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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-36 / in Starts: 10-18
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	1 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	87 (46-27-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (41-25-14)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	3
F Crosetti	2
B Dickey	2
Self	2
L Lary	1
B Chapman	1
A Jorgens	1
E Combs	1

Most Driven In By
J Sewell	5
Self	2
B Ruth	1
L Gehrig	1

1933 Batting Game Log

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1933 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	393	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	9	2.47	0.313	6.32	0.48%	3.33	P
2	394	6 (3)	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.778	1.111	9	.38	-0.012	1.35	-0.03%	-1.04	P
3	395	9 (2)	Apr 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.700	1.000	9	2.87	-0.083	11.07	-0.19%	-0.25	PH
4	396	11 (1)	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9	.65	-0.022	2.44	-0.05%	-0.40	P
5	397	12	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.533	.800	8	3.53	-0.091	14.76	-0.23%	-0.25	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	398	16 (3)	May 2	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	9	1.65	-0.136	6.84	-0.34%	-1.09	P
7	399	18 (1)	May 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.421	.632	9	1.54	-0.041	6.75	-0.11%	-0.27	PH
8	400	19	May 7 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	1.08	-0.029	4.71	-0.08%	-0.12	PH
9	401	20	May 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	9	.60	-0.068	2.46	-0.17%	-1.66	P
10	402	23 (2)	May 14 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	1.32	-0.152	5.04	-0.35%	-1.74	P
11	403	28 (4)	May 20	NYY		SLB	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.161	.290	.452	9	.85	0.001	3.60	0.00%	0.04	P
12	404	29	May 21	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.156	.156	.281	.438	9						PH
13	405	32 (2)	May 26	NYY		CHW	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.371	.571	9	.94	0.154	4.67	0.46%	1.11	P
14	406	33	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,15-11	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.389	.611	9	.48	0.020	2.34	0.06%	1.00	PH
15	407	35 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,9-7	7-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.243	.432	.676	9	.25	0.018	1.27	0.06%	0.63	P
16	408	37 (1)	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-12	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.436	.692	9	.90	0.024	5.20	0.08%	0.41	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	409	39 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.275	.450	.725	9	5.19	0.339	30.21	1.18%	1.27	PH
18	410	47 (7)	Jun 10 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.268	.439	.707	9	.59	-0.015	3.57	-0.06%	-0.18	P
19	411	49 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.262	.262	.429	.690	8	4.22	0.160	21.47	0.49%	0.59	PH P
20	412	50	Jun 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.409	.659	9	.94	-0.054	4.74	-0.16%	-1.08	P
21	413	51	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.267	.409	.676	9	1.52	0.068	7.72	0.21%	0.40	PH
22	414	55 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.286	.438	.723	9	1.64	0.299	9.92	1.09%	0.86	P
23	415	57 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.280	.429	.709	9	1.25	-0.031	7.33	-0.11%	-0.31	PH
24	416	58	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.420	.695	9	.16	-0.004	.93	-0.01%	-0.24	P
25	417	62 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.423	.719	9	.53	0.019	2.68	0.06%	0.31	P
26	418	64 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.269	.309	.423	.732	7						PH
27	419	67 (2)	Jun 28	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.400	.705	9	1.37	-0.131	7.16	-0.41%	-0.52	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	420	72 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.393	.693	9	2.70	-0.068	25.62	-0.39%	-0.17	PH
29	421	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.295	.386	.681	8	3.06	-0.070	28.84	-0.40%	-0.37	PH
30	422	74	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,4-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.290	.379	.670	9	.62	-0.016	3.02	-0.05%	-0.25	P
31	423	75	Jul 8	NYY		DET	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.286	.373	.659	9	.53	-0.014	2.58	-0.04%	-0.17	PH
32	424	76	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		DET	W,11-7	0-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0	0	.246	.292	.377	.669	9						P
33	425	78 (1)	Jul 10	NYY		DET	W,10-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.242	.288	.371	.659	8	3.53	0.133	15.38	0.35%	1.00	PH
34	426	83 (4)	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.286	.409	.695	9	.82	0.164	4.61	0.55%	0.51	P
35	427	86 (2)	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.282	.403	.685	9	1.19	-0.030	6.58	-0.10%	-0.17	PH P
36	428	88 (1)	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.293	.408	.702	9	1.77	-0.005	9.86	-0.02%	-0.30	P
37	429	91 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.303	.408	.711	1	3.73	0.038	20.17	0.13%	0.40	PH
38	430	92	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.299	.403	.701	9	.19	-0.005	1.06	-0.02%	-0.26	PH
39	431	93	Jul 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.296	.395	.691	9	1.91	-0.063	20.91	-0.41%	-0.05	P
40	432	94	Jul 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.293	.390	.682	9	.07	-0.002	.76	-0.01%	-0.32	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	433	97 (2)	Aug 2	NYY		PHA	L,3-16	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.293	.390	.682	9						P
42	434	98	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	L,0-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.289	.385	.674	9	.17	-0.004	.98	-0.02%	-0.37	PH
43	435	101 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.286	.380	.665	8	1.88	-0.047	20.81	-0.32%	-0.17	PH
44	436	102	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.299	.390	.689	9	.91	0.116	10.81	0.83%	0.92	P
45	437	105 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-11	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.303	.393	.696	9	.48	-0.010	2.37	-0.03%	0.14	P
46	438	107 (1)	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.300	.388	.688	8	4.03	-0.102	38.20	-0.58%	-0.34	PH
47	439	112 (4)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.298	.382	.680	9	.50	0.044	1.09	0.06%	1.27	P
48	440	117 (4)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.370	.658	9	1.42	-0.117	2.95	-0.15%	-1.01	P
49	441	122 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.284	.361	.645	9	.28	-0.069	.31	-0.05%	-1.94	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	442	126 (3)	Sep 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.299	.373	.672	9	1.39	0.034	1.12	0.02%	0.37	P
51	443	130 (3)	Sep 6	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.291	.362	.653	9	.94	-0.073	.19	-0.01%	-0.73	P
52	444	136 (5)	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.292	.355	.647	9	1.13	-0.109	.36	-0.02%	-0.65	P
53	445	141 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.299	.355	.654	9	1.33	0.074	.03	0.00%	0.35	P
54	446	146 (4)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.297	.351	.648	9	3.90	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
55	447	150 (3)	Sep 29	NYY		WSH	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.295	.348	.643	9	1.32	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
							19-36		124	115	10	29	3	1	2	14	7	0	15	0	2		3		0	0	.252	.295	.348	.643		1.28	0.171	5.86	1.22%	-2.24

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