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: 4-5 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	616	14	May 4(1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	GS-1		99	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	5.68	5	2	1	0	0	1	46			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.066	3.69	-0.12%	-0.56	1t start tie	1t 3 out d1
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
2	617	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	72	7.0	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	6.75	4.93	31	6	13	0	3	8	41			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.57	-0.254	.02	-0.01%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
3	618	86	Jul 20(1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.63	3.99	31	22	1	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
4	619	93	Jul 27(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-3	L(1-2)	6	2.1	7	6	6	3	0	0	0	7.85	4.31	16	3	3	0	0	7	16			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-3.49	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d2
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
5	620	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-6	W(2-2)	10	6.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	7.03	4.20	27	8	9	2	2	6	46			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a4
6	621	121	Aug 24(2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	GS-5	L(2-3)	16	5.0	10	9	7	3	0	2	0	7.98	5.13	28	6	9	0	0	10	12			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	1	.63	-0.458	.00	0.00%	-6.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
7	622	127	Aug 31(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	W(3-3)	6	7.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	6.57	4.54	28	7	12	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.305	.00	0.00%	2.04	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out a2
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
8	623	135	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(3-4)	6	9.0	7	3	2	0	3	1	0	5.67	4.33	35	9	16	2	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.124	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	624	143	Sep 15(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-	L(3-5)	7	7.0	12	7	7	2	2	3	0	6.11	4.88	33						25						31					0
							4-5		W-L:3-5	5.6	53.0	63	39	36	16	11	7	0	6.11	4.88	234	0.98		4%	4%	51	41		---%	1	0	0	216	11	2	2	4	0	2	.96	-0.901	.11	-0.13%	-9.72

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