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: 10-27 / in Starts: 5-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	46	2	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	6.00	3.03	25	43	1	2	0	21	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.56	-0.23%
2	47	6	Apr 19(2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	5	2	0	0	3.00	3.76	37	64	1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	0.83%
3	48	9	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.27	4.85	25	52	0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.14	0.01%
4	49	11	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	4.82	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	0.06%
5	50	15	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.68	4.90	30	45	2	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.11%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	51	18	May 3	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	GS-3	L(2-3)	3	2.2	7	5	5	4	0	0	0	4.78	5.12	19	20	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.30%
7	52	23	May 8	BOS		CLE	L,4-10	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	4.0	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	5.00	4.83	18	37	1	0	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.13%
8	53	26	May 13	BOS		DET	L,10-13	GS-1		4	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.50	5.00	3	38	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.06%
9	54	28	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-		2	2.2	4	5	5	2	1	0	1	6.28	5.05	15	29				12					0
10	55	31	May 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	7-GF		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.83	4.85	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
11	56	33	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,14-8	5-GF	W(3-4)	1	5.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	5.59	4.72	22		0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.13	0.03%
12	57	37	May 25(2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.48	4.60	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.00%
13	58	38	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	GS-5		0	4.2	12	7	7	1	2	0	0	6.19	4.44	24	13	1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.02%
14	59	40	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	11-GF(11)		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.19	4.50	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	60	44	Jun 2(2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-5)	2	5.0	6	5	3	1	3	1	0	6.12	4.55	24	41	2	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	2	.05	-0.01%
16	61	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	0	0	6.39	4.43	27	32	1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
17	62	50	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6			1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.44	4.43	5					4					0
18	63	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	7-8		4	1.1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.72	4.41	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
19	64	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	6.65	4.48	12		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
20	65	61	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	6-GF(11)	L(3-7)	2	5.1	6	2	1	3	1	0	0	6.29	4.47	26		0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	66	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	6-8	H(1)	9	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	6.15	4.53	9		0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
22	67	72	Jul 3(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-8	5-7		1	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.14	4.42	12		1	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
23	68	75	Jul 7(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	9	5	4	3	1	0	0	5.99	4.37	36	44	0	0	0	33	5	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	69	80	Jul 10(2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4			2	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	0	5.63	4.09	26					24					0
25	70	83	Jul 15(1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-8)	4	8.0	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.54	4.10	33	51	2	1	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	71	86	Jul 17(2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.49	4.07	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
27	72	88	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,2-13	GS-2	L(3-9)	2	1.2	5	7	6	3	0	0	0	5.92	4.14	13	16	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
28	73	91	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(11)	BL(3-10)	1	4.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.79	4.12	18		0	1	0	15	0	1	1	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
29	74	93	Jul 24(1)	BOS		SLB	W,14-9	7-8	H(2)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	4.12	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	75	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(4-10)	3	9.0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	5.55	4.06	34	65	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
31	76	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(4-11)	3	8.2	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.31	4.00	31	66	3	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	77	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	L(4-12)	3	4.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	5.22	3.96	17	47	1	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
33	78	113	Aug 14(1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(5-12)	8	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.94	3.89	37	71	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	79	121	Aug 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(6-12)	3	9.0	5	2	2	6	3	0	0	4.76	3.92	38	66	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
35	80	144	Sep 12(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-	L(6-13)	24	7.0	3	1	1	6	2	0	0	4.61	3.97	27	63				21					0
36	81	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-14)	4	8.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	1	4.49	3.96	32	57	0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
37	82	151	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-3	L(6-15)	3	3.0	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	4.52	3.97	18	32	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							10-27		W-L:6-15,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.9	165.1	169	96	83	68	58	4	5	4.52	3.97	721	45	18	6	1	614	26	12	1	8	9	12	.55	0.05%

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