVP-5
1940 NYY AL 35 P 30 38 6 30 2 2 .947 1.20 .955 1.05 AS
1941 NYY AL 36 P 23 28 7 21 0 3 1.000 1.22 .957 1.16 AS,MVP-25
1942 NYY AL 37 P 24 39 8 30 1 5 .974 1.58 .956 1.30 AS
1945 NYY AL 40 P 11 14 2 11 1 1 .929 1.18 .957 1.28
1946 NYY AL 41 P 8 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.00 .950 1.01
1947 CHW AL 42 P 9 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.00 .956 0.94
22 Seasons P 624 857 153 677 27 51 .968 1.33 .955 1.20
2 Seasons OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 1.000 2.27 2-0-1
22 Seasons TOT 627 859 155 677 27 51 .969 1.33 .924 1.21 2-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (233rd)

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  8.951 (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  3.670 (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 (147th)

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  4344.0 (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  1987 (66th)

Games Started s c a p y
1928 AL  34 (2nd)
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  536 (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 (90th)

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  1541 (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  4284 (28th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1930 AL  1.927 (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  1.927 (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  .217 (10th)
1928 AL  .249 (10th)
1933 AL  .268 (4th)
1938 AL  .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  1833 (9th)

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  1273 (2nd)
1929 AL  1112 (7th)
1934 AL  1100 (6th)
1936 AL  1151 (5th)
1937 AL  1058 (8th)
1938 AL  1043 (5th)
1939 AL  968 (8th)
Career  18579 (25th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 AL  132 (5th)
1935 AL  130 (6th)
1936 AL  122 (8th)
1937 AL  149 (5th)
1938 AL  137 (3rd)
1939 AL  148 (4th)

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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Black InkPitching - 11 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 257 (16), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 130 (57), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 38 (78), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 8, 1923: Traded by Danville (Three-I) to the Boston Red Sox for $4000 and 2 players to be named.

May 6, 1930: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Cedric Durst and $50,000.

September 20, 1946: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 5, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

September 30, 1947: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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